The purpose of this study was to evaluate a modified thoracic access to test the rib homoimplant in cats. Sisteen adults cats was evaluated ofter thoracic wall reconstituition using a rib homoimplant preserved in sugar. The animals were submitted to a modified trans-diaphragmatic paraxiphoid access, using a optical of 10mm diameter through the midline. The lateral oblique recumbency made become possible the identification of the medial third of the thorax, and it also allowed the identification the adhesions and the aspect of the implants. The evaluation thoracic cavity of the cats with an optic of 10mm of diameter through the modified trans-diaphragmatic paraxiphoid access.
thoracoscopy; paraxiphoid trans-diaphragmatic approach; rib
