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Medical records of dogs undergoing LAS for treatment of naturally occurring splenic disease from January 1, 2014, to July 31, 2020, were reviewed. History, signalment, physical examination and preoperative diagnostic test results, procedural information, complications, duration of hospitalization, histopathologic diagnosis, and perioperative outcomes were recorded. Perioperative complications were defined using the Veterinary Cooperative Oncology Group \u2013 Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (VCOG-CTCAE v2) guidelines.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>LAS was performed for treatment of a splenic mass (124\/136 [91%]), immune-mediated disease (7\/136 [5%]), splenomegaly (4\/136 [3%]), or immune-mediated disease in conjunction with a splenic mass (1\/136 [1%]). Median splenic mass size was 1.3 cm<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\/kg body weight. Conversion to open laparotomy occurred in 5.9% (8\/136) of dogs. Complications occurred in 78 dogs, with all being grade 2 or lower. Median surgical time was 47 minutes, and median postoperative hospital stay was 28 hours. All but 1 dog survived to discharge, the exception being postoperative death due to a suspected portal vein thrombus.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CLINICAL RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In the dogs of this report, LAS was associated with low rates of major complications, morbidity, and mortality when performed for a variety of splenic pathologies. Minimally invasive surgeons can consider the LAS technique to perform total splenectomy in dogs without hemoabdomen and with spleens with modest-sized splenic masses up to 55.2 cm<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\/kg, with minimal rates of complications, morbidity, and mortality.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.21.12.0536","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,27]],"date-time":"2022-04-27T18:58:48Z","timestamp":1651085928000},"page":"1309-1315","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Complications and outcomes associated with laparoscopic-assisted splenectomy in dogs"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"260","author":[{"given":"Marissa E. 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