Perioperative
The surgical procedure went without
complications in all but one case. At the
time that intravenous propofol was not
included in the anaesthesia protocol, one
goat awoke during surgery. This was during
the suturing of the stoma. Anaesthesia was
quickly re-induced with propofol and after
re-intubation, inhalation anaesthesia was
continued, and the procedure was finished
without any other problems.
All 19 animals survived the surgical
procedure. The X-rays showed satisfactory
alignment of the TCs in all cases (see
Figure 8). Typically, surgery lasted for
about 1 h.