Materials required
Minimum equipment
Standard surgical kit.
2 wide hand-held retractors, eg Langenbecks, Richardson.
Equipment for ventriculectomy  [Larynx: ventriculocordectomy]  .
Equipment for laryngotomy    .
Ideal equipment
Trochar point half-circle/curved sturdy suture needles.
Minimum consumables
2-0 absorbable suture material    , eg polyglactin 910 (Vicryl), polydioxanone.
2-0 or 0 non-absorbable monofilament suture material    , eg polypropylene (Prolene) or skin staples.
Prosthesis material is usually one or two strands of No. 2 or 5 non-absorbable suture material, eg polyester, nylon or Fiberwire", eg:
No. 5 Ethibond.
Lycra.
Stainless steel.
Fiberwire".
Other non-absorbable suture material.
Equipment for ventriculectomy  [Larynx: ventriculocordectomy]  .
Materials required
Minimum equipment
Standard surgical kit.
Self-retaining retractor (Gelpi, Weitlaner, Hobday) for horses done under general anesthesia.
Ideal equipment
Post-operative tracheotomy tube: same as tracheotomy    .
Laryngeal burr.
Minimum consumables
Suturing of skin, muscle or other tissues rarely practiced but 2-0 polyglactin 910 (Vicryl) required for blood vessel ligation.
Other requirements
Standing procedure may use local anesthetics and sedative 
Equipment for laryngotomy    
  Minimum equipment
Standard surgical kit.
Self-retaining retractor (Gelpi, Weitlaner, Hobday) for horses done under general anesthesia.
Ideal equipment
Post-operative tracheotomy tube: same as tracheotomy    .
Laryngeal burr.
Minimum consumables
Suturing of skin, muscle or other tissues rarely practiced but 2-0 polyglactin 910 (Vicryl) required for blood vessel ligation.
Other requirements
Standing procedure may use local anesthetics and sedative