Principal Taught Modules
01 Surgical asepsis and basic operative techniques
Wounds and wound healing. Instrumentation and instrument handling Antiseptics, sterilisation techniques and use of antibiotics Gloving and gowning Principles of wound healing - primary and delayed closure, secondary healing Principles of reconstructive surgery - skin flaps and grafts Principles and uses of surgical drains
02 Gastrointestinal surgery I
Salivary gland diseases - mucocoeles, trauma, hypersialism, neoplasia Oesophageal foreign bodies, trauma, strictures, diverticulum, neoplasia The stomach - hiatal hernias, gastric foreign bodies, dilatation/volvulus, gastric outflow disease, gastric neoplasia
03 Gastrointestinal surgery II
Liver, spleen and pancreas surgery Intestinal surgery - serosal and omental patching, obstructions and foreign bodies, neoplasia Megacolon, rectal prolapse and stricture The anus and perianal area - atresia ani, anal sac disease, anal furunculosis Liver, spleen and pancreas surgery
04 Urinary and reproductive tract surgery
Obstructive diseases of the urinary tract - ureters, bladder and urethra Urinary tract trauma - kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra Urinary incontinence Urinary tract neoplasia Disorders and surgery of the female and male reproductive tracts
Two-day soft-tissue practical
Two days spent putting what you have learnt so far into practice! Short review lectures will be followed by hands-on practical sessions with at least 60% of the time being spent on practicals.
Day One
Reconstructive surgery
Wound closure – tension relief, prevention of ‘dog ears’, relaxing incisions Pedicle flaps – advancement flaps, rotational flaps, transposition flaps Muscle and omental flaps – external abdominal oblique muscle flap, omental transposition Skin grafts – full thickness skin grafts and stamp grafts
Day Two
Gastrointestinal and urinary tract surgery
Oesophageal foreign bodies – pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment Gastric dilatation volvulus – temporary and permanent gastropexy Nephrectomy and nephrotomy – partial nephrectomy, ureteronephrectomy, indications for nephrotomy Urethrostomy – prescrotal, scrotal, perineal, prepubic
05 Oral and pharyngeal surgery.
The ear, Surgery of the lips and cheeks, tongue and hard palate Maxilla/mandible - maxillectomy and mandibulectomy Pharyngeal surgery Tonsillar surgery The ear - lateral wall resection, vertical canal ablation, total canal ablation/lateral bulla osteotomy, ventral bulla osteotomy, haematomas
06 Surgery of the upper airways. Laryngeal and tracheal surgery
The nose - neoplasia, autoimmune disease The nasal sinuses Brachycephalic airway disease Laryngeal diseases - paralysis, collapse, trauma, stenosis, neoplasia Tracheal surgery - tracheotomy, tracheostomy, collapse, resection/anastomosis, trauma, foreign bodies, neoplasia
07 Thoracic surgery
Instrumentation, thoracotomy procedures, thoracic drainage Lung lobectomy, thoracic trauma Diaphragmatic ruptures Chylothorax Patent ductus arteriosus
08 Surgical oncology
Principles of oncologic surgery Surgery for skin tumours, oral tumours, gastrointestinal tumours, urogenital tumours and chest wall tumours Feline specific tumours Two-day soft tissue practical
Two-day practical session (Second session)
Day One
Head and neck surgery
Total ear canal ablation (TECA) – suture materials and special instruments, post-op care and assessment, complications Ventral bulla osteotomy - suture materials and special instruments, post-op care and assessment, complications Thyroid surgery – thyroidectomy in the dog, thyroidectomy in the cat demonstration Unilateral arytenoid lateralisation – pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment
Day Four
Thoracic surgery
Thoracotomy – pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment Lung lobectomy – partial and complete lobectomy Pericardectomy – subtotal and total Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) - pre-operative management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment
The venue for all practical sessions will be the fully-equiped Practical Training Facility at Improve headquaters near Swindon, Wiltshire. We aim to keep your established study groups together so are offering the dates in the table for each venue group. Numbers are kept low for the practical sessions to maiximise the delegate/tutor contact time so these dates are offered on a first-come first-served basis. When maximum numbers are reached on these dates you will be informed of alternative dates on which you can attend.
4th and 5th February 2010 (part one)
1st and 2nd July 2010 (part two) Swindon delegates
11th and 12th February 2010 (part one)
29th July and 30th July 2010 (part two) Manchester delegates
18th and 19th February 2010 (part one)
22nd and 23rd July 2010 (part two) Dublin delegates
2009 – 2010 Year One Dates
VENUE SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY
SWINDON 10 8 5 - 7 4&5 4 15 6 3 1&2
MANCHESTER 17 21 12 - 14 11&12 11 22 13 10 29&30
DUBLIN 24 22 19 - 21 18&19 18 29 20 17 22&23
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