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Module No. 1
Title: Surgical conditions of the canine elbow
Chris Shales MA VetMB CertSAS MRCVS
- Understanding the pathogenesis of common elbow pathology
- Improving understanding of conventional and advanced diagnostic techniques used in the investigation of elbow disease
- A review of the surgical treatment options available for use in the elbow
- A discussion in more depth of some common surgical techniques
- A review of the prognosis following surgical and conventional treatment of common elbow pathology
Module No. 2
Title: The approach to the acute abdomen
Alisdair Hotston-Moore MA VetMB CertSAS CertVR CertSAC MRCVS
- The approach to abdominal crisis in the dog
- The decision making process in selecting cases for surgery
- Interpreting abdominal radiographs to assist in the decision making process
- The techniques used in emergency gastro-intestinal surgery and the rationale for variations in methods
- Designing a protocol for the management of GDV in the practice
Module No. 3
Title: Pelvic trauma in the dog
Angus Anderson BVetMed PhD DSAS(Orth) MRCVS
- Developing a thorough knowledge of pelvic anatomy
- Understanding when fractures should be managed conservatively or by surgery
- Options available to treat pelvic fractures surgically
- Recognising the complications of pelvic injuries
- Options available to treat complications of pelvic trauma
Module No. 4
Title: Latest development in spinal surgery in the dog
Hugo Schmokel PhD DipECVS MRCVS
- Using advanced imaging techniques in spinal diseases
- Decision making in spinal trauma
- Different options to stabilize spinal fractures
- Update on disc and lumbosacral disease
- Uncommon vertebral malformations
Module No. 5
Title: Latest developments in the diagnosis and management of cranial cruciate ligament rupture in the dog
Jim Pratt BVetMed DipECVS CertSAS MRCVS
- Review of the anatomy and pathophysiology
- Diagnosis of partial and full cranial cruciate ligament tears
- Treatment of meniscal injuries
- Options for surgical treatment including TPLO, TTA, Closing wedge osteotomy, and a range of other techniques
- Surgical complications and how to avoid them
Module No. 6
Title: Ear surgery in the dog and cat
Carol Wright (Swindon) BVSc CertVR CertSAS MRCVS (Cambridge speaker TBC)
- Revision of the surgical anatomy of the dog and cat
- Indications for ear surgery in both the dog and cat
- Overview of the surgeries for external ear canal
- Middle ear surgeries in detail
- ventral bulla osteotomy and total canal ablation
- Common complications and how to avoid them
Module No. 7
Title: The approach and surgical management of the acute trauma case
Don Sheahan BVSc BSc CertSAS MRCVS
- Initial evaluation and stabilisation of the trauma patient
- Diagnostics of the trauma patient. What can you do and when
- Current thinking on the surgical management of these cases
- Advanced surgical procedures: how to avoid some of the more common pitfalls
- Case based discussion highlighting a few tricks of the trade
Module No. 8
Title: Recent developments in ophthalmic surgery in the dog and cat
John Mould BVSc BA DVOphthal MRCVS
- The design and correct use of microsurgical instruments
- The use of magnification in the form of loupes and operating microscopes
- The range of techniques for replacement of the eyelid margin, including sliding skin grafts, the mustarde technique and the lip to lid procedure
- A review of types of corneal repair and reconstruction, including direct suturing, conjunctival grafts and corneo-conjunctival transposition
- The principles of intra-ocular surgery, including viscoelastics, irrigating solutions and methods of lens extraction
Module No. 9
Title: Rabbit and rodent surgery
Richard Saunders BVSc BSc CertZooMed MRCVS
- To appreciate anatomic peculiarities and confidently perform aural surgery in the rabbit
- To be aware of a range of surgical options for surgical tooth removal and abscess treatment
- To be aware of anatomical peculiarities, indications and complications of genital tract surgery and surgical options for common urological conditions
- To be aware of the indications for and implications of gastrointestinal tract surgery
- To be aware of differences in the approach to the rabbit orthopaedic case
Module No. 10
Title: Endoscopic surgical techniques
Phil Lhermette BVetMed BSc CBiol MIBiol MRCVS
- Basic principles of laparoscopy and thoracoscopy
- Laparoscopic biopsy techniques (liver, kidney, pancreas, full thickness bowel, lymph node)
- Laparoscopic assisted cystoscopy
- Exploratory thoracoscopy
– approaches and biopsy techniques
- Pericardectomy by VATS (visually assisted thoracoscopic surgery)
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