Howard B. Seim III DVM, Diplomate ACVS Professor of Small Animal Surgery, Colorado State University

Howard is a graduate of Washington State University. He did his internship at Saskatoon, Canada, followed by a residency at the Animal Medical Centre in New York City and has been teaching small animal surgery at Colorado State University for 30 years. He was Chief of the Small Animal Surgery section at Colorado State University from 1992 to 2002.

This course is designed to teach participants the technical aspects of a variety of soft tissue surgery procedures. Some 'theory' will be included in the lectures, but emphasis will be placed on 'how' to perform each procedure. Topics have been chosen that represent surgical conditions commonly seen in veterinary practice and include salivary gland resection, urethrostomy, anal sacculectomy, laryngeal tie-back, lateral ear resection, total ear canal ablation-lateral bulla osteotomy, gastropexy, diaphragmatic hernia repair and splenectomy.

Emphasis will be placed on the technical aspects used to perform each procedure.

Videos of clinical case material will be used extensively throughout the lectures to help illustrate each technique.

Who should attend 

This course is designed for veterinarians interested in providing a higher level of surgical treatment for a variety of practical soft tissue surgery techniques in their practice. Techniques have been chosen that represent many of the common procedures seen in your practice everyday.

If you have been thinking of incorporating more surgery into your practice then this course is a must.

What the course will help the attendees to do

This course will help attendees update their knowledge on new surgical techniques and procedures, increase confidence levels in performing various soft tissue surgery procedures, diagnose and treat a variety of soft tissue surgery techniques, better understand how to perform each surgical technique through extensive case examples and realise that many soft tissue surgery procedures are possible to perform in first opinion practice.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course delegates should have a thorough understanding of:

• How to successfully perform a variety of practical soft tissue surgery techniques
• Recent developments and new techniques in soft tissue surgery
• The tutors philosophical and technical views on soft tissue surgery procedures