Ventral Slot and hemilaminectomy are the most frequently performed spinal surgeries to treat cervical and throacolumbar intervertebral disc disease in dogs. The course will teach how to perform those two surgeries step by step, both as theoretical lectures as well as wetlabs using cadavers. However, spinal surgeries are only the last step in the work up of clinical patients. Therefore, clinical reasoning and spinal neurolocalisaton will be discussed as well.
Thomas Flegel (Germany)
Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), Diplomate ECVN
(Neurology)
Veterinary Training
1986-1992 – Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
Working Experience
1992-1998 – Working experience in large and small animal medicine in university (Freie University Berlin) as well as in private practice in Berlin
1998-1999 – Department of Companion Animals and Special Species College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, USA, Internship in Veterinary Neurology
1999-2001 – Department of Veterinary Clinical Scienes, The Ohio State University, USA, Residency in neurology and neurosurgery
Since November 2002 – Department of Small Animal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany, Head of the section of neurology and neurosurgery
Veterinary and Academic Qualifications
1994 – Doctor medicinae veterinariae (summa cum laude)
2001 – Master of Veterinary Sciences (The Ohio State University, USA)
2003 – Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology)
2005 – Diplomate European College of Veterinary Neurology
2008 – European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
2010 – Dr. med. vet. habilitatus (small animal surgery and small animal neurology)
since 2012 – President of the European College of Veterinary Neurology
DAY 1
| Time | Title |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Neurolocalisation spinal cord |
| 09:45 – 10:45 | Talk: Thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Wetlab Demonstration: Thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy (done by Flegel) |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Wetlab: Thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy Part I (done by particpants) |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:45 | Wetlab: Thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy Part II (done by participants) |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Talk: Thoracolumbar partial lateral corpectomy |
DAY 2
| Time | Title |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Neurolocalisation spinal cord based on videos |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Talk: Cervical ventral slot |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Wetlab: Demonstration: Cervical ventral slot (Flegel) |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15 – 15:30 | Wetlab: Cervical ventral Slot Part I (done by participants) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Wetlab: Cervical ventral Slot Part II (done by participants) |