COMMON SOFT TISSUE SURGICAL PROCEDURES
14 SURGERIES HANDS ON IN 2 DAYS
This is a two-day practical course in small animal surgery. The course is designed to cover first day skills and the most common procedures you will encounter in practice. It is suitable for beginners and intermediate level surgeons who want to improve their surgical skills. It is also designed to be flexible so people can practice at their own pace and concentrate on techniques that they would like to perfect. The tutors will be available to observe, and have direct involvement in teaching the procedures.
The learning objectives of the course will help delegate to understand when to perform certain techniques and the potential complications one could encounter. Practical lab and lectures will assure a review of the associated anatomy of each technique and surgical approaches.
The procedures we will cover include:
- Suturing techniques
- Reconstructive techniques to minimise tension (suture patterns, advancement flaps, transposition flaps)
- Exploring the abdominal cavity
- Gastrointestinal surgery: enterotomy, gastrostomy, end to end anastamosis
- Biopsy techniques: lymph nodes, liver, bladder
- Cystotomy
- Placement of feeding tube – oesophagostomy and gastrostomy
Jackie Demetriou will be one of the course tutors. She is a European Boarded Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, who has practiced specialist level soft tissue surgery for the past 20 years. She has worked in both academia (University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham) and private referral practice. She has extensive experience teaching general practitioners the theory and practice of surgery and really enjoys seeing how surgeons gain confidence in managing cases and performing surgeries after these CPD events.
Jackie Demetriou will be one of the course tutors. She is a European Boarded Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, who has practiced specialist level soft tissue surgery for the past 20 years. She has worked in both academia (University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge and University of Nottingham) and private referral practice. She has extensive experience teaching general practitioners the theory and practice of surgery and really enjoys seeing how surgeons gain confidence in managing cases and performing surgeries after these CPD events.