2058 – Feline Orthopaedics (September 2024)
£997.00 (+VAT)
23rd September 2024, Studley, Warwickshire
Feline orthopaedics has progressed a lot over recent years and it’s easy to feel left behind. This course will focus on some of the common feline orthopaedic problems encountered in general practice. Case-based discussions will be combined with short review lectures to highlight key aspects in management and getting the best outcomes. Wet labs will teach you some extremely useful transarticular ESF techniques for managing stifle and hock trauma as well as a session helping you learn and refine exposure of the femoral head and neck for perfecting your FHNE.
What you’ll learn:
- Decision making for pelvic fractures
- Salvage surgical options for hip problems
- Diagnosis and management of traumatic stifle joint injury
- How to manage the tricky tibial fracture
- Talocrural joint instability; to fix or fuse
- Transarticular external skeletal fixation for the hock and stifle practical session
- Craniolateral approach to the hip and femoral head and neck excision practical session
Course Tutor:
Scott Rutherford BVMS CertSAS DipECVS MRVCS, RCVS and European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
Course Feedback
“Very good speaker. – Well structured talks, easy to follow. Very useful practicals – helpful practical tips. Definitely feel much more confident managing stifle and hock trauma.”
“Practical, entertaining and useful for day to day and more unusual cases.”
“Excellent speaker – opinions, evidence, and practical advice.”