Thoracic Surgery
£1,097.00 (+VAT)
This course is 14 hours of CPD
In this highly practical one day course we’ll show you how to approach the thorax and perform thoracic surgery, firstly discussing these procedures in the lecture room before performing them in practical sessions. You’ll get all the help you need from our expert and approachable tutors.
What you’ll learn:
- How to place chest drains in your patients
- How to perform intercostal thoracotomies and sternotomies
- Exploring the thorax – normal cardiorespiratory anatomy, PDA, thoracic duct and peribronchial lymph nodes
- Surgical lung diseases and how to treat them
- Lung lobectomy practical using stapling devices
- Pericardial disease and how to safely perform a pericardectomy
- Closing the thorax – top tips
Course Tutor: Benito De La Puerta DVM CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery
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“Excellent course, covering wide range of relevant topics.”
“Nice introduction to thoracic surgery. Confident to start doing at the practice.”
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