Key Learning Objectives:

• Revise asepsis, sterilisation and appropriate antibiosis for surgical cases
• Expand your knowledge of instrumentation and instrument handling
• Become more familiar with the uses of suture, needles, staples and clips
• Understand the principles of wound healing  and how this applies to your clinical cases
• Re-visit the principles of wound management and get up-to-date with what is available now

Key learning objectives:

• Revise the underlying principles of oncologic surgery to inform your surgical approaches to the most common tumours seen in practice
• Bring yourself up-to-date on all the treatment options for mast cell tumours
• Become comfortable with maxillectomy and mandibulectomy so you can approach oral tumours with more confidence
• Familiarise yourself with gastrointestinal tumours so you can optimise your patient’s outcome
• Recognise the differences between dogs and cats by learning about feline-specific tumours

Key learning objectives:

• Revise conditions of the nasal planum of the young and old to guide you when to operate
• The nasal sinuses – when does surgical access become necessary?
• Brachycephalic airway disease - a myriad of abnormalities
• Perfect your knowledge of the larynx to allow you to successfully treat a wide variety of surgical conditions - paralysis, collapse, trauma, stenosis and neoplasia
• Familiarise yourself with tracheotomy, tracheostomy, tracheal avulsion, collapse, resection/anastomosis, trauma, foreign bodies and neoplasia

Key Learning Objectives:

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different monitoring techniques.
• Evaluate and treat fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
• Develop anaesthetic protocols for healthy and high-risk patients.
• Understand the techniques used for stabilisation of patients in a critical state including CPR and treatments used in intensive care.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Salivary gland diseases - mucocoeles, trauma, hypersialism, neoplasia
• Oesophageal disorders and the limitations of oesophageal surgery
• Gastrotomy and gastrectomy: there is more to surgery of the stomach than just GDV
• Small intestinal disease and how your decision-making can reduce complications - serosal and omental patching, obstructions and foreign bodies, neoplasia

Key Learning Objectives:

• Large intestinal surgery and the differences between cats and dogs - Megacolon, rectal prolapse and stricture
• Surgical approaches to the rectum and anus - atresia ani, anal sac disease, anal furunculosis
• Liver surgery – suture, staples or electrosurgery
• Biliary tract surgery – anatomy and surgical options
• Pancreatic surgery
• Splenectomy – does it need removing and if so, which technique and what are the alternatives to removal?

Key Learning Objectives:

• Understand the anatomy of the urinary tract
• Discuss the surgical options for obstructive diseases of the urinary tract –ureters, bladder and urethra
• Describe the approach to urinary tract trauma – kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra
• Discuss treatment options for urinary incontinence, including colposuspension, TVT and urethral occluders
• Describe the surgical approach to neoplasia of the urinary tract
• Surgery of the male reproductive system – from prostatic omentalisation to penile and preputial procedures
• Procedures you can offer for the female reproductive system beyond ovariectomy and ovariohysterectomy

Key learning objectives:

• Surgery of the lips and cheeks, tongue and hard palate
• Maxilla/mandible – maxillectomy and mandibulectomy
• Pharyngeal surgery
• Tonsillar surgery
• The ear–lateral wall resection, vertical canal ablation, total canal ablation/lateral bulla osteotomy, ventral bulla osteotomy, haematomas

Key learning objectives:

• Review and revise ruptures and hernias
• Hernias – hiatal, perineal, inguinal, umbilical, diaphragmatic, prepubic
• Peritonitis - going into the detail of the pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment options
• Thoracic surgery:
  • Big dog / little dog: who wins?
  • Thoracostomy for pneumothorax, pyothorax and chylothorax – which tube?
  • Thoracotomy – which side and which rib space?
  • Lung Lobectomy – how many lobes can you take?
  • PDA – is this still a surgical condition?
  • Pericardectomy – how much should you take?
  • PRAA – why does a regurgitating patient need a thoracotomy?
  • Chylothorax – can you find the thoracic duct?
  • Chest wall diseases – how far can you advance the diaphragm?

Key Learning Objectives:

• Wound closure - Tension relieving techniques, management of ‘dog ears’
• Pedicle Flaps - advancement, rotational and transposition to help close the larger or trickier defects
• Muscle and omental flaps - using muscle in defects by practising the external abdominal oblique muscle flap
• Skin grafts - full thickness and stamp and how to maximise their chances of success

Key Learning Objectives:

• Oesophageal foreign bodies - Pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment
• Gastric dilatation volvulus - Temporary and permanent gastropexy
• Nephrectomy and nephrotomy - Partial nephrectomy, ureteronephrectomy, indications for nephrotomy
• Urethrostomy - Prescrotal, scrotal, perineal, prepubic

Key learning objectives:

• Thoracotomy - A successful thoracotomy is all in the planning: Pre-operative assessment and preparation, intra-operative anatomy and surgical technique and post-operative care all work together to optimise outcomes
• Lung lobectomy – Partial and complete lobectomy: choosing which technique to perform and reducing the risk of air leakage post-operatively
• Pericardectomy – Understand the pros and cons of subtotal pericardectomy
• Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) – These young patients require careful pre-operative management, controlled anaesthesia, precise surgical anatomical knowledge and technique, as well as appropriate post-operative care

Key learning objectives:

• Total ear canal ablation (TECA) and lateral bulla osteotomy - Suture materials and special instruments, post-op care and assessment, complications
• Ventral bulla osteotomy - Suture materials and special instruments, post-op care and assessment, complications
• Thyroid surgery - Thyroidectomy in the dog, thyroidectomy in the cat demonstration
• Unilateral arytenoid lateralisation - Pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment

Key learning objectives:

• The initial assessment of the fracture patient
• Descriptions and applications of fracture classification
• Principles and decision making in fracture repair
• Methods of fracture fixation and implants, including plating and external fixation devices

Key learning objectives:

• The principles of fracture reduction, including both closed and open techniques
• Options for bone grafting including both cancellous and cortical grafts
• Approaches to the following complications: delayed union, non-union, mal-union and osteomyelitis

Key learning objectives:

• Luxation, osteochondrosis, dysplasia, excision arthroplasty and fractures of the shoulder
• Luxations, developmental disease, un-united anconeal process and fractures of the elbow
• Developmental carpal disease, carpal hyperextension and arthrodesis, luxations and fractures of the carpus and foot Growth plate disorders

Key learning objectives:

• Conditions of the hip, including dysplasia, luxations, arthroplasty and total hip replacement
• Pelvic fractures
• Femoral fractures
• Conditions of the stifle, including patellar luxation, osteochondrosis, fractures and cruciate rupture
• Conditions of the hock, including osteochondrosis, luxation and fractures

Key learning objectives:

• Radial Fracture - Surgical repair using a bone plate and screws
• Humeral Fracture - Surgical repair using an intramedullary pin and a bone plate and screws
• Femoral Fracture - Surgical repair using an intramedullary pin and a bone plate and screws
• External Fixation and Bone Grafting Practical Session:
  • Cancellous bone grafting - Harvest cancellous bone from the proximal humerus
  • Review external fixation equipment - Familiarise yourself with the pins, bars and clamps
  • Tibial Fracture - Surgical repair with a type II linear frame
  • Comminuted Radial Fracture - Surgical repair with a type Ib linear frame

Key learning objectives:

• Perform a caudolateral and craniomedial approach to the shoulder joint
• Perform a biceps tenotomy
• Revise various elbow joint procedures
• Perform a medial and lateral approach to the elbow joint
• Perform a subtotal coronoidectomy
• Apply a lag screw fixation to fix the Ununited Anconeal Process (UAP)
• Execute a proximal/distal ulna osteotomy

Key learning objectives:

• Perform a craniodorsal approach to the hip
• Identify all the steps to correctly perform a femoral head ostectomy (FHNO)
• Approach to the stifle joint laterally
• Execute lateral fabello-tibial sutures
• Perform recession trochleoplasties
• Describe the key stages involved in a tibial tuberosity transposition procedure

Key learning objectives:

• Integrate the principles of lesion localisation to your spinal cases via a systematic neurological examination and its’ interpretation
• Understand the application of neurodiagnostics
• Appreciate the approach to and management of paraplegia and tetraplegia
• Be familiar with the clinical approach to neurological emergencies, including cranial trauma and status epilepticus

Key learning objectives:

• Revise the surgical options for spinal surgery according to site
• Cervical spine - Ventral slot procedure
• Thoracolumbar spine - Hemilaminectomy
• Lumbosacral spine - Dorsal laminectomy
• CSF tap and Myelography - Identify the appropriate landmarks for acquiring CSF samples and obtaining diagnostic myelograms

Key Learning Objectives:

• Myelography
• Lumbar puncture and puncture of the cisterna magna
• Cervical disc surgery by ventral partial spondylectomy (""ventral slot"")
• Thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy
• Lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) treated by dorsal laminectomy