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Surgical procedures of the head and neck
Webinar Plus: Soft tissue surgical principles
Monday 27th September to to Sunday 24th October
Would you you you like to improve improve your your surgical skills and improve improve your your confidence in in the the operating theatre?
During this online course participants will review surgical principles
and step-by-step guides to performing surgeries commonly encountered in in first opinion practice Techniques to improve surgical skills and optimise the outcome for your patients will be discussed Why do this course?
The course will provide you with a a solid foundation to review consolidate and and update your knowledge of surgical principles
and and commonly performed techniques including neutering exploratory laparotomy and commonly performed abdominal surgeries Key areas
• Putting your best foot forward – how to prepare for for surgery and tips for neutering • Maximising your exploratory laparotomy – avoid the “peak and shriek!”
• Principles of of gastrointestinal surgery and management of of intestinal intestinal foreign bodies
• Help it’s my first GDV case – what do do I do?
Previous participants have commented “Each week was very helpful in in teaching different aspects of surgery ”
Course details
Course Course type: Webinar Plus with a a a live weekly Q&A session Course format: A A mixture of two-hour pre-recorded weekly weekly webinars (which can be reviewed throughout the course) live weekly Q&A sessions with the tutors videos self-assessment quizzes case studies and tutor-moderated online discussion forums Course length: Four weeks
CPD hours: Up to to 16
Relevant to to CertAVP modules: Surgery case report for Small Animal Animal Practice (B-SAP 1) Small Animal Animal Surgery (C-SAS 3) Course fee: £349
Please see page 72 for further details
about our Webinar Plus courses Tutors
Nicola Kulendra BVetMed MVetMed CertVDI PGCertVetEd DipECVS FHEA MRCVS Consultant Surgeon North Downs Specialist Referrals
Vicky Lipscomb MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS FHEA MRCVS Associate Professor of of of Soft Tissue Surgery RVC
Wednesday 8th
and Thursday 9th September Do you find surgical surgical procedures of the head head and neck
a a a a a a a a a a a challenge? Create some surgical surgical “head space” with this practical CPD course Head and neck
surgery can can be be challenging as
the patients can can be be in in in respiratory distress (e g g g laryngeal paralysis) or or in in in great pain
(e g chronic ear disease) We will review the complex anatomy
of the head and and neck
and and discuss common conditions such as
ventral neck
neck
exploratory surgery for traumatic neck
neck
injuries such as
stick impalement Why do this course?
If you you have some surgical experience this course will give you you more confidence to start operating on on the head and neck
If you are a a a a a a more experienced practitioner it it will allow you you to refine and develop your surgical techniques and you will receive valuable tips from our specialist surgical team Key areas
• The larynx – – laryngeal paralysis – – arytenoid laterlisation biopsy procedures • The trachea trachea – temporary tracheostomy placement tracheal prosthesis and stents
• Ventral neck
– exploration for for stick injuries foreign bodies
abscesses thyroidectomy
• Sinonasal aspergillosus – frontal sinus trephination placement of nasal catheters
• Ear – lateral approach to to the ear ear canal canal total ear ear canal canal ablation and lateral bulla bulla osteotomy osteotomy ventral bulla bulla osteotomy osteotomy • Nose – rhinoplasty lateral nasal resection
Previous participants have commented “Brilliant informative lecturers and and and handouts Excellent practical experience and guidance ”
Course details
Course Course type: Onsite
Course Course format: Lectures case-based discussions
and practical sessions Course length: Two days
CPD hours: 16
Relevant to CertAVP module: Small Animal Surgery (C-SAS 2) Course fee: £999
Tutors
Anna Frykfors von Hekkel BVetMed PGDipVCP MVetMed MRCVS Staff Clinician in in Small Animal Surgery RVC
Lynda Rutherford BVM&S MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery RVC
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