Essential Surgical Procedures: Airway and Amputation

Course overview

Course Description: Join us for 3 full days of lecture and laboratories focused on soft tissue procedures such as: Corrective techniques for stenotic nares and elongated soft palates. Become more comfortable with feline perineal urethrostomy and cystotomy. Learn how to place various tubes and catheters including tracheostomy and thoracostomy tubes, pig tail catheters, and central lines. We will also spend a day learning various amputation procedures (limb, tail, digit) and reviewing techniques to relieve tension and close problematic wounds. There will also be an opportunity to practice bandaging techniques. Instructors have extensive experience in private practice and academia and utilize interactive clinical presentations to introduce laboratory procedures and provide applied context for perioperative management. Our team includes specialists in small animal surgery and critical care to address different perspectives of relevant pathology, patient stabilization methods, and surgical technique. Participants will have ample time in laboratory to practice procedures on cadavers with guidance from ACVS- and ACVECC-certified instructors.