Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for the Small Animal Surgeon

Course overview

You know the feeling- I amresecting a mass, but in the back of my mind I am worried about getting it closed. Complete excision versus wound closure. It is an ugly feeling that we can help you with! Better yet, the skills you learn here will help you with traumatic wound closures too! In this intensive 2-day course, lectures will be followed by direct application of the surgical techniques in our cadaveric labs. Our instructors will support you so that you gain the most from each modular training session. You will learn simple and more complex reconstructive procedures for wounds involving the head (face, mouth, pinna), trunk (skin, thoracic and abdominal walls) and extremities (skin loss, pad reconstruction) including: Local Skin Flaps; Tension Relieving Techniques; Axial Pattern Flaps; Free Grafts; Skin Stretching Closure Techniques; Muscle and Myocutaneous Flaps; Facial Reconstructive Surgery; Nasal Reconstructive Surgery; Paw/Pad Reconstructive Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery of the Pinna,