Soft Tissue Surgery III

Name: Soft Tissue Surgery III
Start: 2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-11-17T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Vienna, Austria

Registration open

Program Director:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Gilles Dupré Dipl. ECVS (FR/AT)

Principal Course Master(s):

Dr. Laurent Findji, Dipl. ECVS (UK)

Course Overview

The ESAVS Soft Tissue Surgery courses are dedicated to veterinarians in practice or in the academic field who are willing to deepen their knowledge in soft tissue surgery. The comprehensive study program consists currently of 4 one-week modules. Each course is composed of a mix of theory and practice on models and cadavers. Much time is dedicated to interactive and practical training under the supervision of course masters and instructors, who are all internationally recognized European or American specialists.
After attending the whole program, participants shall have acquired sufficient knowledge not only to face most of the current clinical situations but also to further progress by themselves and then recognize the cases that need to be referred to specialists.

STS I (Soft Tissue Surgery I) is mandatory before continuing on to the next courses. STS II, III and IV can be taken in any order. It is recommended to take STS V only after completion of the previous courses.

Soft Tissue Surgery III:
During this course, we will concentrate on more advanced abdominal surgeries. After reviewing the indications and techniques for current urinary tract surgery, we will address the surgical treatments of urinary incontinence and urinary tract trauma. The second part of the course will focus on liver and gallbladder surgery as well as on pancreas and adrenals.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, participants 1) shall master most of the urinary tract surgical techniques; 2) get a sound knowledge of management of urinary incontinence; 3) have acquired a good understanding of liver surgery including porto-systemic shunt; 4) be able to operate or refer advanced pancreas or adrenal surgeries.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Thursday, 8 November 2026 – Online - Webinars

20:00 (CET)

Management of cystoliths: the internist/interventionist point of view McLauchlan
Surgical diseases and techniques of the pancreas Findji
Role of laparoscopy in the treatment of Liver, adrenal, pancreas diseases Dupré
How to treat ureterolithiases Bismuth
Urinary tract tumours: Basic oncologic knowledge Findji
Urinary tract Trauma: Diagnosis and decision making Lipscomb

Saturday, 14 November 2026 – Surgery of the Urinary Tract

08:30 – 09:00 Introduction to the course Findji
09:00 – 09:40 Surgical Anatomy of the urinary tract Moser
09:40 – 10:30 Clinical management of urethral obstruction Findji
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12.30 Basic surgical techniques for the urinary tract Findji
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:15 Urinary incontinence: diagnosis and treatments Bismuth
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:30 Surgical diseases of the prostate Findji
16:30 – 17:30 Debriefing webinars, Q&A, clinical cases

Sunday, 15 November 2026 – Wet labs: Urinary Tract Surgery

09:00 – 17:00 Bladder surgery All
Nephrotomy, nephrectomy
Urethrostomies
Colposuspension, urethropexy

Monday, 16 November 2026 – Hepatobiliary and abdominal endocrine surgeries

09:00 – 09:45 Surgical anatomy of the liver and gallbladder Moser
09:45 – 11:15 Liver Shunts: The surgeon’s view Bismuth
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Liver tumours and hepatectomies Bismuth
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Surgical diseases and techniques of the adrenals Findji
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Surgical diseases and techniques for the biliary tract Bismuth
17:00 – 17:30 Debriefing webinars, Q&A, clinical cases

Tuesday, 17 November 2026 – Wet labs: Hepatobiliary and abdominal endocrine surgeries

09:00 – 17:00 Liver biopsies and lobectomies All
Cholecystoenterostomy, cholecystectomy
Portosystematic shunt localisation techniques
Pancreatic biopsies and pancreatectomy
Adrenalectomies