Soft Tissue Surgery I

Name: Soft Tissue Surgery I
Start: 2026-04-27T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-14T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Valencia, Spain

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Program Director:

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

Principal Course Master(s):

Dr. Laurent Findji, DMV, MS, Dipl. ECVS MRCVS

Course Master(s):

Dr. Jasmine Moser, MRCVS

Instructor(s):

Dr. Ruta Noreikaite
Dr. Stefano Manca

Course Overview

This course focuses on the basic principles of surgery, tissue handling, knotting techniques and general abdominal and gastro-intestinal surgery.

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, participants 1) shall be able to apply atraumatic surgery principles on all occasions, 2) master current abdominal surgeries principles and techniques, 3) have changed paradigm, not trying anymore to know “how” but “why”.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Wednesday, 27 April 2026: – Online Course introduction/Explanation

19:30 – 20:00 Welcome & Introduction
7 hours of Recorded Webinars on Surgical Methods
• Surgical site infections Allerton / Dupré
• Instrument and tissue handling techniques Findji
• Patient, surgeon, OP room preparation Findji
• Disinfection / Sterilisation methods Merca
• Haemostasis, haemostatic devices Findji
• Suture material and suture techniques Findji
• Pain management in abdominal surgery Rocchi / Eberspächer-Schweda
• Nutritional support Handl

Monday, 11 May 2026 – Hotel

08:30 – 09:00 Local welcome Findji
09:00 – 10:30 Abdominal wall anatomy, approaches, closure Findji
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Abdominal biopsies Moses
11:30 – 13:00 Gastrointestinal surgery: anatomy, surgery (part 1) Findji
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Gastrointestinal surgery: surgery (part 2) Findji
15:00 – 16:00 Gastric dilatation volvulus Moser
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Various techniques of splenectomy (lecture) Moser
17:15 – 18:00 Dry labs demonstrations and practice of one hand knotting techniques Findji / Moser
18:00 – 19:00 Ice breaker

Tuesday, 12 May 2026: Practical exercises on dogs – Veterinary Faculty

09:00 – 10:30 Laparotomy / Abdominal exploration
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Abdominal biopsies, splenectomy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 Enterotomies, gastropexies
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Resection anastomosis

Wednesday, 13 May 2026: Lectures and wrap-up session – Hotel

08:30 – 09:00 The Omentum: the surgeon´s best friend Findji
09:00 – 10:15 Diseases and surgery of large intestines (excl. rectum) Moser
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Nutritional support and feeding tubes placement Moser
11:15 – 12:30 Debriefing webinars
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 The septic peritonitis Findji
15:00 – 15:30 Introduction to minimally-invasive surgery Dupré
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 Wrap-up
19:00 Social Dinner

Thursday, 14 May 2026: Practical exercises on cats – Veterinary Faculty

08:30 – 09:00 Introduction
09:00 – 10:30 Feeding tubes placement / Abdominal exploration / Advanced dissections (pancreas, adrenals, aorta…)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Small and large intestines (1)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break, Group picture, Course Evaluation
13:30 – 15:00 Small and large intestines (2) / Serosal patch
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Jejunal graft and more…
17:00 Debriefing and farewell