Feline Orthopaedics

Name: Feline Orthopaedics
Start: 2026-06-15T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-19T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Vienna / Austria

Registration open

Program Director:

Dr. Eva Schnabl-Feichter, Dipl. ECVS (AT)

Principal Course Master(s):

Dr. Eva Schnabl-Feichter, Dipl. ECVS (AT)

Course Overview

This course includes interactive, case-oriented classroom teaching in combination with intensive practical workshops.
In the workshops, we first repeat basic traumatology on plastic bones before starting to perform surgery on a cat cadaver always together with another participant. Teachers first show, how to do the exercise on a cadaver with the help of video transmission and are afterwards available to support and instruct participants during the workshop.
After the course participants will have repeated AO principles of fracture management and will be able to do correct surgical approaches to the bones as well as have a treatment plan for common fractures. Also participants will be able to perform some common orthopedic surgeries in the cat.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 15 June 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Registration, welcome and introduction Schnabl-Feichter
09:30 – 10:15 Orthopaedic examination in cats – What´s different? Schnabl-Feichter
10:15 – 10:45 Is it a neurologic problem? Schmierer
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 High rise injury vs. Road traffic accident Schnabl-Feichter
11:30 – 12:00 Head trauma Schmierer
12:00 – 12:30 Sacrococcygeal injury Schmierer
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:00 Open fractures and gunshot injury Schmierer
14:00 – 15:00 Pelvic trauma Schnabl-Feichter
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00 Decision making in fracture repair Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
Welcome Get Together

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Wrap up session
09:30 – 10:30 Special anatomy in the cat – what is different to the dog? Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:30 Anatomical dissection of the forelimb and hindlimb Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:45 Surgical approaches forelimb Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Amputation forelimb Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
16:00 – 17:00 Mandibula symphysiolysis, soft palate cleft, esophageal tube Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Wrap up session
09:30 – 10:00 Do cats have shoulder problems? Schmierer
10:00 – 10:30 Is there a role for elbow dysplasia? Schnabl-Feichter
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 Elbow and hip luxation Schnabl-Feichter
11:30 – 12:30 Hip diseases Schnabl-Feichter
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:00 Isolated cranial cruciate disease Schnabl-Feichter
14:00 – 14:45 Multiligamentous stifle injuries Schmierer
14:45 – 15:15 Patella disease in cats Schnabl-Feichter
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00 Traumatic Achilles tendon rupture Schmierer
16:00 – 17:00 Distal limb injuries Schmierer
Social Dinner

Thursday, 18 June 2026

09:00 – 10:45 Surgical approach hip joint and ilium, ilieo femoral suture,
toggle pin, femur head and NEC ostectomy Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Surgical approaches stifle, patellar luxation Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 15:45 Extracapsular ligament repair, collateral ligament repair tarsus
Achilles tendon repair, toggle pin Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Amputation hindlimb Schnabl-Feichter / Schmierer

Friday, 19 June 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Wrap up session
09:30 – 10:00 Osteoarthrosis – a common problem in our feline patient Schnabl-Feichter
10:00 – 10:30 Feline arthritis Schmierer
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:10 Outcome evaluation in cats Schnabl-Feichter
11:10 – 12:00 Pain management Eberspächer-Schweda
12:00 – 12:30 Physiotherapy Bockstahler
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:00 Nanoscopy – a new possibility in cats? Schnabl-Feichter
14:00 – 15:00 Cases – discussion Schnabl-Feichter
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 Quiz – Wrap up session, goodbye Schnabl-Feichter