Focus On – Surgical Oncology
12/12/2025 - 14/12/2025 Vienna, Austria
Focus On – Surgical Oncology
Advanced Surgical Oncology III - Abdomen
Program Director:
Principal Course Master(s):
Course Master(s):
Dr. Manuel Jimenez Pelaez, Dipl. ECVS (ES)
Prof. Nick Bacon, Dipl. ECVS, Dipl. ACVS (UK)
Course Overview
This course is tailored for both experienced veterinary surgeons and specialists (diplomates, residents and specialized veterinarians) ensuring an advanced, in-depth, and practical learning experience. Previous registration to the surgical oncology webinars series is recommended.This course is highly interactive and tailored to the needs of experienced surgeons.
Aims:
This module 3 shall help participants to refine their expertise in complex abdominal surgical oncology. By combining theoretical knowledge with practical application, this course aims to:
- Deepen understanding of the biology, diagnosis, and surgical management of digestive, endocrine, and urogenital tumours in small animals.
- Provide hands-on experience in performing advanced surgical techniques, including gastric and intestinal resections, prostatectomy, liver resections, adrenalectomies and cystectomies.
- Foster an interactive and flexible learning environment, allowing participants to discuss with both peers and faculty complex cases, troubleshoot challenges, and refine decision-making skills.
- Ensure immediate clinical applicability by practicing techniques on cadavers under close and personalised guidance.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the grounds for performing abdominal cancer surgery appropriately, through a better knowledge of the biology of main abdominal tumours and the strength and limitations of surgery in their treatment.
- Navigate patient selection, preoperative planning, and intraoperative decision-making in the treatment of abdominal tumours.
- Perform advanced surgical procedures such as gastrectomies (Billroth I & II), rectal pull-through, prostatectomy, cystectomies, liver resection, and adrenalectomy with cavotomy.
Course Program (Subject to change)
Friday, 12 December - Lectures and discussions
Morning Session: Digestive Oncology
08:30-09:00 Course introduction
09:00-09:30 Biology of digestive tumours
09:30-10:30 Surgery of oesophageal and gastric tumours
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Tumours of small intestines
11:30-12:15 Colorectal tumours
12:15-13:00 Perianal tumours
Afternoon Session: Endocrine Oncology
14:00-14:45 Urinary tumours
14:45-15:30 Prostate tumours
15:30-16:00 Genital tumours of the female
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Interactive session, clinical cases
19:00: Social Dinner
Saturday, 13 December 2025 - Wet Labs
Wet Labs – Digestive and urogenital
Caudal oesophagectomies (cardia)
Gastrectomies (Billroth I, Billroth 2)
Partial cystectomy, Bladder augmentation
Complete cystectomy and Ureteral Reimplantation
Prostatectomy
Complete vaginectomy
Rectal pull-through (through dorsal approach)
Sunday, 14 December 2025 - Lectures, discussions and wet-labs
Morning Session: Advanced Techniques and Case Studies
09:00-10:30: Liver Tumours
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-12:00: Adrenal Tumours
12:00-12:30: Pancreatic Tumours
12:30-13:00: Q&A, clinical cases
Afternoon session: Wet labs
Liver Resection
Adrenalectomy with cavotomy
Pancreatectomies
18:00 Debrief and farewell
Focus On – Surgical Oncology
Date:
12/12/2025 - 14/12/2025Location:
Vienna, AustriaVenue:
Vetklinikum LS GmbH & Co KG, Laxenburgerstrasse 252a, 1230, Vienna, Austria
12/12/2025 - 14/12/2025Location:
Vienna, AustriaVenue:
Vetklinikum LS GmbH & Co KG, Laxenburgerstrasse 252a, 1230, Vienna, Austria
Tuition fee*:
EUR 3.550.-
Early registration fee*:
EUR 3.150.-
Early registration deadline:
01/10/2025
Disdcount resident fee:
EUR 2.100.-
Total hours:
TBA
ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):
TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
