Focus On – Soft Tissue Surgery

Name: Focus On – Soft Tissue Surgery
Start: 2026-12-07T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-09T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Vienna / Austria

SUB & Ureteral Surgery MasterClass

Focus On – Soft Tissue Surgery

Registration open

Program Director:

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

Principal Course Master(s):

Univ. Prof. Dr. Guillaume Chanoit, Dipl. ECVS, Dipl. ACVS (FR)

Course Overview

This intensive three-day programme provides advanced, specialist-level training in the diagnosis and surgical management of ureteral disease in dogs and cats. Designed for surgeons, ECVS/ACVS residents, and experienced clinicians, the course combines high-level theory with extensive hands-on practical work using cadavers, surgical models, and ultrasound-guided techniques.
Participants will develop the clinical reasoning, imaging interpretation, and surgical skills required to treat ureteral obstructions, ruptures, strictures, ectopic ureters, and complex upper urinary tract cases—with a special focus on open ureteral surgery and SUB system placement in a non-fluoroscopic environment.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

Diagnose ureteral pathology using ultrasound, CT and laboratory data.
Build evidence-based decision pathways for obstructive and traumatic ureteral disease.
Perform open ureterotomy and ureteroneocystostomy confidently.
Perform SUB (Subcutaneous Ureteral Bypass) placement using open and ultrasound-guided techniques.
Recognise, prevent, and manage complications, including device obstruction, leakage, infection and CKD progression.
Plan revisions and salvage procedures for complex or failed cases.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 7 December 2026 - Foundational Principles & Open Ureteral Surgery

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome & Pre-Course Assessment
Introduction, objectives.
09:30 – 11:00 Advanced Anatomy & Pathophysiology- Surgical techniques
Detailed kidney and ureter anatomy; mechanisms of obstruction. Surgical techniques : ureterotomy, ureteral reimplanttion ( neoureterocystostomy), neocystostomy, renal descensus , cystopexy (psoas hitch)
11:15 – 12:45 Diagnostics & Decision-Making
Ultrasound and CT interpretation; stabilisation protocols (medical management); decision algorithms for obstruction, rupture and bilateral disease.
13:45 – 15:15 Microsurgical Techniques – Dry Lab
Fine-tissue handling, 7-0 to 9-0 suture skills, instrument precision, leak testing.
15:30 – 17:00 Open Ureteral Surgery – Wet Lab
Ureterotomy, ureteroneocystostomy, approach strategies on cadavers.

Tuesday, 8 December 2026 - Stent & SUB System Placement- Ultrasound-Guided Skills

09:00 – 10:30 SUB Systems: Concepts & Clinical Evidence
Device components, indications, long-term outcomes, revision strategies.
10:45 – 12:15 Ureteral Stenting: Concepts & Clinical Evidence
Device components, indications, long-term outcomes, revision strategies.
13:15 – 14:45 SUB Placement – Wet Lab (Part I)
Surgical kidney exposure, nephrostomy and cystostomy catheter placement, tunnelling and port positioning. Ultrasound-Guided Renal Imaging & Access – Practical Session
Identification of renal pelvis and proximal ureter; simulated needle guidance for nephrostomy access.
15:00 – 16:30 SUB Placement – Wet Lab (Part II)
Flushing techniques, troubleshooting, flow resistance interpretation, port access.
16:30 – 17:30 Interactive Case Rounds
Clinical cases comparing open surgery, SUB placement and conservative management.

Wednesday, 9 December 2026 - Complications, Special Cases & Advanced Planning

09:00 – 10:30 Ectopic Ureters, Trauma & Complex Reconstructions
Management of ureteral ruptures, strictures, ectopic ureters and malignant obstruction.
10:45 – 12:15 Complications & Long-Term Management
Early and late complications, infection control, long-term CKD management long term incontinence management , owner communication.
13:15 – 14:45 Complication Simulation -Practical Session
• SUB troubleshooting
• Nephrostomy tube techniques
• Surgical revision planning
15:00 – 16:30 Advanced Case Planning Work Groups
Team-based problem-solving for complex unilateral and bilateral obstruction, septic uroabdomen, and device failure.
16:30 – 17:00 Final Assessment & Wrap up