European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies

Orthopaedic Surgery Courses

Orthopaedics III

Course Master(s):

Univ. Prof. Dr. Peter Böttcher, Dipl. ECVS (DE)
Dr. Christiane Lutonsky, Resident ECVSMR (AT)

Course Overview

This module focuses on forelimb orthopaedic diseases (shoulder joint, elbow joint, carpal joint, tendon and muscular injuries). Participants will learn about the anatomy, etiology, how to diagnose the disease and current knowledge about treatment options (conservative and surgery) For each anatomic location common open surgical techniques will be presented and trained. One day in lab will be detected to minimally invasive surgery eg. arthroscopy of the elbow and shoulder joint.
Ortho I is mandatory before continuing with Ortho III.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the course, participant shall:
1. possess the current knowledge to come to a final diagnosis
2. be aware of the current state of the art methods of treatment
3. master common surgical techniques and do or refer more complicated or advanced cases

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 19 October 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Registration, welcome and introduction
09:30 – 10:00 Forelimb Lameness – is it a shoulder, elbow or distal limb problem?
10:00 – 10:45 Forelimb Lameness – could it be a neurologic disease?
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15 Anatomy / Biomechanics – Shoulder joint
11:15 – 12:45 Muscle injury of the shoulder joint and physiotherapy
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 OCD of the shoulder joint
15:00 – 15:30 Bicepstendonruptur / Bicepstendovaginitis, Supraspinatus tendinopathy
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:15 Medial instability / Biceps brachii tendinopathy
16:15 – 17:00 Shoulder joint luxation
Get Together

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Wrap up session
09:00 – 09:15 Anatomy elbow joint
09:15 – 09:45 Biomechanics elbow joint
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:00 Elbow dysplasia etiopathogenesis
11:00 – 11:15 Diagnosing elbow dysplasia
11:15 – 11:45 Elbow Dysplasia- IOHC
11:45 – 12:15 Treatment of elbow incongruency – Ulna osteotomies
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 13:45 Treatment of elbow incongruency – SHO, PAUL
13:45 – 14:30 Coronoid disease and OCD – what to do best?
14:30 – 14:45 Flexor Enthesiopathy – is it important to treat?
14:45 – 15:15 UAP – Fixation or not?
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Elbow joint luxation
16:30 – 17:00 Partial or complete elbow prosthesis

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Introduction to shoulder joint arthroscopy
09:30 – 10:15 Dry Lab
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 Shoulder joint arthroscopy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00 Introduction to elbow joint arthroscopy
14:00 – 15:30 Elbow joint arthroscopy
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Elbow joint arthroscopy
Social Dinner

Thursday, 22 October 2026

09:00 – 10:30 Surgical approaches shoulder joint (caudolateral, Cheli)
OCD of the shoulder joint
Biceps tendinectomy, infraspinatus contracture
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 Shoulder joint medial Instability (approach medially)
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 14:45 Surgical approach to the elbow joint (medial, lateral), coronoidectomy
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:00 Ulnaosteotomy bioblique, distal
16:00 – 17:00 Carpal joint instability

Friday, 23 October 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Wrap up session
09:30 – 09:45 Anatomy / Biomechanics – Carpal joint
09:45 – 10:30 Hyperextension injury
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15 Abductor pollicis longus – a cause for lameness?
11:15 – 12:00 Cases – Discussion
12:00 – 12:30 Carpal hyperflexion syndrome
12:30 – 12:45 Physiotherapy for carpal laxity syndrome
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 Cases – Discussion
14:30 – 15:00 CASUS Case
15:00 – 15:30 Goodbye

Tuition fee*:

EUR 3.240.-

Early registration fee*:

EUR 3.140.-

Early registration deadline:

01/06/2026

Total hours:

40

ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):

TBA

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):

5

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

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