Soft Tissue Surgery III

Course Overview

The ESAVS Soft Tissue Surgery courses are dedicated to veterinarians in practice or in the academic field who are willing to deepen their knowledge in soft tissue surgery. The comprehensive study program consists currently of 4 one-week modules. Each course is composed of a mix of theory and practice on models and cadavers. Much time is dedicated to interactive and practical training under the supervision of course masters and instructors, who are all internationally recognized European or American specialists.
After attending the whole program, participants shall have acquired sufficient knowledge not only to face most of the current clinical situations but also to further progress by themselves and then recognize the cases that need to be referred to specialists.

STS I (Soft Tissue Surgery I) is mandatory before continuing on to the next courses. STS II, III and IV can be taken in any order. It is recommended to take STS V only after completion of the previous courses.

Soft Tissue Surgery III:
During this course, we will concentrate on more advanced abdominal surgeries. After reviewing the indications and techniques for current urinary tract surgery, we will address the surgical treatments of urinary incontinence and urinary tract trauma. The second part of the course will focus on liver and gallbladder surgery as well as on pancreas and adrenals.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, participants 1) shall master most of the urinary tract surgical techniques; 2) get a sound knowledge of management of urinary incontinence; 3) have acquired a good understanding of liver surgery including porto-systemic shunt; 4) be able to operate or refer advanced pancreas or adrenal surgeries.

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 05 May 2025 – Surgery of the Urinary Tract

08:30 – 09:00 Introduction to the course Findji
09:00 – 09:45 Surgical anatomy, healing and surgical principles Moser
09:45 – 10:45 Urolithiasis: common knowledge and management principles Findji
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:00 Basic surgical techniques for the urinary tract Findji
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:45 Prostatic disease and surgery Findji
14:45 – 15:30 Urinary incontinence: diagnosis Bismuth
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Urinary incontinence: surgical treatments Bismuth
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Drinks

Tuesday, 06 May 2025 – Wet Labs - Urinary Tract Surgery

09:00 – 17:00 Bladder surgery All
Nephrotomy, nephrectomy
Urethrostomies
Colposuspension, urethropexy

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 – Liver / Gallbladder / Pancreas / Adrenal

09:00 – 09:45 Surgical anatomy of the liver and gallbladder Findji
09:45 – 10:45 Surgical diseases and techniques for the biliary tract Bismuth
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 Surgical diseases and techniques of the pancreas Findji
12:00 – 13:00 Surgical diseases and techniques of the adrenals Findji
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 Role of laparoscopy in the treatment of liver, adrenal, pancreas diseases Dupré
14:30 – 15:30 Liver tumors and hepatectomies Bismuth
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 Liver Shunts: The surgeon’s view Bismuth

Thursday, 08 May 2025 – Wet Labs – Hepatobiliary surgery, pancreas, adrenals

09:00 – 17:00 Liver biopsies and lobectomies All
Cholecystoenterostomy, cholecystectomy
Portosystematic shunt localisation techniques
Pancreatic biopsies and pancreatectomy
Adrenalectomies

Friday, 09 May 2025 – Ureterolithiases, urinary trauma, urinary tumours, interactive and review sessions

09:00 – 10:00 How to treat ureterolithiasis Bismuth
10:00 – 11:00 Urinary tract tumors: Basic oncologic knowledge Findji
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Urinary tract trauma: Diagnosis and decision-making Findji
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 MCQ – CASUS cases, Wrap-up session All

Practical sessions:

5 - 9 May 2025

Tuition fee*:

3.390.-

Early registration fee*:

3.290.-

Early registration deadline:

01/12/2024

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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