Soft Tissue Surgery Basic Laparoscopy
13/10/2026 - 21/11/2026 Cluj-Napoca / Romania
Soft Tissue Surgery Basic Laparoscopy
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Course Overview
The ESAVS Soft Tissue Surgery – combined Laparoscopy course is dedicated to practitioners wishing to start with laparoscopic surgery. A strong focus will be made on practical exercises with dry labs on models and ex-vivo organs and wet labs on dogs’ cadavers and anesthetized pigs. A large part of the theoretical lectures will be displayed as Webinars allowing participants to work at their own pace. All procedures on anesthetized animal will respect the most advanced animal welfare guidelines.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, participants 1) Shall have a profound knowledge on the pros and cons of mini-invasive surgery and the most common indications 2) Shall be able to plan and organize a mini-invasive setting in their clinic and to start with the most common indications.
Participants that registered must be aware that the format is 1+4 and that no surgery will be done on live dogs.
Wednesday, 18 November 2026
08:30-09:15 Welcome, Course presentation, History GD
09: 15-10:00 How to enter the abdomen safely FM
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Optimal port placement,
11:30-12:00 Basic knotting techniques FM
Debriefing Webinars GD
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 Dry Lab: Training of Basic Mini-Invasive Surgery Skills: All
Tower Construction,
Training with Instrumentation including trocars
Basic Hand-Skills, Hand-eye coordination
Basic Mistels Training Tasks 1-2,
Extra-Corporeal Knot Tying
Evening Get Together Drink
Thursday, 19 November 2026
08:30-10:30 Laparoscopic Exploration and Biopsies 30’
Laparoscopic cryptorchiectomy 30’ .
Laparoscopic spay 40’ ?20’ (cats) Ruta Noreikaite
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-13:00 Single port platforms and Lap-assisted ovariohysterectomy 30’ GD
Lap-assisted gastropexy, 30’
Lap-assisted cystotomy (PCCL), 30’ FM
Lap-assisted digestive surgery clinical cases 15’
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 Ex-vivo Lab: Liver and other models
Liver biopsies
Use of Ligasure, Bipolar and more on Cholecystectomies
Advanced dissection on ex vivo pieces
Evening Free evening
Friday, 20 November 2026
08:30 –10:15 Clinical cases, including complications: Bleeding, OVR, and others
10:30-11:00 Break and walk to the lab
11:00-13-00 Post-Mortem Lab 1
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break upstairs
14:00 – 17:00 Post-Mortem Lab 2
Evening Social evening
Saturday, 21 November 2026
09:30- 15:00 In Vivo Lab / Pigs (1):
Capnoperitoneum
Port placement
Exploration,
Biopsies
Local Lunch Break and course evaluation
In Vivo Lab / Pigs (2):
Cholecystectomy,
More, depending on participants’ advancement (Adrenalectomy, Nephrectomy)
Course ends at 3 PM
Soft Tissue Surgery Basic Laparoscopy
Date:
13/10/2026 - 21/11/2026Location:
Cluj-Napoca / Romania
13/10/2026 - 21/11/2026Location:
Cluj-Napoca / Romania
Online:
6 October 2026
Practical sessions:
18 - 21 November 2026
Tuition fee*:
EUR 4.350.-
Early registration fee*:
EUR 4.250.-
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
