• Revise asepsis, sterilisation and appropriate antibiosis for surgical cases
• Instrumentation and instrument handling
• Gloving and gowning
• Uses of sutures, needles, staples and clips
• Principles of wound healing - primary and delayed closure, secondary healing - and how this applies to clinical cases
• Re-visit the principles of wound management and get up-to-date with what is available now

• The nose – neoplasia, autoimmune disease
• The nasal sinuses
• Brachycephalic airway disease
• Laryngeal diseases – paralysis, collapse, trauma, stenosis, neoplasia
• Tracheal surgery – tracheotomy, tracheostomy, collapse, resection/anastomosis, trauma, foreign bodies, neoplasia

• Surgery of the lips and cheeks, tongue and hard palate
• Maxilla/mandible – maxillectomy and mandibulectomy
• Pharyngeal surgery
• Tonsillar surgery
• The ear–lateral wall resection, vertical canal ablation, total canal ablation/lateral bulla osteotomy, ventral bulla osteotomy, haematomas

• Principles of oncology
• Principles of oncologic surgery
• Surgery for skin tumours, mast cell tumours, oral tumours - maxillectomy and mandibulectomy and gastrointestinal tumours
• Feline-specific tumours (+/- injection site sarcoma)
• Principles of reconstructive surgery - skin flaps and grafts
• Principles and uses of surgical drains

• Salivary gland diseases - mucoceles, trauma, hypersialism, neoplasia
• Oesophageal disorders and the limitations of oesophageal surgery
• Gastrotomy and gastrectomy: there is more to surgery of the stomach than just GDV
• Small intestinal disease and how your decision-making can reduce complications - serosal and omental patching, obstructions and foreign bodies, neoplasia

• Large intestinal surgery and the differences between cats and dogs - Megacolon, rectal prolapse and stricture
• Surgical approaches to the rectum and anus - atresia ani, anal sac disease, anal furunculosis
• Liver surgery – suture, staples or electrosurgery
• Biliary tract surgery – anatomy and surgical options
• Pancreatic surgery
• Splenectomy – does it need removing and if so, which technique and what are the alternatives to removal?

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different monitoring techniques.
• Evaluate and treat fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
• Develop anaesthetic protocols for healthy and high-risk patients.
• Understand the techniques used for stabilisation of patients in a critical state including CPR and treatments used in intensive care.

• Understand the anatomy of the urinary tract
• Discuss the surgical options for obstructive diseases of the urinary tract –ureters, bladder and urethra
• Describe the approach to urinary tract trauma – kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra
• Discuss treatment options for urinary incontinence, including colposuspension, TVT and urethral occluders
• Describe the surgical approach to neoplasia of the urinary tract
• Understand the common surgical disorders of the female and male reproductive tracts and their treatment options

• Review and revise ruptures and hernias
• Hernias – hiatal, perineal, inguinal, umbilical, diaphragmatic, prepubic
• Peritonitis - going into the detail of the pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment options

Thoracic surgery:

-Big dog / little dog: who wins?

-Thoracostomy for pneumothorax, pyothorax and chylothorax – which tube?

-Thoracotomy – which side and which rib space?

-Lung Lobectomy – how many lobes can you take?

-PDA – is this still a surgical condition?

-Pericardectomy – how much should you take?

-PRAA – why does a regurgitating patient need a thoracotomy?

-Chylothorax – can you find the thoracic duct?

-Chest wall diseases – how far can you advance the diaphragm?

• Oesophageal foreign bodies - Pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment
• Gastric dilatation volvulus - Temporary and permanent gastropexy
• Nephrectomy and nephrotomy - Partial nephrectomy, ureteronephrectomy, indications for nephrotomy
• Urethrostomy - Prescrotal, scrotal, perineal, prepubic

• Thoracotomy - Pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment
• Lung lobectomy - Partial and complete lobectomy
• Pericardectomy - Subtotal and total
• Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) - Pre-operative management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment

• Wound closure - Tension relieving techniques, management of ‘dog ears’
• Pedicle Flaps - advancement, rotational and transposition to help close the larger or trickier defects
• Muscle and omental flaps - using muscle in defects by practising the external abdominal oblique muscle flap
• Skin grafts - full thickness and stamp and how to maximise their chances of success

• Total ear canal ablation (TECA) and lateral bulla osteotomy - Suture materials and special instruments, post-op care and assessment, complications
• Ventral bulla osteotomy - Suture materials and special instruments, post-op care and assessment, complications
• Thyroid surgery - Thyroidectomy in the dog, thyroidectomy in the cat demonstration
• Unilateral arytenoid lateralisation - Pre-op management, anaesthesia, surgical anatomy, surgical technique, post-op care and assessment

• The initial assessment of the fracture patient
• Descriptions and applications of fracture classification
• Principles and decision making in fracture repair
• Methods of fracture fixation and implants, including plating and external fixation devices

• The principles of fracture reduction, including both closed and open techniques
• Options for bone grafting including both cancellous and cortical grafts
• Approaches to the following complications: delayed union, non-union, mal-union and osteomyelitis

• Internal and external fixation of fractures.
• Placing cerclages and hemicerclajes wire.
• Tension band wiring for olecranon and calcaneus
• Compression screw placement and positioning.
• Placement of support, compression and neutralization plates.
• Placement of external fixators, different types and combinations.
• Bone grafts

• Luxation, osteochondrosis, dysplasia, excision arthroplasty and fractures of the shoulder
• Luxations, developmental disease, un-united anconeal process and fractures of the elbow
• Developmental carpal disease, carpal hyperextension and arthrodesis, luxations and fractures of the carpus and foot
• Growth plate disorders

• Conditions of the hip, including dysplasia, luxations, arthroplasty and total hip replacement
• Pelvic fractures
• Femoral fractures
• Conditions of the stifle, including patellar luxation, osteochondrosis, fractures and cruciate rupture
• Conditions of the hock, including osteochondrosis, luxation and fractures

• Tenotomy and tenodesis of biceps muscle;
• Osteochondrosis dissecans of the humerus;
• Osteotomy of the coronoid process;
• Fixation of the Ununited Anconeal Process;
• Fixation of a fracture of the lateral humeral condyle (capitulum);
• Osteotomy of the ulna and intramedullary fixation;
• Carpal panarthrodesis

• Osteotomy of the greater trochanter;
• Dislocated hip replacement and fixation;
• Resection of the femoral head and neck;
• Fixing sacroiliac dislocation;
• Patellar dislocation;
• Cruciate ligament repair surgical techniques including TPLO;
• Osteochondrosis dissecans of the posterior tarsus

• Neuroanatomical localization: neurological examination and interpretation.
• Imaging techniques of the spinal column
• Atlantoaxial instability
• Cervical spondylomyelopathy (csm) - wobbler syndrome"
• Neurological emergencies

• Cervical intervertebral disc surgery
• Thoracolumbar intervertebral disc surgery
• Lumbosacral Stenosis.
• Spinal Trauma

• Myelography
• Lumbar puncture and puncture of the cisterna magna
• Cervical disc surgery by ventral partial spondylectomy ("ventral slot")
• Thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy;
• Lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) treated by dorsal laminectomy