Revise asepsis, sterilisation and appropriate antibiosis for surgical cases

Instrumentation and instrument handling

Gloving and gowning

Uses of suture, 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

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.

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.

Principles of oncology

Principles of oncologic surgery

Surgery for skin tumours, mast cell tumour, 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 - mucocoeles, 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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