Organized byQuadam Veterinary
Addressed to Veterinarians. Level of the course: general practitioner, refresher course.
ABOUT THE COURSE This course will provide a practical overview of common procedures in feline soft tissue surgery. The information provided will be based on the veterinary literature and my own personal experiences. Each lesson will provide a review of the indications, relevant diagnostic tests, techniques, complications and expected outcomes for a selection of frequently-performed procedures in a given body system. The procedures to be covered range in difficulty from simple to advanced, but all of them can potentially be performed in general practice. All of the procedures will be demonstrated using narrated videos of actual clinical cases.
AAVSB RACE
Program number: 814732. Provider number: 50-27371
This program has been approved for 21 hours of continuing education credit for veterinarians in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
PROGRAM The course will consist of the following lessons:
Week 1 – Getting sick cats through surgery. This lesson will review the following subjects: key differences in how cats and dogs respond to anesthesia and surgery; prevention, recognition and treatment of hypothermia and hypotension during surgery in cats; blood transfusion in cats; and hazards associated with use of endotracheal tubes and mouth gags in cats.
Week 2 – Gastrointestinal surgery in cats, part 1. This lesson will focus on esophageal feeding tube placement, gastrotomy, enterotomy, and the catheter technique for linear foreign body removal.
Week 3 – Gastrointestinal surgery in cats, part 2. This lesson will focus on intestinal resection and anastomosis (including a discussion of small intestinal adenocarcinoma and lymphoma in cats), and subtotal colectomy for idiopathic megacolon.
Week 4 – Respiratory surgery in cats. This lesson will focus on traumatic and congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair, ventral bulla osteotomy for inflammatory nasopharyngeal polyps, and repair of pectus excavatum.
Week 5 – Urinary tract surgery in cats. This lesson will focus on cystotomy and perineal urethrostomy, and will include a review of the types of urinary calculi in cats and the current approach to ureteral calculi.
Week 6 – Feline surgical oncology: A quick overview. This lesson will provide a review of the following surgically-managed tumors of cats: oral tumors, vaccination-associated sarcomas, mammary tumors, liver tumors, splenic mast cell tumors and primary lung tumors.
Week 7 – Clinical case. The student will put into practice all the knowledge acquired during the course and will become confident facing and resolving all kind of clinical situations.
Most of the surgical procedures discussed in this course are commonly performed in dogs as well as cats, and you may find the course very useful even if your practice does not see many cats. If you are a general practitioner looking for ways to expand your comfort level in soft tissue surgery, or are already comfortable with basic procedures but want to take on some more difficult surgeries, this course is likely to fit your needs.
QUADAM FOR VETERINARIANS:
QUADAM specializes in developing high-quality online courses for veterinarians and provides rigorous, independent content in an appealing, user-friendly form.
Our courses have no sponsorship arrangements with pharmaceutical laboratories, in order to avoid any possible commercial influences on course content, especially with regard to therapeutic aspects.
The learning method:
Is mainly characterized by:
1. Constant presence of the teacher during the entire duration of the course, available to answer any questions raised by the students.
2. The course is attended simultaneously by all students. Enhancing students’ sharing and participatory experience is a QUADAM hallmark.
3. All lessons are audiovisual and available at any time.
