Surgery

Feline Soft Tissue Surgery: Head and Neck

held

 

Vienna / Austria

10.11.2024 – 13.11.2024

EURO 3.090.-*

EURO 2.990.-*(early registration deadline: 29.04.2024)

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

Total hours: 40
ATF hours (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland): TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate): 5

Principal Course Master:

Univ. Prof. Dr. Guillaume Chanoit DECVS, DACVS (FR)

Course Masters:

Dr. Gert Ter Haar DECVS (NE)
Dr. Hervé Brissot DECVS (FR)

Course Overview

The Feline Advanced Soft Tissue Surgery course is the part of a newly designed three-part course on Advanced Feline Surgery (courses can be taken in any order). It covers Head and Neck Surgery with a particular focus on surgery of the ear, pharynx, larynx, and trachea. One of the unique features of this course is the ability for the delegates to practice endoscopy of the ENT area in the cat, with state-of-the-art equipment.

The course is opened to delegates with good experience in surgery and/or who have taken the previous ESAVS STS courses (especially STS I and IV) as there are very minimal overlap between those courses and the advanced feline surgery courses. Basic knowledge will therefore not be reviewed, and focus will be put on advanced practices.

The course includes an equivalent of 7-8 hrs of recorded webinars and 4 days of face-to-face lectures and practicals. Lectures and webinars will be presented by world renowned ENT Surgery experts and specialists in Surgery.

Course program (subject to change)

7 hours of recorded webinars to go through before Sunday, 10 November 2024

7 Hours of Recorded Webinars:
• Endoscopy (Otoscopy, Rhinoscopy, Pharyngoscopy, Laryngoscopy) of the head and neck of the cat (120 min) Ter Haar
• Feline ear anatomy & physiology (60 min) Ter Haar
• Diagnostic imaging of head and neck (120 min) Blond
• Surgical oncology of the face in cats (120 min) Findji

Sunday, 10 November 2024: Lectures (ear and nasopharynx)
09:00 – 09:45 Diseases of the feline outer ear (auricle and ear canal) Ter Haar
09:45 – 10:30 Casus MCQs from webinars Ter Haar / Chanoit
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Diseases of the feline middle ear part 1 (etiopathogenesis, symptoms and diagnosis) Ter Haar
12:00 – 12:45 Diseases of the feline middle ear part 2 (medical, endoscopic and surgical treatments) Ter Haar
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15 Debriefing from webinars (endoscopy and imaging) Ter Haar / Chanoit
14:15 – 15:00 Diseases of the feline inner ear Ter Haar
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Unilateral / bilateral nonspecific rhinitis and sinusitis – Surgical treatment of nasosinal disease Ter Haar
16:30 – 17:30 Nasopharyngeal diseases: diagnosis and treatment Ter Haar
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion Ter Haar / Chanoit
18:00 – 19:30 Icebreaker
Monday, 11 November 2024: Practical exercises
08:30 – 09:00 Introduction to lab / practical exercises
09:00 – 10:30 Videos: endoscopy of the middle ear, rhinoscopy, laryngoscopy (group 1)
Dissection of the head – Amputation of the auricle, incision in ear canal for polyp removal (group 2)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Videos: endoscopy of the middle ear, rhinoscopy, laryngoscopy (group 2)
Dissection of the head – Amputation of the auricle, incision in ear canal for polyp removal (group 1)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13.30 – 15.00 Total ear canal ablation with LBO, ventral bulla osteotomy (incl. intraoral approach)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30 Dorsal rhinotomy, sinusotomy, ventral rhinotomy, nasopharyngotomy and (cosmetic) amputation of the nasal planum
Tuesday, 12 November 2024: Lectures (Neck : thyroid, parathyroid , larynx, salivary glands, trachea)
08:30 – 09:00 Introduction / Debrief
09:00 – 10:00 Thyroid and parathyroid surgery Chanoit
10:00 – 10:30 Anatomy and diagnostic work-up for laryngeal and tracheal diseases Brissot
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Obstructive laryngeal diseases Brissot
11:30 – 12:00 Laryngeal paralysis Chanoit
12:00 – 13:00 Debriefing face oncology (nasal planum, eyelids, ears) Chanoit / Brissot
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Salivary gland diseases and surgical approaches Chanoit
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Obstructive tracheal diseases Brissot
16:30 – 18:00 Clinical cases session Brissot / Chanoit
19:00 Social Dinner
Wednesday, 13 November 2024: Practical exercises
08:30 – 09:00 Introduction to lab
09:00 – 10:30 Total ear canal ablation with LBO, ventral bulla osteotomy (incl. intraoral approach)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Sialedectomy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Approaches to larynx (incl. tieback) – trachea (incl. resection) – thyroid / parathyroid
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30 Dorsal rhinotomy, sinusotomy, ventral rhinotomy, nasopharyngotomy, and (cosmetic) amputation of the nasal planum
17:30 – 18:00 Farewell

Course location

thv – International Training Center for Human & Veterinary Medicine Bergmillergasse 5, Stiege 2, Top 3, 1140 Vienna, Austria

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