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Feline Orthopaedics

TBA 2027 | Bangkok, Thailand

Pre-registration Open

Course Overview

This course includes interactive, case-oriented classroom teaching in combination with intensive practical workshops.


In the workshops, we first repeat basic traumatology on plastic bones before starting to perform surgery on a cat cadaver always together with another participant. Teachers first show, how to do the exercise on a cadaver with the help of video transmission and are afterwards available to support and instruct participants during the workshop.


After the course participants will have repeated AO principles of fracture management and will be able to do correct surgical approaches to the bones as well as have a treatment plan for common fractures. Also participants will be able to perform some common orthopedic surgeries in the cat.

Language

All modules will be held in English.

REQUIREMENTS: Open for all!

ECTS Credits (Master & Certificate): 5

CPD Hours: 40

Tuition Fee*: TBA

Early Registration Fee*: TBA

Course Language: English

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

Preliminary Full Program (Click to Open)
Day 1

09:00 – 09:30 Registration, welcome and introduction
09:30 – 10:00 Orthopaedic examination in cats – What´s different?
10:00 – 10:45 Is it a neurologic problem?
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 High rise injury vs. Road traffic accident
11:45 – 12:45 Head trauma
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 – 14:15 Sacrococcygeal injury
14:15 – 14:45 Open fractures and gunshot injury
14:45 – 15:15 Pelvic trauma
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00 Pelvic trauma
16:00 – 17:00 Decision making in fracture repair

Day 2

09:00 – 09:30 Wrap up session
09:30 – 10:30 Special anatomy in the cat – what is different to the dog?
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:30 Anatomical dissection of the forelimb and hindlimb
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:45 Surgical approaches forelimb. Elbow luxation – Nahttechnik, Davos
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 Amputation forelimb
16:00 – 17:00 Mandibula symphysiolysis, soft palate cleft, esophageal tube

Day 3

09:00 – 09:30 Wrap up session
09:30 – 10:00 Do cats have shoulder problems?
10:00 – 10:30 Is there a role for elbow dysplasia?
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 Elbow and hip luxation
11:30 – 12:30 Hip diseases
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:00 Isolated cranial cruciate disease
14:00 – 14:45 Multiligamentous stifle injuries
14:45 – 15:15 Patella disease in cats
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00 Traumatic Achilles tendon rupture
16:00 – 17:00 Distal limb injuries

Day 4

09:00 – 10:45 Surgical approach hip joint and ilium, ilieo femoral suture,
toggle pin, femur head and NEC ostectomy
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Surgical approaches stifle, patellar luxation
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 15:45 Extracapsular ligament repair, polytrauma stifle, collateral ligament repair tarsus
Achilles tendon repair, toggle pin
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Amputation hindlimb

Day 5
08:00 – 08:30 Wrap up session
08:30 – 09:00 Osteoarthrosis – a common problem in our feline patient
09:00 – 09:30 Feline arthritis
09:30 – 09:45 Coffee break
09:45 – 10:10 Outcome evaluation in cats
10:10 – 11:00 Pain management
11:00 – 12:00 Physiotherapy
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00 Needle Arthroscopy – a new possibility in cats?
14:00 – 15:00 Cases and discussion
15:00 – 16:00 Quiz – Wrap up session, goodbye

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