The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Continuing Education

Advanced Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

December 12-13, 2009

Online registration is now closed - the course is full.

Download the 2009 endoscopy conferences brochure as a PDF.

Registration fees: Lecture and Lab $1,600
Technician accompanying veterinarian $175

Course fee includes continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches, instructional materials, and wet lab.

All surgical equipment for the lab will be provided by corporate sponsors and the University of Georgia. Personally owned equipment will be prohibited in the lectures and laboratory.

Please bring scrubs for the lab portion.

This course will provide 15 CE hours of credit for the lecture and laboratory. Full attendance is required to receive total CE credits.

Course Cancellation Policy

Full refunds are available for cancellations made by 5 p.m. ET, November 25, 2009. No refunds will be issued thereafter. If a course is cancelled for any reason, the College of Veterinary Medicine will not be responsible for any charges related to travel.

Summary

The advanced laparoscopic/thoracoscopic surgery is for people who have performed some endoscopy or taken a basic course. Introductory arthroscopy is designed for clinicians who are already doing a lot of orthopedic surgery.

Instructors

Dr. Clarence Rawlings, UGA
Symposia Coordinator and Professor Emeritus

Dr. MaryAnn Radlinsky, UGA
Associate Professor

Location

All sessions are held at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Please use the ramp entrance to the main Vet Med building. Follow the directions here or contact Melissa Kilpatrick at melissak@uga.edu.

Hotel Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn
197 East Broad St., Athens, GA 30603
Phone: 706.549.4433
Located adjacent to campus, about 1 mile from the CVM. Free parking and shuttle service to the College of Veterinary Medicine (if requested at check-in).
Room block code: VAL.
Block of rooms will be held until November 20, 2009.
Rate: $92

In addition, hotel rooms have been blocked at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Phone: 888.295.8894
Located on the UGA Campus, at the corner of Lumpkin and Carlton Streets
Room block code: Vet Med; does not include parking.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1: December 12

8 – 8:30 a.m. Registration & continental breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Course overview & orientation
8:45 – 10 a.m. Laparoscopy anesthesia, instrumentation, techniques, exploration/biopsies
10 – 10:45 a.m. Refreshment break with psychomotor skills in lab
10:45 – 12:30 a.m. Minimally-invasive surgical treatments
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch with the professors
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Endoscopic knot tying, Ligasure, radiofrequency
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. Thoracoscopy: anesthesia, airway management, instrumetation
2:30 - 3:15 p.m. Endoscopy skill development continued (break in lab): knot tying & suturing, Ligasure, Radiofrequency
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Thoracoscopy Treatments with case presentations
4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Lab orientation for Day 2
4:30 – 5 p.m. Participant roundtable: What did I learn?

Day 2: December 13

8 - 8:30 a.m. continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. - Noon Laparoscopy techniques in lab (gastropexy, calculi removal, spay, intracorporeal and extracorporal knot tying, excision biopsy of left medial iliaclymph node for cancer staging, dissect and remove right adrenal gland, and enterostomy feeding tube placement). Other potential procedures include hiatal hernia repair with intracorporeal suturing, gall bladder removal, and nephrectomy.
Noon - 1 p.m. Lunch with the professors
1 - 4:30 p.m. Laparoscopy followed by thoracoscopy in lab (pericardium, lung biopsy with endo-loop, lobectomy with stapler, thoracic duct clip, lymph node dissection, dissect between pulmonary artery and aorta, extracorporeal knot tying about intercostal artery while in ventral recumbency or of internal thoracic when in dorsal recumbency.)

4:30 – 5 p.m. Participant roundtable: What did I learn?

Contacts

For further information about this and other continuing education opportunities, contact:

Melissa Kilpatrick, Continuing Education: 706.542.1451 or melissak@uga.edu

This page was last updated November 13, 2009.