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2008 Endoscopic Surgery Course Schedule

with Karl Storz Veterinary Endoscopy and Covidien collaboration

Basic Small Animal Soft Tissue Rigid Endoscopy

Day 1 – Monday, May 5
Day 2 – Tuesday, May 6

Morning lectures and case presentations followed by afternoon “hands-on” labs. Day 1 includes cystoscopy, rhinoscopy, and video-otoscopy. Day 2 includes basic laparoscopy for biopsies, cancer staging, and laparoscopic assisted gastropexy and cystoscopic calculi removal. Note spaces are reserved for ABVP members attending the annual meeting in Savannah.

Basic Small Animal Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopy

Day 1 – Tuesday, August 5
Day 2 – Wednesday, August 6

Morning lectures followed by “hands-on” labs. Day 1 focuses on esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, and duodenoscopy. Day 2 provides opportunity to gain more practice and perform colonoscopy. Biopsies and foreign body removal will be performed.

Basic Small Animal Soft Tissue Rigid Endoscopy

Day 1 – Thursday, August 7
Day 2 – Friday, August 8

Repeat of May 5-6 course.

Advanced Laparoscopy/Thoracoscopy

Day 1 – Saturday, August 9
Day 2 – Sunday, August 10

Laparoscopy and thoracoscopy lectures on techniques and case presentations with advanced psychomotor skills training, knot tying, and use of ligasure and radiofrequency on Day 1. Day 2 will be devoted to “hands-on” laparoscopy, including gastropexy, calculi removal, spay, intracorporeal and extracorporal knot tying, excision biopsy of left medial iliac lymph node for cancer staging, dissect and remove right adrenal gland, and enterostomy feeding tube placement; and thoracoscopy, including 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. Energy devices (Ligasure and radiofrequency for endoscopy) and stapling equipment will be used. Instrumentation will be provided by Covidien and Ellman.

Diagnostic Rigid Endoscopy in Exotic Pets

Day 1 – Friday, December 5
Day 2 – Saturday, December 6

Advanced Laparoscopy/Thoracoscopy

Day 1 – Sunday, December 7
Day 2 – Monday, December 8

Repeat of June 3-4 course.

For course information and registration, contact Ms. Melissa Kilpatrick (706.542.1451 or melissak@uga.edu), or go to the Georgia Center Web site for Web-based registration (www.gactr.uga.edu/conferences/).

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