INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Ciarán Jones MVB, MS, DECVS, DACVS-SA

 

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Brian Beale DVM, DACVS, ASVS Fellow, MIS

 

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Stephen Jones MS, DVM, DACVS

Workshop Description

We get it … not all clients are able to accept a referral for fracture repair or joint repair, but …    

• Are you tired of amputating limbs that you know you can save?  
• Do you have difficulty approaching or reducing long bone fractures?     
• Are you interested in learning simple techniques designed for the general practitioner to stabilize the most common fractures seen in dogs and cats?   
• Are you ready to learn about joint traumatology and how to repair the joint?

This is a blended, online + hands-on, plating course.  You will be enrolled for free, for our online course 'Principles of Fracture Repair' to gain a foundation of knowledge before the in-person workshop.  We’ve taken 3 hours of insightful, valuable learning that is self-paced and easy to fit into your day. Our instructors will provide knowledgeable lectures and valuable demonstrations followed by your performing the same procedures on bone models. Clinical case discussions will put everything into context and allow us to discuss postoperative care and strategies to reduce complications. 

We will teach reliable techniques and give valuable practical tips useful in repairing simple and more challenging comminuted fractures of long bones. This course will familiarize participants with fracture repair techniques through lecture and clinical case presentations. Following lecture and case review, participants will repair fractures on plastic bone models.

Have you noticed joint injuries and subsequent instability becoming a commonly seen issue in your practice? Pets and athletes are subjected to excessive trauma causing joint instability that leads to poor function and osteoarthritis. This course will discuss the diagnosis and treatment of common sports-related injuries including hip dislocation, stifle injury, and carpal instability.

Learning Objectives

Lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions (plastic bone) will focus on and reinforce:

• Understand the principles of bone healing and the differences between secondary and primary bone healing.

• Review fracture classification and choice of fixation.

• Appreciate the biomechanics and decision making for intramedullary pins, cerclage wire, bone screws, bone plates and methods of bone plating (compression, neutralization, and bridging).

• Discuss fracture fixation and surgical approaches for diaphyseal fractures of the radius/ulna, tibia, and femur.

• Discuss the concept of direct versus indirect fracture reduction and decision making on approach.

• Understand how to diagnose the presence of excess internal rotational instability of the stifle

• Understand how to stabilize and perform an isometric extracapsular procedure to return joint to normal function

• Understand how to diagnose instability of the tarsus and carpus along with case selection for partial and pancarpal arthrodesis

• Understand and review the pathophysiology and decision making on hip luxation as well as demonstrate the ability to perform a hip toggle procedure

Prerequisites

This workshop is appropriate for specialists and general practitioners who have an interest in improving their orthopedic knowledge and skills.

CE Credits - RACE approved 15.5 CE (RACE #20-993100) and CVE approved for 23 credits (course #22-23-256)

This workshop will meet the requirements for pending CE hours of continuing education credits in a jurisdiction that recognizes AAAVSB RACE and VCI approval.

Movora provides all equipment and materials for each workshop.

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