Join us on June 13-14th 2024, for our Introduction to Fracture Management workshop sponsored by Knight Benedikt at VetPartners Veterinary Training Centre, Sydney, Australia!

This highly practical two-day course is designed to improve your understanding of fracture mechanics and bone healing.  This workshop will focus on classification and assessment of fractures, decision making for fracture planning and the practical surgical skills needed to confidently treat common long bone fractures in practice using locking plates.  Both days will include seminars and hands-on cadaver practice.

Registration Fee: $2,700 AUD ex. GST per person (Now only $2,400 until 9 May 2024!)

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Gordon Corfield, BVSc (hons), FANZCVS

 

Course Description

This highly practical two-day course is designed to improve your understanding of fracture mechanics and bone healing.  This workshop will focus on classification and assessment of fractures, decision making for fracture planning and the practical surgical skills needed to confidently treat common long bone fractures in practice using locking plates.  Both days will include seminars and hands-on cadaver practice.

Key Skills:

At the end of this workshop delegates should be able to:

• Assess and classify long bone fractures to make an appropriate treatment plan
• Understand the theory and practical application of locking plates
• Understand and apply principles relating to bone healing and fracture biomechanics.
• Be confident with surgical approaches to common long bone fractures
• Know how to approach common long bone fracture configurations using bone plates, intramedullary pins, k-wires and cerclage wire
• Know how to avoid and manage complications

Value to Your Practice

This workshop will enable attendees to be able to classify and assess fractures, be confident in decision making for fracture planning and the practical surgical skills needed to treat common long bone fractures in practice using locking plates.

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