Join us on September 6-7th 2024 for the Small Breed Fracture Management workshop sponsored by Kahuvet at The Kahuvet Education Center in Auckland, New Zealand!

Do you want to enhance your clinical practice by tackling some of the more straightforward fractures, but are not confident about how to proceed? This highly practical hands-on course will give you the confidence to take that next step. This course consists of two days of combined lectures, dry and wetlabs. The lectures will cover the theory, and provide the necessary background for diagnosis and the technical aspects required for the practical seesion. The practical part of the course will give you the opportunity to put the theory into practice and develop your surgical skills with a focus on internal fixation with locking bone plates.

Registration Fee: $2,700 NZD ex. GST per person (Now only $2,400 until 26 July 2024!)

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Ben Mielke BVSc (Hons), MVetMed, MANZCVS, Dip. ECVS, MRCVS

 

Course Description

This two-day workshop is designed for veterinarians who want to gain more confidence, create new enthusiasm and enhance your surgical skills and capabilities in fracture management. 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. This course will focus on small breed fractures – including management of antebrachial fractures, humeral condylar fractures and distal femoral fractures.

Key Skills

• Assess and classify long bone fractures to make an appropriate treatment plan

• Understand the theory and practical application of locking plates alongside improving your familiarity with orthopaedic equipment

• 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

• Manage the most common complications

Value to Your Practice

The course would be of interest to any veterinarian looking to develop their confidence in basic fracture repair with a focus on small breed companion animals, as well as veterinarians wishing to refresh their knowledge and understanding of the principles of these fixation techniques. Elevate your practice, refine your skills, and provide better care to your patients.

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