Join this Movora-sponsored workshop on November 11th for the Common Fracture Repair Surgery Workshop presented by VOI at the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association Annual Conference at the Sheraton Princess Ka’iulani Waikiki Beach Hotel, Honolulu, HI. 

Workshop Description

General practitioners are now able to successfully repair a variety of fractures in dogs and cats with a good outcome and few complications. Locking plates will be used to repair fractures of the radius, femur and tibia using saw bone models. Fracture repair is fun and will give you a new skill set to jump start your career and give you another source of revenue. This course will teach you the essential principles to repair simple and comminuted fractures. The techniques learned in this lab are an important stepping-stone to other procedures such as TPLO.  All hands on learning with be on plastic bone models. 

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Don Hulse, DVM, DACVS, DECVS

 

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Brian Beale, DVM, MS, DACVS, ACVS Fellow, MIS Surgeon

Workshop Objectives

1. Understand the features of locking plates and screws, headless compression screws, cerclage and pins.
2. To learn how to stabilize transverse and oblique fractures of the radius and tibia
3. To learn how to stabilize comminuted fractures using the simple technique of indirect reduction.
4. To learn how to stabilize articular fractures
5. To learn how to repair fractures of the growth plate

AGENDA
8:30am- Locking bone plates – simple to use and affordable
8:50am- Essentials to repair of simple fractures (2 fragments)
9:15am- Break
9:30am- Lab 1 Direct Reduction – Transverse fracture repair – Radius
10:30am- Lab 2 Direct Reduction – Oblique fracture repair – Tibia
12:00pm- Lunch
1:30pm- Simple repair of comminuted fractures
2:00pm- Lab 3 Indirect Reduction – Comminuted fracture repair – Femur
3:45pm- Lab 4 Indirect Reduction – Comminuted fracture repair – Tibia
5:00pm- End of course

Location

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Address

Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel Waikiki Beach
120 Kaʻiulani Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815