This course highlights specific emergency surgeries such as splenectomy, feline perineal urethrostomy, and partial liver lobectomy, but also provides in-depth instruction of general procedures including anal sacculectomy, perineal hernia repair, and feline ventral bulla osteotomy. Join us for 3 full days of lecture and laboratories led by a team of instructors with extensive experience in private practice and academia. Our team includes specialists in small animal surgery and critical care to address different perspectives of relevant pathology, patient diagnostics and management, and surgical technique. The course is designed to allow ample time to practice procedures on cadavers with guidance from ACVS- and ACVECC-certified instructors.

- Triage/stabilize patients with traumatic hemoabdomen. Practice abdominal procedures such as partial liver lobectomy, nephrectomy, and splenectomy.

- Learn techniques for anal sacculectomy, perineal hernia repair, and feline ventral bulla osteotomy.

- Triage/stabilize patients with urinary obstruction and practice procedures such as feline perineal urethrostomy and canine scrotal urethrostomy.

- Understand indications for and develop competence in placing various tubes/catheters (thoracostomy tube, central line, esophagostomy tube, IO Catheter, tracheostomy)

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