Join us for 3 full days of lecture and laboratory focused on soft tissue procedures such as: feline perineal urethrostomy, cystotomy, and ureteronephrectomy. Learn how to systematically explore the abdomen and improve visualization to avoid complications and optimize success. Practice essential general practice procedures such as anal sacculectomy, regional mastectomy, digit amputation, and salivary gland removal. We will also learn how to correctly complete an FHO on both the dog and cat. Instructors have extensive experience in private practice and academia and utilize interactive clinical presentations to introduce laboratory procedures and provide applied context for perioperative management. Our team includes specialists in small animal surgery and critical care to address different perspectives of relevant pathology, patient stabilization methods, and surgical technique. Participants usually work in pairs to practice procedures on cadavers in afternoon laboratories with guidance from ACVS- and ACVECC-certified instructors.

1) Triage/stabilize patients with urinary obstruction. Become comfortable with anesthetic protocols for patients with urinary obstruction.
2) Practice urinary-related procedures such as feline perineal urethrostomy, canine scrotal urethrostomy, canine penile amputation, cystotomy, and ureteronephrectomy.
3) Gain confidence in performing abdominal exploratory and collecting diagnostic samples.
4) Become comfortable repairing diaphragmatic and perineal hernias.
5) Learn the techniques for anal sacculectomy, sialoadenectomy, and regional mastectomy.
6) Practice with specialized instrumentation to increase surgical efficiency and patient outcome.
7) Learn the approach to the hip and gain confidence doing FHOs in both the dog and cat.
8) Understand indications for and develop competence placing various tubes/catheters (feeding tube, central line, pig tail catheters, and thoracostomy tubes)

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