Practical Hind Limb Surgery - The Hip
Royal Veterinary College
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Date: Wednesday 16th May, 2018 - Wednesday 16th May, 2018
Start time: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Duration: 1 hour(s)
Cost: £625
Are you confident you can deal with the traumatic hip luxations? Would you like to refine your technique for a femoral head and neck excision?
This course is an introduction / refresher for the general practitioner wishing to improve their techniques for hip surgery. The theory will be covered in the morning, and the afternoon session will be spent practicing the surgical techniques on cadaver dogs under the guidance of faculty instructors. The course will discuss management of traumatic hip luxation and some of the more frequent techniques used to stabilise the hip joint. The various techniques for stabilisation of traumatic hip luxations and salvage procedures (femoral head and neck excision) for chronic luxation will be discussed.
Why do this course?
This course is ideal for the beginner orthopaedic surgeon who wishes to build their confidence in decision making and management of traumatic hip luxations.
Course details
Course format: Lectures, case-based discussions and practical sessions
Course length: One-day
Relevant to CertAVP module: Orthopaedic Surgery (C-SAS.7)
If booked with the Practical hind limb surgery - the stifle course (taking place on Tuesday 15th May) there is a discounted fee (£625 for one course, £1200 for both courses)
Who is it for?
Clinical veterinarians
The Speakers
David Sajik, BVetMed MVetMed DipECVS MRCVS <br /> Lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedics <br /> Roayl Veterinary College <br /> <br /> Elvin Kulendra, BVetMed MVetMed CertVDI DipECVS FHEA MRCVS <br /> Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery <br /> The Royal Veterinary College <br />
The Venue
Onsite at the Royal Veterinary College Hawkshead Lane Hatfield Hertfordshire AL9 7TA
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
7 hours
Registration and Booking
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