EQUINE ADVANCED UPPER AIRWAY

SURGERY COURSE & EQUINE RESPIRATORY LASER SURGERY DAY

1st, 2nd and 3rd of December 2011

Zaragoza, Spain

FEES: Comprehensive course (Theorical lessons and Wet labs): Delegates: 1450 € ECVS/ACVS Residents : 1200 €

(it includes lunch and coffee break)

Only Theorical lessons: 400 € Postgrade students of Zaragoza University: 300 €

(it includes coffee break)

Limited inscriptions: Comprehensive course 20, Theory 30

Language: english (without translation)

HOW TO PAY?

Please, in the concept of the bank transfer specify “EQUINE COURSE”

From Spain: Bank Account 3021 0163 21 2533682528

From the outside of Spain : IBAN: ES55 3021 0163 21 2533682528

SWIFT: BC0EESMM021 Name and address of the Bank:

CAJA RURAL DE ARAGON (CAJALON) C/ Miguel Servet 103. 50013 – Zaragoza (Spain)

Please send the bank transfer confirmation together the

inscription form by fax to 0034 976762818 or e-mail to hcv@unizar.es , including

name and surname of delegate

COLLABORATE:

INSTRUCTORS:

Norm G. Ducharme: DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS. Cornell University. USA. Geoffrey Lane: BVetMed, DESTS, FRCVS. United Kingdom. Miguel Valdés: LV, MS. Diplomate ECVS / ACVS. Hospital de Referencia La Equina, Manilva. Spain. Michael A. Weishaupt: PD Dr. med. vet., PhD. Equine Department, Sports Medicine Unit. Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich. Switzerland

ORGANIZE:

SPONSORS:

David Argüelles: Diplomate ECVS Equine Surgeon (HCV-CL)

Paco Vázquez, Antonio Romero:

Equine Surgeons (HV-UZ)

Thursday, december 1st

9:00

Rest and treadmill endoscopic evaluation. What is important for the surgeon

(Michael Weishaupt)

9:30

High speed treadmill or over-ground endoscopy. Any clinical difference?

(Michael Weishaupt)

9:45

Endoscopy, radiography and advanced imaging techniques of the nasal cavity and

paranasal sinus previous to surgery (Geoffrey Lane)

10:15 Coffe-break / Commercial exhibition

10:45 Alar fold and nasal septum resection

(Geoffrey Lane)

11:10 Standing nasal bone flap, use and

technique (Geoffrey Lane)

11:30 Progressive ethmoidal hematoma,

selection of treatment (Geoffrey Lane)

12:15

Guttural pouch empyema and tympany, non-laser surgical options (Norm

Ducharme)

12:30 Different techniques for guttural pouch

mycosis (Norm Ducharme)

13:45 Lunch / Commercial exhibition

14:30 WET-LAB: Alar fold and nasal septum

resection

15:30 WET-LAB: Nasal trephination and bone

flaps

16:30 WET-LAB: Approaches to the guttural

pouch

17:30 WET-LAB: Ligation and catheterization of

carotid arteries

Friday, december 2nd

9:00 Recognizing different causes of DDSP and their specific treatment (Norm Ducharme)

9:30

Complications and management of laryngeal tie-forward and its effect on, any

improvement in the technique? (Norm Ducharme)

10:00 Treatment of pharyngeal cysts and cleft

palate (Geoffrey Lane)

10:30 Surgical options for the epiglottic

entrapment (Geoffrey Lane)

10:45 Coffe-break / Commercial exhibition

11:15 Laryngoplasty, technique and suture

materials (Miguel Valdés)

11:45 Causes and Management of tracheal

aspiration (Norm Ducharme)

12:10 Ventriculectomy and cordectomy (Geoffrey

Lane)

12:30 Arytenoidectomy (Geoffrey Lane)

13:00 Non-laser aryteno-epiglottic fold excision

(Geoffrey Lane)

13:30 Lunch / Commercial exhibition

14:30

WET-LAB: Staphylectomy, myectomies, subepiglottal approach and aryepiglottic

fold resection

15:30 WET-LAB: Tie-forward

16:30 WET-LAB: Laryngoplasty

17:30 WET-LAB: Arytenoidectomy and

permanent tracheostomy

Saturday, december 3rd

9:00 Laser systems and principal (Norm

Ducharme)

9:10 Technical errors and complications on laser

surgery (Norm Ducharme)

9:20 Pre and post-operative management (Norm

Ducharme)

9:35 Epiglottic entrapment (Norm Ducharme)

9:45 Aryepiglottic fold excision (Norm Ducharme)

10:00 QUESTIONS

10:15 Pharyngeal and subepiglottic cyst removal

(Norm Ducharme)

10:30

Vocal cordectomy (Norm Ducharme)

10:45 QUESTIONS

11:00 Coffe-break / Commercial exhibition

11:30 Guttural pouch tympany and empyema

(Norm Ducharme)

11:45 Progressive ethmoid hematoma (Norm

Ducharme)

12:00 Soft palate laser application (Norm

Ducharme)

12:30 QUESTIONS

13:00 Lunch / Commercial exhibition

14:30 WET-LAB: Subepiglottic and aryepiglottic fold

resection

15:30 WET-LAB: Vocal cordectomy

16:30 WET-LAB: Guttural pouch

17:30 WET-LAB: Soft palate laser application