Course Leader

Gary W. Ellison, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS

Professor and Service Chief, Small Animal Surgery,
University of Florida Health Science Center

Dr. Ellison earned his DVM from the University of Illinois. He completed a small animal internship at South Shore Veterinary Associates in Massachusetts and a residency and MS in surgery from Colorado State University. He practiced as a surgical specialist in San Diego, California, prior to becoming a Diplomate of the ACVS and joining the faculty of the University of Florida in small animal surgery. His areas of interest include general and gastrointestinal surgery as well as feline renal transplantation. He currently is Professor and Chief of Small Animal Surgery at the University of Florida and is married with 5 children.

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Small Animal General Surgery Techniques

                                                              

Dates

May 20, 2012 – May 25, 2012
 

Rates

Before March 31, 2012: $3,500
After April 1, 2012: $3,700
 
SOLD OUT! Please call 352.375.5672 ext. 795 to be added to the waiting list

Course fee includes: registration, course notes, lodging for five nights at the Caribe Royale, meals from Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, all Hands-on Laboratories and one complimentary transferable registration to the NAVC Conference 2013.


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Speakers

Dr. Nicholas Bacon
Dr. Jamie Bellah
Dr. Brad Case
Dr. Gary Ellison - Course Leader
Dr. Dawn Logas
Dr. Michael Pavletic 

Course Description

This year’s Small Animal General Surgery Techniques program will cover practical reconstructive surgery of the ear, nose and throat, and trunk focusing on techniques that can be used in everyday practice. We will offer four full afternoon canine cadaver labs as well as an interactive wound lab on Thursday where participants will work with group mates to solve some challenging wound closures. The course will offer something for everyone in terms of techniques. Basic procedures such as stenotic nares repair, tracheostomy, thoracic tube placement, otoscopy, lateral ear resection, rotational and sliding flaps, Y/Z plasty and free skin grafts. Practitioners will be able to also challenge themselves with more advanced techniques including soft palate resection, laryngeal tieback, thoracotomy,TECA and axial pattern flaps. They will also be introduced to some newer innovative wound dressing methods. Our labs will be highlighted by vendors from Aesculite/Luxarcare, Karl Storz Veterinary Endoscopy and Covidien Animal Health, all of whom will provide CO2 laser, otoscopy and stapling equipment for your use during the labs. A team of experts in their respective fields will serve as your laboratory instructors.

Learning Objectives

Participants will learn:

  • The basics of dealing with upper airway obstruction, including corrective surgery as well as tracheostomy tube placement. 
  • Otoscopic techniques and the indications and techniques for various surgeries of the external ear canals.
  • A basic lateral thoracotomy approach, perform a lung lobectomy and place a thorocostomy tube.
  • Practical methods for closure of wounds of the ear, head, neck, trunk and extremities.

Recommended Course Textbook and Media

Small Animal Surgery, 3rd Edition, 2007, Fossum. Mosby.

Atlas of Small Animal Reconstructive Surgery, 3rd Edition, Pavletic. Wiley Blackwell.

Included

Registration, course notes, lodging for five nights at the Caribe Royale Orlando All-Suite Hotel, meals from Monday breakfast through Friday lunch, several hands-on laboratories and one complimentary, transferable registration to the NAVC Conference 2013.

Not Included

Flight from your home to Orlando, Florida, any alcoholic drinks, phone calls, items of a personal nature, dinner on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, any required visas, incidentals (emails, laundry, gifts, etc.), trip cancellation insurance or valid passport.

Please Note

  • Please plan to arrive in Orlando by Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Course Schedule

  Monday
May 21
 Tuesday
May 22
 Wednesday
May 23
 Thursday
May 24
 Friday
May 25
7:00-8:00 AM Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
8:00-9:00 AM Brachycephalic
Syndrome
Dr. G. Ellison		 Otitis Externa Etiology
and Classification
Dr. D. Logas
 		 Approaches to the Thorax
and Thoracostomy Tube
 Dr. G. Ellison

Prepucial Reconstruction
and Skin Stretchers Applications
 Dr. M. Pavletic

 Reconstructive Techniques
for the Pinna
Dr. M. Pavletic
9:00-10:00 AM Laryngeal
Paralysis
Dr. N. Bacon		 Medical Management
of Otitis Externa
Dr. D. Logas

Advancement, Transposition
Flaps and Z Plasty
Dr. M. Pavletic

 Surgery of the Vulva
Dr. J. Bellah		 New Flap Options
 Dr. M. Pavletic
10:00-10:30 AM Break Break Break Break Break
10:30-11:30 AM Tracheal Surgery
Dr. B. Case		 Surgery of the
External Ear
Dr. J. Bellah		 Overview of
Free Grafts
Dr. J. Bellah		 Overview of
Axial Pattern Flaps
Dr. M. Pavletic		 Potpourri
of Practical
Surgical Tips
Dr. G. Ellison
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM Nasal Planectomy-Rhinotomy
Indications and Techniques
Dr. N. Bacon

Surgery of the Middle Ear
and Management
of Aural Hematomas
Dr. J. Bellah

 Stapling and Hemostasis Options
for the Thorax
Dr. J. Huhn		 Overview of Vacuum-Assisted
Wound Closure (VAC)
and Silver Dressings
Dr. G. Ellison		 Course Review and Mock Practical
Dr. G. Ellison
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:30-2:30 PM Cadaver Laboratory:
Soft Palate Resection,
Stenotic Nares Repair
and Tracheostomy Tube
Placement and Laser Declaw
Drs. G. Ellison, B. Case
and N. Bacon		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Review of Ear Radiographs,
Otoscopic Exam Lateral Ear Resection and Vertical
Canal Ablation
Drs. G. Ellison, J. Bellah,
M. Pavletic and D. Logas		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Demonstrations of Hemostatic Staples, Ligasure and
Harmonic Scalpel
Dr. J. Huhn and Covidien		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
VAC, Skin Stretching
Demonstration and Wound Reconstruction
Drs. J. Bellah, M. Pavletic
and G. Ellison   		 Meeting Concluded

 
2:30-3:30 PM Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Review of Ear Radiographs,
Otoscopic Exam and TECA
Drs. J. Bellah, M. Pavletic,
D. Logas and G. Ellison		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Free Grafts, H Plasty
and Thorascopy Tube Placements
Drs. J. Bellah, M. Pavletic
and G. Ellison		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Wound Reconstruction
and Scrotal Urethrostomy        
Drs. J. Bellah, M. Pavletic
and G. Ellison
3:30-4:00 PM Break Break

Reception

 

 

 

 

 

 Break
4:00-5:00 PM Cadaver Laboratory:
Nasal Planectomy and Tracheostomy Tube
Placement and Laser Declaw
Drs. G. Ellison, B. Case
and N. Bacon		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Review of Ear Radiographs,
Otoscopic Exam and VBO
Drs. J. Bellah, M. Pavletic,
D. Logas and G. Ellison		 Canine Cadaver Laboratory:
Wound Reconstruction
and Scrotal Urethrostomy
Drs. J. Bellah, M. Pavletic
and G. Ellison
5:00-6:00 PM CO2 Laser Applications
in Veterinary Medicine
Dr. D. Bradley and LUXOR		 Problem Ear Cases
(Discussion)
Drs. D. Logas and J. Bellah		 Dinner
(on your own)		 Difficult Reconstruction Cases
 Drs. J. Bellah and M. Pavletic
6:00-7:30 PM Dinner Dinner Dinner