Practical Surgical Refresher (3 day course)

An opportunity to learn, refresh and ask questions and then practice techniques, starting with the basics of preparing for surgery, placing ligatures, and practicing suturing; to get back up to speed on procedures that are commonly encountered in general practice.

Topics to be covered include:

• Preparing for surgery, gowning, gloving, skin preparation and equipment
• Suturing, ligatures and suture materials
• Management of traumatic and surgical wounds, including the use of surgical drains
• Neutering in dogs and cats, when and why to neuter as well as surgery and the caesarean section
• Exploratory celiotomy - enterotomy, enterectomy, splenectomy and gastric surgery, taking biopsies and understanding what is normal
• Placement of feeding tubes in dogs and cats
• Urinary tract surgery – cystotomy and cystotomy tubes
• Aural hematomas and decision making on otitis externa
• Oncologic surgery - planning and removal of simple masses from first presentation through diagnosis to surgery

On purchase of the course, you will also be given access to our extensive online Vet Refresh Academy learning series, allowing you to continue your learning journey with a fully flexible programme. For more information on the online learning series visit here