Feline Pelvic Trauma Wet Lab

This course is aimed at surgeons with experience i small animal orthopaedics, who wish to improve their assessment and management of cats with pelvic trauma.

• The pre-operative assessment of cats with pelvic injuries
• Optimising diagnostic imaging approaches
• Surgical techniques for sacroiliac seperation, ilial fractures and acetabular fractures
• Identifying and treatment of complications

Course content will be delivered through a combination of didactic presentations, case based discussions, dry-lab and wet-lab practicals.

08:00 Registration

08:30 Pelvic Trauma in Cats – Pre-operative Assessment and Diagnostic Imaging

09:15 Pre-operative Assessment and Surgical Planning – Case-Based "Fireside" Discussions in Groups

09:45 Pre-operative Assessment and Surgical Planning – Plenary Review Discussion

10:15 Coffee

10:30 Surgical Techniques: SI Luxation, Iliac Fractures, Acetabular Fractures

11:30 Surgical Techniques – Dry-lab Practical

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Surgical Technique – Iliac Fractures – Cadaver Demonstration

13:30 Surgical Technique – Iliac Fractures – Wet-lab Practical

14:00 Surgical Technique – Acetabular Fractures – Cadaver Demonstration

14:30 Surgical Technique – Acetabular Fractures – Wet-lab Practical

15:30 Drinks Available

16:00 Surgical Technique – SI Luxation – Cadaver Demonstration

16:30 Surgical Technique – SI Luxation – Wet-lab Practical

17:30 Surgical Techniques – Plenary Review Discussion

18:00 Post-op Radiograph Reviews – Discussion

18:30 Close

Speaker: Ben Walton
BVSc DSAS(Orth) MRCVS

• RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics)
• BSAVA Simon Award Winner 2024: For Advances in Small Animal Surgery
• Director, and Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon Movement Referrals
• Research and Development Director Fusion Implants

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Vesalius Clinical Training Unit, Southwell Street, Bristol, United Kingdom