Course details

One day workshop

for

Vets

Gain more confidence, create new enthusiasm and enhance your surgical skills and capabilities to provide a better service and experience to your patients and clients.

Our Abdominal Surgery course is designed to be a hands-on practical workshop to enhance your skills in various aspects of abdominal surgery. This workshop is ideal for Veterinarians in Adelaide who want to spend time practicing surgical techniques on cadavers, with close supervision by our experienced tutors.

Key learning areas:

  • Preparing a patient for exploratory laparotomy, drug choices – analgesia, antibiotics
  • Avoiding peek and shriek (standard approach and evaluation of the abdomen)
  • Tips for Gastrointestinal surgery – identifying issues, suture type/pattern choice, use of suction and cautery
  • Assessing GI tissue viability
  • Organ biopsy methods: liver, pancreas, lymph node, intestinal
  • Simple enterotomy, gastropexy (prophylactic), gastrotomy, serosal patching, omentalisation
  • Oesophagostomy tube placement
  • Post op care

Location

TAFE SA Vet and Applied Science Centre, 33 Blacks Road, Gilles Plains, SA 5068

Start Date

Friday
June 21st, 2024

Suitable For

Vets

Duration

8:30am - 5:00pm

Cost

$2100

CPD Points

16

  • Facilitator

    Facilitator

    Dr Ben Mielke

    BVSc (Hons), MRCVS

Adelaide Vet Courses

Our Adelaide VTCs is based at Vets4Pets in Mawson Lakes.

Our South Australia VTC provides a safe and supportive learning environment where individuals can learn, practice, and ask questions in a small group environment.

Join our community of veterinary professionals and embark on a journey of growth and excellence together.

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