FW: 2008 ACVS Pre-Symposium Laboratories

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Hi all,

Joe asked me to pass this on.

Laurie McCauley, DVM

TOPS Veterinary Rehabilitation

Grayslake,

IL

drmc@...

www.tops-vet-rehab.com

From: Joe

Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008

10:10 AM

To: 'Dr. Laurie McCauley'

Subject: 2008 ACVS Pre-Symposium

Laboratories

Laurie,

Could you please

forward this to your mailing list?

The Advanced Pain

Management Lab at the ACVS next month will include PST-Vet Pulsed Signal

Therapy, Cold Laser and other modalities.

I think this is

significant in assisting the veterinary community to accept non-invasive

therapies and can do nothing but help the growth of veterinary rehabilitation.

As of Friday there

were still openings.

Thanks.

Joe

Register now to participate in ACVS’ highly

respected laboratories … These popular hands-on laboratories fill fast

so don’t wait, there are only a few spots left. Laboratory

registrations will be accepted through September 12.

Advanced

Pain Management (Wednesday, 8:00am-5:00pm)

Location: Del

Mar Fairgrounds

Dennis Crowe (chair),

Ed Umlauf, Tamara Grubb, Terry Wood, Burke, Joe

Lab Fee: $825

Sponsors: COVIDIEN, MILA

International, Musculoskeletal Therapies for

Animals

Research

has proven that patients in pain have a 23% higher risk of dying

following major surgery. This course (using actual patients and

cadavers) will center on the practical and very newest methods of

managing pain that have been found very effective in decreasing

this startling fact; lowering the risks to near 0% without adding

co-morbidity. Chronic pain and practical and effective treatments

will also be addressed. Modalities taught will include

epidurals, regional blocks, electromagnetic biofeedback resonance,

programmed continuous rate infusions, pulse EM signals, photonics (cold

laser) and others. The laboratory will be divided into six

equal-timed stations with different modalities being addressed on live

dogs and canine cadavers. Registration includes lunch and roundtrip

transportation to Del Mar Fairgrounds and is limited to 40

participants.

Advances in Radiosurgery (Wednesday, 7:00am-12:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Derrell Elkins (chair),

Rich Noss, Glenn Kitay

Lab Fee: $400

Sponsor:

Ellman International

If you have thought about purchasing a laser for your practice, don’t

miss this hands-on laboratory. For a fraction of the cost of a laser, a

state-of-the-art 4.0 MHz radiosurgical device will give you the same

capabilities to perform bloodless surgery and the learning curve with

radiosurgery is much shorter. Learn how to perform radiosurgery

incisions, excisions, declaws, tumor removal, ablation, hemostasis,

biopsy, soft palate and many more procedures using meat product. The

convention center is within walking distance of the Manchester Grand

Hyatt; however, transportation will be provided if necessary.

Registration is limited to 25 participants.

Clamp and Rod Internal Fixation

(CRIF) System (Wednesday, 8:00am-12:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Don Hulse (chair),

Manley, Klaus Zahn, Sharon Kerwin

Lab Fee: $375

Sponsor:

SYNTHES Vet

The Clamp and Rod Internal Fixation (CRIF) System is a novel implant

system for use in treating long bone fractures in small animals. This

course will familiarize participants with the implant system through

lecture and clinical case presentations. Following lecture and case

review, participants will practice CRIF application on fractures

simulated in plastic bone models. The convention center is within

walking distance of the Manchester Grand Hyatt; however, transportation

will be provided if necessary. Registration is limited to 32

participants.

Facial and Nasal Reconstruction (Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Pavletic (chair),

Fred Pike

Lab Fee: $575

This four-hour laboratory will cover basic facial reconstructive

surgical procedures and will be practiced on canine cadavers.

Recommended reading prior to the laboratory: MM Pavletic: Atlas of

Small Animal Reconstructive Surgery (Elsevier). The convention center

is within walking distance of the Manchester Grand Hyatt; however,

transportation will be provided if necessary. Registration is limited

to 24 participants.

HELICA

Cementless Hip System (Wednesday, 10:00am-5:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Tim Lenehan (chair),

Volker Hach, Jeff Mayo, Guy Tarvin, Gorostiza

Lab Fee: $775

Sponsors: Medicatech VET, scil animal care

Under the guidance and supervision of the faculty, the HELICA

Cementless Hip System will be performed on canine cadavers. The

laboratory will include evaluation and diagnosis, HELICA components,

determination of implant sizes, surgical techniques, recovery and

rehabilitation. The convention center is within walking distance of the

Manchester Grand Hyatt; however, transportation will be provided if

necessary. Registration is limited to 20 participants.

Locking Compression Plating

Techniques (Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Dean (chair),

Amy Kapatkin, Beale, Alan Ruggles

Lab Fee: $400

Sponsor:

SYNTHES Vet

The Locking Compression Plate (LCP) is part of a stainless steel plate

and screw system that merges locking screw technology with conventional

plating techniques. Locked compression plate techniques require a new

way of thinking about the internal fixation of fractures. This

laboratory will present the advantages of locking compression plates

and will allow participants to participate in practical sessions

utilizing the new implants on plastic bone models. Faculty members are

AO orthopedic surgeons who have successfully incorporated locking

compression plates into their fracture care treatment plan. The

convention center is within walking distance of the Manchester Grand

Hyatt; however, transportation will be provided if necessary.

Registration is limited to 36 participants.

Ophthalmic Surgery — Cornea and

Eyelid Microsurgery (Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Wilkie (chair)

Lab Fee: $475

Sponsor: Sontec Instruments, SurgiTel™

During this laboratory, basic principles of microsurgery, instruments

and magnification will be discussed. Ophthalmic surgery of the cornea

and eyelids will be performed on cadaver tissues. Surgeries will

include eyelid reconstruction for repair of entropion, ectropion and

neoplasia, keratectomy, corneal grafting techniques and surgery of the

3rd eyelid. The convention center is within walking distance of the

Manchester Grand Hyatt; however, transportation will be provided if

necessary. Registration is limited to 20 participants.

SOP Interlocking Plating System (Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm)

Location: San Diego

Convention Center

Karl Kraus (chair),

Malcolm Ness

Lab Fee: $350

Sponsors: BioMedtrix, LLC/Orthomed

The SOP interlocking plate system uses standard orthopedic screws in a

locking manner. This novel plating system can be contoured in many

degrees of freedom and has applications including long bones, pelvis

and spine. The laboratory will be an introduction to this system

including instrumentation and basic technique. A preliminary lecture

will include instructions for case selection, standard operating

procedures, technique and many case examples. The attendee will apply

the SOP to Sawbone models of fractures of long bone and pelvis. The

convention center is within walking distance of the Manchester Grand

Hyatt; however, transportation will be provided if necessary.

Registration is limited to 20 participants.

Thoracoscopy (Tuesday, 1:00-6:00pm – Lecture;

Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm, – Laboratory)

Location: Manchester Grand

Hyatt/University of California at San Diego

Monnet (chair),

Gilles Dupre, McCarthy, Lyn Freeman, Ann Radlinsky,

Clarence Rawlings, Huhn

Lab Fee: $1,275

Sponsors: COVIDIEN, Karl Storz Veterinary

Endoscopy

The course will consist of a half-day lecture followed by a half-day

thoracoscopy laboratory using anesthetized pigs. The course is designed

for ACVS/ECVS Diplomates who have had some experience with endoscopic

surgery. It will not cover anesthesia. The goal of the laboratory

session will be to familiarize participants with advanced thoracoscopic

equipment and its applications. Thoracoscopic procedures will include

apical lung lobectomy, pericardectomy, thoracic duct ligation and lymph

node dissection. Other clinically relevant thoracoscopic operative

procedures may be performed as dictated by allotted time as well as

participant interest and experience. Endoscopic stapling equipment and

bipolar vessel-sealing technologies will be available for demonstration

and application during the laboratory. Registration includes roundtrip

transportation on Wednesday and is limited to 18 participants.

Tracheal and Urethral Stenting (Two laboratories: Wednesday, 8:00am-12:00pm;

Wednesday, 1:00-5:00pm)

Location: Del

Mar Fairgrounds

Chick Weisse (chair),

, Allyson Berent, Steve Mehler, Jana Norris, Matt Beal

Lab Fee: $750

Sponsor: Infiniti Medical, SEVS

The goal of this four-hour course is to introduce the participants to

the interventional radiology equipment and techniques necessary to

perform tracheal and urethral stenting in dogs. A one-hour lecture will

present indications, proper patient selection, medical management,

stent sizing, stent placement techniques and follow-up care in these

patients. Case examples will be used to generate discussion. A

three-hour laboratory will follow in which participants will practice

stent sizing, stent reconstraining, repositioning and deployment using

video and in cadavers under fluoroscopic guidance. Following completion

of the course, attendees should feel confident with the procedure and

use of the stents. Registration fee includes roundtrip transportation

to Del Mar Fairgrounds and is limited to 20 participants.

A special " thank you " ...

ACVS appreciates the continued support provided by the

following

companies for laboratory supplies loaned or donated

in support of multiple laboratories:

General

Econopak, Inc

Southern

Anesthesia & Surgical Veterinary Products Division

Universal Surgical Instruments

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