Annual Scientific Meeting

Schedule for 2025

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3rd July 2025 - 5th July 2025

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Note: All indicated times are CET.

Large Animal pre-congress courses

Wednesday, 2nd July

generously supported by Arthrex Vet Systems and Covidien

Room: University of Ghent (shuttle buses will be provided)

08:30 - 18:00

Update on Tenoscopic Resection Technique

Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon, Andrew Bathe, Andrea Noguera Cender, Maria Fugazzola

Room: University of Ghent (shuttle buses will be provided)

08:30 - 18:00

Intestinal Anastomosis of Large and Small Intestine

Speaker(s): Maarten Haspeslagh, Julie E. Dechant

Thursday, 3rd July

sponsored by AO VET

Room: Flanders Meeting & Convention Centre in Antwerp, Gorilla 4+5

08:30 - 13:30

How to best deal with head fractures in horses

Speaker(s): Felix Theiss, Jan M. Kümmerle, Ann Martens

Main Programme (Small Animal, Large Animal)

Thursday, 3rd July

Opening Session

Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall

Chair: Barbara Kirby

16:30 - 17:30

Reflections on a Career in sports Surgery : Key Breakthroughs that Changed the Game

Speaker(s): Toon Claes

Friday, 4th July

Disaster session II: The impending antibiotic apocalypse

11:00 - 11:30

Antibiotic resistance - what does the future hold?

Speaker(s): Denis Verwilghen

11:30 - 12:00

Monitoring SSI

Speaker(s): Denis Verwilghen

12:00 - 12:30

How to manage MDR wounds

Speaker(s): Tim Nuttall

12:30 - 12:45

Discussion

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch break

Meet the Expert

Room: Bird Rooms

for Small and Large Animal delegates

13:00 - 14:00

"Studying: Evidence Based Practice"- special for residents

Speaker(s): Michael Farrell

13:00 - 14:00

The ethics of surgery

Speaker(s): Joachim Nieuwland

13:15 - 14:15

Environmental Sustainability in Surgery

Speaker(s): Zoë Jane Halfacree

13:15 - 14:15

Avoiding antibiotic disasters

Speaker(s): Tim Nuttall

Business Meeting

Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall

Chair: Barbara Kirby

18:10 - 19:30

ECVS Annual Business Meeting (mandatory for Diplomates)

Residents' Talk and Discussion

Room: Darwin Hall

(Small and Large Animal Residents)

18:15 - 19:15

Things to consider when starting your clinical research

Speaker(s): Nicola Di Girolamo

Saturday, 5th July

Meet the Expert

Room: Bird Rooms

for Small and Large Animal delegates

13:00 - 14:00

How to design and write case series effectively

Speaker(s): Nicola Di Girolamo

Veterinary Surgery

13:00 - 13:30

Publishing in Veterinary Surgery - updates and tips

Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon

13:30 - 14:00

Use of artificial intelligence in publication editing

Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon

Closing session

Room: Queen Elizabeth Hall

Chair: Caroline Tessier

17:45 - 19:00

History of Belgian chocolate, its health benefits, and the new trends

Speaker(s): Laurence Koutny

Large Animal Stream 1

Thursday, 3rd July

Large Animal Resident Forum

Room: Okapi 2+3

generously sponsored by ECG Medical Care

17:45 - 18:00

Racing and sales performance in Thoroughbred yearlings after carpal osteochondral fragment removal

Speaker(s): Daria Debald

18:00 - 18:15

Gross anatomy, computed tomographic contrast tenography, and needle endoscopy of the equine medial deep digital flexor tendon sheath

Speaker(s): Pieternel Kerbert

18:15 - 18:30

Relationship between arthroscopic evaluation, histopathological changes, and synovial biomarkers in horses with inflammatory synovitis disease versus septic synovitis

Speaker(s): Anna Charbonnel

18:30 - 18:45

A full-laparoscopic nephrosplenic space closure with barbed knotless suture in horses with nephrosplenic entrapment at time of surgery without colon repositioning

Speaker(s): Tuur Willems

18:45 - 19:00

Comminuted fractures of the proximal phalanx in horses: a multi-center retrospective review of 159 cases with long-term outcome (2002–2024)

Speaker(s): Charles de Chaisemartin

19:00 - 19:15

The applicability of Manuka Honey in the antibacterial therapy against common pathogens in equine ulcerative keratitis

Speaker(s): Myrthe Barvelink

19:15 - 19:30

Accuracy of computer-assisted drilling of equine cervical vertebral bodies using a purpose-built frame - an experimental cadaveric study

Speaker(s): Thimo Maurer

19:30 - 19:45

Microscopic assessment of the threaded portion in a model of lateral condylar fracture repaired using 4.5 millimetre cortical screws inserted in neutral versus lag fashion

Speaker(s): Roberta Rocchi

19:45 - 20:00

Standardized arthroscopic evaluation of the equine tarsocrural joint: the importance of plantar wear-line assessment in OCD cases

Speaker(s): Janne Stael

20:00 - 20:15

Multicenter study investigating return to athletic function following synovial lavage of septic synovial structures in horses presented to 10 UK referral hospitals

Speaker(s): Elise Rodden

Friday, 4th July

In depth: Surgery of the hoof

08:30 - 09:00

Septic osteitis P3

Speaker(s): Michael C. Schramme

09:00 - 09:30

Therapeutic shoeing after foot surgery

Speaker(s): Eugenio Cillán Garcia

09:30 - 10:00

Diagnosis and management of wounds involving the hoof capsule

Speaker(s): Stine Jacobsen

10:00 - 10:30

Flexural deformities of the foot

Speaker(s): Jessica Kidd

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

In depth: Updates on surgeries of the foal

11:00 - 11:30

Current management techniques for angular deformities in foals and yearlings

Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles

11:30 - 12:00

Laparoscopy of the foal

Speaker(s): Sigrid Grulke

12:00 - 12:30

Management of inguinal hernias in foals

Speaker(s): Michael Meulyzer

12:30 - 13:00

Fracture repair in the foal: preparing for the future equine athlete

Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

In depth: Surgery of the geriatric patient - Age is not a disease

14:00 - 14:30

Decision making and prognostication for colic surgery in the geriatric patient

Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant

14:30 - 15:00

Treatment of periocular neoplasms: what's new?

Speaker(s): Hanneke Hermans

15:00 - 15:30

Osteoarthritis

Speaker(s): Ellen R. Singer

15:30 - 16:00

Better off with or without teeth?

Speaker(s): Richard Reardon

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

In depth: Suspensory ligament session

16:30 - 16:55

Surgical management of chronic suspensory disease in sport horses

Speaker(s): Neal Matthew Ashton

16:55 - 17:15

Endoscopy of the proximal suspensory ligament with minimally invasive fasciotomy in the horse

Speaker(s): Anna Ehrle

17:15 - 17:35

Case selection for PSD surgery

Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe

17:35 - 17:55

Evidence based diagnostics for pathologies of the suspensory apparatus

Speaker(s): Michael C. Schramme

Saturday, 5th July

Short Communications

08:30 - 08:45

Influence of the Vertek aiming device on the surgical accuracy of computer-assisted drilling of the equine distal sesamoid bone – an experimental cadaveric study

Speaker(s): Mathieu de Preux

08:45 - 09:00

Mesenteric rents in the ascending mesocolon as cause of colic in horses

Speaker(s): Nicole Verhaar

09:00 - 09:15

Endoscope-assisted transcutaneous guttural pouch catheterization in horses: a new surgical approach for local treatment

Speaker(s): Olivier Lepage

09:15 - 09:30

Ex Vivo Bursting Pressure Evaluation of Three Suture Methods in Equine Small Colon Enterotomy

Speaker(s): Federico Fonte

09:30 - 09:45

Anatomy and Ultrasound-Guided Injection of the Deep Branch of the Lateral Palmar Nerve in the Horse: A Cadaveric Study

Speaker(s): Chiara Enriques

09:45 - 10:00

Use of Polyamide Cable-ties for the management of incisional hernia repair and acute celiotomy dehiscence in horses

Speaker(s): Nicolás Ansoleaga Pérez

10:00 - 10:15

Ventral cervical fusion using novel 3D printed titanium cervical implants: Retrospective study

Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee break

In-depth: Tenoscopy

10:30 - 11:00

Tarsal sheath and calcaneal bursal

Speaker(s): Ian Malcolm Wright

11:00 - 11:30

Navicular burscopy - updates

Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon

11:30 - 12:00

Carpal sheath

Speaker(s): Ian Malcolm Wright

12:00 - 12:30

DFTS - chronic and challenging cases

Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch break

Meet the Expert

Room: Bird Rooms

12:45 - 13:45

OCD stifle joint:  re-attachment of osteochondral flaps in the FP joint

Speaker(s): Hans Wilderjans

12:45 - 13:45

Orthopaedic infections in foals - when to stop therapy

Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles

Poster Session

14:00 - 14:15

ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Racehorses After Stifle Arthroscopy for OCD

Speaker(s): Adrienne Rhodes

14:15 - 15:10

Eight posters will be selected for oral presentation

15:10 - 15:30

Coffee break

In depth: The equine pelvis and hip

15:30 - 16:00

Management of acute trauma to the pelvic area - diagnostic options

Speaker(s): Mads Kristoffersen

16:00 - 16:30

Computer-assisted surgery for placing toggle constructs across the coxofemoral joints of small equids

Speaker(s): Christoph Koch

16:30 - 17:00

Coxofemoral joint conditions

Speaker(s): John David Stack

17:00 - 17:30

Sacro-Iliac joint region

Speaker(s): John David Stack

Large Animal Stream 2

Friday, 4th July

Disaster session I: Learning from my mistakes

08:30 - 09:00

Equine anaesthesia, what can go wrong? Lessons from CEPEF4

Speaker(s): Miguel Gozalo Marcilla

09:00 - 09:30

Technical failures in equine fracture repair: avoiding and mitigating mistakes in surgery

Speaker(s): Alan Ruggles

09:30 - 10:00

Technical failures in equine colic surgery: learning from mistakes

Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant

10:00 - 10:30

How your attitude, team interaction and manners affect your results, no blame culture

Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

Short Communications

14:00 - 14:15

Ultrasonographic and computed tomographic imaging of the pelvis and lumbo-sacral unit in adult cattle (Bos taurus): Technique and normal images

Speaker(s): Karolina Kalka

14:15 - 14:30

Neurostimulation to modulate severe hindlimb pain in horses: Initial safety and efficacy

Speaker(s): Brad Nelson

14:30 - 14:45

Feasibility, safety, and outcome of percutaneous ultrasonic debridement and adjunctive therapy in 33 horses with superficial digital flexor tendon or suspensory ligament injuries.

Speaker(s): Violette Cassiers

14:45 - 15:00

Long-term assessment of the nephrosplenic space closure, and comparison with ultrasonographic and rectal findings

Speaker(s): Camila Cantarelli

15:00 - 15:15

Racing performances of juvenile Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses after colic surgery: a retrospective study of 55 cases (2015-2024)

Speaker(s): Louise Lafin

15:15 - 15:30

Gross anatomy of the equine intervertebral foramina and spinal nerves from C3-C7

Speaker(s): Emanuël Stas

15:30 - 15:45

Combined normograde and retrograde endoscopic swallowing test to assess post-laryngoplasty dysphagia in horses.

Speaker(s): Anouk Vercherin

15:45 - 16:00

Biomechanical comparison of Distal Femoral Plate, Transfixation Pin Casting and Standard Casting on cadaver specimens with highly comminuted fracture of the proximal phalanx.

Speaker(s): Maelle Farfan

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

Parallel Session: Ruminants and Camelids Update

16:30 - 16:55

Fractures in Racing Camels

Speaker(s): Cedric Chi-Ho Chan

16:55 - 17:15

Septic arthritis in ruminants

Speaker(s): Tanja Schmid

17:15 - 17:35

Facilitated ankylosis and arthrodesis

Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti

17:35 - 17:55

Limb amputations

Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti

Saturday, 5th July

In depth: Surgery of the back

08:30 - 09:00

The old and new story about clinical significance of imaging findings

Speaker(s): Francesca Beccati

09:00 - 09:30

Spinous process - to operate or not to operate?

Speaker(s): Joanna Suthers

09:30 - 10:00

Pathology of the nuchal and withers bursae: acute and chronic management

Speaker(s): Tijn J.P. Spoormakers

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

What is the evidence?

10:30 - 11:00

Desmotomy of check ligaments DDFT and SDFT

Speaker(s): Maarten Oosterlinck

11:00 - 11:30

Neurectomy of DBLPN

Speaker(s): Christoph Klaus

11:30 - 12:00

Large colon resection

Speaker(s): Julie E. Dechant

12:00 - 12:30

Treatment of SCL - to screw, to fill or to drill?

Speaker(s): Michelle A. Jackson

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch break

Parallel session: Management of Trauma

15:30 - 16:00

Management of trauma to the head

Speaker(s): Henry Tremaine

16:00 - 16:30

Managent of thoracic trauma

Speaker(s): Maarten Haspeslagh

16:30 - 17:00

Trauma to the abdomen

Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting

17:00 - 17:30

Trauma of the shoulder region

Speaker(s): Roger Smith