09:00-17:00

Equine arthroscopy, tenoscopy and bursoscopy workshop

Speaker(s): Andrew Crawford, Antonio M. Cruz, Florent David

09:00-13:45

AO VET Seminar Arthrodesis in Horses: Challenges and Solutions

Speaker(s): Christoph Lischer, Jeffrey Watkins, Michelle A. Jackson, Fabrice Rossignol

13:00-13:45

ECVS Exam - What to expect

Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez, Heidi Radke

13:45-14:15

ECVS Exam - Small Animals

Speaker(s): Heidi Radke

13:45-14:15

ECVS Exam - Large Animals

Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez

15:00-16:30

Registration

16:30-17:30

The use of virtual reality assistance in the operating theatre

Speaker(s): Przemysław Lubiatowski

20:00-23:00

08:30-09:00

Minimally invasive osteosynthesis technique

Speaker(s): Katherine Barnes

09:00-09:30

Equine arthroscopically guided fracture repair

Speaker(s): Kyla Ortved

09:30-10:00

Arthroscopy assisted fracture fixation - just a trend in human medicine or should we do it?

Speaker(s): Julien Cabassu

10:00-10:15

Discussion

10:15-11:00

Coffee break

13:45-14:15

Information session for Residents and Supervisors: credentials / grants / exam

18:10-19:30

ECVS Annual Business Meeting

13:00-14:00

Publishing in Veterinary Surgery: updates and tips

Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon

17:45-18:30

Jörg Auer Lecture: Polish Noble Sash as the cultural bridge in Central Europe

Speaker(s): Paul Zambrzycka

18:30-19:00

Awards and Closing Remarks

Speaker(s): Olivier Lepage

20:00-00:00

17:45-18:00

Retrospective study on intraabdominal adhesions diagnosed by laparoscopy in equids: 273 cases

Speaker(s): Tanja Pudert

Discussant: Juan Alberto Muñoz Morán

18:00-18:15

Incisional complications after skin closure with stainless-steel skin staples compared to sutures in horses undergoing colic surgery.

Speaker(s): Orr Haion

Discussant: Anna Katharina Rötting

18:15-18:30

Retroperitoneoscopy of the presacral space in horses: surgical anatomy and access

Speaker(s): Antoine Meurice

Discussant: Ann Martens

18:30-18:45

Peri-operative antimicrobial use by equine surgery specialists: a survey of diplomates of the American & European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons

Speaker(s): Alexander John Shanklin

Discussant: Florian Geburek

18:45-19:00

Diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography arthrography and 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose experimentally created cartilage lesions in equine cadaver stifles.

Speaker(s): Nico Bolz

Discussant: Florent David

19:00-19:15

A Comparison of Arthroscopy and Computed Tomography Arthrography of the Equine Stifle: a Retrospective Study of 26 Clinical Cases

Speaker(s): Lou-Anne Donard

Discussant: Martin Waselau

19:15-19:30

Comparison of radiographic findings of the thoracolumbar spinous processes between yearling and trained thoroughbred horses.

Speaker(s): Chiara Pressanto

Discussant: Tijn J.P. Spoormakers

19:30-19:45

Osteoarthritis of the coxofemoral joint in horses: Evaluation of radiography, ultrasonography, intraarticular analgesia, treatment and outcome in 24 cases

Speaker(s): Fay Sauer

Discussant: Stefan Marc Cokelaere

19:45-20:00

Performance of Warmblood horses after tenoscopic desmotomy of the accessory ligament of the superficial digital flexor tendon for treatment of tendinitis: 62 cases

Speaker(s): Marlis Blatter

Discussant: Matthew R.W. Smith

20:00-20:15

Biomechanical testing of different laryngoplasty suture: comparison of 9 constructs in ex vivo larynx.

Speaker(s): Ulrika Maire

Discussant: Bruce Murray Bladon

11:00-11:15

Head movement asymmetry of sound and naturally lame horses trotting on a circle on hard and soft surface

Speaker(s): Caroline Taddey

11:15-11:30

Relation of head and withers movement asymmetry in sound and forelimb lame horses on hard and soft ground using inertial sensors

Speaker(s): Caroline Taddey

11:30-11:45

ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Navicular Invagination MRI Characterization

Speaker(s): Thomas McParland

11:45-12:00

How valuable is computed tomography for assessment of the equine proximal suspensory ligament?

Speaker(s): Eva Müller

12:00-12:15

Radiographic assessment of the variable length of hindlimb splint bones to determine the risk of iatrogenic penetration of the metatarsophalangeal joint while performing a low 6 point nerve block.

Speaker(s): Carlos Jimenez

12:15-14:00

Lunch break

12:45-13:45

Challenging arthroscopic cases

Speaker(s): Kyla Ortved

14:00-14:25

Use of advanced imaging (cone beam CT) for dental surgery

Speaker(s): Micaël Klopfenstein Bregger

14:25-14:50

Minimally invasive surgery of cheek teeth / buccotomy

Speaker(s): Astrid Bienert-Zeit

14:50-15:15

Sinus flap / buccotomy and laminectomy / alveolar osteotomy

Speaker(s): Henry Tremaine

15:15-15:40

Endodontic surgery - is it worthwhile?

Speaker(s): Hubert Simhofer

15:40-16:00

Discussion and questions

16:00-16:30

Coffee break

16:30-16:45

Internal fixation of 4 incomplete, articular, proximal third metatarsal/metacarpal bone fractures

Speaker(s): Michael Duggan

16:45-17:00

Cytokine enrichment in conditioned serum is not reliant on glass beads

Speaker(s): Gina Nakken

17:00-17:15

The central and third tarsal bones of foals grow by endochondral and intramembranous ossification, and can develop osteochondrosis due to vascular failure

Speaker(s): Kristin Olstad

17:15-17:30

Computed tomographic closure times for growth plates in the cervical spine of horses, including the rarely described neurocentral synchondrosis

Speaker(s): Anne Selvén Kallerud

17:30-17:45

Effect of collection method on synovial fluid bacterial culture.

Speaker(s): Pablo Jimenez-Rihuete

17:45-18:00

Discussion and questions

18:15-19:15

Ophthalmic surgery tactics the way from tissue handling to success

Speaker(s): Eva Abarca

08:30-08:45

Arthroscopic removal of dorsal accessory carpal bone osteochondral fragments in 41 Thoroughbred yearlings

Speaker(s): Cole Sandow

08:45-09:00

Five cases of comminuted fracture of the accessory carpal bone where fragments articulating with the antebrachiocarpal joint were removed by arthroscopy in the standing horse.

Speaker(s): Kathleen Uprichard Duncan

09:00-09:15

Outcome following arthroscopic-guided medication of stifle cysts in a UK Thoroughbred population

Speaker(s): Judith Findley

09:15-09:30

Evaluation of bacterial surgical site contamination in equine digital flexor tendon sheath endoscopy in an ex-vivo cadaver model using pervious and impervious drapes

Speaker(s): Hattie Barnes

09:30-09:45

Racing performance and sale result in 145 Thoroughbreds after arthroscopic removal of osteochondral fragments from the lateral femoral trochlear ridge as a yearling (2012-2015)

Speaker(s): Pieternel Kerbert

09:45-10:00

Discussion and questions

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-10:55

Arthroscopy of the atlanto-occipital joint

Speaker(s): Linda Wright

10:55-11:20

Arthroscopy of the facet joint

Speaker(s): Rachel Tucker

11:20-11:45

Arthroscopy of the palmar/plantar aspect of the coffin joint

Speaker(s): Andrew Crawford

11:45-12:10

Navicular bursoscopy

Speaker(s): Kyla Ortved

12:10-12:30

Discussion

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

12:45-13:45

Challenging fracture repair

Speaker(s): Matthew R.W. Smith

14:00-15:00

15:00-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-15:50

Soft Tissue Surgery in Ruminants

Speaker(s): Emma Marchionatti

15:50-16:10

Bone Surgery in Ruminants

Speaker(s): Karl Nuss

16:10-16:30

Surgery of the Foot in Ruminants

Speaker(s): Alexander Starke

16:30-16:50

Endoscopic surgery on the teat of the cow

Speaker(s): Ulrich Bleul

16:50-17:10

Discussion

08:30-09:00

Standing orthopedic surgery

Speaker(s): Tom O'Brien

09:00-09:30

Standing surgery of LLH

Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol

09:30-10:00

Standing treatment of guttural pouch mycosis

Speaker(s): Juan Alberto Muñoz Morán

10:00-10:15

Standing olecranon fracture repair

Speaker(s): Judith Findley

10:15-10:30

Discussion

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:30

Cataract surgery and other intra-ocular procedures

Speaker(s): Richard J. McMullen Jr.

11:30-12:00

Cyclosporin implants

Speaker(s): Hanneke Hermans

12:00-12:30

Surgical options in the treatment of corneal diseases

Speaker(s): Eva Abarca

12:30-13:00

Discussion

13:00-14:00

Lunch break

13:00-14:00

Challenging ocular cases

Speaker(s): Richard J. McMullen Jr.

14:00-14:20

A potent immunotherapeutic vaccine for the treatment of equine sarcoids and underlying bovine papillomavirus infection

Speaker(s): Sabine Brandt

14:20-14:40

Early enteral nutrition (EEN) in the post-operative colic: influence on the gastrointestinal motility, time to first defecation and time to hospital discharge

Speaker(s): Tuur Willems

14:40-15:00

Treatment of advanced dental disease and associated osteomyelitis in new world camelids –diagnosis, treatment and long term outcome (24 cases)

Speaker(s): Nora Biermann

15:00-15:20

Ultrasonographic features of left dorsal displacement of the large colon in horses

Speaker(s): F. Javier López-Sanromán

15:20-15:40

Unilateral and bilateral compression of the epiglottis during poll flexion in harness racehorses

Speaker(s): Sigrid Lykkjen

15:40-16:00

Treating choanal atresia of 9 horses by ablating the buccopharyngeal septum and excising the nasal septum

Speaker(s): Palle Brink

08:30-08:55

Laparoscopic approach to peripartum complications

Speaker(s): Michael Roecken

08:55-09:20

"In-bag" laparoscopic morcellation for ovariectomy and partial ovariohysterectomy in standing mares

Speaker(s): Florent David

09:20-09:45

Laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy and castration

Speaker(s): Rodolfo Gialletti

09:45-10:00

Discussion

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:00

Soft tissue surgeries in the Dromedary camel

Speaker(s): Mohamed Karam Zabady

11:00-11:30

Jaw fracture repair in the Dromedary camel - different surgical techniques

Speaker(s): Mohamed Karam Zabady

11:30-12:00

Wound management in the Dromedary camel

Speaker(s): Mohamed Karam Zabady

12:00-12:30

Urogenital surgeries in the Dromedary camel

Speaker(s): Mohamed Karam Zabady

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

12:45-13:45

Challenging upper airway cases

Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol

15:30-15:50

Palmar Digital Neurectomy

Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon

15:50-16:10

Closure of the ventral midline incision

Speaker(s): Walter Brehm

16:10-16:30

OCD - evidence for preventative surgery

Speaker(s): Tamás Tóth

16:30-16:50

Evidence of prognostic factors in colic surgery

Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting

16:50-17:20

Discussion