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All indicated times are CET.
07:45-18:30
I-Loc® IM Fixator Workshop
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin, Karen Lisette Perry, Maria Podsiedlik
08:00-17:00
Tendon & Ligament repair with NOVALIG® and interference screws
08:45-16:00
Pedicle Screw Fixation Course - Introducing invetra™
09:30-15:30
Humeral Condyle Course
08:00-12:00
I-Loc® IM Fixator Workshop (continued from Wednesday)
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin, Karen Lisette Perry, Maria Podsiedlik
08:30-12:00
Tracheal, Urethral, Ureteral Stenting & Nephrostomy
Speaker(s): Robert N. White
09:00-13:30
Complex Canine Fractures and Joint Disorders
Speaker(s): Ignacio Calvo, Kevin Parsons, Elvin Romesh Kulendra
13:20-15:30
NPWT & Surgical Stapling Techniques
Speaker(s): Robert N. White
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 J. 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
Medial joint line tenderness as an indicator for meniscal injuries in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease
Speaker(s): Daniel McDonald
Discussant: Riccarda Schünemann
18:00-18:15
CT assessment of femoro-patellar joint congruency in cats with medial patellar luxation undergoing block recession trochleoplasty.
Speaker(s): Luca Bresciani
Discussant: Karen Lisette Perry
18:15-18:30
Ex-vivo radiographic evaluation of the tibial axis and the tibial plateau angle after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy and spherical tibial plateau leveling osteotomy
Speaker(s): Gregor Merz
Discussant: Antonio Pozzi
18:30-18:45
Surgical treatment and outcome of traumatic patellar luxation in 16 dogs and cats (2011-2021).
Speaker(s): Julien Boullenger
Discussant: Loïc Déjardin
18:45-19:00
Common calcaneal tendon repair in cats: outcome and complications associated with post-operative immobilization of tarso-crural joint methods.
Speaker(s): Cristina Rizkallal
Discussant: Susanne Lauer
19:00-19:15
Case series - CAD-based surgical planning and 3D-printed custom surgical guides and plates for the simultaneous correction of antebrachial deformity and pancarpal arthrodesis in dogs with antebrachiocarpal joint laxity
Speaker(s): Isabel de Marcos Carpio
Discussant: David Scott Rutherford
19:15-19:30
Effects of radioulnar synostosis on supination and pronation in cats. A cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Markus Senn
Discussant: Sorrel Langley-Hobbs
19:30-19:45
In vivo shoulder kinematics evaluated using biplanar fluoroscopy in healthy dogs during walk and trot
Speaker(s): Federico Longo
Discussant: Peter Böttcher
19:45-20:00
Fluoroscopic in vivo gait analysis of dogs with medial patella luxation (MPL) Grade I-III
Speaker(s): Pavlos Natsios
Discussant: Lars F.H. Theyse
20:00-20:15
Humeral Condylar Ossification in French Bulldogs Following a Diagnosis of Humeral Intracondylar Fissure: A Retrospective Study
Speaker(s): Victoria Hutchings
Discussant: Kevin Parsons
10:45-11:15
Do we overdiagnose medial shoulder instability?
Speaker(s): Antonio Pozzi
11:15-11:45
Minimally invasive diagnostics and treatment for shoulder conditions
Speaker(s): Dirsko J.F. von Pfeil
11:45-12:15
Surgical management of shoulder conditions: options and challenges
Speaker(s): Pilar Lafuente
12:15-13:00
Discussion
13:00-14:30
Lunch break
13:15-14:15
Cranial cruciate ligament disease - Surgical treatment decisions and handling of complications
Speaker(s): Ignacio Calvo
14:30-15:00
Human perspective on 3D practice
Speaker(s): Michal Drwiega
15:00-15:30
3D printing in veterinary practice - 5 steps, that you need to know
Speaker(s): Bill Oxley
15:30-16:00
3D printing for operative procedures, indications, complications & trouble shooting
Speaker(s): Katherine Barnes
16:00-16:15
Discussion
16:15-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-16:45
Achilles tendon reinsertion in cats: a comparative study of bone tunnel and Weldix suture anchor
Speaker(s): Riccarda Schuenemann
16:45-17:00
What price do we pay for off-axis placement of a locking screw? A Biomechanical Comparison of a 3.5 mm Fixed-Angle and 3.5 mm Variable-Angle Stainless Steel Locking Plate System
Speaker(s): Jakub Kaczmarek
17:00-17:15
In-vitro assessment of compression patterns using different methods to achieve inter-fragmentary compression during tibial plateau levelling osteotomy
Speaker(s): Rodrigo Alvarez
17:15-17:30
Small bore needle arthroscopy for treatment of elbow medial coronoid disease in 18 dogs
Speaker(s): Laura Remport
17:30-17:45
Extravasation of intraarticular contrast fluid after elbow arthroscopy: A computer tomographic evaluation in a cadaveric model of the dog
Speaker(s): Linus Rustemeyer
18:15-19:15
Tips and tricks for Optimizing Upper Airway Surgical Outcomes
Speaker(s): Bryden Stanley
08:30-09:00
Optimal surgical timing for open fractures - red eye versus early bird surgeries
Speaker(s): Karen Lisette Perry
09:00-09:30
Open fractures - temporary and minimal invasive techniques
Speaker(s): Andrea Pratesi
09:30-10:00
Gun shot fractures and other train wrecks
Speaker(s): Katherine Barnes
10:00-10:15
Discussion
10:15-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-11:15
Practical case
Speaker(s): Davinia Arnott
11:15-11:45
Practical case
Speaker(s): Stephen Clarke
11:45-12:15
Practical case
Speaker(s): Katherine Barnes
12:15-12:45
Practical case
Speaker(s): Ignacio Calvo
12:45-13:00
Round table discussion
13:00-14:15
Lunch break
13:00-14:00
Practical tips for minimally invasive articular fracture fixation
Speaker(s): Antonio Pozzi
13:00-14:00
CAD-based planning, patient-specific guides, and custom implant integration - thinking outside the rectangular cuboid
Speaker(s): Bill Oxley
14:15-15:30
Orthopaedic + Soft Tissue
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-16:15
Evaluation of section of interarcuate branches to improve visualization of the spine during C2-C3 hemilaminectomy in dogs: technique description and short case series
Speaker(s): Charles Saban
16:15-16:30
Subclinical Bacteriuria and Surgical Site Infection in 140 Dogs with Orthopaedic and Neurological Conditions
Speaker(s): Maria Dolores Porcel Sanchez
16:30-16:45
Assessment of pure-phase β - tricalcium phosphate (β - TCP) cylindrical ceramic implant osseointegration used in critical segmental bone defects of the radius of rabbits
Speaker(s): Daniel Cardoso Garcia
16:45-17:00
Biomechanical evaluation of a novel fixation technique with a single length of orthopedic wire for tibial tuberosity transposition: an ex vivo cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Pavlos Natsios
17:00-17:15
Fluoroscopically-assisted closed reduction and percutaneous fixation of sacroiliac luxations in cats using 2.4 mm cannulated screws: description, evaluation and clinical outcome.
Speaker(s): Mathieu Jourdain
17:15-17:30
Mechanical Comparison of Straight and Pre-Bent Interlocking Nails Used for the Stabilization of Tibial Fractures
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
08:30-09:05
Feline injection site tumour
Speaker(s): Sarah Boston
09:05-09:40
Feline maxillectomy / mandibulectomy
Speaker(s): Sarah Boston
09:40-10:15
Feline mammary tumours
Speaker(s): Vincent Wavreille
10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:40
Tumour margins and special stains
Speaker(s): Simon Priestnall
11:40-12:10
Immunohistochemistry… does this help us?
Speaker(s): Simon Priestnall
12:10-13:00
Round Table: Tumour margins - do they really matter?
Speaker(s): Vincent Wavreille, Jonathan Peter Bray, Simon Priestnall
13:00-14:30
Lunch break
13:15-14:15
Wound/skin reconstruction - planning, execution and management with case examples
Speaker(s): Bryden Stanley
13:15-14:15
Live Demonstrations - TPLO, NanoScope & Distal Humerus Fractures supported with the Arthrex Mobile Surgical Skills Lab
Speaker(s): Peter Böttcher, Antonio Pozzi
14:30-15:00
New developments in maxillofacial surgery- 3D printing and beyond…
Speaker(s): Jonathan Peter Bray
15:00-15:30
Avoiding complications in maxillofacial surgery
Speaker(s): Sarah Boston
15:30-16:15
Panel discussion; what is possible, what is ethical
Speaker(s): Jonathan Peter Bray, Sarah Boston, Vincent Wavreille
16:15-16:45
Coffee break
08:30-08:50
What's the best time to get the patient in the OR?
Speaker(s): Nicholas Jeffery
08:50-09:10
Spinal trauma - MRI or CT?
Speaker(s): Steven de Decker
09:10-09:40
Current strategies in human spinal surgery
Speaker(s): Bartosz Godlewski
09:40-10:10
Biomechnics for spinal fracture repair
Speaker(s): Bianca F. Hettlich
10:10-10:40
Severe spinal cord trauma - durotomy yes or no?
Speaker(s): Nicholas Jeffery
10:40-11:10
Coffee break
11:10-11:40
Complications
Speaker(s): Steven de Decker
11:40-12:10
Spinal trauma - Have we gotten better?
Speaker(s): Colin Driver
12:10-12:40
Deep pain negative! - Where do you draw the line - an ethical dilemma?
Speaker(s): Steven de Decker
12:40-13:00
Discussion
13:00-14:00
Preparing for large resections
Speaker(s): Sarah Boston
13:00-14:15
Lunch break
13:00-14:00
Disc-associated wobbler syndrome - a patient-specific approach
Speaker(s): Colin Driver
17:45-18:00
Evaluation of the addition of adrenaline in a bilateral maxillary nerve block to reduce haemorrhage in dogs undergoing staphylectomy for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome
Speaker(s): Pippa Williams
Discussant: Pieter Nelissen
18:00-18:15
Prospective evaluation of treatment of gastric dilatation and volvulus by total laparoscopic gastropexy in dogs.
Speaker(s): Ludivine Velay
Discussant: Mathieu Cariou
18:15-18:30
Characterisation of gastroesophageal reflux using prolonged oesophageal pH monitoring in hospitalised, non-brachycephalic dogs without overt gastrointestinal disease
Speaker(s): Tesheena Nash
Discussant: Jackie Demetriou
18:30-18:45
A left 4th intercostal approach to thoracic duct ligation and subphrenic pericardiectomy may decrease morbidity associated with idiopathic chylothorax treatment in dogs
Speaker(s): Anya Price
Discussant: Georg Haimel
18:45-19:00
Outcome and Complications Associated with Cholecystoenterostomy Surgery in Dogs and Cats
Speaker(s): Sebastian Prior
Discussant: Daniel J. Brockman
19:00-19:15
Comparison of intraperitoneal local anaesthesia vs intravenous methadone/dexmedetomidine alone for pain management following laparoscopic ovariectomy in dogs.
Speaker(s): Victoria Roberts
Discussant: Kate Forster
19:15-19:30
Thoracoscopic-assisted mini-thoracotomy (TAMT) for lung lobectomy in canine primary lung tumors: 16 cases (2016-2022)
Speaker(s): Daniel Aguilar García
Discussant: Bart Van Goethem
19:30-19:45
Anatomical Considerations for the Surgical Approach to the Accessory Lung Lobe
Speaker(s): Alastair Jock Mather
Discussant: Alison Moores
19:45-20:00
Wavelength-Dependent Effects of Photobiomodulation for Wound Care in Diabetic Wounds
Speaker(s): Sanja Sutalo
Discussant: Rachel Hattersley
20:00-20:15
Outcomes of negative pressure wound therapy versus wet-to-dry dressings for management of open wounds in dogs and cats: A retrospective study of 124 paired cases (2011-2021)
Speaker(s): Oliver Taylor
Discussant: Davina Anderson
08:30-10:45
Skin reconstruction challenges: have your reconstruction cases discussed "live". Panel discussion of cases sent to speakers through social media or mail
Speaker(s): Bryden Stanley, Jolle Kirpensteijn, Bart Van Goethem
10:45-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-12:00
Gallbladder abnormalities: Is cholecystectomy appropriate and required?
Speaker(s): Bryden Stanley
12:00-12:45
Choleliths and cholecystoduodenostomy tips and tricks
Speaker(s): Jolle Kirpensteijn
12:45-13:00
Discussion
13:00-14:30
Lunch break
13:15-14:15
Upper airway lesion sites - what do we know?
Speaker(s): Jane Ladlow
14:30-15:00
What constiutes a gallbladder mucocele
Speaker(s): Faye Swinbourne
15:00-15:30
Techniques and options for minimising perioperative- intra and postoperative morbidity in gallbladder mucoceles
Speaker(s): Jackie Demetriou
15:30-16:00
Decision making: timing of surgery and intraoperative decisions (to flush or not to flush)
Speaker(s): Bryden Stanley
16:00-16:15
Discussion
16:15-16:45
Coffee break
16:45-17:00
The role of regional versus sentinel lymph node biopsy in cats with integumentary mast cell tumors
Speaker(s): Lavinia Elena Chiti
17:00-17:15
ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Liposomal Bupivacaine in Canine Laparotomies
Speaker(s): Leah Paige Hixon
17:15-17:30
Evaluation of the body temperature of bitches during laparoscopic ovariectomy using heated or cold CO2 insufflation
Speaker(s): Diogo Benchimol de Souza
17:30-17:45
Canine bladder urothelial carcinoma treated by intraoperative radiotherapy and COX-2 selective NSAID: a retrospective study of 23 cases (2014-2022)
Speaker(s): Sarah Schoffit
17:45-18:00
Wound healing complications and outcomes for soft tissue sarcoma about the elbow: A retrospective study in 70 dogs
Speaker(s): Jonathan Peter Bray
08:30-09:00
Improving perioperative safety and comfort
Speaker(s): Bryden Stanley
09:00-09:45
LATE - decision making in case selection
Speaker(s): Jane Ladlow
09:45-10:15
Laryngeal surgery & granulomas in BOAS patients
Speaker(s): Robert N. White
10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:30
Diagnosing hiatal hernias and is it necessary?
Speaker(s): Ed Friend
11:30-12:00
Open surgical approach to hiatal hernias - is a gastropexy helpful?
Speaker(s): Robert N. White
12:00-12:30
How often do we need to surgically repair hiatal hernias in dogs suffering from BOAS?
Speaker(s): Jane Ladlow
12:30-13:00
Panel discussion: Hiatal hernias with BOAS
Speaker(s): Ed Friend, Robert N. White, Jane Ladlow
13:00-14:15
Lunch break
16:00-16:15
Repeated metastasectomy can improve survival of dogs with anal sac adenocarcinoma, but other factors may be more influential on overall outcome
Speaker(s): Amedeo Loss Pelle
16:15-16:30
Evaluation of the health-related quality of life in dogs after intracranial meningioma resection using a specifically developed questionnaire
Speaker(s): Chiara Köcher
16:30-16:45
Evaluation of systematic postoperative early ultrasound recheck after small intestinal surgery without pre-operative septic peritonitis
Speaker(s): Paul Rafael
16:45-17:00
Surgical treatment of canine urethral prolapse via urethropexy or resection and anastomosis: a multicentre study.
Speaker(s): Donough Healy
17:00-17:15
Efficacy and complication rate of cuneiformectomy in dogs with brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS)
Speaker(s): Alex Chan
17:15-17:30
Risk factors for complicated perioperative recovery in dogs undergoing staphylectomy or folding flap palatoplasty: 76 cases (2018-2022)
Speaker(s): Agnieszka Fracka