TPLO Surgery and Interlocking Nail Fracture Fixation Workshop, Veterinary Continuing Education - the University of Minnesota

These workshops will provide practical, hands-on instruction on 1) treatment for cranial cruciate ligament ruptures and 2) a cost effective, technically simple method of fracture stabilization.  In the workshop offered on Saturday, you will learn the surgical approach and tibial plateau leveling technique using novel instrumentation that was developed by Dr. Erick Thorsgard and is marketed by Innovative Animal Products.  There will be practical information presented in a  series of short lectures followed by a closely instructed wet lab.  The lab will use both plastic sawbones and cadaveric limbs.  You will have an opportunity to develop your skills under the supervision of highly experienced experts.  On Sunday, a workshop on interlocking nailing for internal fracture fixation will be offered.  This course will include a series of short lectures with practical information on the nailing instrumentation and application to long bone fractures, again followed by wet labs offering the opportunity to apply this fixation method to plastic bone and cadaveric limbs with long bone fractures.

Workshop Instructors:

• Elizabeth Pluhar, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS
• Greg Anderson, DVM, Diplomate ACVS
• Mike Conzemius, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS
  
  Additional Laboratory Instructors
• Brian Martin, DVM, Surgical Resident
• Chas McBrien, DVM, Surgical Resident
• Duane Robinson, DVM,  Surgical Resident
• Brian Rose, DVM, Surgical Resident
• Nate Rose, DVM, Surgical Resident

Participants may register for one or both days.

Fees (minimum of 15 participants required by October 31)

• TPLO - November 15, $900 through October 17, $975 after October 17
• ILN - November 16, $800 through October 17, $875 after October 17
• Both TPLO and ILN - $1700 through October 17, $1850 after October 17
  

Schedule of Events

TPLO Course
November 15, 2008
Room 213 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center

7:30 am    Registration opens

Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO)

8:00 a.m.
Cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) - pathophysiology and diagnosis

8:45
TPLO radiography/Tibial plateau angles

10:00    Break

10:30
Surgical theory and technique                                   

11:15
Videotape

11:40
Postoperative management and complications

12:00 p.m.    Lunch

1:00 p.m.
Laboratory - to include both plastic bones and cadaveric limbs. Surgery will be based on preoperative radiographic measurements of cadaveric limbs.

3:30    Break

4:00
Laboratory

6:00    Adjourn 

ILN Course
November 16, 2008
Room 213 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center

8:00 a.m.   Registration Opens

Interlocking Nail (ILN) Fracture Fixation   

8:30 a.m.
Biomechanics of ILN

9:15
Instrumentation of ILN

10:30    Break

11:00
ILN use in specific fractures

11:30
Outcome of ILN use

12:00 p.m.    Lunch

1:00
Laboratory - to include both plastic bones and cadaveric limbs.

3:00    Break

3:30
Laboratory

5:30    Adjourn

Program sponsored by Innovative Animal Products and Whittemore Enterprises, Medical Equipment Specialists

Registration deadline extended to October 31.  Minimun registration is 15.
Secure on-line registration