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European Advanced Arthroscopy Course, Newmarket, UK
17 & 18 April 2015
Speakers
Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS, DSc, Dr.
med vet (hc), Dvetmed (hc), Dip ACVS, ACVS
MR, Professor of Surgery and Director of
Orthopaedic Research Center Colorado State
University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr
McIlwraith is the pioneer of equine
arthroscopy, is the senior author of Diagnostic
& Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse, and is a
major contributor to clinical and research
orthopaedics.
Ian Wright, MA, VetMB, DEO, Dip ECVS,
MRCVS, Newmarket Equine Hospital, Suffolk,
UK has extensive clinical experience in
arthroscopic surgery, has published numerous
minimally invasive techniques and is a coauthor of the 3rd & 4th Edition of Diagnostic &
Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse.
David Frisbie, DVM, PhD, MS, BA, Dip ACVS,
Associate Professor of Equine Surgery at
Colorado State University, has published
extensively including several novel techniques
in equine orthopaedics.
Matthew Smith, BVetMed Dip ECVS, DEO,
MRCVS, Specialist Surgeon at Newmarket
Equine Hospital with principal interests in
arthroscopy and fracture repair. He is widely
published in these subjects and has
contributed to the development of technical
advances in both.
Course Information
The authors of the 4th Edition of Diagnostic and
Surgical Arthroscopy in the Horse invite you to
an intensive two day course in advanced
arthroscopic techniques. Participants will need
a reasonable degree of arthroscopic
competence in order to benefit from the
instruction. The course will be intensive and
comprehensive covering common joints,
tendon sheaths and bursae. It will introduce
also the novel technique of standing diagnostic
arthroscopy and include current concepts of
tissue healing, adjunctive therapies and
rehabilitation as these relate to arthroscopic
cases. All lectures will be supported by “hands
on” wet lab experience using Storz specialist
teaching equipment.
Course Fees
Pre-registration is required.
The registration fee for the course is
£2160 per delegate
or £1776 for ECVS/ACVS Residents
Including VAT. Please note UK VAT is payable
for all participants including EU citizens.
The cost of the course includes lectures, wet
labs, coffee, lunch and tea on both days, and a
course dinner on Friday evening.
Accommodation is not included (see below).
Cancellations
Fees will not be refunded if cancellation is
made within 30 days of commencement of the
course. Booked places can be transferred to
another person.
Accommodation
Participants are responsible for making their
own hotel bookings. A list of accommodation is
available on request.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Friday 17 April
Saturday 18 April
08.15 – 08.30
Welcome, introduction & course aims
Ian Wright
08.30 – 08.50
Fetlock fractures
Ian Wright
08.30 – 08.55
Shoulder joint
Wayne McIlwraith
08.55 – 09.20
Advanced hock
Wayne McIlwraith
09.00 – 09.15
Bicipital bursa
Ian Wright
09.25 – 09.50
Femoropatellar Joint
David Frisbie
09.20 – 09.40
Elbow joint
David Frisbie
09.55 – 10.25
Femorotibial Joints
Wayne McIlwraith
09.45 – 10.15
Carpal sheath
Ian Wright
10.25 – 10.45
Coffee
10.15 – 10.45
Coffee
10.45 – 12.45
Proximal hindlimb wet lab
Faculty
10.45 – 12.45
Proximal forelimb wet lab
Faculty
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch
12.45 – 13.45
Lunch
13.45 – 14.00
Tarsal sheath
Ian Wright
13.45 – 14.10
Carpal fractures
Ian Wright
14.05 – 14.20
Calcaneal bursae
Ian Wright
14.15 – 14.40
Digital flexor tendon sheath
Matt Smith
14.25 – 14.45
Standing Diagnostic Arthroscopy
David Frisbie
14.45 – 15.00
Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
Matt Smith
14.45 – 16.15
‘Delegates choice’ wet lab
Faculty
15:05 – 15.20
Distal interphalangeal joint
Matt Smith
16.15 – 16.45
Tea
15.25 – 15.45
Navicular bursa
Matt Smith
16.45 – 17.15
Current concepts of tissue healing, adjunctive therapies &
rehabilitation
Wayne McIlwraith
15.45 – 16.00
Tea
17.15 – 17.45
Discussion and close of course
16.00 – 18.00
Distal limb wet lab
Faculty
19.30
Dinner