Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Develop an appropriate clinical decision-making and surgical plan for complex thoracic conditions in dogs and cats.
Apply advanced surgical techniques involving the trachea, esophagus, lungs, pericardium, thoracic duct, and chest wall.
Perform a lung lobectomy using appropriate surgical techniques.
Plan and perform complex chest wall reconstruction.
Understand the indications, advantages, and limitations of open and minimally invasive thoracic surgical approaches.
Apply appropriate techniques for thoracic drainage and postoperative chest management.
Optimize perioperative management and pain control in thoracic surgical patients.
Recognize, prevent, and manage common complications associated with advanced thoracic surgery.
Refine technical surgical skills through hands-on practice of advanced thoracic procedures.
Integrate advanced thoracic surgical principles into clinical practice to improve safety, confidence, and surgical outcomes.
Speakers: Vincenzo Montinaro - Roberto Bussadori- Giuseppe Lacava
Instructors: V. Montinaro, R. Bussadori, G. Pagani, M. Lugli
Agenda
1° Day
08:45-09:00 Course introduction
09:00-09:45 Chest wall and internal organs anatomy
09:45-10:30 Instruments, preparation and patient positioning
10:30-11:15 Antibiotic therapy and post op pain management
11:15-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Diagnostic Imaging of the normal and pathologic thorax
13:00-14:00 Lunch break to the restaurant
14:15-15:15 Surgical approaches
15:15-16:00 Chest drain placement and post op management
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:15 Trachea anatomy and tracheal pathologies
17:15-17:45 Questions and discussion
2° Day
09:00-09:50 Tracheal collapse: from diagnosis to treatments
09:50-10:40 Esophageal pathologies and surgical approaches
10:40-11:15 Vascular ring anomalies
11:15-11:30 coffee break
11:30-12:15 Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
12:15-13:00 Heart Tumors: any room for a surgical approach?
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Wet Lab: Tracheotomy, temporary and permanent tracheostomy
Tracheal extraluminal ring placement, end to end tracheal
anastomosis
16:00-16:15 coffee break
16:15-17:30 Wet Lab: Cervical esophagotomy and cervical esophagectomy
Closed chest drain placement
17:30-18:00 Questions and discussion
3° Day
09:00-10:00 Lungs pathologies and surgical treatments
10:00-11:00 Chylothorax: where are we now?
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:00 Chest wall disease and reconstruction
12:00-13:00 Pericardial Disease (open and MIS)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Wet Lab Lung Lobectomies Manual and with staplers
Open chest drain placement
Wet Lab Pericardiectomy,
15:30-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-16:30 Wet Lab Thoracic duct anatomy
16:30-17:30 Wet Lab chest wall reconstruction
17:30-18:00 questions and discussion
4° Day
09:00-09:45 Pleural effusions management
09.45-10:30 Surgical mediastinal disease (open and MIS)
10:30-10:45 coffee break
10:45-11:45 Complex Diaphragmatic and Peritoneal pericardial hernia
11:45-12:30 Thoracic complications
12:30-13:00 Questions and self assessment
13:00-14:00 Lunch