Stifle Joint Orthopaedics Wet-Lab - Melbourne - Saturday 18 January 2025

Stifle Joint Orthopaedics
CrCL, Meniscus, MLP
Melbourne Saturday 18 January 2025

Join us for an orthopaedic surgery wet-lab in Melbourne this January. This course brings together the opportunity to manage the most commonly seen surgical conditions of the stifle joint with:

• The MMP tibial tuberosity advancement procedure for cranial cruciate ligament deficiency

• Arthrotomy for lameness associated with meniscus tears

• Tibial Tuberosity Transposition (TTT) and RidgeStop (RS) for patellar luxation

Objectives  

• Learn the fundamentals of TTA with a focus on critical case selection, avoiding and managing complications and achieve repeatable and successful surgical outcomes with TTA in practice

• Have confidence to safely inspect menisci and manage mensical tears. 

• Practice TTT for the correction of extensor mechanism malalignment in association with RidgeStop for patellar luxation.

Course Structure   

Online pre-lab prerequisites:

To make best use of the time hands-on time available in the wet-lab and to ensure delegates have a sound foundational knowledge, online learning material including pre-recorded webinar lectures and structured interactive courses will be made available to the delegates prior to the course. 
Course materials include a series of presentations and with accompanying quizzes focusing on:
Cranial cruciate ligament deficiency and the MMP tibial tuberosity advancement surgery for managing lameness.

The fundamentals of patellar luxation with TTT and RidgeStop procedures for surgical management.
 

Hands-on Workshop:

Wet-lab using cadavers and dry-lab using bone models.

Hands on lab time will include sawbone exercises using bone models.

Wet-lab includes practising arthrotomy with meniscus inspection, MMP, TTT and RS procedures.  
 

Event Details

Speaker	Bruce Nwadike DVM DipACVS MRCVS
	Dr. Bruce Nwadike is a board-certified veterinary surgeon with a special interest in orthopaedics, surgical oncology, general and reconstructive surgery. He has co-owned and operated a private referral practice in southern Maryland since 2002 after relocating from NC where he was a faculty surgeon at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He has published clinical and original research articles in peer-reviewed journals and also served for 6 years on the editorial review board for the Veterinary Surgery Journal.
Date	8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 18 January 2025
Venue	Veterinary Training Centre 8/37 Keilor Park Drive, KEILOR PARK VIC 3042   12mins drive from Melbourne Airport
Cost	$1100 AUD excl
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