Large Animal Lecture Schedule
Thursday October 21, 2010
Thursday Large Animal
Equine Respiratory
10:30am Evidence-Based Decision Making in Airway Surgery ~Cheetham
A review of evidence-based decision making in airway surgery using case examples.
11:00am Suture Placement for Laryngoplasty: A Review ~Santschi
Most prostheses are believed to fail due to the suture pulling through the cartilage, so strategies to robustly anchor the suture in the laryngeal cartilage will be discussed.
11:30am abs: Clamp Arytenoid Abduction in Laryngoplasty ~McClellan
11:45am abs: Development of an Equine Laryngeal Neurostimulator ~Mespoulhès-Rivière
2:00pm Dynamic Overground Endoscopy of the Airway ~Pollock
Dynamic overground endoscopy allows examination of the equine upper airway during normal ridden exercise and is perhaps the most exciting development in furthering understanding of upper airway disease in recent times.
2:30pm abs: MRI Features of Sinonasal Disorders in Horses ~Tessier
2:45pm Diagnosis/Treatment of Nasal Passage & Paranasal Sinus Neoplasia ~Dixon
This presentation will outline the more common non-neoplastic and neoplastic sinonasal growths that occur in horses.
3:15pm abs: Alternative Approach for Standing Sinoscopy ~Morello
4:00pm Treatment of Rostral Maxillary and Ventral Conchal Sinusitis ~Dixon
This lecture will outline general anatomy, clinical signs and investigation of equine sinus disorder and will then focus on the treatment of rostral maxillary and ventral conchal sinusitis.
4:30pm Endoscopic-Guided Balloon Sinuplasty of Nasomaxillary Opening -- Update ~Bell
Review of the balloon sinuplasty technique and its uses in horses with primary and secondary sinusitis: Update on the use of the technique in several clinical cases to date
5:00pm Treatment of Dental-Related Sinusitis ~Dixon
This lecture will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of dental related sinusitis including apical infection of the caudal cheek teeth, dental fractures and spontaneous oro-maxillary fistula.
5:30pm Use of CT for Preoperative Planning for Sinus Disease ~Garcia-Lopez
This lecture will discuss the use of Computed Tomography (CT) as part of the pre-operative diagnostics in horses with sinus disease.
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Thursday Large Animal
Equine Sports Medicine -- Lameness & Imaging
10:30am Tarsal Lameness -- Diagnostic Evaluation ~Garrett
This lecture focuses on imaging evaluation of lameness originating from the tarsal region.
11:00am Lameness & Imaging of the Stifle ~Edwards
Techniques for localization, imaging of the stifle and surgical approaches will be reviewed.
11:30am abs: Meniscal Translocation: Implication for Tears ~Fowlie
11:45am abs: MRI of MP Region Lameness in 40 Horses ~Gonzalez
2:00pm Evaluation of the Fetlock in Horses with Lameness ~Zubrod
An in-depth look at diagnostic anesthesia and imaging of the fetlock region will be reviewed.
2:30pm abs: MRI Findings Septic Arthritis in Horses ~Easley
2:45pm MR Evaluation of the Foot in Lame Horses ~Sampson
An overview of types of pathology found in horses with lameness localized to the foot and how this information effects treatment
3:15pm abs: Enostosis-Like Lesions in 79 Horses ~Ahern
4:00pm Navicular Bursa Injection -- Efficacy of Treatment ~Marsh
Discussion of navicular bursa injection techniques, both old and new, and efficacy of treatment when a diagnosis is known by using high field MRI
4:30pm Proximal Suspensory Ligament Injury -- Diagnosis & Treatment ~Redding
5:00pm Panel Discussion ~Edwards, Redding, Sampson, Zubrod
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Thursday Large Animal
LA Interactive Case Studies
10:30am LA Interactive Case Studies ~Ducharme, Embertson, Goodrich, Richardson
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