4th July 2024 - 6th July 2024
Note: All indicated times are CET.
Main Programme (Small Animal, Large Animal)
Thursday, 4th July
15:00 - 16:30
Registration
Opening Session
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Olivier Lepage
sponsored by IVC Evidensia
16:30 - 17:30
Robotic Lung Transplantation
Speaker(s): Alberto Jauregui Abularach
Room: Outdoor Area
20:00 - 23:00
Welcome Reception
Friday, 5th July
Resident Session
Room: Auditorium 2
13:30 - 14:00
Information session for Residents and Supervisors: Credentials, Grants, Exam
Speaker(s): Mélanie Perrier, Simona Vincenti
Shaping the future
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Vicky Lipscomb
14:30 - 15:00
Giving and receiving feedback
Speaker(s): Clive Elwood
15:00 - 15:30
Leading a team through challenging days in the clinic
Speaker(s): Clive Elwood
15:30 - 16:00
Stress and mental health in veterinary clinics
Speaker(s): Carolyne Crowe
16:00 - 16:15
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee break
Business Meeting
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Olivier Lepage
18:10 - 19:30
ECVS Annual Business Meeting
Residents' Talk and Discussion
Room: Auditorium 2
18:10 - 19:30
Practical tips for maximising your residency experience and wellbeing
Speaker(s): Carolyne Crowe, Clive Elwood
Saturday, 6th July
Veterinary Surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
13:00 - 14:00
Publishing in Veterinary Surgery: updates and tips
Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon
Jörg Auer Lecture, followed by Awards and Closing Remarks
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Barbara M. Kirby
17:45 - 19:00
Dealing with bullfighters: A unique perspective of soft tissue injuries and traumas
Speaker(s): Maria Pilar Val-Carreres Rivera
15:00 - 16:30
Registration
Opening Session
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Olivier Lepage
sponsored by IVC Evidensia
16:30 - 17:30
Robotic Lung Transplantation
Speaker(s): Alberto Jauregui Abularach
Room: Outdoor Area
20:00 - 23:00
Welcome Reception
Resident Session
Room: Auditorium 2
13:30 - 14:00
Information session for Residents and Supervisors: Credentials, Grants, Exam
Speaker(s): Mélanie Perrier, Simona Vincenti
Shaping the future
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Vicky Lipscomb
14:30 - 15:00
Giving and receiving feedback
Speaker(s): Clive Elwood
15:00 - 15:30
Leading a team through challenging days in the clinic
Speaker(s): Clive Elwood
15:30 - 16:00
Stress and mental health in veterinary clinics
Speaker(s): Carolyne Crowe
16:00 - 16:15
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee break
Business Meeting
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Olivier Lepage
18:10 - 19:30
ECVS Annual Business Meeting
Residents' Talk and Discussion
Room: Auditorium 2
18:10 - 19:30
Practical tips for maximising your residency experience and wellbeing
Speaker(s): Carolyne Crowe, Clive Elwood
Veterinary Surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
13:00 - 14:00
Publishing in Veterinary Surgery: updates and tips
Speaker(s): Dominique Griffon
Jörg Auer Lecture, followed by Awards and Closing Remarks
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Barbara M. Kirby
17:45 - 19:00
Dealing with bullfighters: A unique perspective of soft tissue injuries and traumas
Speaker(s): Maria Pilar Val-Carreres Rivera
Large Animal Stream 1
Thursday, 4th July
Exam Session
Room: Auditorium 2
13:00 - 13:30
ECVS Exam - What to expect
Speaker(s): Philip Cramp, Donald Yool
Exam Session
Room: Auditorium 3
13:30 - 14:15
ECVS Exam - Large Animals
Speaker(s): Philip Cramp
Resident Forum - Large Animal
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Marta Prades Robles
17:45 - 18:00
Outcome of tenoscopically-guided palmar/plantar annular ligament desmotomy for the treatment of lameness due to fetlock canal constriction in horses (67 cases)
Speaker(s): Andrew Wood
Discussant: Andrea Noguera Cender
18:00 - 18:15
Multidetector helical computed tomography, transrectal ultrasonography and histology of the sacroiliac joint: a comparative study of the normal appearance in middle-aged Warmblood horse cadavers without clinical signs.
Speaker(s): Rebecca Mathys
Discussant: Florian Geburek
18:15 - 18:30
Nanoscopic-tenoscopy of the digital flexor tendon sheath and nanoscopic-guided palmar/plantar annular ligament desmotomy in a standing equine cadaver model.
Speaker(s): Louise Breen
Discussant: Hans Wilderjans
18:30 - 18:45
Experimental comparison of caudal wedge ostectomy to cranial wedge ostectomy for surgical treatment of over-riding or impinging spinous processes in horses.
Speaker(s): Maurice Connaughton
Discussant: Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez
18:45 - 19:00
Mosaic arthroplasty in the equine stifle and fetlock joints: A retrospective study of 33 cases. Experiences of the past 25 years.
Speaker(s): Zsófia Pál
Discussant: Maria Fugazzola
19:00 - 19:15
Standing equine cheek tooth extractions: comparison of short-term complications with and without the use of peri-/postoperative antimicrobials
Speaker(s): Marlies Schnierer
Discussant: Henry Tremaine
19:15 - 19:30
Three-Dimensional titanium printed aiming device for equine proximal interphalangeal arthrodesis, ex vivo study.
Speaker(s): Emma Aimonetti
Discussant: F. Javier López-Sanromán
19:30 - 19:45
Pharmacological alternatives to oxytetracycline as potential treatment of flexural limb deformities in foals: a preliminary in vitro cell viability and proliferation study
Speaker(s): Emmanuel Mathieu Cardinaux
Discussant: Eugenio Cillán Garcia
19:45 - 20:00
Clinical characteristics, treatment and prognostic factors associated with outcome in 44 foals with osteomyelitis diagnosed by computed tomography
Speaker(s): Camille Buyck
Discussant: Antonio M. Cruz
20:00 - 20:15
Short- and long-term postoperative complications after keratoma resection in horses: a retrospective study (2004-2023)
Speaker(s): Guillermo Caballero Delgado
Discussant: Peter Clegg
Friday, 5th July
In Depth: Computed Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS)
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Andrew Fiske-Jackson
08:30 - 09:00
Guiding the future: An introduction to surgical navigation in Equine Surgery
Speaker(s): Mathieu de Preux
09:00 - 09:30
Navigating neurosurgery: Precision in spine and cranial navigation
Speaker(s): Jeremiah Easley
09:30 - 10:00
Challenging CAOS procedures in horses: What have we learned from clinical use and experimental research
Speaker(s): Christoph Koch
10:00 - 10:30
Surgical problems of the digit managed by CAOS
Speaker(s): Antonio M. Cruz
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Tamás Tóth
11:00 - 11:15
A novel transcoronal surgical technique for the treatment of cystic lesions of the distal phalanx: A cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Sjoerd K. Frietman
11:15 - 11:30
Equine Stifle MRI – An Update and Review of Pathology in 230 Clinical Cases
Speaker(s): Martin Waselau
11:30 - 11:45
Effect of palmar tension band technique used in fetlock joint arthrodesis on distal limb joint angles in cadaveric horse limbs during loading.
Speaker(s): Timothy B. Lescun
11:45 - 12:00
A novel approach to the treatment of carpal contracture in 54 foals using Clostridium botulinum toxin type A (Botox)
Speaker(s): Ann Derham
12:00 - 12:15
Incidence of neuroma and neuritis complications following neurectomy: palmar digital vs deep branch of lateral plantar nerve
Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe
12:15 - 12:30
Surgical treatment of distal sagittal and parasagittal fractures of the proximal phalanx in 5 foals.
Speaker(s): Virginio Santalucia
12:30 - 12:45
ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Ex-Vivo Mechanical Testing of a Custom Made 4 Hole Plate and a 3 Hole PIP Joint Plate for Distal Interphalangeal (DIP) Joint Arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Chantelle Carol Jukic
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 3
12:45 - 13:45
How do I manage the horse with upper airway dynamic obstruction
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
In Depth: Abdominal Surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Caroline Tessier
14:00 - 14:25
Small intestinal anastomosis: Do's and Dont's
Speaker(s): Uta Delling
14:25 - 14:50
Colon resection - when and how
Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting
14:50 - 15:15
Decision making in large colon surgery
Speaker(s): Debra Catherine Archer
15:15 - 15:40
Post-operative decision making: When to reoperate
Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting
15:40 - 16:00
Jejuno-cecal anastomosis: Friend or foe
Speaker(s): Debra Catherine Archer
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Maria Fugazzola
16:30 - 16:45
Cartilage lesion identification on computed tomography arthrography in equine fetlock: ex-vivo study.
Speaker(s): Irene Nocera
16:45 - 17:00
Autologous cylindrical cancellous bone graft transplantation treating subchondral bone cysts (SBC) via a „press-fit†technique through an extraarticular approach.
Speaker(s): Gábor Bodó
17:00 - 17:15
Standing computed tomographic tenography is reliable in identifying soft tissue lesions within the DFTS pre-operatively in horses.
Speaker(s): Anton Aßmann
17:15 - 17:30
Accuracy of a novel 3D surgical navigation system developed for an equine cone beam CT equipment: Internal fixation with lag screws in distal limb bones
Speaker(s): Luis Pardon Lamas
17:30 - 17:45
Use of absorbable implants to treat subchondral bone cyst lesion in distal metacarpus/tarsus, proximal and middle phalanges: a retrospective study on 20 cases
Speaker(s): Antoine Lechartier
17:45 - 18:00
Ex vivo analysis and preliminary clinical outcomes of a modified approach to ventral cervical stabilization in horses: An update on the polyaxial pedicle screw and rod technique
Speaker(s): Brad Nelson
Saturday, 6th July
General Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Judith Koenig
08:30 - 08:45
Percentage of abortion after general anesthesia in pregnant mares.
Speaker(s): Laura Wynthein
08:45 - 09:00
Full-thickness meshed skin graft in four horses to cover pinna wounds caused by trauma or tumor resection
Speaker(s): Francesco Comino
09:00 - 09:15
A modification of the McKinnon-Beldon technique of urethroplasty to correct vesicovaginal reflux of mares
Speaker(s): Daria Debald
09:15 - 09:30
Comparative Study of Laryngoplasty and Dynamic Neuroprosthesis, using a Corkscrew Implants to treat Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy in Horses: A European Multi-Center Retrospective Analysis (2020-2023)
Speaker(s): Ulrika Maire
09:30 - 09:45
Efficacy and safety of knotless barbed sutures in inguinal hernioplasty in horses: 39 cases
Speaker(s): Fernando Bulnes Jiménez
09:45 - 10:00
Successful repair of a diaphragmatic hernia using simultaneous thoracotomy and median laparotomy in three horses
Speaker(s): Simon Izing
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
In Depth: Surgery of the cervical region
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Christoph Lischer
10:30 - 11:00
Spinal fusion - Plating
Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol
11:00 - 11:30
Cervical Root Nerve Decompression
Speaker(s): Niklas Drumm
11:30 - 12:00
From horses to humans and back to horses: cervical stabilization techniques with standard human implants
Speaker(s): Jeremiah Easley
12:00 - 12:30
Lessons learned from 47 years working with wobblers
Speaker(s): Barrie Grant
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 7
12:45 - 13:45
Dealing with epistaxis from the guttural pouch
Speaker(s): Olivier Lepage
In Depth: Update on upper airway surgery
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Olivier Brandenberger
14:00 - 14:30
Diagnosing the upper airway noise
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
14:30 - 15:00
Complex upper airway abnormalities in the trotting racehorse
Speaker(s): Cathrine Taule Fjordbakk
15:00 - 15:30
Laryngeal tie-forward
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
15:30 - 16:00
ILH - How are we advancing?
Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Posters
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Luis Alfonso Gracia Calvo
16:30 - 17:30
Poster session
Exam Session
Room: Auditorium 2
13:00 - 13:30
ECVS Exam - What to expect
Speaker(s): Philip Cramp, Donald Yool
Exam Session
Room: Auditorium 3
13:30 - 14:15
ECVS Exam - Large Animals
Speaker(s): Philip Cramp
Resident Forum - Large Animal
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Marta Prades Robles
17:45 - 18:00
Outcome of tenoscopically-guided palmar/plantar annular ligament desmotomy for the treatment of lameness due to fetlock canal constriction in horses (67 cases)
Speaker(s): Andrew Wood
Discussant: Andrea Noguera Cender
18:00 - 18:15
Multidetector helical computed tomography, transrectal ultrasonography and histology of the sacroiliac joint: a comparative study of the normal appearance in middle-aged Warmblood horse cadavers without clinical signs.
Speaker(s): Rebecca Mathys
Discussant: Florian Geburek
18:15 - 18:30
Nanoscopic-tenoscopy of the digital flexor tendon sheath and nanoscopic-guided palmar/plantar annular ligament desmotomy in a standing equine cadaver model.
Speaker(s): Louise Breen
Discussant: Hans Wilderjans
18:30 - 18:45
Experimental comparison of caudal wedge ostectomy to cranial wedge ostectomy for surgical treatment of over-riding or impinging spinous processes in horses.
Speaker(s): Maurice Connaughton
Discussant: Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez
18:45 - 19:00
Mosaic arthroplasty in the equine stifle and fetlock joints: A retrospective study of 33 cases. Experiences of the past 25 years.
Speaker(s): Zsófia Pál
Discussant: Maria Fugazzola
19:00 - 19:15
Standing equine cheek tooth extractions: comparison of short-term complications with and without the use of peri-/postoperative antimicrobials
Speaker(s): Marlies Schnierer
Discussant: Henry Tremaine
19:15 - 19:30
Three-Dimensional titanium printed aiming device for equine proximal interphalangeal arthrodesis, ex vivo study.
Speaker(s): Emma Aimonetti
Discussant: F. Javier López-Sanromán
19:30 - 19:45
Pharmacological alternatives to oxytetracycline as potential treatment of flexural limb deformities in foals: a preliminary in vitro cell viability and proliferation study
Speaker(s): Emmanuel Mathieu Cardinaux
Discussant: Eugenio Cillán Garcia
19:45 - 20:00
Clinical characteristics, treatment and prognostic factors associated with outcome in 44 foals with osteomyelitis diagnosed by computed tomography
Speaker(s): Camille Buyck
Discussant: Antonio M. Cruz
20:00 - 20:15
Short- and long-term postoperative complications after keratoma resection in horses: a retrospective study (2004-2023)
Speaker(s): Guillermo Caballero Delgado
Discussant: Peter Clegg
In Depth: Computed Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS)
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Andrew Fiske-Jackson
08:30 - 09:00
Guiding the future: An introduction to surgical navigation in Equine Surgery
Speaker(s): Mathieu de Preux
09:00 - 09:30
Navigating neurosurgery: Precision in spine and cranial navigation
Speaker(s): Jeremiah Easley
09:30 - 10:00
Challenging CAOS procedures in horses: What have we learned from clinical use and experimental research
Speaker(s): Christoph Koch
10:00 - 10:30
Surgical problems of the digit managed by CAOS
Speaker(s): Antonio M. Cruz
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Tamás Tóth
11:00 - 11:15
A novel transcoronal surgical technique for the treatment of cystic lesions of the distal phalanx: A cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Sjoerd K. Frietman
11:15 - 11:30
Equine Stifle MRI – An Update and Review of Pathology in 230 Clinical Cases
Speaker(s): Martin Waselau
11:30 - 11:45
Effect of palmar tension band technique used in fetlock joint arthrodesis on distal limb joint angles in cadaveric horse limbs during loading.
Speaker(s): Timothy B. Lescun
11:45 - 12:00
A novel approach to the treatment of carpal contracture in 54 foals using Clostridium botulinum toxin type A (Botox)
Speaker(s): Ann Derham
12:00 - 12:15
Incidence of neuroma and neuritis complications following neurectomy: palmar digital vs deep branch of lateral plantar nerve
Speaker(s): Andrew Bathe
12:15 - 12:30
Surgical treatment of distal sagittal and parasagittal fractures of the proximal phalanx in 5 foals.
Speaker(s): Virginio Santalucia
12:30 - 12:45
ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Ex-Vivo Mechanical Testing of a Custom Made 4 Hole Plate and a 3 Hole PIP Joint Plate for Distal Interphalangeal (DIP) Joint Arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Chantelle Carol Jukic
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 3
12:45 - 13:45
How do I manage the horse with upper airway dynamic obstruction
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
In Depth: Abdominal Surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Caroline Tessier
14:00 - 14:25
Small intestinal anastomosis: Do's and Dont's
Speaker(s): Uta Delling
14:25 - 14:50
Colon resection - when and how
Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting
14:50 - 15:15
Decision making in large colon surgery
Speaker(s): Debra Catherine Archer
15:15 - 15:40
Post-operative decision making: When to reoperate
Speaker(s): Anna Katharina Rötting
15:40 - 16:00
Jejuno-cecal anastomosis: Friend or foe
Speaker(s): Debra Catherine Archer
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Maria Fugazzola
16:30 - 16:45
Cartilage lesion identification on computed tomography arthrography in equine fetlock: ex-vivo study.
Speaker(s): Irene Nocera
16:45 - 17:00
Autologous cylindrical cancellous bone graft transplantation treating subchondral bone cysts (SBC) via a „press-fit†technique through an extraarticular approach.
Speaker(s): Gábor Bodó
17:00 - 17:15
Standing computed tomographic tenography is reliable in identifying soft tissue lesions within the DFTS pre-operatively in horses.
Speaker(s): Anton Aßmann
17:15 - 17:30
Accuracy of a novel 3D surgical navigation system developed for an equine cone beam CT equipment: Internal fixation with lag screws in distal limb bones
Speaker(s): Luis Pardon Lamas
17:30 - 17:45
Use of absorbable implants to treat subchondral bone cyst lesion in distal metacarpus/tarsus, proximal and middle phalanges: a retrospective study on 20 cases
Speaker(s): Antoine Lechartier
17:45 - 18:00
Ex vivo analysis and preliminary clinical outcomes of a modified approach to ventral cervical stabilization in horses: An update on the polyaxial pedicle screw and rod technique
Speaker(s): Brad Nelson
General Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Judith Koenig
08:30 - 08:45
Percentage of abortion after general anesthesia in pregnant mares.
Speaker(s): Laura Wynthein
08:45 - 09:00
Full-thickness meshed skin graft in four horses to cover pinna wounds caused by trauma or tumor resection
Speaker(s): Francesco Comino
09:00 - 09:15
A modification of the McKinnon-Beldon technique of urethroplasty to correct vesicovaginal reflux of mares
Speaker(s): Daria Debald
09:15 - 09:30
Comparative Study of Laryngoplasty and Dynamic Neuroprosthesis, using a Corkscrew Implants to treat Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy in Horses: A European Multi-Center Retrospective Analysis (2020-2023)
Speaker(s): Ulrika Maire
09:30 - 09:45
Efficacy and safety of knotless barbed sutures in inguinal hernioplasty in horses: 39 cases
Speaker(s): Fernando Bulnes Jiménez
09:45 - 10:00
Successful repair of a diaphragmatic hernia using simultaneous thoracotomy and median laparotomy in three horses
Speaker(s): Simon Izing
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
In Depth: Surgery of the cervical region
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Christoph Lischer
10:30 - 11:00
Spinal fusion - Plating
Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol
11:00 - 11:30
Cervical Root Nerve Decompression
Speaker(s): Niklas Drumm
11:30 - 12:00
From horses to humans and back to horses: cervical stabilization techniques with standard human implants
Speaker(s): Jeremiah Easley
12:00 - 12:30
Lessons learned from 47 years working with wobblers
Speaker(s): Barrie Grant
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 7
12:45 - 13:45
Dealing with epistaxis from the guttural pouch
Speaker(s): Olivier Lepage
In Depth: Update on upper airway surgery
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Olivier Brandenberger
14:00 - 14:30
Diagnosing the upper airway noise
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
14:30 - 15:00
Complex upper airway abnormalities in the trotting racehorse
Speaker(s): Cathrine Taule Fjordbakk
15:00 - 15:30
Laryngeal tie-forward
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
15:30 - 16:00
ILH - How are we advancing?
Speaker(s): Fabrice Rossignol
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Posters
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Luis Alfonso Gracia Calvo
16:30 - 17:30
Poster session
Large Animal Stream 2
Friday, 5th July
In Depth: Surgical Infections
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: F. Javier López-Sanromán
08:30 - 09:00
Difficult post-surgical orthopaedic infections
Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez
09:00 - 09:30
Difficult abdominal incisional complications
Speaker(s): Gal Kelmer
09:30 - 10:00
The resistant sinus - what can I do?
Speaker(s): Timothy Paul Barnett
10:00 - 10:30
SSI-post laryngoplasty
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
In Depth: Rehabilitating the surgical patient
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Antonio M. Cruz
11:00 - 11:30
Re-introduction to exercise - When and how?
Speaker(s): Melissa King
11:30 - 12:00
Hydro-rehabilitation for the surgical patient
Speaker(s): Florent David
12:00 - 12:30
Rehabilitation devices - Are they worth to consider?
Speaker(s): Melissa King
12:30 - 13:00
How can we help the post-op colic horse to return stronger
Speaker(s): Melissa King
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
In Depth: Recognition and Management of Pain
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Gal Kelmer
16:30 - 16:55
Clinical methods of recognizing and scoring pain
Speaker(s): Sabina Diez Bernal
16:55 - 17:20
Use of local anaesthesia as co-adjuvant to surgery?
Speaker(s): Jaime Viscasillas Monteagudo
17:20 - 17:45
Management of post-operative pain in the colic patient
Speaker(s): Janny de Grauw
17:45 - 18:00
Management of post-operative orthopaedic pain
Speaker(s): Janny de Grauw
Saturday, 6th July
In Depth: Joint Surgery
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Ann Martens
08:30 - 09:00
Standing arthroscopy: uses and limitations
Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon
09:00 - 09:30
Articular cartilage resurfacing - is it worth to re-evaluate
Speaker(s): Olivier Lepage
09:30 - 10:00
Re-attachment of osteochondral flaps in stifle OCD
Speaker(s): Hans Wilderjans
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
In Depth: Integument
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Olivier Lepage
10:30 - 11:00
Reconstructing challenging wounds
Speaker(s): Morgane Schambourg
11:00 - 11:30
Dealing with peri-rectal melanomas
Speaker(s): Liesbeth Haegeman
11:30 - 12:00
Grafting or healing by secondary intention
Speaker(s): Dylan Anthony Gorvy
12:00 - 12:30
What's new on wound dressings
Speaker(s): Jacintha Wilmink
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 6
12:45 - 13:45
Rehabilitation Strategies for different conditions
Speaker(s): Melissa King
In Depth: Arthrodesis
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Luis Pardon Lamas
14:00 - 14:30
The use of a Kerf Cylinder implant in arthrodesis: A valid option?
Speaker(s): Barrie Grant
14:30 - 15:00
Distal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Christoph Lischer
15:00 - 15:30
Proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Michael Meulyzer
15:30 - 16:00
Carpal joint arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Christoph Lischer
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
In Depth: Surgical Infections
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: F. Javier López-Sanromán
08:30 - 09:00
Difficult post-surgical orthopaedic infections
Speaker(s): Luis Manuel Rubio-Martinez
09:00 - 09:30
Difficult abdominal incisional complications
Speaker(s): Gal Kelmer
09:30 - 10:00
The resistant sinus - what can I do?
Speaker(s): Timothy Paul Barnett
10:00 - 10:30
SSI-post laryngoplasty
Speaker(s): Jan F. Hawkins
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
In Depth: Rehabilitating the surgical patient
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Antonio M. Cruz
11:00 - 11:30
Re-introduction to exercise - When and how?
Speaker(s): Melissa King
11:30 - 12:00
Hydro-rehabilitation for the surgical patient
Speaker(s): Florent David
12:00 - 12:30
Rehabilitation devices - Are they worth to consider?
Speaker(s): Melissa King
12:30 - 13:00
How can we help the post-op colic horse to return stronger
Speaker(s): Melissa King
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break
In Depth: Recognition and Management of Pain
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Gal Kelmer
16:30 - 16:55
Clinical methods of recognizing and scoring pain
Speaker(s): Sabina Diez Bernal
16:55 - 17:20
Use of local anaesthesia as co-adjuvant to surgery?
Speaker(s): Jaime Viscasillas Monteagudo
17:20 - 17:45
Management of post-operative pain in the colic patient
Speaker(s): Janny de Grauw
17:45 - 18:00
Management of post-operative orthopaedic pain
Speaker(s): Janny de Grauw
In Depth: Joint Surgery
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Ann Martens
08:30 - 09:00
Standing arthroscopy: uses and limitations
Speaker(s): Bruce Murray Bladon
09:00 - 09:30
Articular cartilage resurfacing - is it worth to re-evaluate
Speaker(s): Olivier Lepage
09:30 - 10:00
Re-attachment of osteochondral flaps in stifle OCD
Speaker(s): Hans Wilderjans
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
In Depth: Integument
Room: Auditorium 3
Chair: Olivier Lepage
10:30 - 11:00
Reconstructing challenging wounds
Speaker(s): Morgane Schambourg
11:00 - 11:30
Dealing with peri-rectal melanomas
Speaker(s): Liesbeth Haegeman
11:30 - 12:00
Grafting or healing by secondary intention
Speaker(s): Dylan Anthony Gorvy
12:00 - 12:30
What's new on wound dressings
Speaker(s): Jacintha Wilmink
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 6
12:45 - 13:45
Rehabilitation Strategies for different conditions
Speaker(s): Melissa King
In Depth: Arthrodesis
Room: Auditorium 2
Chair: Luis Pardon Lamas
14:00 - 14:30
The use of a Kerf Cylinder implant in arthrodesis: A valid option?
Speaker(s): Barrie Grant
14:30 - 15:00
Distal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Christoph Lischer
15:00 - 15:30
Proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Michael Meulyzer
15:30 - 16:00
Carpal joint arthrodesis
Speaker(s): Christoph Lischer
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Small Animal Stream 1
Thursday, 4th July
Exam Session
Room: Auditorium 2
13:00 - 13:30
ECVS Exam - What to expect
Speaker(s): Philip Cramp, Donald Yool
13:30 - 14:15
ECVS Exam - Small Animals
Speaker(s): Donald Yool
Resident Forum - Orthopaedic
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Sebastian Knell
generously sponsored by AO VET
17:45 - 18:00
Comparison of different plate constructs in a femoral gap fracture model: An “In-silico†biomechanical study.
Speaker(s): C. Ivan Serra Aguado
Discussant: Loïc M. Déjardin
18:00 - 18:15
Evaluation for radiographic changes in the proximal femur following stabilisation of diaphyseal fractures using angle-stable interlocking nails in skeletally immature canine patients
Speaker(s): Lauren Meneghetti
Discussant: Dirsko von Pfeil
18:15 - 18:30
Complications and medium-term outcome of appendicular fracture fixation with the SOP Low Profile Plate; a retrospective study of 30 fractures.
Speaker(s): David Rhys Treharne
Discussant: Martin Owen
18:30 - 18:45
Retrospective evaluation of tibial fracture stabilization using Minimally Invasive Elastic Plate Osteosynthesis in 42 juvenile dogs.
Speaker(s): Stephanie J Meilleur
Discussant: Sebastian Knell
18:45 - 19:00
Medium-term outcomes of hybrid total hip replacement in cats
Speaker(s): Daniel Lomas
Discussant: Eva Schnabl-Feichter
19:00 - 19:15
Biomechanical evaluation and comparison of the force required to cause medial patellar luxation following trochleoplasty with and without parasagittal patellectomy in feline cadavers
Speaker(s): Bruno Santos
Discussant: Rachel Basa
19:15 - 19:30
Feasibility and risk of all-inside arthroscopic meniscal repair for canine medial meniscal defects – a cadaveric study
Speaker(s): David Michalik
Discussant: Peter Böttcher
19:30 - 19:45
The effect of advancement rate on the mechanical properties of the cortical hinge when performing TTA-Rapid. An in-vitro study.
Speaker(s): Christos Yiapanis
Discussant: Ignacio Calvo
19:45 - 20:00
An in-silico comparison of a novel CORA-based cranial closing wedge ostectomy methodology with three previously described techniques.
Speaker(s): William Petchell
Discussant: tbc
20:00 - 20:15
The effects of foraminotomy and distraction-stabilization on the volume of the lumbosacral neuroforamen throughout spinal motion.
Speaker(s): Raphael Arz
Discussant: Bianca Hettlich
Friday, 5th July
Total Hip Arthroplasty 1
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Elvin Kulendra
08:30 - 09:00
THR - new revision strategies for periprosthetic fractures
Speaker(s): Juan Marti
09:00 - 09:30
New revision strategies for the Biomedtrix osteointegrated implants
Speaker(s): Nicolas Barthelemy
09:30 - 10:00
THR – new revision strategies for luxations
Speaker(s): Jonathan Pink
10:00 - 10:15
Discussion
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Total Hip Arthroplasty 2
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Andrew Craig
10:45 - 11:15
Update on cat's THR, using the Biomedtrix micro hip system
Speaker(s): Nicolas Barthelemy
11:15 - 11:45
What is the evidence for THR in cats?
Speaker(s): Eva Schnabl-Feichter
11:45 - 12:15
New Developments with Kyon THR
Speaker(s): Andy Moores
12:15 - 12:45
Biometrics - choosing the right stem for every situation
Speaker(s): Juan Marti
12:45 - 13:00
Round Table Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch Break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 7
13:15 - 14:15
Is there conflict in approach to oral surgery between "dentists" and "surgeons"?
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 5
13:15 - 14:15
Tips and Tricks for Navigating Research Early in Your Career
Speaker(s): Matthew Allen
Arthrex Live Surgical Demonstration
Room: Auditorium 3
sponsored by Arthrex
13:15 - 14:15
Miniature Breed CCL Disease and Canine Anatomical Fracture Management
New developments in joint replacement
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Sebastian Knell
14:30 - 14:50
Arthrodesis or ankle replacement?
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
14:50 - 15:10
Patellar groove replacement
Speaker(s): Jan Hnizdo
15:10 - 15:30
Updates on stifle arthroplasty
Speaker(s): Matthew Allen
15:30 - 15:50
Updates on elbow arthroplasty
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
15:50 - 16:00
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Christoph K. Störk
16:30 - 16:45
Establishment of measuring methods for the coverage and loading area of the femoral head in awake dogs at natural stance
Speaker(s): Hinano Eto
16:45 - 17:00
Intraoperative assessment and measurement of reduction soft tissue tension during canine total hip replacement surgery
Speaker(s): Juan Marti
17:00 - 17:15
Mid and long-term outcome of patellar ligament repair using an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene implant in dogs: a retrospective study of 12 cases
Speaker(s): Axelle Castelli
17:15 - 17:30
Canine morphological symmetry of the femur and tibia using three dimensional analysis
Speaker(s): J. Alberto Gines
17:30 - 17:45
Radiographic assessment of the sagittal curvature of tibias and femurs in dogs and cats: application to intramedullary nailing
Speaker(s): Thomas Rousseau
17:45 - 18:00
Femoral Isometric Placement of Internal Brace Implants Crucial for Stifle Stability Following TPLO
Speaker(s): Sebastian Wylie
Saturday, 6th July
Mandibular and maxillofacial fractures
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Ben Walton
08:30 - 09:00
Mandibular and maxillary fracture strategies
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
09:00 - 09:30
Dentist versus surgeon
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
09:30 - 10:00
New implant era
Speaker(s): Jonathan Peter Bray
10:00 - 10:15
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Osteochondrosis beyond debridement?
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Karen Perry
10:45 - 11:15
Current approach to OCD
Speaker(s): Susan Murphy
11:15 - 11:45
Balancing osteotomies for treatment of OCD
Speaker(s): Jan Hnizdo
11:45 - 12:15
Custom made resurfacing implants for large OCD lesions
Speaker(s): Peter Böttcher
12:15 - 12:45
OATS system for femoral OCD - long term outcomes
Speaker(s): Peter Böttcher
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 3
13:00 - 14:00
Balancing osteotomies to treat tarsal and carpal instabilities
Speaker(s): Jan Hnizdo
13:15 - 14:15
Complications, how to prevent them, treat them and learn how to love them
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
Posters
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Karen Perry, Sofia Garcia-Pertierra
14:15 - 15:30
Poster session
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Peter Böttcher
16:00 - 16:15
Pericapsular hip desensitization in cats: a cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Mercedes RÃos Reina
16:15 - 16:30
Medial humeral epicondylitis in Maine Coon cats based on computed tomography findings: a cross-sectional study.
Speaker(s): Stefania Renier
16:30 - 16:45
Delayed union, non-union and mal-union in 126 feline fractures
Speaker(s): Diego Bobis Villagrá
16:45 - 17:00
Mechanical comparison of an angle-stable interlocking nail with a combined plate-rod construct in a canine gap fracture model
Speaker(s): Héloïse Haudiquet
17:00 - 17:15
ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Mechanical comparison of straight and pre-bent interlocking nails used for the stabilisation of tibial fractures
Speaker(s): William Chung
17:15 - 17:30
Effect of cancellous bone compaction on the immediate stability of an angle stable interlocking nail in a distal femoral osteotomy model
Speaker(s): Agnieszka Fracka
Exam Session
Room: Auditorium 2
13:00 - 13:30
ECVS Exam - What to expect
Speaker(s): Philip Cramp, Donald Yool
13:30 - 14:15
ECVS Exam - Small Animals
Speaker(s): Donald Yool
Resident Forum - Orthopaedic
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Sebastian Knell
generously sponsored by AO VET
17:45 - 18:00
Comparison of different plate constructs in a femoral gap fracture model: An “In-silico†biomechanical study.
Speaker(s): C. Ivan Serra Aguado
Discussant: Loïc M. Déjardin
18:00 - 18:15
Evaluation for radiographic changes in the proximal femur following stabilisation of diaphyseal fractures using angle-stable interlocking nails in skeletally immature canine patients
Speaker(s): Lauren Meneghetti
Discussant: Dirsko von Pfeil
18:15 - 18:30
Complications and medium-term outcome of appendicular fracture fixation with the SOP Low Profile Plate; a retrospective study of 30 fractures.
Speaker(s): David Rhys Treharne
Discussant: Martin Owen
18:30 - 18:45
Retrospective evaluation of tibial fracture stabilization using Minimally Invasive Elastic Plate Osteosynthesis in 42 juvenile dogs.
Speaker(s): Stephanie J Meilleur
Discussant: Sebastian Knell
18:45 - 19:00
Medium-term outcomes of hybrid total hip replacement in cats
Speaker(s): Daniel Lomas
Discussant: Eva Schnabl-Feichter
19:00 - 19:15
Biomechanical evaluation and comparison of the force required to cause medial patellar luxation following trochleoplasty with and without parasagittal patellectomy in feline cadavers
Speaker(s): Bruno Santos
Discussant: Rachel Basa
19:15 - 19:30
Feasibility and risk of all-inside arthroscopic meniscal repair for canine medial meniscal defects – a cadaveric study
Speaker(s): David Michalik
Discussant: Peter Böttcher
19:30 - 19:45
The effect of advancement rate on the mechanical properties of the cortical hinge when performing TTA-Rapid. An in-vitro study.
Speaker(s): Christos Yiapanis
Discussant: Ignacio Calvo
19:45 - 20:00
An in-silico comparison of a novel CORA-based cranial closing wedge ostectomy methodology with three previously described techniques.
Speaker(s): William Petchell
Discussant: tbc
20:00 - 20:15
The effects of foraminotomy and distraction-stabilization on the volume of the lumbosacral neuroforamen throughout spinal motion.
Speaker(s): Raphael Arz
Discussant: Bianca Hettlich
Total Hip Arthroplasty 1
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Elvin Kulendra
08:30 - 09:00
THR - new revision strategies for periprosthetic fractures
Speaker(s): Juan Marti
09:00 - 09:30
New revision strategies for the Biomedtrix osteointegrated implants
Speaker(s): Nicolas Barthelemy
09:30 - 10:00
THR – new revision strategies for luxations
Speaker(s): Jonathan Pink
10:00 - 10:15
Discussion
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Total Hip Arthroplasty 2
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Andrew Craig
10:45 - 11:15
Update on cat's THR, using the Biomedtrix micro hip system
Speaker(s): Nicolas Barthelemy
11:15 - 11:45
What is the evidence for THR in cats?
Speaker(s): Eva Schnabl-Feichter
11:45 - 12:15
New Developments with Kyon THR
Speaker(s): Andy Moores
12:15 - 12:45
Biometrics - choosing the right stem for every situation
Speaker(s): Juan Marti
12:45 - 13:00
Round Table Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch Break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 7
13:15 - 14:15
Is there conflict in approach to oral surgery between "dentists" and "surgeons"?
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 5
13:15 - 14:15
Tips and Tricks for Navigating Research Early in Your Career
Speaker(s): Matthew Allen
Arthrex Live Surgical Demonstration
Room: Auditorium 3
sponsored by Arthrex
13:15 - 14:15
Miniature Breed CCL Disease and Canine Anatomical Fracture Management
New developments in joint replacement
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Sebastian Knell
14:30 - 14:50
Arthrodesis or ankle replacement?
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
14:50 - 15:10
Patellar groove replacement
Speaker(s): Jan Hnizdo
15:10 - 15:30
Updates on stifle arthroplasty
Speaker(s): Matthew Allen
15:30 - 15:50
Updates on elbow arthroplasty
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
15:50 - 16:00
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Christoph K. Störk
16:30 - 16:45
Establishment of measuring methods for the coverage and loading area of the femoral head in awake dogs at natural stance
Speaker(s): Hinano Eto
16:45 - 17:00
Intraoperative assessment and measurement of reduction soft tissue tension during canine total hip replacement surgery
Speaker(s): Juan Marti
17:00 - 17:15
Mid and long-term outcome of patellar ligament repair using an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene implant in dogs: a retrospective study of 12 cases
Speaker(s): Axelle Castelli
17:15 - 17:30
Canine morphological symmetry of the femur and tibia using three dimensional analysis
Speaker(s): J. Alberto Gines
17:30 - 17:45
Radiographic assessment of the sagittal curvature of tibias and femurs in dogs and cats: application to intramedullary nailing
Speaker(s): Thomas Rousseau
17:45 - 18:00
Femoral Isometric Placement of Internal Brace Implants Crucial for Stifle Stability Following TPLO
Speaker(s): Sebastian Wylie
Mandibular and maxillofacial fractures
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Ben Walton
08:30 - 09:00
Mandibular and maxillary fracture strategies
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
09:00 - 09:30
Dentist versus surgeon
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
09:30 - 10:00
New implant era
Speaker(s): Jonathan Peter Bray
10:00 - 10:15
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Osteochondrosis beyond debridement?
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Karen Perry
10:45 - 11:15
Current approach to OCD
Speaker(s): Susan Murphy
11:15 - 11:45
Balancing osteotomies for treatment of OCD
Speaker(s): Jan Hnizdo
11:45 - 12:15
Custom made resurfacing implants for large OCD lesions
Speaker(s): Peter Böttcher
12:15 - 12:45
OATS system for femoral OCD - long term outcomes
Speaker(s): Peter Böttcher
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 3
13:00 - 14:00
Balancing osteotomies to treat tarsal and carpal instabilities
Speaker(s): Jan Hnizdo
13:15 - 14:15
Complications, how to prevent them, treat them and learn how to love them
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
Posters
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Karen Perry, Sofia Garcia-Pertierra
14:15 - 15:30
Poster session
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
Orthopaedic Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 1
Chair: Peter Böttcher
16:00 - 16:15
Pericapsular hip desensitization in cats: a cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Mercedes RÃos Reina
16:15 - 16:30
Medial humeral epicondylitis in Maine Coon cats based on computed tomography findings: a cross-sectional study.
Speaker(s): Stefania Renier
16:30 - 16:45
Delayed union, non-union and mal-union in 126 feline fractures
Speaker(s): Diego Bobis Villagrá
16:45 - 17:00
Mechanical comparison of an angle-stable interlocking nail with a combined plate-rod construct in a canine gap fracture model
Speaker(s): Héloïse Haudiquet
17:00 - 17:15
ACVS RESIDENT AWARD WINNER: Mechanical comparison of straight and pre-bent interlocking nails used for the stabilisation of tibial fractures
Speaker(s): William Chung
17:15 - 17:30
Effect of cancellous bone compaction on the immediate stability of an angle stable interlocking nail in a distal femoral osteotomy model
Speaker(s): Agnieszka Fracka
Small Animal Stream 2
Friday, 5th July
ECVS + VES
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Gilles Dupré
08:30 - 09:05
VATS technique - pros/cons tips and tricks
Speaker(s): Janet Kovak McClaran
09:05 - 09:40
Thoracoscopic Persistent Right Aortic Arch Ligation
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
09:40 - 10:15
Thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation with near infrared technology
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
ECVS + VES
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Erika Villedieu
11:00 - 11:40
Practice makes perfect - learning and teaching MIS techniques
Speaker(s): Janet Kovak McClaran
11:40 - 12:10
Comparing laparoscopic assisted techniques with their intracoporeal equivalent: Are laparoscopic assisted techniques worthwhile?
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
12:10 - 12:45
Advanced Laparoscopic techniques: Extrahepatic shunt attenuation, hiatal hernia repair, DH repair, nephrectomy
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
12:45 - 13:00
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Auditorium 5
13:15 - 14:15
Managing stress and avoiding burnout
Speaker(s): Carolyne Crowe
Interventional radiology
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Pieter Nelissen
14:30 - 15:00
Chemo-embolisation of hepatic neoplasms
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
15:00 - 15:30
Update on intralumenal tracheal stenting
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
15:30 - 16:00
Nasopharyngeal stenosis - treatment and stenting options
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
16:00 - 16:15
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee break
Saturday, 6th July
Neuromuscular diseases
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Sebastian Knell
08:30 - 09:05
Can electrodiagnostic tests be useful for surgeons?
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
09:05 - 09:30
Neuroforaminal lumbosacral stenosis - are we operating too frequently?
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
09:30 - 09:50
Achieving big goals through small approaches - MIS in spinal surgery
Speaker(s): Bianca F. Hettlich
09:50 - 10:30
What's new with neuromuscular diseases?
Speaker(s): Daniele Corlazzoli
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Neuro 2
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Bianca Hettlich
11:00 - 11:30
Navigation and robotics: Current technology in Neurosurgery
Speaker(s): José Antonio Gutiérrez
11:30 - 12:00
Updates on cervical spondylomyelopathies
Speaker(s): Daniele Corlazzoli
12:00 - 12:40
Spinal meningioma
Speaker(s): Daniele Corlazzoli
12:40 - 13:00
Atlanto-axial instability - are we making surgery too complicated?
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 4
13:15 - 14:15
The problem with pugs - how we understand and (attempt to) treat arachnoid fibrosis
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Eva Schnabl-Feichter
16:00 - 16:15
Tele-robotic surgery for minimally invasive reduction and fixation of sacroiliac luxations using a dual robotic system – A cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
16:15 - 16:30
Minimally invasive endoscope-assisted foraminotomy of the lumbosacral neuroforamen in dogs: Establishment of surgical technique and ex vivo evaluation.
Speaker(s): Dimitrios Bekiaridis
16:30 - 16:45
Feasibility and accuracy of intraosseous endoscopy for inspection of pedicle drill tracts in the canine thoracolumbar spine: an ex-vivo study
Speaker(s): Ronan Mullins
16:45 - 17:00
Mapping Subchondral Bone Density Distribution in the Canine C6-C7 Vertebral Endplates: A CT-OAM Study
Speaker(s): Vincenz Kramer
17:00 - 17:15
Small-bore needle arthroscopic removal of fragmented portions of medial coronoid process versus standard arthroscopic subtotal coronoidectomy for treatment of dogs with elbow medial compartment disease: short- and long-term outcomes
Speaker(s): Sarah Schoffit
17:15 - 17:30
Quantification of in vivo joint contact patterns of the medial coronoid process in healthy canine elbows
Speaker(s): Thomas Rohwedder
ECVS + VES
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Gilles Dupré
08:30 - 09:05
VATS technique - pros/cons tips and tricks
Speaker(s): Janet Kovak McClaran
09:05 - 09:40
Thoracoscopic Persistent Right Aortic Arch Ligation
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
09:40 - 10:15
Thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation with near infrared technology
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
ECVS + VES
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Erika Villedieu
11:00 - 11:40
Practice makes perfect - learning and teaching MIS techniques
Speaker(s): Janet Kovak McClaran
11:40 - 12:10
Comparing laparoscopic assisted techniques with their intracoporeal equivalent: Are laparoscopic assisted techniques worthwhile?
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
12:10 - 12:45
Advanced Laparoscopic techniques: Extrahepatic shunt attenuation, hiatal hernia repair, DH repair, nephrectomy
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
12:45 - 13:00
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Auditorium 5
13:15 - 14:15
Managing stress and avoiding burnout
Speaker(s): Carolyne Crowe
Interventional radiology
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Pieter Nelissen
14:30 - 15:00
Chemo-embolisation of hepatic neoplasms
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
15:00 - 15:30
Update on intralumenal tracheal stenting
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
15:30 - 16:00
Nasopharyngeal stenosis - treatment and stenting options
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
16:00 - 16:15
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
16:15 - 16:45
Coffee break
Neuromuscular diseases
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Sebastian Knell
08:30 - 09:05
Can electrodiagnostic tests be useful for surgeons?
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
09:05 - 09:30
Neuroforaminal lumbosacral stenosis - are we operating too frequently?
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
09:30 - 09:50
Achieving big goals through small approaches - MIS in spinal surgery
Speaker(s): Bianca F. Hettlich
09:50 - 10:30
What's new with neuromuscular diseases?
Speaker(s): Daniele Corlazzoli
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Neuro 2
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Bianca Hettlich
11:00 - 11:30
Navigation and robotics: Current technology in Neurosurgery
Speaker(s): José Antonio Gutiérrez
11:30 - 12:00
Updates on cervical spondylomyelopathies
Speaker(s): Daniele Corlazzoli
12:00 - 12:40
Spinal meningioma
Speaker(s): Daniele Corlazzoli
12:40 - 13:00
Atlanto-axial instability - are we making surgery too complicated?
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 4
13:15 - 14:15
The problem with pugs - how we understand and (attempt to) treat arachnoid fibrosis
Speaker(s): Tom Harcourt-Brown
Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 5
Chair: Eva Schnabl-Feichter
16:00 - 16:15
Tele-robotic surgery for minimally invasive reduction and fixation of sacroiliac luxations using a dual robotic system – A cadaveric study
Speaker(s): Loïc M. Déjardin
16:15 - 16:30
Minimally invasive endoscope-assisted foraminotomy of the lumbosacral neuroforamen in dogs: Establishment of surgical technique and ex vivo evaluation.
Speaker(s): Dimitrios Bekiaridis
16:30 - 16:45
Feasibility and accuracy of intraosseous endoscopy for inspection of pedicle drill tracts in the canine thoracolumbar spine: an ex-vivo study
Speaker(s): Ronan Mullins
16:45 - 17:00
Mapping Subchondral Bone Density Distribution in the Canine C6-C7 Vertebral Endplates: A CT-OAM Study
Speaker(s): Vincenz Kramer
17:00 - 17:15
Small-bore needle arthroscopic removal of fragmented portions of medial coronoid process versus standard arthroscopic subtotal coronoidectomy for treatment of dogs with elbow medial compartment disease: short- and long-term outcomes
Speaker(s): Sarah Schoffit
17:15 - 17:30
Quantification of in vivo joint contact patterns of the medial coronoid process in healthy canine elbows
Speaker(s): Thomas Rohwedder
Small Animal Stream 3
Thursday, 4th July
Resident Forum - Soft Tissue
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Christopher J. Shales
17:45 - 18:00
Feline enterectomy: A retrospective review of 54 cases evaluating outcomes for sutured anastomosis and stapled functional end to end anastomosis.
Speaker(s): Sorcha Costello
Discussant: Christopher J. Shales
18:00 - 18:15
Prognostic factors for short-term survival of cats that experience postattenuation neurologic signs after surgical attenuation of single congenital portosystemic shunts: 59 cases (2007-2023).
Speaker(s): Ignacio Otero Balda
Discussant: Vicky Lipscomb
18:15 - 18:30
Signalment and histopathological features of subcutaneous versus cutaneous mast cell tumors
Speaker(s): Stella Minnoye
Discussant: Laura Homer
18:30 - 18:45
Intra-operative comparison of portal vein pressure pre- and post- partial hepatectomy or complete splenectomy in the dog
Speaker(s): Sean Wood
Discussant: Tonje Trinterud
18:45 - 19:00
T-shape vs circular shape: a retrospective evaluation of the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications in a cohort of 270 dogs undergoing total ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy
Speaker(s): Fabio Esposito
Discussant: Joanna McCagherty
19:00 - 19:15
Combined cross-section and tangential margins evaluation on skin tumors in dogs and cats.
Speaker(s): Anna Brunner
Discussant: Owen Skinner
19:15 - 19:30
Computed tomographic comparison of the soft palate of brachycephalic dogs after folded flap palatoplasty versus standard palatoplasty
Speaker(s): Joep Timmermans
Discussant: John Williams
19:30 - 19:45
Treatment, prognosis and outcome of dogs treated for rectal plasmacytoma - A multicentric retrospective study
Speaker(s): Juan Carlos Jimeno Sandoval
Discussant: Kathryn M. Pratschke
19:45 - 20:00
Comparison of near-infrared fluorescent lymphography and lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymph node removal in canine mast cell tumors
Speaker(s): Lavinia Elena Chiti
Discussant: Matteo Rossanese
Friday, 5th July
Peri-orbital surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Kelly Bowlt Blacklock
08:30 - 09:00
Perio-orbital imaging
Speaker(s): Claudia Hartley
09:00 - 09:30
Zygomatic mucocoeles - which approach works best?
Speaker(s): Ana Isabel de Castro Marques
09:30 - 10:00
Retrobulbar pathology - exploration / exenteration
Speaker(s): Claudia Hartley
10:00 - 10:30
Periorbital pathology - tips and techniques (preserving eyelid confirmation / function)
Speaker(s): Claudia Hartley
10:30 - 10:45
Discussion
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
Nasal Surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Pierre Barreau
11:15 - 11:45
Radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction in turbinate hypertrophy: The why and the how
Speaker(s): Marie-Cécile von Doernberg
11:45 - 12:15
Nasal planum reconstructive surgery
Speaker(s): Gert ter Haar
12:15 - 12:45
Complications associated with nasal surgery
Speaker(s): Gert ter Haar
12:45 - 13:00
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 8
13:15 - 14:15
Practical ENT Surgery - tips and techniques
Speaker(s): Gert ter Haar
13:15 - 14:15
Leadership - practical tips
Speaker(s): Clive Elwood
STS and Oncology Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Prue Neath
16:30 - 16:45
Effect of Canine Thyroid Cancer Terminology on Owner Anxiety Levels and Treatment Preferences
Speaker(s): Bryanna Mariel Glasspool
16:45 - 17:00
CT vascular anatomy of feline congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts: An SVSTS and VIRIES multi-institutional retrospective study in 228 cats.
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
17:00 - 17:15
Anatomical Classification Of Canine Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts Based On Ct Angiography: An Svsts And Viries Multi-Institutional Study In 1128 Dogs
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
17:15 - 17:30
Perineal hernia repair with transposition of tunica vaginalis communis in dogs
Speaker(s): Kazushi Asano
17:30 - 17:45
Isolation of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles from dogs affected by malignant brain tumors and in vivo tumor tropism: preliminary results.
Speaker(s): Simona Vincenti
17:45 - 18:00
Prospective assessment of canine thyroid cancer - Nodal metastatic rate and impact of nodal immunohistochemistry in 70 dogs.
Speaker(s): Owen Thomas Skinner
Saturday, 6th July
Lymph Nodes
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Samantha Woods
08:30 - 09:00
Why are lymph nodes important to oncologic surgeons?
Speaker(s): Matteo Rossanese
09:00 - 09:45
Minimally invasive approach to lymph node identification and removal/ablation
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
09:45 - 10:15
Finding the non-palpable lymph node
Speaker(s): Matteo Rossanese
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Jerry O'Riordan
11:00 - 11:45
Maxillectomy / mandibulectomy - tips and techniques an oncological surgeon's perspective
Speaker(s): Laurent Findji
11:45 - 12:35
Maxillectomy / mandibulectomy - should we reconstruct? A dentist's perspective
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
12:35 - 12:50
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:50 - 14:15
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 5
13:00 - 14:00
Tips for complicated IHPSS/EHPSS case management and discussion
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
STS and Oncology Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: John Williams
16:00 - 16:15
Exploring gender equity in speaker invitations at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings (2012-2022)
Speaker(s): Kathryn M. Pratschke
16:15 - 16:30
Evaluation of Gender Disparity in Author Order for Research Communications at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings (2012-2022)
Speaker(s): Alina Paczesna
16:30 - 16:45
Laryngeal collapse treated with cricoid stent
Speaker(s): Raya Atamna
16:45 - 17:00
Association between obesity and upper airway fat volumes in pugs: Implications for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome
Speaker(s): Elise Huang
17:00 - 17:15
Efficacy of thin film banding for intrathoracic vascular attenuation in dogs
Speaker(s): Jourdan McPhetridge
17:15 - 17:30
Comparison of a targeted anti-αvβ3 integrin NIR fluorescent probe and Indocyanin green for precision resection of naturally occurring soft tissue sarcomas in dogs. A pilot study.
Speaker(s): Mirja Christine Nolff
Resident Forum - Soft Tissue
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Christopher J. Shales
17:45 - 18:00
Feline enterectomy: A retrospective review of 54 cases evaluating outcomes for sutured anastomosis and stapled functional end to end anastomosis.
Speaker(s): Sorcha Costello
Discussant: Christopher J. Shales
18:00 - 18:15
Prognostic factors for short-term survival of cats that experience postattenuation neurologic signs after surgical attenuation of single congenital portosystemic shunts: 59 cases (2007-2023).
Speaker(s): Ignacio Otero Balda
Discussant: Vicky Lipscomb
18:15 - 18:30
Signalment and histopathological features of subcutaneous versus cutaneous mast cell tumors
Speaker(s): Stella Minnoye
Discussant: Laura Homer
18:30 - 18:45
Intra-operative comparison of portal vein pressure pre- and post- partial hepatectomy or complete splenectomy in the dog
Speaker(s): Sean Wood
Discussant: Tonje Trinterud
18:45 - 19:00
T-shape vs circular shape: a retrospective evaluation of the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications in a cohort of 270 dogs undergoing total ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy
Speaker(s): Fabio Esposito
Discussant: Joanna McCagherty
19:00 - 19:15
Combined cross-section and tangential margins evaluation on skin tumors in dogs and cats.
Speaker(s): Anna Brunner
Discussant: Owen Skinner
19:15 - 19:30
Computed tomographic comparison of the soft palate of brachycephalic dogs after folded flap palatoplasty versus standard palatoplasty
Speaker(s): Joep Timmermans
Discussant: John Williams
19:30 - 19:45
Treatment, prognosis and outcome of dogs treated for rectal plasmacytoma - A multicentric retrospective study
Speaker(s): Juan Carlos Jimeno Sandoval
Discussant: Kathryn M. Pratschke
19:45 - 20:00
Comparison of near-infrared fluorescent lymphography and lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymph node removal in canine mast cell tumors
Speaker(s): Lavinia Elena Chiti
Discussant: Matteo Rossanese
Peri-orbital surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Kelly Bowlt Blacklock
08:30 - 09:00
Perio-orbital imaging
Speaker(s): Claudia Hartley
09:00 - 09:30
Zygomatic mucocoeles - which approach works best?
Speaker(s): Ana Isabel de Castro Marques
09:30 - 10:00
Retrobulbar pathology - exploration / exenteration
Speaker(s): Claudia Hartley
10:00 - 10:30
Periorbital pathology - tips and techniques (preserving eyelid confirmation / function)
Speaker(s): Claudia Hartley
10:30 - 10:45
Discussion
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
Nasal Surgery
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Pierre Barreau
11:15 - 11:45
Radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction in turbinate hypertrophy: The why and the how
Speaker(s): Marie-Cécile von Doernberg
11:45 - 12:15
Nasal planum reconstructive surgery
Speaker(s): Gert ter Haar
12:15 - 12:45
Complications associated with nasal surgery
Speaker(s): Gert ter Haar
12:45 - 13:00
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 8
13:15 - 14:15
Practical ENT Surgery - tips and techniques
Speaker(s): Gert ter Haar
13:15 - 14:15
Leadership - practical tips
Speaker(s): Clive Elwood
STS and Oncology Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Prue Neath
16:30 - 16:45
Effect of Canine Thyroid Cancer Terminology on Owner Anxiety Levels and Treatment Preferences
Speaker(s): Bryanna Mariel Glasspool
16:45 - 17:00
CT vascular anatomy of feline congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts: An SVSTS and VIRIES multi-institutional retrospective study in 228 cats.
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
17:00 - 17:15
Anatomical Classification Of Canine Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts Based On Ct Angiography: An Svsts And Viries Multi-Institutional Study In 1128 Dogs
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
17:15 - 17:30
Perineal hernia repair with transposition of tunica vaginalis communis in dogs
Speaker(s): Kazushi Asano
17:30 - 17:45
Isolation of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles from dogs affected by malignant brain tumors and in vivo tumor tropism: preliminary results.
Speaker(s): Simona Vincenti
17:45 - 18:00
Prospective assessment of canine thyroid cancer - Nodal metastatic rate and impact of nodal immunohistochemistry in 70 dogs.
Speaker(s): Owen Thomas Skinner
Lymph Nodes
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Samantha Woods
08:30 - 09:00
Why are lymph nodes important to oncologic surgeons?
Speaker(s): Matteo Rossanese
09:00 - 09:45
Minimally invasive approach to lymph node identification and removal/ablation
Speaker(s): Nicole Buote
09:45 - 10:15
Finding the non-palpable lymph node
Speaker(s): Matteo Rossanese
10:15 - 10:30
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Mandibulectomy and Maxillectomy
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: Jerry O'Riordan
11:00 - 11:45
Maxillectomy / mandibulectomy - tips and techniques an oncological surgeon's perspective
Speaker(s): Laurent Findji
11:45 - 12:35
Maxillectomy / mandibulectomy - should we reconstruct? A dentist's perspective
Speaker(s): Andrew Perry
12:35 - 12:50
Discussion
Break
Room: Foyer (ground floor)
12:50 - 14:15
Lunch break
Meet the Expert
Room: Break-out Room 5
13:00 - 14:00
Tips for complicated IHPSS/EHPSS case management and discussion
Speaker(s): Chick W.C. Weisse
STS and Oncology Short Communications
Room: Auditorium 4
Chair: John Williams
16:00 - 16:15
Exploring gender equity in speaker invitations at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings (2012-2022)
Speaker(s): Kathryn M. Pratschke
16:15 - 16:30
Evaluation of Gender Disparity in Author Order for Research Communications at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings (2012-2022)
Speaker(s): Alina Paczesna
16:30 - 16:45
Laryngeal collapse treated with cricoid stent
Speaker(s): Raya Atamna
16:45 - 17:00
Association between obesity and upper airway fat volumes in pugs: Implications for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome
Speaker(s): Elise Huang
17:00 - 17:15
Efficacy of thin film banding for intrathoracic vascular attenuation in dogs
Speaker(s): Jourdan McPhetridge
17:15 - 17:30
Comparison of a targeted anti-αvβ3 integrin NIR fluorescent probe and Indocyanin green for precision resection of naturally occurring soft tissue sarcomas in dogs. A pilot study.
Speaker(s): Mirja Christine Nolff