Companion Animal Surgery – Orthopaedics I - Basic Orthopaedic Principles

A mixture of case-based and problem oriented lectures, e-learning, theoretical and practical exercises. Case-study work. Scientific literature.

Having completed the course, the student must be able to:

Knowledge

• Understand the aetiology, pathophysiology and clinical appearance of surgical disorders of the musculoskeletal system resulting in lameness including inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint disease, osteochondrosis, and primary bone disorders.
• Understand the influence of surgical disorders of the musculoskeletal system on the selection of anaesthesia and analgesia protocols.
• Use and continue to develop common and typical techniques in musculoskeletal disease with focus on acute symptom relief incl. the approach to the patient requiring bandaging-immobilisation techniques, orthotics and prosthetics.
• Explain, reflect on, and discuss a problem-oriented and evidence-based work-up and treatment plan for patients with lameness originating in the musculoskeletal system.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures
  
  

Skills

• Perform atraumatic surgical techniques in particular with regards to tissue handling and minimal invasive diagnostics in regard to disorders of the musculoskeletal system including;
  • orthopaedic assessment of the lame patient using paraclinical methods, different 2D-and 3D imaging modalities and gait analysis.
  • orthopaedic assessment of the patient with lameness, focusing on acute symptom relief incl. using bandaging-immobilisation techniques.
• Perform common approaches to the thoracic limb (humerus, radius, shoulder, elbow and carpus).
• Perform common surgical approaches to the pelvic limb (femur, tibia, hip, stifle and tarsus).
• Perform open surgical management of osteochondrosis in commonly affected joints.
• Limb amputation for management of primary bone tumours in companion animals.
• Risk assessment after surgery with focus on treatment effect, complications and estimation of prognosis.
  
  

Competences

• Evaluate, plan and manage a diagnostic work-up for a patient with a complex history within companion animal orthopaedics.
• Plan therapy/procedures for companion animal orthopaedic surgery patients.
• Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence based new knowledge within companion animal orthopaedic surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist and non-specialist peers and laypersons involved in companion animal orthopaedic surgical patient management.

The course responsibles at the compulsory course in Companion Animal Surgery are:

• Professor James Edward Miles, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Research consultant Dorthe Hansen, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lecturers at the compulsory course are:

• Professor James Edward Miles, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Research consultant Dorthe Hansen, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Other national and international capacities within the field.