Diagnosis and management of hepatobiliary diseases

This one day course is designed for practitioners who want to revise and improve their diagnosis and management of the most common and challenging hepatobiliary diseases in dogs and cats.  Experts in the field of internal medicine, diagnostic imaging and surgery will outline how to perform feeding tube placement, surgical biopsies and ultrasound guided biopsy including discussion of possible complications and pitfalls of these techniques.

The course will end with a case-based discussion of diagnosis and management of a selection of diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary system.

Key areas

• Imaging of the pancreas, liver and gall bladder 
• Medical diagnosis and management of pancreatitis 
• Medical diagnosis and management of cholangiohepatitis 
• Feeding tube placement 
• Performing surgical biopsies 
• Performing ultrasound guided biopsy and gall bladder aspirate

Programme

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 09:45 Imaging of the pancreas, liver and gall bladder (L Benigni)
09:45 - 10:30 Medical diagnosis and management of pancreatitis (K Allenspach)
10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45 Medical diagnosis and management of cholagiohepatitis in cats (K Allenspach)
11:45 - 12:30 Feeding tube placement (K Allenspach)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Performing surgical biopsies (K Lee)
14:15 - 15:00 Performing ultrasound guided biopsy and gall bladder aspirate (L Benigni)
15:00 - 15:30 Tea/Coffee break
15:30 - 16:45 Interactive cases (K Allenspach, K Lee and L Benigni)
16:45 - 17:00 Round up, feedback forms and certificates