Webinar Plus: Current concepts in small animal endocrine surgical oncology

Key Information

CPD Hours: 16 hours

Course Length: Four weeks

Course Format: A mixture of pre-recorded weekly webinars (which can be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly Q&A sessions with the tutor, self-assessment tasks, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums

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Course Information

Key Areas
  • Partial pancreatectomy: why should you never be tempted to segmentally resect an insulinoma in the middle of a pancreatic lobe, leaving the most distal part of the pancreas in place?
  • Adrenalectomy: what perioperative strategies are indicated to decrease the risk of postoperative pulmonary thromboembolism after resection of a cortisol-secreting adrenal tumour?
  • Thyroidectomy: how should you minimise the risk of life-threatening haemorrhage?
  • Parathyroidectomy: how many parathyroid glands can be safely removed during surgery without a risk of permanent hypoparathyroidism?
About this course

Would you like to improve your knowledge and gain practical tips regarding endocrine tumour surgery and perioperative management in small animals?


Surgical management of endocrine tumours is a delicate activity and requires intense perioperative monitoring. Surgical excision of endocrine tumours is the treatment of choice, as it offers improved long-term survival rates compared to medical management. During this course, participants will review surgical anatomy and (patho) physiology of the endocrine glands. Techniques to improve surgical treatment of endocrine tumours and perioperative management, including anaesthesia and critical care elements will be discussed.

Why do this course?
With appropriate training, surgical excision of endocrine neoplasms of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal cortex and pancreas is relatively low risk in experienced hands. However, surgical excision of endocrine neoplasms should only be performed when intense requirements for perioperative management of these patients can be met. The course will provide participants with a solid basis in the fundamentals of endocrine tumour surgery in small animals and perioperative care.

The webinars for this course will be pre-recorded and can be viewed as recorded versions throughout the course. A live Q&A session with the tutor will run on the following dates at 1:30pm London time

Live Q&A dates:
Wednesday 18th September
Wednesday 25th September
Wednesday 2nd October
Wednesday 9th October

Tutors

Floryne Buishand, DVM PhD DECVS FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College

Stefano Cortellini, DVM MVetMed DipACVECC DipECVECC FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College

Matteo Rossanese, DVM SPSA MSc DipECVS CertAVP PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College