Answers to general practice surgery questions

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Heidi Hottinger D.V.M., DACVS

Howard Seim D.V.M., DACVS

I have asked the speakers to think about the most common clinical problems that they see in their practices along with the most common questions they receive from referring veterinarians.  The majority of the techniques or problems will then be presented in 30 minutes or less to maximize the material you take with you to your practice. This will not be a seminar on techniques that you will never see or do

DR. HEIDI A. HOTTINGER received her D.V.M. from The Ohio  State University in 1990, followed by an internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. She then completed a surgical residency at Michigan State University with special rotations in surgical oncology at Colorado State University and Flint Medical Center. Following her residency, she returned to The Animal Medical Center in New York where she held the position of staff surgeon and instructor for two years. She is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. She joined Gulf Coast Veterinary Surgery in 1996.     Dr. Howard Seim received his Veterinary degree from Washington State University and completed his surgical residency at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. He is currently Professor and Head of Small Animal Surgery at Colorado State University. Dr. Seim lectures throughout the USA and internationally and is a very popular speaker because of his practical presentations and the extensive use of video's.

• Abdominal closure; can you make it faster, cheaper, easier and safer?

• Abdominal exploratory;  how can I avoid the peak and shreak/

• Can you make urinary bladder surgery fun?

• GI surgery; no more leaky mess!

• Can I equip my OR with great instruments……….cheap?

• Is there an easier way to remove anal sacs?

• Esophageal feeding tube placement made easy.

• How can I dislodge the ‘toughest’ urethral calculi in a male dog?

• What can I do to limit postoperative bleeding in urethrotomy/urethrosotomy?

• How can I make the tough wounds a pleasure to manage?

• Can you stretch skin to close a wound?

• Gastrostomy feeding tube; can I place one 'without' an endoscope?

• Salivary mucocele and rannula; what should I do?

• Chronic vaginitits and incontinence; can surgery help?

• Treating pyometra; any surgical tips?

• Oronasal fistula; how do you do the tricky ones?

• Chest drain placement; any tips?

• Incisional gastropexies--tips to make them easy

• Skin Flaps 101

  • Never under estimate the power of undermining

  • Local tension relieving techniques

  • A few skin flaps to cut your teeth on

    • random flaps

    • pedicle flaps

• Cystotomies on females--how to get all the stones out of the urethra

• What can I do to limit intraoperative bleeding in urethrosotomies? 

• New positioning technique for PU surgery & PU revision

• The laryngeal exam--You too can do one

• The down-and-dirty nares trim

• Liver biopsies made easy

• How to bury a knot, wise needle and suture choices and other sewing tips

• Perianal fistulas and topical Tacrolimus therapy

• When, Where and How to Biopsy