The Small Animal Thoracoscopy Course is open to ACVS Diplomates and Residents only. The regular course registration fee is $2595. Courtesy of generous sponsorships provided by KARL STORZ Veterinary Endoscopy and Medtronic we are offering $1000 in tuition assistance to a limited number of ACVS Residents for this course (recipients will be determined by lottery selection). Tuition assistance recipients will be responsible for paying the remainder of the standard course registration fee.

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About the course:

Thoracoscopic procedures will be described in the lectures, followed by a laboratory on ventilated
canine cadavers. Anesthesia related to minimally invasive surgery (one lung ventilation) will be
presented by a board-certified anesthesiologist. Procedures described and performed in the laboratory
will include:

  • Thoracic duct ligation.
  • Exploration of pleural space
  • Biopsy
  • Lung lobectomy
  • Induction of one lung ventilation
  • Pericardial window, subtotal pericardectomy and pericardioscopy
  • Resection of the right atrial appendage

CE Credits – 13.0