A Complete Introduction to Safety-Focused TPLO - For Veterinarians

November 11 - 13, 2024

Course Description

You’re experienced in bone plating, and you’ve treated your share of cruciate ligament ruptures with Extracapsular suture stabilization. You’re wondering … are you ready for TPLO? … does it make sense for your patients who can’t accept a referral? Truth be told … you’re a bit nervous about the idea of cutting the tibia and that’s understandable. If you’ve ever thought “it would be nice if a surgeon could be in the O.R. with me to guide my cut, confirming how far to rotate the plateau segment, and to review my postoperative radiographs with me” … THIS is the course for you!

Our engaged educators know that accurate preoperative radiographic planning, transfer of that plan to your patient, and precise execution of the osteotomy are among the greatest challenges for you as you learn to perform TPLO. Next is the challenge of optimal placement of your fixation implants. This course is truly one-of-a-kind because it uses a combination of a TPLO guidance system and specially designed implants that, together, will make your TPLO procedure easier, safer, and more accurate. Who doesn’t want that?

It starts with a commercially available TPLO preoperative planning and guidance system that will help you with crucial decisions like “is my patient a good candidate for TPLO?”. If “YES”, this system will guide your osteotomy execution making sure that it is in just the right spot, and the tibial plateau is rotated the correct amount. With this preoperative planning and cutting guide system, you’re not out there on your own struggling to adapt your new learning to nuanced situations … instead you’ve got a decision-making team to guide your planning, your TPLO execution and your postoperative care! Combine this with industry leading TPLO fixation implants and engaged instruction from leading educators who are motivated to define the next level in surgical training, and you’ve got a training experience that you cannot find anywhere else. After this course, let us help you decide what “next steps” make sense for you and your practice.

COURSE PREREQUISITES: You should have completed our Complete Introduction to Bone Plating course (or similar formal bone plating training) and have experience with stifle anatomy and the surgical approach to the stifle joint before attending this course.

Open to technicians to attend with a veterinarian from their practice (1 technician per veterinarian)

Questions? Contact [email protected]

Access to this course will expire one year (365 days) from the course’s end date. After this period, users will no longer have access to course materials, resources, and any associated content. It is the responsibility of the users to complete the course and download any materials including their course completion certificate.

Agenda

A Complete Introduction to Safety-Focused TPLO November 11-13, 2024

Instructors

Dr. Ross H. Palmer

DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS

Dr. Palmer, a native of Kansas, received his BS and DVM degrees from Kansas State University. He completed an internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. He received his small animal surgical residency training and an MS degree (Physiology) from the University of Georgia. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. His veterinary career has spanned both academics (Texas A&M and Colorado State University) and private specialty practice (Silicon Valley/Monterey Bay region of California) as a staff surgeon and as a practice owner. Ross is currently a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Colorado State University and the Associate Director of Education at the Translational Medicine Institute. Dr. Palmer seeks to entertain as he educates in order to make learning an enjoyable and memorable experience. He has been an invited speaker at conferences throughout the USA and the world. He was recently named VMX Speaker of the Year. He is the founder of the Complete Course on External Skeletal Fixation educating veterinarians from around the world for 25 years. He’s authored > 50 journal articles and book chapters. He is past President of the Veterinary Orthopedic Society (VOS), editorial board member of Today’s Veterinary Practice, board member of the VOS, World Veterinary Orthopaedic Congress, North American Veterinary Conference and the Veterinary Surgery Journal. Ross’ personal passions include international travel, cycling, hiking, fishing, and relaxing with his family in their family’s “off the grid” island cabin in remote northwestern Ontario, Canada

Dr. Barbro Filliquist

Dr. Susan Schaefer

Susan Schaefer, DVM, MS, DACVS is a clinical associate professor at University of WI- Madison, Department of Surgical Sciences. Dr. Schaefer completed her masters in 1988 and her DVM in 1992 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed a small animal medicine and surgery at The Ohio State University in 1993, followed by a small animal surgery residency at Michigan State University in 1997 and became a diplomate of ACVS in 1999. Clinical interests include small animal orthopedics and arthroscopy.

Dr. Courtney Campbell

Travel

Northern Colorado and the City of Fort Collins offer many great indoor and outdoor activities to explore. For an up-to-date list of activities, visit their website.

Policies

Participant Cancellation Policy: Course attendees can cancel their registration for an in-person course according to the following

Cancellation more than 60 days prior: Full refund minus 10% processing fee or 100% Future Transfer Credit (FTC).
Cancellation 30-60 days prior: 50% refund or 75% FTC.
Cancellations within 30 days: 50% FTC only. Cancellations due to illness or other unforeseen circumstances will be considered on an individual basis.
Future Transfer Credits can be applied to any course within 365 days of the cancelled course.

Course Cancellation Policy: Course cancellations due to low registration numbers or other circumstances may be announced 35 days or more prior to the course. Full refund of the course registration or 100% Future Transfer Credit (FTC) will apply. We are unable to reimburse for travel expenses incurred.

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