Großhartpenning, Germany, December 5 to 7, 2024
in cooperation with
Residents and Diplomates of the Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons – or equivalent qualifications – will be taught techniques to improve the results of arthroscopic interventions in leg joints and tendons. They will practice the procedures on cadaver legs under the guidance of Andy Bathe, Dwayne Rodgerson and Hans Wilderjans. Sixteen persons only can participate to ensure quality time for each one. All procedures will be demonstrated first by the instructors and then the participants will perform them guided by the instructors. The German Academy for Continuous Veterinary Education (ATF) credits this course 20 hours.
The working stations are kindly provided by Storz!
Program
Thursday, December 5,
lectures in Hotel Alwirt with Andy Bathe, Dwayne Rodgerson and Hans Wilderjans
- 10:00 – Welcome
- 10:05 – Navicular bursa.
- 11:25 – Coffee break
- 11:50 – Arthroscopy from the back of the carpus.
- 12:50 – Lunch
- 13:50 – Carpal sheath.
- 14:50 – Sesamoid bone fragments: base ones, non-usual ones.
- 15:40 – Coffee break
- 16:05 – OCD in the femoropatellar joint, large and unusual fragments, free floaters: Techniques to extract them thru small incisions.
- 17:15 – Femorotibial joint, diagnostics of teared menisci and crucial ligaments including the advantage of advanced imaging tools (CT).
- 18:30 – End
Friday, December 6,
hands-on in Equine clinic am Kirchberg
- 09:00 – Navicular bursa
- 10:30 – Coffee break
- 10:50 – Carpal sheath
- 12:30 – Lunch in Hotel Altwirt
- 14:00 – Back of the carpus
- 15:45 – Coffee break
- 16:15 – Femoropatellar joint (most likely demonstrations only)
- 18:00 – End
Saturday, December 7,
hands-on in Equine clinic am Kirchberg
- 08:30 – Preference of the participants
- 10:15 – Coffee break
- 10:40 – Sesamoid bone fragments
- 12:00 – Lunch
- 13:15 – Coffin joint.
- 14:45 – Coffee break
- 15:10 – Reassessment techniques of OCD in foals using darts and smart nails.
- 17:00 – End
Instructors
Andy Bathe
graduated from Cambridge University, and is a partner at Rossdales LLP, specialising in orthopaedic surgery, lameness and poor performance in sport horses. He was formerly University Equine Surgeon at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge. He is a Diplomate of the ECVS and the ACVSMR, and holds the RCVS Diploma in Equine Orthopaedics. He is Team Vet to the Japanese Three Day Event Team, and formerly to the British Three Day Event and Pony Showjumping Teams.
Dwayne Rodgerson
earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Atlantic Veterinary College, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He completed a surgical internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute prior to his residency and Master’s program at Auburn University. After his residency, he joined the University of Missouri as a Clinical Instructor in Equine Surgery for one year before joining the University of Florida’s Large Animal Hospital as a Clinical Lecturer for one year and as an Assistant Professor for two years. Then he returned to Hagyard as an Equine Surgeon in 2002 and is a Partner of the Practice.
Hans Wilderjans
graduated from Ghent University, Belgium. He worked for several years in an Equine Practice in the UK and returned in 1992 to Belgium to co-found the hospital de Bosdreef. He is Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. Hans is frequently invited as a speaker on international congresses and as a surgeon in other hospitals to perform specific surgeries.
What you need to know...
Dates & Locations
December 5 Hotel Altwirt
– see address below
December 6 and 7 Pferdeklinik am Kirchberg GmbH, Piesenkamer Str. 18, D-83607 Großhartpenning, Germany; Fon: +49-8024-477140; e-mail office@pferdeklinik-am-kirchberg.de; www.pferdeklinik-am-kirchberg.de
Accommodation (please book early!)
- Hotel Altwirt (instructors are here): Tölzer Straße 135, D-83607 Großhartpenning bei Holzkirchen; Fon +49 (0) 8024 303220; info@hotel-altwirt.de; hotel-altwirt.de
- Hotel-Gasthof Neuwirt: Tölzer Str. 112, 83607 Großhartpenning; Fon +49 (0) 8024 7654; heiss-j@t-online.de; https://www.hotel-gasthof-neuwirt.de/
- Hotel Alte Post: Marktplatz 10a, D-83607 Holzkirchen; Fon +49 (0) 8024 30050; info@alte-post-holzkirchen.de; http://www.alte-post-holzkirchen.de
Further information
Further information
Arbeitsgruppe Pferd – Task Force Horse
Arno Lindner
Heinrich-Röttgen-Str. 20, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 2461 340-430; Fax: -484;
contact@agpferd.de; www.agpferd.com
- Airport of choice: Munich MUC https://www.munich-airport.com/. In certain cases, Salzburg might be an alternative SZG http://www.salzburg-airport.com/
- More equine professionals education: Please check under events in agpferd.com