First day - Thursday, October 12, 2023
9:00
Surgical anatomy and physiology of the skin
F.Massari
9:30
Wounds: physical evaluation, classification, therapeutic management
G.Pisani
10:00
Wounds: primary closure, theory and clinical examples - Wounds: delayed primary and secondary closure, theory and clinical examples
G.Pisani
11:30
Wounds: second intention healing - how to obtain the granulation tissue, theory and clinical Examples
P.Buracco
12:00
Drains and bandages (when, which ones, how long) and post-operative management
F.Massari
14:00
Principles of surgical oncology
P.Buracco
15:00
Releasing techniques
N.Bacon
16:00
Practicals
Practical activity on releasing techniques (for example after removal of a tumor in the region of the cranial region of the stifle – multiple releasing incisions)
All the speakers
17:00
Free grafts: classification, and from the donor site to recipient one
G.Pisani
17:30
Practicals
Practical activity on free grafts
All the speakers
18:30
Discussion and end of the day
Second day - Friday, October 13, 2023
9:00
Local flaps: advancement, transposition, rotation flaps: theory and clinical examples - Axial pattern flaps: what they are and which the most important. General rules
N.Bacon
11:30
Practicals
Practical activity on local flaps (for example after removal of a tumor on the trunk)
All the speakers
14:00
Superficial brachial axial pattern flap
G.Pisani
14:30
Practicals
Practical activity on the axial pattern flap of the brachial artery (after excision of a tumor in the cranial region of the anterachium)
All the speakers
15:00
Thoraco-dorsal axial pattern flap
N.Bacon
15:30
Practicals
Practical activity on the thoraco-dorsal axial pattern flap
All the speakers
16:30
Muscular (temporalis, latissumus dorsi, external obique, semitendinoius, sartorius) and myocutaneous flaps (cutaneous trunci and latissimus dorsi)
N.Bacon
17:00
Practicals
Practical activity on muscular and myocutaneous flaps
All the speakers
18:30
Discussion and end of the day
Third day - Saturday, October 14, 2023
8:30
Deep circumflex iliac
F.Massari
9:00
Practicals
Practical activity on the deep circumflex iliac axial pattern flap, dorsal and ventral branch; flank fold
All the speakers
9:30
Axial pattern flap of the cranial epigastric artery, lateral thoracic artery and axillary skin
F.Massari
10:00
Practicals
Practical activity on the axial pattern flap of the cranial epigastric artery, lateral thoracic artery
All the speakers
11:00
Caudal epigastric axial pattern flap
P.Buracco
11:30
Practicals
Practical activity on the caudal epigastric axial pattern flap (various defects)
All the speakers
12:00
Genicular axial pattern flap and reverse saphenous conduit flap; scrotal flap
G.Pisani
12:30
Practicals
Practical activity on the axial pattern flap of the cranial epigastric artery, lateral thoracic artery
All the speakers
14:00
Coccyeal axial pattern flap
F.Massari
14:30
Practicals
Practical activity on the coccyeal axial pattern flap (defect in the perineal and back)
All the speakers
15:30
Recontruction of the facial defects (with local and axial pattern flaps)
P.Buracco
16:30
Practicals
Practical activity on facial defects
All the speakers
17:30
Reconstruction of the extremities
P.Buracco
18:00
Practicals
Practical activity on recontruction of the extremities
All the speakers
18:30
End of the Course and Certificate of Attendance Ceremony