On the eve of the conference, on April 22, 2017, at the CEMED Medical Education Center, surgical workshops under the supervision of Dr. Frances Harcourt-Brown and her husband, Dr. Nigel Brown took place. After the theoretical part, the participants started practical classes in pairs. They had written and graphic descriptions of procedures at their disposal, and the lecturers answered questions and helped to perform them on cadavers.
The topics of the workshop included the following sections:
I Head surgery:
- Outer landmarks of the rabbit skull;
- Mouth;
- Oral examination,
- Extraction of incisors,
- Extraction of cheek teeth,
- Pulpectomy (destruction of the tooth pulp),
- Nasolacrimal duct;
- Eye;
- Orbital structures,
- Eye glands and occipital venous sinus,
- Ear;
- Location of the facial nerve in relation to the muscles and ear cartilage,
- Abscess of the base of the ear in lops,
- Lateral wall resection,
- Lateral bulla osteotomy,
- Ventral bulla osteotomy,
- Paranasal sinuses;
- Nose, turbinates, larynx, trachea;
II Chest surgery:
- Median thoracotomy;
- Lateral thoracotomy;
III. Abdominal surgery:
- Anatomy and topography of the abdomen:
- Medial laparotomy,
- Lateral laparotomy,
- Paramedian laparotomy,
- Reproductive system;
- Male castration,
- Cryptorchidism,
- Female spay,
- Liver lobectomy;
- Bowel surgery;
- Duodenum,
- Cecum attachments,
- Urinary tract;
- Nephrectomy,
- Cystotomy,
- Adrenalectomy.
IV Other techniques:
- Perineal surgery;
- Tail amputation;
- Inguinal surgery.
Workshop coorganized with CEMED Medical Education Centre.
