Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Georgie Hollis — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:23:08 GMT

All good ideas, awesome!

Looking forward to making this happen! :-)

Can i ask (as co-organiser :-) with Stuart) we want to make this practical and educational so we're looking at 2 days. Before we book the date is it feasible for you all of you who have expressed an interest to attend 2 days back to back and if so would it be better to use up a friday and saturday,m or would during the week be ok?

look forward to your replies and making a date before the end of jan!

PS. Can certainly make sure there will be an independent session on dressings. :-) consider it done!

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Tanya Fielding — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:31:34 GMT

unbiased advice on dressings, threr seems to be lots on the market but very expensive. Honey do you need to use the expensive medical grade stuff? Time scales for healing and treatment

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Mark Hedberg — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:21:02 GMT

Advantages and disadvantages of interrupted vs continuous patterns?

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:06:36 GMT

Massive subject

Evelyn-the golden period if definitely not 2 am

Wynne

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:21:21 GMT

Is the "golden period" a myth?

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Etienne O'Brien — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:42:26 GMT

Old/dirty or well granulated wounds

When is it too late to stitch? Does the 'golden period' still apply now that high pressure wound lavage systems are commerically available. What is the consensus on these systems. If the wound is well granulated and there is low tension at wound at the wound edges, for example flank or chest wounds in equine patients (ok they're not small animals), does suturing accelerate wound healing at all or is it a waste of time?

Topical haemostasis

When cautery fails and a tourniquet (esmarch) is unsuitable what works best and how to use it. Topical epinephrine/adrenaline? Collagen sponges? Topical thrombin?

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Andrew Hogg — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:22:35 GMT

Looking forward to this, Stuart!

Interactive case discussions are usually very helpful in applying the theory and helping one to make the links with cases 'back home'.

As ever, a reprise of dressing types and the sort of situations they are useful in would be helpful - perhaps tied into something about expected time-frames for wound management?

Skin reconstruction techniques.

Options when wounds 'stall' or are in awkward locations.

Managing owner expectations about cost/duration of treatment and the need for regular revisits...

Pain management/nutritional concerns during healing?

See you soon,

Andrew.

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

stuart mcmorrow — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:54:24 GMT

Good stuff - suture materials, how to stop ear tips eat bleeding. Anything more?

What about grafting, axial pattern flaps, dressings etc?

Would interactive cases discussions be of use?

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

plantagenet — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:23:42 GMT

Whatever you have to tell us! I would book on that course like a shot. It seems to be a really exciting area of new thought and changing methods.

Re: Veterinary Wound Healing Association - Small Animal Course

Vikki Halliday LLB — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:36:50 GMT

Debunking the myths and legends of suture materials.

Am heartily confused by the range, and claims of various suture manufacturers!

(and the secret to getting post op ears/tails to stop bleeding would be good, but maybe that's asking too much,)

In all seriousness, would be very interested in some good sound tips on reconstruction though, sounds like a good course.