TPLO BASIC

Course Description

Are you ready to move on to the next level in cranial cruciate ligament repair?
TPLO has become a favourite technique of general and specialty veterinarians to treat CrCl tears in all size Canine and Feline patients.
This technique, when correctly executed offer excellent outcomes to our patients as well as an opportunity to develop a tremendous profit center for your practice. A Faculty of internationally renowned experts will guide you through a series of lectures,
Lab practicals, live demo on cadaveric specimens, interactive cases discussions and planning exercises.
Participants will perform TPLOs on plastic bones and cadavers using state-of-the-art equipment and implants. Postoperative radiographs will be taken to assess the participant’s repair technique feedback will be given during collegial discussions.
Do not lose this opportunity!
Due to the limited amount available seats, early booking is recommended.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

Recognise the indications and rationale for TPLO
Discuss the principles of TPLO surgery
Correctly execute a preoperative TPLO planning for different breeds of dogs and cats
Perform a surgical approach to the stifle joint, recognise and evaluate the intra articular anatomical structures
Perform the TPLO technique and identify and discuss the challenges
Conduct a critical evaluation during the post operative assessment
Prescribe post operative recommendations
Perform a critical evaluation of the healing during the follow examination
Discuss possible complications and related treatment

Faculty
Alessandro Piras (Course Director)
Pauli Keränen
Alessandro Boero Baroncelli

Course program

Day 1 Friday 12.1.
8.00 – 8.30 Registration and coffee

8.30 – 8.40 Welcome & Introductions

8.40 – 9.30 Diagnosis of Cruciate Disease
•Clinical Examination
•How to Successfully Perform the Drawer and Tibial TrustTests
•Diagnostic Imaging and Stress Views

9.30 – 10.00 TPLO – Indications and Rationale
•Understanding Stifle Biomechanics
•TPLO a Barkley Slocum Visionary Solution
•How Changing the Tibial Plateau Angle affects Stifle Stability

10.00 – 10.20 Coffee Break

10.20 – 10.50 Comparison of Techniques: What is the Evidence
• Extracapsular Techniques
• CCW – TTA – CBLO

10.50 – 11.30 Planning TPLO
• Planning TPLO Challenges and Solutions
• Planning your Osteotomy
• Implant Selection
• Breeds Related Differences

11.30 – 12.30 LABORATORY 1 – TPLO Planning Exercise
• Video Tutorial – Step by Step Planning – Courtesy by VPOP
• Plan your cases – Guided Procedure on 10 Cases – Courtesy
• Supported by VPop

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break

13.30 – 14.00 Surgical Approach and Joint Inspection
• Approach Considerations
• How to Improve Joint visualisation
• Joint Inspection and Menisci Evaluation

14.00 – 14.30 Surgical Technique Step by Step

14.30 – 15.30 Live Demonstration – LABORATORY 2
• The Faculty will Demonstrate the Procedure Live on a Cadaveric Specimen

15.30 – 15.45 Break

15.45 – 17.15 LABORATORY 3: TPLO on Plastic Bone Model

17.15 – 18.30 Evaluation of the exercises, feedback and discussion on challenges

18.30 End of day 1

Course Dinner 19.30 at: to be announced later

Day 2 Saturday 13.1.

8.00 – 8.15 Welcome & Coffee

8.15 – 9.15 Cases Presentations on TPLO Planning

9.15 – 10.00 Laboratory 4 – TPLO Planning Exercise
• Plan your case – Guided Procedure on the case you will operate in the Lab 5

10.00 – 10.30 Break

10.30 – 12.00 Laboratory 3: TPLO on Cadaveric Specimen Wet Lab

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 13.30 TPLO – Complications and Treatment

13.30 – 15.00 90 min Laboratory 4: TPLO on Cadaveric Specimen Wet Lab

15.00 – 15.40 Collegial Discussion
• Challenges Encountered During Lab Exercise
• What Went Well, What can be done Differently Next Time

15.40 – 15.50 Break

15.50 – 16.20 Postoperative and outcome
• Short term post-op management
• Short term outcome
• Long term outcome
• Long term management of the joint

16.20 – 17.00 Case Study

17.00 – 17.20 TPLO – Infection treatment
• Prevention of infection
• Clinical signs of infection
• Diagnosis of infection
• Decision-making
• Biofilm characteristics
• Treatment options – antibiotics, debridement, implant removal, biofilm lavage

17.20 – 18.15 Evaluation of the exercises, feedback and Discussion

18.15 – 18.30 Handling of Certificates of Participation and Conclusion