Equine Advanced Arthroscopy Days

Teilnehmerkreis: Tierärzt:innen

Zeitraum: 03.12.2026 10:00 - 05.12.2026 - 17:00

Referenten:

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.

Teilnahmegebühr: 2700 €

2700,00 € bis 20.10.2026, danach 2900,00 €; Preise zzgl. MwSt.

Tagungsort: Pferdeklinik am Kirchberg, Piesenkamer Str. 18, 83607, Großhartpenning, Germany,

Programm 03.12.2026 10:00 - 05.12.2026 - 17:00

Thursday, December 3

lectures in Hotel Alwirt with Andy Bathe, Dwayne Rodgerson and Hans Wilderjans

10:00   Welcome

10:05   Bursoscopy of the navicular bursa – approach through the DFTS.

10:35   Arthroscopy of the DIP joint – dorsal and palmar approaches.

11:05   Arthroscopy of the PIP joint – know your limits: when to remove and when to leave the fragment

11:35   Coffee break

11:55   Removal of extra-articular fragments at the base of the sesamoid bone – approach through the DFTS.

12:25   Complicated and unusual fetlock fragments.

12:55   Lunch

13:55   Arthroscopy of the femoropatellar joint – tips and tricks.

14:25   Arthroscopy of the femorotibial joints – cranial and caudal approaches.

14:55   Stifle OCD in foals – re-attachment technique of osteochondral fragments of the femoral ridge: Patient selection, imaging follow-up and surgical technique.    

15:25   Coffee break

15:45   Tenoscopy of the tarsal sheath – anatomy, portals and common pathology.

16:15   Carpal fragments.

16:45   Complications during arthroscopic surgery and how to deal with them.

17:15   Discussion

18:30   End

 

Friday, December 4

hands-on in Equine clinic am Kirchberg

Participants work in pairs (2 surgeons per station); 8 arthroscopy stations

Stations

• Navicular bursa – approach through DFTS
• Manica flexoria resection
• Arthroscopy of the DIP joint
• Tenoscopy of the tarsal sheath

Faculty circulate continuously between stations.

 09:00   Wetlab session 1

10:30   Coffee break

10:50   Wetlab session 2

12:30   Lunch in Hotel Altwirt

14:00   Wetlab session 3

15:45   Coffee break

16:15   Wetlab session 4

18:00   End

 

18:30   Start of action evening!

 

Saturday, December 5

hands-on in Equine clinic am Kirchberg

08:30   Participants’ preference session (repetition of selected procedures).

10:15   Coffee break

10:40   Removal of sesamoid base fragments through the DFTS.

12:00   Lunch

13:15   Demonstration – Arthroscopy of the stifle (FP and FT joints).

14:45   Coffee break

15:10   Case discussions and management of arthroscopic complications.

17:00   End

Anmeldung:

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Teilnehmerbegrenzung: 16 Personen

Homepage: agpferd.com/equine-advanced-arthroscopy-days-2

Anerkennung: 20 Stunden

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