Pathology and Clinical Surgery II

Presentation

This discipline will show the student the approach to surgical cases, the techniques and skills necessary to carry out common surgical interventions in the practice of farm animal and horse clinics.

It is a strong component in the farm animal and equine clinical preparation of future practitioners, as it will provide the skills to decide on whether and how to perform surgery in these animals.

Part of this Programme

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

4 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT478-8538

Recommended complementary curricular units

Anatomy

Physiology

Surgical propedeutics

Medical propedeutics

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Farm Animals:

• Displaced abomasum and abomasal volvulus
• Exploratory laparotomy
• Rumenotomy
• Disbudding and dehorning
• Claw amputation
• Eye surgery
• Cesarean section
• Uterine and vaginal prolapse
• Castration

Equine:

• Epidemiology of diseases/disorders requiring surgical intervention
• Applied anatomy to surgery
• Main surgical procedures in cases of coli and establishing a prognosis
• Lameness: epidemiology and clinical approach
• Quantitative analysis of lameness
• scarring, lacerations and wounds
• Indolent wounds and synovial involvement
• Castration
• Cryptorquidism
• Surgical intervention in the foal and newborn

Objectives

To acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on the clinical approach of common situations occurring in large animal clinics that might require or will benefit from surgical intervention.

To put into proctice the theoretical knowledge acquired in pre-clinical disciplines.

To recognise a clinical problem in large animal species, identify  the need for surgical intervention, to know the technique and preparation of the surgical tools and environment to carry out the procedures.

To achieve a diagnosis and prognosis of presented cases and establish the cost-benefit association of the possible treatment.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Presence in 2/3 of the theoretical and practical classes is mandatory, except for students with worker status and other applicable ones, who may be subject to a supplementary assessment regime to be defined by the teacher.

For approval in continuous assessment, the student must obtain a classification equal to or greater than 9.5 in all theoretical assessments and in the practical component, the student must have a minimum weighted average of 9.5. This applies to Equine and E.P. contents separately.

The final grade is the average of the theoretical and practical assessment. E.P. and Eq., which must be a minimum of 9.5 marks ¿¿out of 20.

Continuous assessment:

FARM ANIMALS:

• THEORETICAL = 25% Supervised self-learning + 75% written assessment
• PRACTICAL = 100% demonstration of competences

EQUINE:

• THEORETICAL: 25% Supervised self-learning + 75% written assessment
• PRACTICAL: Consultation report (40%) + Clinical case (40%) + Logbook (20%)

References

- Fubini, S. L., & Ducharme, N. G. Farm animal surgery. 2nd ed. Saunders (2016).  Hardcover ISBN: 9780323316651; eBook ISBN: 9780323316699

- Auer et al. Equine Surgery, 5t edition, Elsevier (2019) ISBN: 978-0-323-48420-6

- Wilson et al. Manual of Field Surgery Elsevier (2006) ISBN: 978-1-4160-0270-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-4160-0270-3.X5001-5

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