Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS)
Fact file
| Dates |
Thursday 7th November
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| Duration |
8 hours |
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| Speakers |
Jon Hall MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS SFHEA FRCVS
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| Location |
School of Veterinary Medicine and Science |
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| Cost |
£850
10% discount for online booking
20% discount for alumni
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Overview
This one day blended theory and practical course will review the routine and emergency presentations of BOAS, a condition that is increasingly managed in first opinion practice with a huge welfare impact. Objectively determining the severity of the disease to then make appropriate interventions or advise referral with confidence can be challenging for vets and owners, so this will be explored with worked examples. We will then perform modified folding flap palatoplasty, alarplasty combined with alar wing resection and tonsillectomy. The risks of investigating and treating these conditions can be high and temporary tracheostomy and review of complications will also be a focus for the course.
Topics to be covered
- Routine and emergency presentation BOAS
- Complications arising from BOAS surgery
- Surgical procedures for BOAS
- Emergency temp trach and postop management
Learning objectives
Veterinary surgeons keen to develop their recognition of clinical BOAS and determine surgical versus non-surgical candidates
Veterinary surgeons wishing to become confident in URT diversion for airway occlusion of the larynx
Veterinary surgeons performing BOAS surgery or refining their current procedural practice
Required delegate attributes
- Veterinary surgeons keen to develop their recognition of clinical BOAS and determine surgical versus non-surgical candidates
- Veterinary surgeons wishing to become confident in URT diversion for airway occlusion of the larynx
- Veterinary surgeons performing BOAS surgery or refining their current procedural practice