School of Veterinary Medicine and Science

Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS)

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Dates

Monday 26 June 2023

Speakers

Jon Hall MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS SFHEA FRCVS 

Location School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
Cost £850
Booking online (10% discount)
£765
Alumni cost (from 1 April 2023 - 20% discount) £680
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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  
 

 

Veterinary CPD Education Centre

School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
Leicestershire, LE12 5RD

0115 951 6647

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