Everyday Ophthalmic Surgery

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Dates	Wednesday 05 August 2026
Duration	8 hours
Speakers	Lorraine Fleming BVetMed CertVOphthal MRCVS
Location	School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
Cost	£1095 25% discount for booking online before 31 March 2026

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Overview

This practical day will give you the confidence and knowledge to perform accurate eyelid surgery. We will concentrate on situations common in general practice such as eyelid mass removal, entropion surgery, third eyelid gland replacement and keratotomy procedures with contact lens placement. The day will provide a combination of theory and practical content, with plenty of opportunity for hands-on surgical practice on cadavers, including the use of magnification to improve your microsurgical skills.

Topics to be covered

Preparing yourself, your patient and your instrumentation for surgery
Wedge resection and entropion techniques in dogs and cats
Third eyelid surgery for cherry eye replacement and scrolled cartilage repair
Options for keratotomy in non-healing ulcers
Improving your enucleation technique

Sponsor

Kindly sponsored by Veterinary Speciality Products.

Learning objectives

Identify and select correct instrumentation for specific ophthalmic procedures
Achieve good eyelid margin apposition following eyelid mass removal
Explain the principles of appropriate entropion correction
Identify when keratotomy procedures are appropriate for treating non-healing ulcers
Appreciate different methods for removing the eye and improve your surgical technique

Required delegate attributes

This course is aimed at general practitioners who would like to enhance their ophthalmic surgical skills and improve their patient outcomes. This day is designed to be highly applicable to first opinion practice, providing tips and tricks to improve your techniques and avoid potential complications.

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