Description
This webinar will outline the key information that veterinary surgeons need to know when dealing with horses that require surgery for treatment of colic in terms of likely outcomes and information that can be used to assist informed decision-making by veterinary surgeons, horse owners and carers. The focus will be around the International colic surgery audit (INCISE) and results of this which have enabled benchmarks to be established across the world.
SAVC Accreditation Number: AC/2026/24
Learning Objectives
- To be aware of the need to tailor advice to different groups of horse owners
- To be able to discuss key benchmarks for outcomes for different types of colic requiring surgery
- To outline key differences in features of different types of colic cases that clinics see across the world
- To be aware of differences between different clinics that offer colic surgery globally
- To appreciate the utility of clinical audit in equine clinics that undertake colic surgery
- To outline the key features of survival following colic surgery in horses
