Description
Colorectal surgeries are often feared as they are classically associated with a higher rate of complications than other digestive surgeries. They also are regarded as more technically demanding, because of difficulties in the approach and specificities of colorectal wound healing. However, understanding the essential principles will allow the surgeon to perform them safely and effectively when they are straightforward and be most likely to respond appropriately to any unexpected situation when they are not.
Laurent graduated from Paris’ vet school, the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, in France in 1995. He then became teaching assistant in the anatomy department for a year and later qualified for a 2-year exclusively surgical internship in the same school. Following this internship, he completed a Master of Science in Biology and Physiology of Circulation and Respiration, as well as a university diploma in Experimental surgery and microsurgery.
After having worked for 3 years in a private practice outside Paris, he was a consultant surgeon for 4 years in the largest referral practice in France, the Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, where he completed a 3-year ECVS residency. He became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2008 and a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery recently.
He joined VRCC Veterinary Referrals in 2006, where he is one of the full-time soft-tissue surgeons and directors. His main fields of interest include oncologic, reconstructive and general soft tissue surgeries, as well as neurosurgery.