Open Wound Management
0.5 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Technicians
Overview:
This lecture will discuss various methods of open wound management. We will discuss numerous topical therapeutics to apply to wounds and indications for their use. Different types of bandaging techniques and indications for bandaging will also be discussed. Other methods of open wound management will also be discussed, including negative-pressure wound therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Case examples will be presented including the decision-making process for their management.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Learn wound healing physiology and importance of multiple factors involved in wound healing, including those that can be manipulated to encourage success
- Analyze different methods of wound debridement and when to use them
- Understand various topical therapeutic agents to use in open wound management and when you choose one over the other
- Learn various bandaging techniques and wound dressings and when and how to use them appropriately.
- Discern non-traditional wound management techniques and when they are indicated as well as advantages and disadvantages to them
- Study the thought process and decision-making that went into the treatment of multiple examples of challenging wounds
Justin Ganjei, DVM, DACVS-SA
Dr. Justin Ganjei is a MD/VA/DC native. He is a proud Hokie having received his Bachelor of Science from Virginia Tech and then his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2011. Following veterinary school he completed a internship in small animal medicine and surgery and then an internship in small animal surgery. He then went on to complete a residency in small animal surgery with Veterinary Surgical Centers in Northern Virginia in 2016 and became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2017.
Dr. Ganjei performs a wide variety of both soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, but has a special interest in minimally invasive surgery, interventional radiology, and pain management. He is a strong advocate of advancing veterinary medicine to be able to offer the most up-to-date and highest quality of surgery and medicine while minimizing pain and complications. Dr. Ganjei performs numerous advanced minimally procedures that are not commonly performed, including laparoscopic adrenalectomy, cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal), thoracoscopic pericardiectomy, lung lobectomy, and vascular ring anomaly correction, amongst others.
Through the use of interventional radiology, Dr. Ganjei is able to provide palliative stenting for obstructions of the urinary system, stenting of the trachea, as well as provide a means to treat non-operable tumors (ex: liver, bladder, prostate) through the use of embolization and chemoembolization and delivery of chemotherapy directly to the tumor. He can also perform non-invasive treatment of vascular anomalies, such as intra-hepatic liver shunts.
Dr. Ganjei regularly lectures at numerous national and international veterinary conferences and is a consultant for the Veterinary Information Network. He enjoys teaching and is an adjunct assistant professor of small animal surgery and minimally invasive surgery at his alma matter, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. When not performing surgery or teaching Dr. Ganjei enjoys playing with his band, cooking, and traveling.
This program has been approved for 0.5 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
This course is sponsored by Vetericyn.
