This 4-day course combines didactic and laboratory sessions and offers the opportunity to closely interact with world experts from a variety of disciplines. The curriculum will cover both medical and surgical aspects of the treatment of benign and malignant diseases affecting these organs, and provide an appreciation of the challenges faced by clinicians.
Highly controversial topics will be presented with case presentations utilized to elicit current opinion on their management.
Hands-on laboratories will be offered on the following topics:
1) Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
A full-day, hands-on laboratory for surgeons providing the opportunity to learn the techniques of:
video-assisted minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery
vocal cord monitoring
techniques for local anesthesia in thyroid and parathyroid surgery
principles of harmonic technology and its application to thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
2) Ultrasonography of the Neck
A half-day laboratory session combining lectures and hands-on experience in using ultrasound on live patient volunteers to evaluate the thyroid, parathyroid and lymph nodes of the neck, with the focus on thyroid nodules, parathyroid localization, and ultrasound guided thyroid biopsy and evaluation of cervical lymph nodes.
Three days of presentations covering all aspects of reflux diseases:
- New methods in assessment and diagnosis
- Extra-Oesophageal Reflux
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR)
- Cough and Wheeze
- The Voice and Laryngeal Dysfunction
- Swallowing and Oesophageal Dismotility
- Pepsin and Bile Acids
- Therapy
- Case Presentations
Who should attend?
Otolaryngologists, Gastroenterologists, Pulmonologists, Chest Physicians, Speech & Language Pathologists, Allergists, Paediatricians, Airway Specialists, Physicians, Critical Care Specialists, Basic Scientists
All aspects of corrective Nasal, Septal, Turbinate surgery. Start with basic principles; progress to advanced up-to-date techniques: "open" & endonasal techniques; grafts for Saddle nose; narrow wide alar base; a variety of nasal tip surgery; Correction and prevention of Tip drop; correct Hanging columella; Tackle secondary rhinoplasties & correct crooked noses; Appreciate potential complications, their prevention and management
Two Laboratory sessions: !. Nasal Sculpture; 2. Cadaver surgery (optional, with fee).
The recent updates in the fields of otology, neurootology, cochlear implantation, head and neck surgery, thyroidectomy, sleep apnea and snoring will be held in the fantastic athmosphere of Cesme again for the 4th time.
International Guest Faculty-
Mr. Guy S Kenyon, FRCS
Senior consultant Whip cross University Hospital, London,
Dr. P-O Haraldsson MD, PhD,Associate Professor
Karolinska University Hospital,Stockholm,Sweden
The symposium is designed to provide updates in information concerning otitis media. Topics related to diagnosis and prevention along with new research developments will be addressed.
The 12th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other Implantable Auditory Technologies will be held in Baltimore, Maryland USA. The conference will be hosted by The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins and River School, and will be held May 3-5, 2012.
Curso intensivo de cuatro días dirigido a residentes, fellows, y Otorrinolaringólogos en especial. Los objetivos del curso son básicamente mejorar las técnicas de cirugía a través de la disección del hueso temporal y de un repaso de varios temas de la otología. Los ejercicios de disección incluyen: mastoidectomía simple – técnicas abierta y cerrada – localización del receso del facial – timpanotomía posterior, descompresión del saco endolinfático, disección de oído medio, miringoplastía, osiculoplastia,
exposición del nervio facial, exposición del bulbo de la yugular y de la carótida interna, y laberintectomía.