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Overview
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Course Objectives
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Faculty
Course Overview
Lectures. discussions and demonstrations
- Anatomy of the Temporal Bone
- Detailed endoscopic anatomy of the middle ear
- Myringo/Tympanoplasty
- Ossiculoplasty and sound conduction
- Assessing the ear with COM
- Evidence-based management of otitis media
- Logical cholesteatoma surgery
- Insights into clinical Audiology
- Temporal bone radiology
- Endoscopic ear surgery: techniques and tips
- Laser-assisted stapedioplasty
- Cartilage use in ear surgery
- Otology and Audiology case studies
- Mastoid obliteration techniques
- Approach to the Superior Semicircular Canal and Internal Auditory Canal
Temporal bone dissections: “Hands-on”
- Endoscopic middle ear surgery
- Tympanotomy
- Ossiculoplasty
- Cortical Mastoidectomy
- Posterior tympanotomy
- Transcanal retrotympanotomy
- Modified/radical mastoidectomy
- Mastoid obliteration techniques
- Attico-antrostomy
- Exposure of mastoid segment of facial nerve
- Exposure of semicircular canals
- Exposing the round window, and Cochleostomy
- Cartilage use in reconstruction of the tympanic membrane and epitympanum
Other features of the course
- 2 Cadaveric Temporal Bones per delegate
- Instrumentation by Storz & Medtronic; microscopes by Zeiss and Leica
- 50% Supervised dissection time
- 50% Discussion/Presentation time
- Daily transport provided, and assistance in arranging accommodation
- Sponsored social evenings
Course Objectives
Objectives
- To gain an appreciation of temporal bone anatomy
- To acquire the skills for middle ear and mastoid surgery
- To gain a 3-D perspective of the positions of the facial nerve and semicircular canals
- To gain insight into decision-making in otologic surgery.
- International faculty
- G Papatziamos (Sweden)
- G Browning (Scotland)
- K Schlemmer (UAE)
- Local faculty
- JW Loock
- M Merven
- J West
- E Burden
- O Basson
- K Wright
- W Khun
- A Makunga