AOCMF Course - Management of Facial Trauma (Jul 25 - 26, 2017)
In-Person Event
Jul 25 - 26, 2017
Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA
OVERVIEW
AOCMF Course - Management of Facial Trauma is organized by AO Foundation and would be held during Jul 25 - 26, 2017 at Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The target audience for this medical event are CMF musculoskeletal oncology, Education/teaching, ENT surgery, General surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Plastic surgery, Residency.
It is delivered through a combination of lectures, hands-on practical exercises including the treatment of mandibular fractures with miniplates and treatment of other fractures with various methods of internal fixation as well as small group discussions. The first day addresses midface fractures, the prevention and treatment of complications in the midface fracture and defects. The second day addresses mandibular fracture treatment including diagnostic and treatment principles.
This course is intended for surgeons, practitioners, fellows, researchers, and those in surgical training who are involved in the treatment of facial trauma. It is also for fully-qualified medical specialists in maxillofacial and orthognathic surgery and related disciplines, including those that deal with musculoskeletal head and neck disorders concerning trauma, oncology, reconstruction, and congenital or acquired deformities of the craniofacial skeleton.
Mid and upper facial trauma:
• Surgical approaches to the midface
• Re-establish pre-traumatic occlusion
• Maxillary fractures
• Zygomatic fractures
• Orbital wall fractures
• Naso-orbito-ethmoidal fractures
• Frontal sinus fractures.
Mandibular trauma:
• Surgical approaches to the mandible
• Mandibular fractures: load-sharing and load-bearing
• Condylar fractures.
Objectives:
• Diagnose facial injury through history, physical examination, and diagnostic investigations
• Formulate a treatment plan (operative and nonoperative)
• Perform the specific treatment for facial trauma
• Modify the treatment plan when necessary
• Manage patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Identify and manage complications.
It is delivered through a combination of lectures, hands-on practical exercises including the treatment of mandibular fractures with miniplates and treatment of other fractures with various methods of internal fixation as well as small group discussions. The first day addresses midface fractures, the prevention and treatment of complications in the midface fracture and defects. The second day addresses mandibular fracture treatment including diagnostic and treatment principles.
This course is intended for surgeons, practitioners, fellows, researchers, and those in surgical training who are involved in the treatment of facial trauma. It is also for fully-qualified medical specialists in maxillofacial and orthognathic surgery and related disciplines, including those that deal with musculoskeletal head and neck disorders concerning trauma, oncology, reconstruction, and congenital or acquired deformities of the craniofacial skeleton.
Mid and upper facial trauma:
• Surgical approaches to the midface
• Re-establish pre-traumatic occlusion
• Maxillary fractures
• Zygomatic fractures
• Orbital wall fractures
• Naso-orbito-ethmoidal fractures
• Frontal sinus fractures.
Mandibular trauma:
• Surgical approaches to the mandible
• Mandibular fractures: load-sharing and load-bearing
• Condylar fractures.
Objectives:
• Diagnose facial injury through history, physical examination, and diagnostic investigations
• Formulate a treatment plan (operative and nonoperative)
• Perform the specific treatment for facial trauma
• Modify the treatment plan when necessary
• Manage patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Identify and manage complications.
KEY DATES
25 Jul, 2017
Event Start Date
26 Jul, 2017
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryTraumaSUGGESTED HOTELS
CONFERENCE VENUE
Century City Conference CentreRELATED CONFERENCES & LIVE WEBINARS
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