Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop

Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop is organized by The University of Western Australia (UWA) and will be held on Nov 15, 2019 at CTEC - Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is RACS Surgical Trainees in ENT, Registrars, Fellows, Junior Consultants, Limited Observer positions and limited assistant positions for Theatre Nurses are also available . This workshop is immediately followed by the Core Skills: Facial Plastic Surgery workshop. Participants are welcome to register for both workshops.

Conference Description:
This conference places a focus on increasing procedural knowledge and operative skills in established and emerging techniques in ENT sinus surgery.

This workshop aims to improve surgical safety, operative confidence and procedural efficiency in a way that cannot be provided by routine surgical supervision or by other simulated environments.

This highly practical cadaveric workshop provides participants with exposure to some mandatory ENT Surgical Traineeship procedures using the latest highly specialised navigational imaging technologies. It will enhance participant knowledge of nasal sinus anatomy.

Conference Objectives:
Demonstration and Practical Cadaveric Sessions:
The workshop will focus on the following cadaveric procedures:
• Endoscopic septoplasty, antrostomy
• Ethmoidectomy sphenoid surgery
• Frontal recess surgery
• Sphenopalatine artery ligation, Vidian neurectomy
• CSF repair
• Orbital/Optic nerve decompression
• Extended endoscopic approaches to the skull base
• Frontal drill out, pituitary surgery.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.