AO CMF NA Course - Maxillofacial Reconstruction: A Focus on Ballistic Injury Management

AO CMF NA Course - Maxillofacial Reconstruction: A Focus on Ballistic Injury Management is organized by AO North America (AO NA) and will be held from Jan 07 - 09, 2022 at OLC Education & Conference Center, Rosemont, Illinois, United States of America.

Target Audience:
This course is designed for practicing surgeons in the fields of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstruction, Ophthalmology and Oculoplastics. Residents and Fellows will also find this course beneficial.  Prior completion of a Management of Facial Trauma course is highly recommended.

Description:
Over 18,000 firearm injuries occur in the head and neck region annually in the US (CDC) plus additional head and neck injuries (58,000) from attempted suicides and intentional injuries.

There is a critical need for a comprehensive protocol to manage maxillofacial injuries in each trauma center.

This 2 ½ day course emphasizes practical lectures and hands-on experiences from planning a cutting-edge reconstruction procedure for the tertiary reconstruction of an individual’s craniomaxillofacial wound to performing the reconstruction of both hard-tissue and soft-tissue defects under expert mentors in a 3:1 student to expert faculty ratio.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants should be able to:
• Display current knowledge regarding ballistic wound surgical planning and intra-operative management in the field of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
• Identify appropriate applications for pre-surgical planning and intra-operative management for treatment of traumatic, avulsive tissue-loss injuries
• Demonstrate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform both pre-surgical planning and intra-operative techniques including immobilization of soft tissues to adequately reconstruct avulsive soft tissue defects of the head / neck region
• Discuss the applicability of computer-aided techniques when analyzing post-operative results and outcome analysis
• Evaluate the problems, complications and intra-operative difficulties that can result from the application of these approaches

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.