Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop 2024

Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop 2024 is organized by The Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head And Neck Surgery (ASOHNS), Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre (CTEC),The University of Western Australia (UWA) and will be held on Nov 01, 2024 at CTEC - Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.

Workshop:
The Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery Workshop places a focus on increasing procedural knowledge and operative skills in established and emerging techniques in ENT sinus surgery. This highly practical FESS 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.

Description:
This workshop also features demonstrations by expert faculty utilizing the latest 3D visualisation technology across a range of microsurgical procedures.  It 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.

The sessions are fully interactive with a high ratio of faculty to participants. Knowledgeable faculty will provide superior training and immediate feedback in a practical and controlled workshop environment.  Limited Observer positions are available.

The Core Skills: ENT Sinus Surgery workshop is immediately followed by the complementary workshop Core Skills: Facial Plastic Surgery workshop.  Participants are welcome to register for both workshops.

Workshop Content
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 leak repair
• Orbital/Optic nerve decompression
• Extended endoscopic approaches to the skull base
• Frontal drill out, pituitary surgery.

Workshop Inclusions

• Fresh frozen human cadaveric dissection
• Didactic sessions
• All meals and refreshments