Upcoming Medical Conferences in Leiden

AOCMF Lighthouse Course-TMJ Surgery (with Human Anatomical Specimens) is organized by AOCMF and will be held from Jan 27 - 28, 2020 at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands. Target audience: ENT surgery, General surgery, Oral and maxillofacial surgery Course Description: The topics will be addressed in lectures, plenary discussions, and practical exercises on human anatomical specimens as well as through computer planning. Goal of the course: The goal of this AOCMF Lighthouse Course is to learn the topographic anatomy of the TMJ and its surgical approaches. This course is intended to provide knowledge and experience through which participants will clearly understand and apply the principles of TMJ reconstruction using local and distant autogenous tissues and TMJ prostheses according to AO principles and techniques. Learning objectives: • Discuss the controversies around the treatment of condylar fractures (open versus closed) • Describe the topographic anatomy for surgical approaches to the TMJ • Describe the soft and hard tissue surgery around the TMJ • Perform computer planning for surgical treatment to correct facial asymmetry • Perform the repair of a condylar fracture with ORIF • Perform the reconstruction of the TMJ with a costochondral graft • Perform the key steps for placement of a TMJ prosthesis Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

AOTrauma Course - Approaches and Fracture care in practice is organized by AOTrauma and will be held from Oct 18 - 30, 2020 at Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.