The Cochlear Implant Program at King Abdulaziz Medical City in collaboration with the Postgraduate Training Center welcomes you to The Microsurgery of The Ear & Temporal Bone Dissection Course, held in the period from Dec 8-10, 2012 . This course provides comprehensive training on the principles of Middle Ear, Temporal Bone & Skull Base Surgery to otolaryngology residents & Otology fellows. Practicing otolaryngologists interested in refreshing their skills & updating on the latest will also find this course interesting & helpful. During the THREE days dissection course, each candidate will have ample time & supervision to drill temporal bones with specially selected lectures to enhance the learning process. 

Our temporal Bone laboratory has completely furnished micro dissection stations. Each station includes a full set of microsurgical instruments, operating binocular microscope, motorized drill & a suction irrigation system.

The organizing committee will spare no effort to ensure that you discover in details this unique & delicate human bone & to increase your expertise in practicing safe ear surgery.

Course Director,
Khalid. A. Al-Mazrou, MD, FAAP
Director, Cochlear Implant Program

Course Objectives:

The main objective of this course is to make front-line Otolaryngology practitioners aware of cutting edge dissection techniques in order to prevent poorly performed surgical & diagnostic procedures.
Toward the end of this comprehensive hands-on course, candidates should be able to outline practical approaches in diagnosing & treating chronic ear diseases & cholesteatoma, including selecting the most appropriate surgical approaches to manage those common conditions, understand the management of hearing loss with ossiculoplasty & be familiar with a variety of techniques for ossicular chain reconstruction, discuss the varieties of stapes surgery techniques & management options of revision stapes surgery, discuss in-office evaluation & management of the dizzy patients, & describe facial nerve problems & methods to avoid surgical trauma to the facial nerve.

Featured Lectures

• Chronic Ear Management Options in adults & pediatrics
• Radiology of The Temporal Bone
• Ossiculoplasty Techniques & Skills  
• Otosclerosis & Stapes Surgery
• Facial Nerve Paralysis
• Vertigo
• Laser Applications in Ear Surgery
• Surgical Approaches to Lateral Skull Base
• Cochlear Implant with emphasis on difficult cases
• Middle Ear Implants

Temporal Bone Dissection

• Temporal Bone Topography & Surgical Landmarks
• Cortical/Canal Wall Up Mastoidectomy
• Facial Recess Approach
• Epitympanotomy
• Canal Wall Down Mastoidectomy
• Middle Ear Dissection
• Stapedectomy
• Ossicular Chain Reconstruction using titanium prosthesis
• Facial Nerve Dissection & Decompression 
• Endolymphatic Sac Dissection
• Extended facial Recess Dissection
• Labyrinthectomy 
• Approaches to IAC
• Middle Cranial Fossa Approach
• Cochlear/ Middle Ear Implants

Three (3) days Hands-on course designed for Residents, Fellows & Practicing Otolaryngologists, Includes:

• Didactic Lectures
• Hands-on Temporal Bone, Middle Ear & Skull Base Dissection

"Each candidate will be provided with three (3) temporal bones for the whole workshop. Experts' supervision and guidance for each candidate is arranged for all three (3) days"

International ORL Experts:

• Prof . Hussam  El Kashlan  - USA
• Prof. Yildirim Bayazit – Turkey

Course Director:
Khalid. A. Al-Mazrou, MD, FAAP
Director, Cochlear Implant Program

Accredited with 23 CME Hrs from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS)

For more information see attached poster and for registration, please call:
Postgraduate Training Center - KSAUHS, Riyadh
Tel. No. +9661-8045991 / 8045271   
E-mail: ptc1@ngha.med.sa or  ptc.registration@ksau-hs.edu.sa