Event Location
Mechelen, Belgium
Event Dates
06 Dec 2016 - 08 Dec 2016
Event Website
http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/uk/for-professionals/training-courses/ci-surgical-foundation-course-Oct
Event Cost
This 2 1/2 -day training will provide basic knowledge and skills required for CI surgery by means of a mixture of presentations, discussion and practical temporal bone sessions. The course will include observation and live commentary of a CI surgery and offers all participants extensive hands-on practice during guided temporal bone practica on real temporal bones.
The course will provide information on:
- surgical technique, from incision to electrode insertion, to closing the wound
- CI assessment, selection considerations and criteria
- factors influencing patient outcomes including latest research
- the complete Nucleus cochlear implant system product porfolio
- an overview of the different stages in the CI process
- discussion forum with surgical faculty as well as participants’ cases