Event Location
Dundee Institute for Healthcare Simulation, Dundee, United Kingdom
Event Dates
07 Dec 2023 - 08 Dec 2023
Event Website
https://dihs.dundee.ac.uk/surgical-skills/course-calendar
Event Cost
£850
This course, using Thiel cadaveric specimens’ provides trainees with the skills to become familiar with nasal endoscope and instrument handling. The trainee will gain an understanding of the detailed anatomy of the lateral wall of the nose and the paranasal sinuses, using practical surgical dissection exercises. The FESS 2 Course aims to build on core skills and provides training in some of the more challenging aspects of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, including those necessary for emergency safe practice and dealing with complications of endoscopic ethmoidectomy and rhinological emergencies.
Competency based approach to surgery
Anterior & Posterior Endoscopic Sinus Surgery approaches
Includes SPA ligation and maxillary artery ligation
Facility provides individual work stations equipped to a high level
Deals with the management of the complications of ESS including CSF leak and orbital trauma
Structured curriculum
Educational aims:
Gain experience by simulation of:
Uncinectomy
Bulla resection
Defining the ground lamella
Anterior ethmoidectomy
Middle meatal antrostomy
Sphenopalatine artery ligation
Posterior ethmoid and sphenoid surgery
Surgical approaches for dealing with epistaxis including anterior ethmoid artery ligation
Intra-operative management of ESS complications
Emergency orbital decompression surgery
Repair and anterior skull base CSF leak