2009 - otology and neurotology temporal bone surgery course

APRIL 15-16-17-18, 2009

Guest Senior Faculty:

John House MD, President, House Ear Clinic

Vittorio Colletti, MD, Professor, University of Verona

Location:

Practical Anatomy and Surgical Education

St Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Course Directors: Anthony Mikulec MD and Daniel J. Lee MD FACS

This is a whole-head dissection, hands-on course in a state of the art facility - topics will include:

1) mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty techniques

2) ossicular chain reconstruction

3) cochlear implants

4) implantable hearing aids

5) BAHA

6) surgery for superior canal dehiscence

7) laser stapedectomy

8) use of bone cements in ossicular chain reconstruction

9) surgery for vestibular disorders

10) vestibular schwannoma surgery

11) intratympanic steroids for sudden hearing loss

12) auditory brainstem implants

13) middle ear transducer surgery / round window application