Instituto de Laringología

Faculty:

Colombia Guillermo Campos MD Course Director Director, Instituto de Laringología Consultant, Department of Surgery, Director, Reflux Clinic, Fundación Santa Fé University Hospital, Bogotá DC.
Brazil Marcos Sarvat, MD Director del Instituto de Laringologìa y Voz de Rio de Janeiro.
The Netherlands Hans Mahieu, MD Professor of Otolaryngology, VU University, Amsterdam Consultant ENT Surgeon, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoot

Course objectives
Hands on experience in a state of the art dissection laboratory. One of the few opportunities in the world of working on fresh cadaver specimens under a scheme of personalized instruction to analyze and perform the most frequently used procedures in microsurgery and laryngeal framework surgery
Please be aware that this kind of instruction is exclusively directed to ENT specialists who are competent in differential diagnosis in laryngeal pathology and diagnostic methods in laryngology (Laryngostroboscopy).

If you are interested in any of our courses, please complete all the information required in the pre registration process section.
In the case of the dissection workshop, since the number of participants is strictly limited, the assignment of a place will follow strictly payment order. Those who have sent all the required information and have the credentials on basic laryngology training must make sure tuition payment is received no later than September 30. IMPORTANT NOTICE: The 2009 workshop is already full. You may initiate the pre registration process in order to be included in a waiting list for the next workshop.

At the end of the course participants will be capable of:

Recognizing the anatomical limits for dissection in microsurgery as well as in laryngeal framework surgery.
Understanding differences, advantages, disadvantages and possible complications of different surgical techniques.
Handling basic phonosurgical techniques.
Handling laryngeal framework surgery techniques
Analyzing risk factors in laryngeal surgery
Recognizing possible intraoperative complications
Identifying crucial requirements in order to be able reach the capacity of offering safe surgical interventions with the necessary precision the specialty requires.
Understanding indispensable requisites of an adequate anesthetic technique for microsurgical and airway procedures.

Official Language:
Spanish (Simultaneous translation is available at an additional charge).

Tuition fee:
USD $ 2980 (two thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars)
Attendance to this workshop is limited to a small group of specialists and confirmation can only be granted by means of tuition payment, which must be received no later than April 6, 2009.