• Start date:
  • 1 January 2023
  • Duration:
  • 3 days
  • Intended Audience:
  • Resident physician, Medical specialist

Unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) is one of the common problems in laryngology. Practitioners treating these patients are faced with a choice of surgical techniques for rehabilitation. This course offers an in-depth learning experience into the management of vocal fold immobility.

This full three-day international course includes:

  • overview of work-up and non-surgical treatment for UVFP
  • full coverage of office and operating theatre based treatments by leaders in this field
  • extensive cadaveric dissection (one larynx and full neck per person)
  • case discussions

Faculty: Gauthier Desuter (B), Fred Dikkers (NL), Ramon Franco (USA), Kate Heathcote (UK), Markus Hess (D), Ton Langeveld (NL), Hans Mahieu (NL), Jean-Paul Marie (F), Youri Marijn (B), Elisabeth Sjogren (NL)

The program will take place at the Leiden University Medical Centre in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Time

Topics Day 1: Injection augmentation

07:45-08:15

Registration

08:15-08:30

Welcome (E Sjogren)

08:30-09:15

Applied anatomy and physiology (T Langeveld)

09:15-09:30

Coffee break

09:30-10:15

Voice Assessment (Y Marijn)

10:15-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:15

Injection augmentation OR (M Hess)

11:15-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 -12:15

Injection augmentation office (E Sjogren and M Hess)

12:15-13:15

Lunch and transfer to anatomy

13:15-13:30

Welcome and introduction anatomical lab (T Langeveld)

13:30-16:00

Hands-on workshop anatomy and injection augmentation (faculty)

16:00-16:30

Transfer and coffee break

16:30-17:15

Keynote lecture: “What I have learned in my years of injections” (F Dikkers)

17:15-18:00

Cases and pet procedures (faculty and participants)

19:00-20:00

Drinks Stadscafé Van der Werff

Time

Topics Day 2: LFS

08:15-08:30

Morning Coffee

08:30-09:15

Medialisation procedure: the basic approach (G. Desuter)

09:15-09:30

Coffee break

09:30-10:15

 Medialisation procedure: with self-carved prosthesis (M. Hess)

10:15-10:30

 Medialisation procedure: with Goretex (R. Franco)

10:30-11:15

Medialisation procedure: with prefab prosthesis (G. Desuter)

11:15-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 -12:15

Arytenoid procedures: closing the posterior gap arytenopexy (R. Franco) and arytenoid adduction (E. Sjogren)

12:15-13:15

Lunch and transfer to anatomy

13:15-13:30

Welcome and introduction anatomical lab (T Langeveld)

13:30-16:00

Hands-on workshop LFS on larynx (faculty)

16:00-16:30

Transfer and coffee break

16:30-17:15

Keynote lecture: “What I have learned in my years of LFS” (H. Mahieu)

17:15-18:00

Cases and pet procedures (faculty and participants)

19:00-20:00

Course Dinner

Time

Topics Day 3: Laryngeal Reinnervation

08:15-08:30

Morning coffee

08:30-09:15

Non-selective reinneration (K Heathcote)

09:15-09:30

Coffee break

09:30-10:15

Laryngeal EMG: practical application in general (G Desuter) and in reinnervation (K Heathcote)

10:15-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:15

Keynote lecture: “What I have learned in my years of non-selective reinnervation” (JP Marie)

11:15-11:30

Coffee break

11:30 -12:15

What have we learned (T Langeveld)

12:15-13:15

Lunch and transfer to anatomy

13:15-13:30

Welcome and introduction anatomical lab (T Langeveld)

13:30-16:00

Hands-on workshop on non-selective laryngeal reinnervation (faculty)

16:00-16:30

Adjourn and good by drink
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Price:

€ 900,- (early registration untill 31 January 2019)

€ 950,- (standard registration from the 1 February 2019)

€ 1000,- (on-site registration)

There is a 10% discount option for members of ELS and BLA. You can select the discount with your enrollment. 

This includes lunch on all three days, drinks at the end of the first day and diner at the end of the second day.

Important: This price does not include the hotel nights. We urge you to book your hotel far in advance since this course will be held in a busy tourist season (flower bulbs season).