Cleft Surgery Workshop
This course has been designed to teach and describe contemporary methods of cleft lip and palate repair using a workshop format.
Convenor
Mr Chris Penfold
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Glan Clwyd Hospital
Faculty
Mr David Drake, Swansea
Mr Brian Sommerland, London
Mr Alistair Smythe, Leeds
Mr Simon Van Eden, Liverpool
Mr David Whitby, Manchester
Level
This two-day course is aimed at ST 3-8 in OMFS, Plastic and ENT specialties
Content
The course includes lectures and practical sessions on:
- Classification – range and type of deformity
- Cleft treatment protocols – timing of surgery
- Cleft lip – anatomy and function
- Cleft palate – anatomy and function
- Career pathways – now and the future
- Workshop 1 – unilateral cleft lip repair
- Workshop 2 – hard palate and alveolus repair
- Workshop 3 – bilateral cleft lip repair
- Workshop 4 – soft palate repair
- Workshop 5 – soft palate repair
- Workshop 6 – speech surgery
Format
- Lectures and discussion sessions
- Workshops in smaller groups delivered by six experienced cleft surgeons
This course will be held at:
Portmeirion Hotel, Portmeirion, Minffordd, North Wales LL48 6ET
