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