Elective Skills in Facial Trauma
By the end of this course, you will have: Appropriately used advanced surgical access techniques; appropriately performed secondary reconstructive techniques including eyelid management, nasolacrimal duct repair, mid-face suspension, and scar revision; treatment planned the whole spectrum of soft and hard tissue facial trauma, both acute and revision; systematically assessed orthoptic investigations; systematically and critically assessed CT scan images with respect to treatment planning of all facial injuries; and a detailed understanding of neurosurgical management as it pertains to facial trauma.
Convenor
Mr Simon Holmes
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Level
The course is aimed at ST 1-6 in OMFS, ENT, Plastic, Ophthalmoplogy and Neurosurgery
Content
- Surgical approaches to the craniofacial skeleton
- Diagnosis and treatment planning complex facial injuries
- Diagnosis and treatment planning secondary revision cases
- Aesthetic techniques including syntheic onlay and misface suspension
- Surgical access using cadavers
- Orbital access inc lid splitting
- Craniofacial access, including craniotomy
- Demonstration of Endoscopic assisted medical orbital wall repair
- TMJ access, Lag screw techniques
- Scar revision techniques
Format
- Lectures
- Interactive discussions
- Hands-on workshop
- 2:1 Participant to faculty ratio
