Introductory Course in
Microsurgery of the
Temporal Bone (Otology)

February 10 – 11, 2010

Program

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
08:00

Registration

(Anatomy Department University Zurich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich: see map)

08:30 Introduction
08:45 Anatomy of the temporal bone
09:00 Basics of Drilling Techniques

Open Mastoido-Epitympanectomy with Tympanoplasty (Open MET)

10:00 Introduction and Video
10:30

Dissection (1st temporal bone)

12:30 Lunch (provided)
13:30 Dissection (1st temporal bone)
16:00 Checklist of open MET
Discussion of individual temporal bones
16:30 Clinical Cases and Video
Discussion
17:30 Review of the day: “Tips and Pitfalls”
18:00 Course Dinner (provided)
(18:30 – 21:00)
 
Thursday, February 11, 2010
08:30 Clinical Radiology of the Temporal Bone

Closed Tympano-Mastoidectomy

09:00 Introduction and Dissection
(2nd temporal bone)
12:00 Discussion of temporal bones
12:30 Lunch (provided)

Subtotal Petrosectomy

13:30 Introduction and Dissection
(2nd temporal bone)
16:00 Clinical Cases and Video
Discussion
16:30 Course Summary and “Take-home messages”
17:00 End of the Course