This unique course, is the first cadaver hands-on-dissection course, that which allows to perform surgical procedures on 2 fresh-frozen heads for each participant. According to our philosophy, it is wrong to contrast the closed approach with the open approach. The facial surgeon must have mastered both techniques, in order to be able to apply the most appropriate choice in the single clinical case. It is not surgery that has to adapt to the surgeon’s cultural background, but the opposite.

Course aimed at senior trainees and consultants in MaxilloFacial, ENT and Plastic surgery. Supervised by very experienced surgical faculty.

Friday July 1st, 2022
08.00-8.30: Registration at Lecture Hall (1st floor)
08.30-09.00: Welcome – (C. Toro)
09:00 – 09:20 – The Rhinoseptoplasty, an historical review (S.Cocuzza)
09.30-09.50: Lecture. Vascular anatomy and neuroanatomy of the nose (C. Renna)
09.50-10.10: Lecture. Surgical anatomy of the soft tissues of the nose (C. Galletti)
10.10-10.30: Lecture. Surgical anatomy of osteocartilaginous component of the nose (F. Cipolla)
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-11.30: Lecture. Functional approach on turbinates (I. La Mantia)
11.30-12.15: Lecture. Septoplasthy (G. Libra)
12.15-12.45: Lecture. The nasal trauma (M. Lentini)
12.45-14.00: Lunch.
14:00-15.00: Lecture. Open approach (B. Galletti)
15:00-16:00: Lecture. Closed approach (C. Toro)
16:00-16:30: Lecture. Extranasal cartilage donor sites (C. Copelli)
16.30-17.00: Coffee break
17:00-18:00: Lecture & practice test. Acoustic Rhynometry and Rhinomanometry. (G. Libra); with the support of OticonLediso.
20:30 Course dinner.

Saturday July 2nd, 2022
09.00-12.30: Surgical dissections with closed approach
12.30-14.00: Lunch
14:00-17.30: Surgical dissections, with open approach Sunday July 3rd, 2022
09.00-10.00: Auricular Cartilage Graft Harvest – anterior approach
10.00-11.00: Auricular Cartilage Graft Harvest – posterior approach
11:00-12:00 Free time for head cadaver
12:00-12:30: final TEST.