Course & Faculty

Melbourne Laryngeal Surgery Course

With a faculty of internationally fellowship trained laryngologists, the annual Melbourne laryngeal surgery course is aimed at ENT registrars, junior fellows and ENT surgeons looking to understand, practice and expand their core skills and techniques in laryngeal surgery.

2 Day Course

Join us for a weekend of didactic lectures, live demonstrations and hands on dissection at the state of the art Melbourne University Anatomy Lab, using fresh frozen cadavers, and industry best equipment including thyroplasty implants, synthetic injection augmentation agents, angiolytic lasers, drills, mini-plates and CRE balloons.

Tentative ProgramCourse Prices

2 Day Course

From injection augmentation, to phonosurgery, to external laryngeal framework and airway surgery, all areas will be covered over the intensive 2 day course.

Course Features

The Melbourne laryngeal dissection course is accredited by the Royal Australian College of Surgeonsfor CPD points and is proudly supported by Monash Health andt he ENTIndustry.

LocationFaculty

Accredited Course

Accredited by the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. ASOHNS Board Approved Course

Certified Faculty

This course is managed & run by professional faculty.

Course Access

Digital & hard copies of lectures are provided to all course participants.

Dinner Included

Course Dinner is included in registration price.

Course Dates

2024

Weekend Observer + Dissector Course

Saturday 27th July
Sunday 28th July

Tentative Program

Saturday 27th of July, 2024 - Dissection & Observer Course

08:30 – 08:50	Registration and coffee
08:50 – 09:00	Welcome, introduction and anatomy lab housekeeping
09:00 – 09:30	Laryngeal anatomy and dynamic assessment
09:30 – 09:45	Microlaryngoscopy instrumentation and ergonomics
09:45 – 10:05	Benign laryngeal lesions
10:05 – 10:20	Principles of phonosurgery
10:20 – 11:35	Dissection session 1 – Microflap and phonosurgical technique
11:35 – 11:50	Tea Break
11:50 – 12:20	Unilateral vocal fold paresis / palsy – Aetiology, presentation, investigation and treatment
12:20-13:20	Dissection session 2 – Injection augmentation
13:20 – 14:10	Lunch
14:10 – 14:30	External thyroplasty
14:30 – 14:45	Arytenoid adduction/arytenopexy
14:45 – 16:30	Dissection session 3 – External thyroplasty and arytenoid surgery
16:30 – 16:45	Tea Break
16:45 – 17:00	Pearls and summary day 1
19:00 – late	Course dinner

Sunday 28th of July, 2024 - Dissection & Observer Course

08:30 – 08:45	Principles of laser surgery in laryngology
08:45 – 09:05	Assessment of laryngotracheal stenosis
09:05 – 09:25	Laryngotracheal stenosis – Endoscopic management
09:25 – 09:55	Bilateral vocal fold palsy – Aetiology, presentation, investigation and treatment
09:55 – 10:10	Tea Break
10:10 – 11:00	Dissection session 4A – Laser and ablation arytenoidectomy, 4B – Dilation, suture lateralisation
11:00 – 11:50	Dissection session 5A – Dilation, suture lateralisation, 5B – Laser and ablation arytenoidectomy
12:20 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 13:15	Laryngeal Trauma
13:15 – 13:30	Laryngotracheal reconstruction
13:30 – 14:50	Dissection 6 – Laryngofissure/LTR and laryngeal miniplates
14:50 – 15:05	Tea Break
15:05 – 15:20	Cricotracheal resection
15:20 – 15:35	Tracheal resection
15:35 – 16:50	Dissection session 7 – CTR/Tracheal resection
16:50 – 17:00	Pearls and summary day 2, course evaluation and close