Program

The “57th Nijmegen Ear Surgery Course” will take place April 22th-26st 2024 in the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen – The Netherlands. Part of this course will be the minisymposium: “Capita Selecta concerning skull base pathology and surgery”. This will be at April 26st, the last day of the course, however can be attended without course participation. The goal of this day is to share knowledge on a specific topic on the brink of skull base pathology and neurotology. If you are interested, you are cordially invited. The course will be in English.

A request for European accreditation is submitted to the UEMS/EACCME.

Program

Monday, April 22th, 2024

07.30  Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall

07.45  Registration Experience Center, conference room De Snelbinder, route 5

08.15  Emmanuel Mylanus: Introduction to the course

08.20  Thomas Zahnert: Reconstruction of the tympanic membrane

08.50  Discussion

09.00  Presentation of surgical cases

09.15  Live televised surgery: Pennings & Saeed

Moderators: Mulder & Zahnert

11.45  Thomas Zahnert: Reconstruction of the ossicular chain

12.05  Discussion

12.15  Jef Mulder: 3D Temporal Bone Anatomy

12.35  Discussion

 

12.45  Lunch

 

13.30  Temporal Bone Dissection

Supervisors: Zahnert, Mulder, Kunst and Saeed

16.00  Coffee/Tea

16.15  Meet the surgeon

16.30  Emmanuel Mylanus and Sjoert Pegge: Imaging of the temporal bone

17.30  Coach service to restaurant

18.00  Dinner at ‘Tante Koosje’

21.00  Coach service to Mercure Hotel

 

Tuesday, April 23th , 2024

07.40  Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall

08.00  Ronald Pennings: Cholesteatoma and endaural epitympanotomy

08.30  Cris Lanting: Clinical audiology

09.00  Presentation of surgical cases

09.15  Live televised surgery: Zahnert & Mulder

Moderators: Pennings & Saeed

11.45  Froukje Cals: Bone conduction devices

12.05  Discussion

12.15  Saba Battelino: Different techniques of stapes surgery

12.35  Discussion

 

12.45  Course photograph/Lunch

 

13.30  Temporal Bone Dissection

Supervisors: Pennings, Zahnert, Saeed and Mylanus

16.00  Coffee/Tea

16.15  Meet the surgeon

16.30  Shakeel Saeed: Facial nerve management

17.00  Ronald Pennings: Panel on results 2023

17.30  Coach service to Mercure Hotel

 

Wednesday, April 24th , 2024

07.40  Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall

08.00  Thomas Somers: Canal wall up and bony obliteration technique

08.30  Maurizio Falcioni: Canalplasty

09.00  Presentation of surgical cases

09.15  Live televised surgery: Jansen, Cals & Somers

Moderators: Falcioni &  Mulder

11.45  Maurizio Falcioni: Complications & how to deal with them

12.05  Discussion

12.15  Ronald Pennings: Otogenetics

12.35  Discussion

 

12.45  Lunch

 

13.30  Temporal Bone Dissection

Supervisors: Battelino, Falcioni, Pennings and Somers

16.00  Coffee/Tea

16.15  Meet the surgeon

16.30  Coach service to hotel

18.00  Coach service to Aula Radboud University, Comeniuslaan 2, Nijmegen

18.15  Drinks and snacks

19.00  The 38th W.F.B. Brinkman lecture by Prof. Dr. Per Caye-Thomasen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

20.15  Buffet

22.30  Coach service to Mercure Hotel

 

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

07.40  Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall

08.00  Arno Janssen: Audiological aspects of implantable devices

08.30  Thomas Somers: Subtotal petrosectomy

09.00  Presentation of surgical cases

09.15  Live televised surgery: Kunst & Falcioni

Moderators: Mylanus & Somers

11.45  Jef Mulder: Active middle ear implants

12.05  Discussion

12.15  Participants: Discussing complex cases

 

12.45  Lunch

 

13.30  Temporal Bone Dissection

Supervisors: Mulder, Battelino, Mylanus, Somers

16.00  Coffee/Tea

16.15  Meet the surgeon

16.30  Maurizio Falcioni: Paragangliomas

17.00  Thomas Somers: Vestibular schwannoma

17.30  Coach service to restaurant

18.00  Course Dinner at ‘De Pelgrim’

21.00  Coach service to Mercure Hotel

 

Friday, April 26st , 2024

07.40  Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall

08.00  Thijs Jansen: Image guided surgical navigation in otology

08.30  Wendy Huinck: Cochlear implantation

09.00  Presentation of surgical cases

09.15  Live televised surgery: Somers & Mylanus

Moderators: Kunst & Falcioni

 

Program Capita Selecta April 26st

11.oo-11.30 Registration

11.30-11.45 Opening symposium and introduction to Radboudumc Skull Base Centre – Dirk Kunst (ENT, Radboudumc/MUMC+)

          TOPIC I – Giant Cholesteatoma

11.45 – 12.15  General introduction of giant cholesteatoma – Jerome Waterval (ENT, MUMC+)

12.15 – 12.45  Relevant anatomy lateral/central skull base – Thijs Jansen (ENT, Radboudumc)

 

12.45 – 13.45 Lunch

 

13.45 – 14.15 Radiological aspects giant cholesteatoma – Linda Jacobi (Radiology, MUMC+)

14.15 – 14.45 Surgical approach lateral skull base – Maurizio Falcioni (ENT, Azienda Ospedaliero, Parma, Italy)

14.45 – 15.15 Coffee / Tea

TOPIC II – Benign tumors of the lateral skull base (focus on radiology)

15.15 – 15.45 Radiology benign tumors – Linda Jacobi  (MUMC+)

15.45 – 16.15 Cholesterol granuloma – Dirk Kunst (ENT, Radboudumc/MUMC+)

16.15              Closure and drinks

 

17.00  Coach to railway station