This course has been approved by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and has been awarded 12 CPD points. Suitable for ST6,7,8, Fellows and Junior consultants.
Course Directors - Mr Jaiganesh Manickavasagam & Mr Sam Majumdar
This is a 2 day advanced course designed for senior trainees & practising surgeons wanting to develop their skills in laryngeal & phonosurgical skills. Advanced Surgical simulation lab with specially preserved cadavers (Thiel embalming method) will offer excellent life like learning environment with excellent trainee:trainer ratio to practice, closely supervised, endoscopic microsurgery with rigid & flexible endoscopy with the application of cold steel instruments & KTP and CO2 Laser. Demonstration & hands on practice of TransNasalEsophagoscopy (TNE).
Day 1: Laryngeal Surgery
• Diagnostic Microlaryngoscopy set up & endoscopic anatomy of the Larynx
• CO2 laser: science & safety | hands on simulation surgery
• Setting up CO2 laser: surgical pearls
• Surgical Management of Benign Laryngeal Pathology
• Vocal Cord Paralysis: Endoscopic and Transcervical injection augmentation of the vocal cord
• European Laryngology Association Classification of Laryngeal Laser Surgery
• Surgical Management of Subglottic Pathology
• Thyroplasty: Type 1
Day 2: Pharyngeal Surgery
• Endoscopic Anatomy and Clinical examination of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
• Transnasal Esophagoscopy
• Transnasal Endoscopic Assessment of Swallowing and management of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia with endoscopic balloon dilatation
• Management of Pharyngeal Pouch: Endoscopic & External approach
• Demonstration Endoscopic Stapling of Pharyngeal Pouch on Pig cadaver model
• (All participants will have facility to practice this on pig model)
• Endoscopic Management of Pharyngeal Pouch with laser
• CO2 laser procedures for tongue base pathology
• KTP Laser in animal hybrid model
• Blue laser in animal hybrid model
• Channel endoscopy for outpatient interventions
After attending the full course and completing the online feedback, you will receive a certificate to confirm you have attended our course on laser surgery and were taught about laser safety in clinical practice. This is not a certificate to confirm you are safe to use laser in clinical practice.
