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Day Two - Monday, 23 April 2012

Day 2
 

 

 
ROOM 1

08:00

State of Art: Paediatric Otolaryngology
Moderator: Faisal Issam Abdul Kader

  • Animal Training in the Surgical Management of Laryngotracheal Stenosis – Faisal Issam Abdul Kader
  • Neonatal Hearing Loss – Kenny Chan
  • Bio films and CRS in Children – Hassan H. Ramadan
  • Facial Fractures in Children – Kenny Chan
  • Role of Adenoids in CRS in Children – Hassan H. Ramadan
 

10:00

Coffee

 

10:30

State of the Art Sinusitis
Moderator: Hussein Abdulrahman

  • Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis – Michael S. Benninger
  • Endoscopic Approach to Frontal Sinuses – Roy R. Casiano
  • Postoperative Care after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – Parul Goyal
  • Two Hole Syndrome in Sinusitis – Hassan H. Ramadan
  • Endoscopic Treatment of Sino nasal Mucocoele – Parul Goyal
  • Topical Therapy for Refractory chronic Rhinosinusitis with Bio films – Mohannad Al Qudah
 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Mini-seminar: Avoidance and Management Complications in Sinus Surgery
Moderator: Mohannad Al Qudah

  • Navigating Without Navigation – Roy R. Casiano
  • Image Guided Sinus Surgery: When & How? – Mohannad Al Qudah
  • Avoidance and Management of CSF Leak in Sinus Surgery – Parul Goyal
  • Analysis of Complications in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – Mohammad Amjad

Panelists: Michael S. Benninger, Roy R. Casiano, Hassan H. Ramadan, Kenny Chan, Parul Goyal

 

15:30

Coffee

 

16:00

State of Art: Sinusitis
Moderator: Ali Ibrahim Al Amri

  • Endoscopic Approaches to the Orbit and Dacryocystorhinostomy – Roy R. Casiano
  • The Role of Maxillary Sinus Wash – Hassan H. Ramadan
  • Use of External Techniques in an Era of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – Parul Goyal
  • Endoscopic Management of Epistaxis – Roy R. Casiano
  • Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery – Parul Goyal
 

17:30

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ROOM 2

Relevant to Otolaryngologists, Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

08:00

Mini-seminar: Problems in Ossiculoplasty: Case Discussion
Moderator & Presenter: Sertac Yetiser

Panelists: John Niparko, Roland Laszig, Wolf–Dieter Baumgartner, Georg Sprinzl, Munahi Al Qahtani

 

09:00

Mini-seminar: CI Electrodes: Design, Trauma and Coverage
Moderator: Rana Batterjee

  • Complete Cochlear Coverage, Benefits of the Apical Region and EAS – Wolf–Dieter Baumgartner
  • Atraumaticity and Reimplantation: Perspective of an Electrode Designer – Georg Sprinzl
  • Indication of Different Electrodes – Roland Laszig
  • Round Window and Cochleostomy: CI surgical hearing preservation techniques – Wolf–Dieter Baumgartner
 

10:00

Mini-seminar: Management of CP Angle Lesion
Moderator & Presenter: Derya Ümit Talas

Panelists: John Niparko, Sertac Yetiser, Roland Laszig, Wolf–Dieter Baumgartner

 

11:00

Mini-seminar: Parotid tumours
Moderator: Saleh Al Dhahri

Investigating Parotid Lumps – Mohammaed Al Garni
Superficial Protidectomy – How I Do It? – Jatin Shah
Deep lobe Parotidectomy – When, Why and How? Kerry Olsen
The Difficult Parotid – Jatin Shah
Management of the Facial Nerve – Amine Haddad

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Mini-seminar: Consent in ENT
Moderator & Presenter: Abdullah Alnakshbandi

Panelists: Roy R. Casiano, Michael S. Benninger, Amr Abdelrahman Elhakeem

 

15:30

Coffee

 

16:00

Mini–symposium: Current controversies in the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease
Moderator: Abdulaziz Alabidi

Evidence–based Management of the Thyroid Nodule – Hisham Mehanna
Controversies in the Surgical Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer – Shah
Thyroidectomy – How I Do It? – Hisham Mehanna

 

18:00

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ROOM 3

Relevant to Otolaryngologists, Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

08:00

Instructional Course: Endoscopic Pterygopalatine Fossa and Infratemporal Fossa Surgery – Parul Goyal

 

09:00

Advances on Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer – Salim Chaib Rassou

 

10:00

Instructional Course: Rhinoplasty in Middle Eastern Nose – Nabil Fuleihan

 

11:00

Instructional Course: The Good Decisions in Rhinoplasty – Fadi Kanaan

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Mini-seminar: Middle Ear Devices and BAHA

Moderator: Khalid M. Taibah

  • Introduction to Implantable Hearing Aids – Khalid M. Taibah
  • Experiences with a New Bone Conduction Implant – Georg Sprinzl
  • Experience with Vibrant Sound Bridge – Ahmad Khater & Khalid M. Taibah
  • King Saud University Experience with BAHA – Abdulrahman Hagr
 

15:30

Coffee

 

16:00

 

Mini-seminar: CI Failures and Reimplantation
Moderator: Susan Waltzman

  • Device Failure – Susan Waltzman
  • Failure & Reimplantation – Ülkü Tuncer
  • Round table with Industry Experts
    Ülkü Tuncer, John Niparko, Georg Sprinzl, Roland Laszig, Wolf–Dieter Baumgartner

17:00

Highlights of Regional Centers of Excellence: Sialendoscopy at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital – Rashid Al Abri

   

17:30

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ROOM 4

08:00

Instructional Course: Management of Snoring – Yousuf Saleem

 

09:00

Instructional Course: Tracheostomy Management in Intensive Care Units – Ahmed Tantawy

 

10:00

Instructional Course: Different Vibroplasty Techniques for the Treatment of Patients with Moderate to Severe Hearing Losses – Georg Sprinzl, Astrid Wolf

 

11:00

Instructional Course: Detailed Guide for Safe Cochlear Implant Surgery; Step by Step – Firas Alzoubi

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Instructional Course: Nystagmus and its Clinical Importance – Sertac Yetiser

 

15:00

Abstract Presentation: Head & Neck
Moderator: Khalid A. Al Abdul Hadi

  • Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Abdul Rahman Ghareeb
  • Co-ablation versus Bipolar Diathermy for Adult Tonsillectomy – A. Hesham Fawzy
  • Co-ablation Assisted Soft palatal Webbing Flap Palatoplasty: A New Technique for the Treatment of Snoring – Ahmed Mohamed Mohyee Eldin Al Bassiouny
  • The Eyelid Reconstruction Post Carcinoma: Review and Cases Report – Fadi Kanaan
  • Parotid Surgery: How do we Preserve the Facial Nerve? – Ashraful Islam
  • Pulmonary Complications in Head and Neck Surgery – Tahir Manzoor
  • Fine Needle Aspiration of the Thyroid: A Cyto – Histologic Correlation – Suresh Pillai
  • Reconstructive Surgery of Hypo pharyngeal and Upper Oesophageal Carcinoma with Gastric Pull Up. Surgical tips, Life Quality and Survival Rates – Ahmed Tantawy
  • Tracheostomy in Al Ain Hospital UAE our Experience – Khair Mohammad
  • Oral Cancer Frequency at Different Sub Sites Presenting at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi Pakistan – Imtiaz Ather Siddiqui
  • Cervical Lymphadenopathy– A Practical Diagnostic Algorithm – Manjiri Gupte
  • Hoarseness of Voice in Children – Mohammed Gomaa
  • Sub Mucosal Uveloplasty, a Painless Technique – Mohamad Daouk
  • Laryngopharyngeal Symptoms & Signs in GERD & their Response to Anti-reflux Therapy – Pramod Chirakkal
  • A Novel Approach For Surgical Management of End stage Obstructive Sleep Apnea : 10 Year Results in 40 Consecutive Patients – Samuel Mattine
  • Trans oral Laser Surgery: Experience at DOW University of Health Sciences – Muhammad Saleem Marfani
  • Conventional and Color Doppler Sonography in Predicting Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules – Rania Alkareem
  • Treatment of Abductor Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis in Adults: Where is the Evidence? – Nayla Matar
 

18:00

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ROOM 5

08:00

Instructional Course: Lasers in Laryngology – C. Gaelyn Garrett

 

09:00

Instructional Course: Head and Neck Reconstruction with Micro Vascular Composite Free Flaps – Samuel Mattine

 

10:00

Instructional Course: Multidisciplinary Approach to Professional Voice Disorders – C. Gaelyn Garrett

 

11:00

Instructional Course: Treatment of Paediatric Drooling – Kenny Chan

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Instructional Course: Snoring & OSA: Recent Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities – Yassin S. Bahgat

 

15:00

Instructional Course: Hump Reduction in Rhinoplasty – Alireza Mesbahi

 

16:00

Instructional Course: Rhinoplasty – Key Points – Muhammad. Rashid Zia

 

17:00

Instructional Course: Subglottic Stenosis – Michael S. Benninger

 

18:00

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ROOM 6

Relevant to Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

08:00

Instructional Course: Surgical Planning for Advanced Maxillary Tumour – Baharudin Abdullah

 

09:00

Instructional course: Endoscopic Repair of CSF Rhinorrhea & Endoscopic Removal of Pituitary Tumours – Muhammad Umar Farooq

 

10:30

Listening and Spoken Language Intervention for Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders – Karen MacIver-Lux

Moderator: Ghada Ahmed Ajamieh

 

11:30

Intraoperative Monitoring (Protocol for Facial Nerve + Trouble Shooting) – Todd Sauter
Moderator: Rana Batterjee

 

12:30

Lunch

 

14:00

Instructional Course: Management of Parotid Tumours – Mohammed Al Garni

 

14:00

Instructional Course: Para pharyngeal Tumors and Surgery – Kerry Olsen

 

16:00

Abstract Presentation: Otology
Moderator: Sami Ismail

  • Cochlear Implantation, Hidden Issues – Omar Al Sharif
  • Risk of Acute Otitis Media in Relation to Acute Bronchiolitis in Children – Mohammed Gomaa
  • Use of Cartilage in Reconstruction of the Tympanic Membrane – D. D. Shah
  • Influence of a Totally Open Oval Window on Bone Conduction in Otosclerosis – Tamer Omer Fawzy
  • ABI Outcome in Paediatrics – Mohammad Ajall Loueyan Baqiyatallah
  • Circumferential External Auditory Canal Block with Local Anaesthetic Agents in Tympanoplasty without any reoperative Sedation – Ashraful Islam
  • Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between GAIT Rite and Posturography Outcomes – Reem Al Qahtani
  • Is it Necessary to Penalize Impulsive Noise +5 dB due to Higher Risk of Hearing Damage? – Miguel Angel Aranda de Toro
  • A Rare Cause of Otorhagia : Leech infestation – Eshaghian Afrooz
  • The Round Window Electrode Insertion and Inner Ear Malformations – Hassan Diab
  • Malleo–incudal Osteoma, an Unexpected Finding for Presumed Otosclerosis – Krishan Ramdoo
  • Unilateral Mixed Deafness, Tinnitus, Dizzines due to Dural Ectasia– A Rare Case Report – Eshwaramani Krishnan
  • Prophylactic Effect of Dexamethasone on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Undergoing Stapedectomy Surgery: A Randomized, Double–blind, Placebo–controlled Trial – Zahra Mokhtari
 

18:00

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