CAPE TOWN HEAD & NECK DISSECTION COURSE – Profess Johannes Fagan

Head and Neck Dissection Course

In Association with The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

This course is taking place at the University of Cape Town Surgical Skills Training Centre, 6th Floor, Institute of Child Health Building, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town.

Dates: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th December 2021

Convener: Professor Johannes Fagan

Faculty: Professor Johannes Fagan, Dr Mohammed Thandar and UCT ENT Faculty

Head and Neck Dissection Programme

Programme and Preparatory reading

Preparatory reading:

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1.    Ranula and sublingual salivary gland
2.    Submandibular gland excision
3.     Parotidectomy
4.    Parapharyngeal space
5.    Radical neck dissection
6.    Thyroidectomy
7.    Thyroglossal duct (Sistrunk)
8.    Laryngectomy
9.      Inferior Maxillectomy

 Additional Preparatory Reading (Free Online)

 Online Head & Neck Dissection and Reconstruction Manual (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

 Course detail

• Lectures alternating with dissections
• Fresh frozen cadavers
• One side of neck dissected per delegate
• Dissections: Sublingual gland and floor of mouth; Submandibular gland; Parotidectomy; Parapharyngeal space; Neck dissection; Thyroid lobectomy; Sistrunk operation, Total laryngectomy, Thyroplasty, Maxillectomy

Target audience

• ENT registrars and surgeons
• General surgery registrars and surgeons
• Maxillofacial registrars and surgeons
• Plastic surgery registrars and surgeons

Number of delegates:  Dissectors: 17

Observers (one per dissecting table): 5

Fees:   FOR FULL PAYMENT BY 31 OCTOBER 2021 –

(NO REGISTRATION FEES REFUND UNLESS DOCTORS CERTIFICATE FOR CANCELLATION SUBMITTED BY 31 OCTOBER 2021)                         

• Dissectors: Registrars: ZAR8500                                                   Late Payment: R9000
• Dissectors: Specialists (Non-CMSA members): ZAR9500     Late Payment:  R10000
• Dissectors: Specialists (CMSA members): ZAR9000               Late Payment:  R9500

Registration: Clive van Geems

• Cell: +27 82 650 5799
• Email: clive.vangeems@uct.ac.za