Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5,
Ninewells Hospital,
Dundee, Scotland
Targeted for ST4–8, Fellows, and Junior Consultants
This world-class cadaveric hands-on course is delivered at the Dundee Institute of Healthcare Simulation, Ninewells Hospital.
Designed for advanced surgeons, it focuses on laser endoscopic techniques for complex laryngopharyngeal procedures.
Renowned for its rigorous planning, extensive resources, and collaboration with stakeholders and sponsors, this course is recognised internationally as one of the most comprehensive of its kind. To date, we have proudly trained hundreds of delegates from across the world, equipping them with the skills and confidence to advance patient care at the highest standards.
This course has been approved by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and has been awarded 12 CPD points.
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
