Stanford Rhinology Resident Dissection Course

Dec 9, 2023

On December 9, 2023 the Rhinology Division will be having an annual course in which the current residents (as well as the Rhinology visiting scholars and med students doing research with the department) will join for a lecture and the residents will partake in dissection as well.

Faculty Instructors

Zara M. Patel, MD

Jayakar Nayak, MD, PhD

Peter H. Hwang, MD

Michael Chang, MD

Axel Renteria, MD, MS

Zechariah Franks, MD, MPH

Invited Faculty Proctors

  • Amelia K Read, MD – Sutter Health
  • Rijul Kshirsagar, MD – Kaiser Permanente
  • Micah Saste, MD – Stanford University

Syllabus

Description

Annual single day cadaveric endoscopic sinus surgery dissection course for Stanford Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery residents

Didactic Lectures

  1. Maxillary antrostomy, mega-antrostomy, prelacrimal approach
  2. Ethmoidectomy & Sphenoidotomy
  3. Frontal sinus surgery & advanced frontal techniques
  4. Sphenopalatine artery ligation & pterygopalatine fossa dissection
  5. Transsphenoidal approach to skull base, nasoseptal flap
  6. Orbital decompression, DCR, lateral canthotomy

Dissections planned

  1. Full FESS
  2. Advanced frontal surgery (Draf 3)
  3. SPA ligation & PPF dissection
  4. Skull base approach & reconstruction
  5. Orbital decompression & DCR
  6. Lateral canthotomy & cantholysis

Setup

Location

Center for Clinical Sciences Research
269 Campus Drive - Clinical Anatomy Lab, Room 0135
Stanford
California
9430512

Equipment & Sponsors

  • 14 stations with cadaveric model for resident dissection
  • 1 station for faculty prosection
  • 24 resident spots available

Day Schedule

8:00-9:00 Breakfast + Lectures
8:00-8:20 lecture #1 — maxillary antrostomy
8:20-8:40 lecture #2 — ethmoidectomy and sphenoidectomy
8:40-9:00 lecture #3 — frontal sinusotomy
9:00-9:45 prosection #1 (full FESS)
9:45-noon resident dissection
noon-12:20 Lunch
12:20-12:40 prosection #2 – SPA ligation and PPF dissection
12:40-1:00 prosection #3 – Transsphenoidal approach & nasoseptal flap
1:00-1:20 prosection #4 – orbital decompression & DCR
1:20-4:00 resident dissection