The 2nd Hands on Sinus Surgery Course was organized by Department of ENT Head and Neck surgery on 11th Nov. 2016. This was clubbed together with 34th UPAOICON (Up state ENT conference) which was organized by UP Chapter of AOI in collaboration with department of ENT Head and Neck surgery SRMSIMS on 12th & 13th Nov. 2016.
The Hands on Cadaveric Sinus Surgery Course was conducted in dissection hall Anatomy department and was attended by 8 dissectors and 16 observers. The course director was Dr. Rohit Sharma, Dr. Vineet Sharma and Dr. Ashish Mehrotra were course faculty and course coordinator was Dr. Zafar Iqbal. This started with lectures & demonstration following which the delegates performed the cadaveric dissection under the guidance of department faculty.
In post lunch session there was a lateral skull base cadaveric dissection demonstrating various surgical approaches by a renounced ENT and Skull base surgeon Dr. Satish Jain from Jaipur.
The postgraduates and private practitioners who took up the course voiced that this course has become an excellent platform for learning endoscopic sinonasal and skull base surgeries. This is an important academic event of our institute and the only hands on cadaveric dissection course for sinonasal and skull base surgeries available in North India.