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Program

The program will be presented in an interactive setting, a good mix of teaching and time for answering questions of the participants. Bringing your own cases will be promoted. The Quiz is one of the great moments of the course, your moment of fame: will you win a prize?

DAY 1
(preliminary program)

Friday February 27, 2026

  • 8:00-8:30
    NOVA Medical School – Campus de Carcavelos

    Registration

  • 08:30-08:40
    Merkus en Escada

    Welcome & Introduction

  • 08:40-09:10
    Falcioni

    Surgical Anatomy

  • 09:10-09:40
    Linder

    CT anatomy from a surgical perspective

  • 09:40-10:00
    Merkus

    MRI

  • 10:00-10:40
    Falcioni

    Otologic diagnosis

  • 10:40-11:10

    Coffee break

  • 11:10-11:40
    Linder

    TM perforations: what to consider?

  • 11:40-12:10
    Linder

    Myringoplasty

  • 12:10-12:40
    Escada

    Tips & Tricks in otologic surgery

  • 12:40-14:00

    Lunch

  • 14:00-14:30
    Merkus

    Ossiculoplasty

  • 14:30-15:00
    Somers

    Otosclerosis

  • 15:00-16:00

    Cases: Middle ear

    Exostosis (Linder)

    Myringoplasty (Escada)

    Ossicoloplasty (Falcioni)

    Stapedotomy (Merkus)

  • 16:00-16:30

    Group Photo & Coffee Break

  • 16:30-17:20
    Merkus en Escada

    Hearing rehabilitation: Bone conduction implant and cochleair implants

  • 17:20-17:50
    Somers

    Vestibular Schwannoma

  • 17:50-18:40

    Present your case 

  • 18:40

    Clossing remarks

  • 20:30

    Dinner and social program

DAY 2
(preliminary program)

Saturday February 28, 2026

  • 09:15-9:45
    Merkus

    Cholesteatoma introduction

  • 09:45-10:00
    Somers

    Surgical treatment with obliteration

  • 10:00-10:15
    Linder

    Surgical treatment with open cavity

  • 10:15-10:30
    Escada

    Surgical treatment of revision case

  • 10:30-11:00
    Falcioni

    Subtotal petrosectomy 

  • 11:00-11:30

    Coffee break

  • 11:30:12:00
    Falcioni

    How to avoid complications

  • 12:00-12:50

    Present your case

  • 12:50-13:20

    Quiz! 

     

  • 13:00

    Lunch 

Otology Class winners Frits Smit