Day 3: 02/05/2026
Day 1: Foundations & Basic Approaches
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Time
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Specific Title/Topic
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Speaker/ Moderator/Instructor
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8:00 - 9:00am
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Lecture: Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal Bone
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Dr. Abdulsalam Alqahtani
Dr. Amr Elhakeem
Dr. Ali Saadi
Dr. Aisha Larem
Dr. Hassan Haidar
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09:00am - 12:00pm
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Positioning, microscope use, instruments
- Mastoidectomy (simple mastoidectomy: cortical mastoidectomy, identification of landmarks - sigmoid sinus, tegmen, antrum, facial nerve canal)
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12:00 - 1:00pm
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Lunch Break
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1:00 - 3:00pm
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Posterior tympanotomy approach
- Facial recess approach
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3:00 - 3:30pm
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Break
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3:30 - 5:00pm
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Ossicular chain exposure & ossiculoplasty techniques
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5:00 - 6:00pm
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Case-based Discussion: Middle ear & mastoid disease
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Day 4: 03/05/2026
Day 2: Advanced Approaches & Clinical Applications
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Time
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Specific Title/Topic
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Speaker/ Moderator/Instructor
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8:00 - 9:00am
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Lecture: Surgical Management of Cholesteatoma & Complications
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Dr. Abdulsalam Alqahtani
Dr. Amr Elhakeem
Dr. Ali Saadi
Dr. Aisha Larem
Dr. Hassan Haidar
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09:00 - 10:30am
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Canal wall down mastoidectomy
- Labyrinthine exposure
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10:30 - 11:00am
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Break
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11:00am - 12:30pm
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Endolymphatic sac exposure
- Facial nerve decompression techniques
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12:30 - 1:30pm
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Lunch Break
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1:30 - 3:00pm
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Approaches to the internal auditory canal
- Cochlear implant bed preparation & electrode insertion techniques (using dummy electrodes if available)
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3:00 - 3:30pm
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Break
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3:30 - 4:30pm
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Hands-on Dissection:
- Free dissection for practice / faculty-guided advanced cases
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4:30 - 5:00pm
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Summary, Q&A
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