Timetable:

Day 1 – Saturday, October 24th, 2026

Lecture Session I | 08:00 – 12:30
‍ Venue:
‍Josephinum Medical Museum, Vienna
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‍Registration:
‍07:30 – 08:00
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08:00 – 08:05
‍Course opening and welcome
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08:05 – 08:15
‍Course organization, objectives and workflow
Christoph Arnoldner (Vienna, Head of Department)
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‍08:15 – 08:30
‍Surgical setup and instrumentation in endoscopic sinus surgery
Faris Brkic(Vienna)
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‍08:30 – 08:45
‍Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS): tips and tricks
David Liu / Faris Brkic(Vienna)
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‍08:45 – 09:15
‍Step-by-step basic sinus surgery and relevant anatomy
Rajiv Bhalla(Manchester)
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‍Coffee Break | 09:15 – 09:30
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Lectures | 09:30 – 11:20
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09:30 – 10:00
‍Frontal sinus surgery: principles and techniques
Noel Ayoub(Stanford)
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10:00 – 10:15
‍Management of acute epistaxis and sphenopalatine artery ligation
Johannes Hochstöger (Linz)
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10:15 – 10:45
‍Endoscopic orbital surgery/dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR): indications and techniques
Noel Ayoub (Stanford)
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‍10:45 – 11:15
‍Complications of functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Archana Jaiswal(Manchester)
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‍Lunch Break | 11:20 – 12:00
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Hands-on Dissection Session | 12:30 – 15:30


Venue:
‍Institute of Anatomy, Medical University of Vienna
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‍Practical training objectives:
‍Maxillary antrostomy - David Liu/Faris Brkic, Vienna
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Ethmoidectomy - David Liu/Faris Brkic, Vienna
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Sphenoidotomy - David Liu/Faris Brkic, Vienna
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Optional frontal sinus surgery (Day 2) - Noel Ayoub, Stanford (USA)
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‍Lecture Session II | 16:00 – 18:00


Venue:
‍Josephinum Medical Museum
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‍Coffee Break: 16:00 – 16:30
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Lectures | 16:30 – 18:00
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16:30 – 17:00
‍Extended frontal sinus surgery: Draf IIb and Draf III procedures
Archana Jaiswal(Manchester)
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17:00 – 17:30
‍The pterygopalatine fossa and internal maxillary artery: surgical anatomy and approaches
David Liu(Vienna)
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17:30 – 18:00
‍Role of biologics in chronic rhinosinusitis and sinus surgery
Alexandros Andrianakis(Graz)
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Social Gathering: 19:00

‍ Day 2 – Sunday, October 25th, 2026
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Hands-on Dissection Session | 09:00 – 15:00

Venue:
‍Institute of Anatomy, Medical University of Vienna
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‍Advanced surgical techniques:
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‍Orbital approaches and Dacrocystorhinostomy - Noel Ayoub, Stanford (USA)

Frontal sinus surgery - Rajiv Bhalla (Manchester)

Frontal sinus drill-out - Martin Bruch, Linz

Optional vidian nerve neurectomy - David Liu/Faris Brkic, Vienna

Optional skull base approaches - David Liu/Faris Brkic, Vienna

Optional PPF approaches - David Liu/Faris Brkic, Vienna