Liverpool Nasolacrimal and Orbital Dissection Course

Monday 8th – Tuesday 9th September 2025

The ENT Departments at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre are hosting a two-day hands-on cadaveric dissection course aimed at Otolaryngology (ENT) and Ophthalmology higher surgical trainees (ST5-ST8), senior fellows and consultants looking to improve their understanding and surgical skills in joint ENT/ophthalmology nasolacrimal and orbital surgeries.

In order to secure your place, you must complete the HARC form on the link below. Payment alone will not be sufficient to secure your place on the course. Failure to do so will result in you not being allowed to access the course.

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Course Description

The aim of this course is to provide a comprehensive applied anatomy overview and essential surgical skills in external and transnasal endoscopic approaches. This unique course has been designed to optimise cross-pollination of skill sets across both surgical subspecialties and will especially be useful to those with special interest in rhinology and oculoplastics.

The course consists of half day tutorials on the first day followed by an all-day supervised hands-on dissection on Thiel embalmed cadavers with fully equipped work stations at the state-of-the-art Human Anatomy Resource Centre (HARC) at the University of Liverpool.

Supported by experienced ENT and oculoplastic surgeons, topics will include surgeries for epiphora including DCR, orbital abscess drainage, management of ethmoidal artery haemorrhage, retrocaruncular approach and orbital decompression.

The course is limited to 14 dissectors (2 dissectors per Thiel cadaver) and 7 observers.  Early booking is advised.

Course fees include refreshments, lunch and a course dinner on Monday 8th September 2025

For full details of the course https://sites.google.com/view/liverpoolnasolacrimalcourse/home