Ear Surgery in Practice

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 8 hours

practices: 14 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 22 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OXE-FSM-h-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

ODP-PA2-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 5

Topic

The aim of the course is to demonstrate and pratice up-to-date ear surgical methods on human cadaveric temporal bones.

Lectures

  • 1. Anatomy of the temporal bone I. - Révész Péter
  • 2. Demonstration of the surgical tools, preparation of the temporal bone - Révész Péter
  • 3. Basic ear surgeries I. (myringotomy, ventilation tube insertion) - Révész Péter
  • 4. Anatomy of the temporal bone II. - Révész Péter
  • 5. Intermediate-level ear surgeries (mastoidectomy, tympanoplasty) - Révész Péter
  • 6. Advanced ear surgeries (posterior tympanotomy, cochlear implantation, CWD tympanoplasty, subtotal petrosectomy) - Révész Péter
  • 7.

    The most frequent mistakes during ear surgeries

    - Révész Péter
  • 8.

    Discussion of the topics, tips and hints for the future, feedback

    - Révész Péter

Practices

  • 1. Demonstration of the basic anatomy of the human temporal bone - Révész Péter
  • 2. Preparation for dissection - Révész Péter
  • 3. Microscopic ear examination, myringotomy, ventilation tube insertion - Révész Péter
  • 4. Demonstration of a fully dissected temporal bone in details - Révész Péter
  • 5. Demonstration and practice of myringoplasty, temporal fascia insertion - Révész Péter
  • 6. Demonstration of mastoidectomy - Révész Péter
  • 7. Mastoidectomy performed by the students - Révész Péter
  • 8. Mastoidectomy performed by the students - Révész Péter
  • 9. Demonstration and practice of posterior tympanotomy and cochlear implantation - Révész Péter
  • 10. Practice of posterior tympanotomy and cochlear implantation - Révész Péter
  • 11. Canal wall down tympanoplasty, dissection of a radical cavity - Révész Péter
  • 12. Dissection of the facial nerve - Révész Péter
  • 13. Subtotal petrosectomy - Révész Péter
  • 14. Evaluation of sudents’ performance - Révész Péter

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Own lecture slides and dissection guide

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Completed dissection

Mid-term exams

The dissection of each student will be evaluated at the end of the semester.

Making up for missed classes

Based on discussion with the course director

Exam topics/questions

None

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Révész Péter