International Workshop on Unilateral and Bilateral Laryngeal Reinnervation

Organised by the Medical Training Center, Rouen

Date: 

May 30th - 31st, 2022

Faculty:

- Prof. Jean-Paul Marie, ENT surgeon, Rouen, France

- Dr. Yakubu Karagama, ENT surgeon, London, England

- Dr. Kate Heathcote, ENT surgeon, Poole, England

- Dr. Aude Lagier, ENT surgeon, Liège, Belgium

- Dr. Frédéric Crampon, ENT surgeon, Rouen, France

- Dr. Jean Selim, anaesthesiologist, Rouen, France

Venue:

- Auditorium, and dissection rooms, Medical Training Center (MTC), 20 rue Marie Curie, 76000 Rouen, Normandy, France. 

- Also available online. Click here to register to the online session

Audience Limited to certified ENT specialists

Monday May 30th

8am Welcome and registration

8:30am - 9am Talks

• Anatomy and physiology of the larynx, applied to laryngeal reinnervation (Aude Lagier, 15’)
• Technique of the non-selective unilateral reinnervation (ansa recurrent technique) in unilateral vocal fold paralysis (Jean-Paul Marie 10’)
• Presentation of Case n°1 (Jean-Paul Marie 5’)

9am - 10:45am Surgery from the OR: Unilateral non selective reinnervation (ansa recurrent technique): Kate Heathcote and Aude Lagier, with interaction from the Auditorium: Yakubu Karagama, JP Marie.

***Coffee break***

11am - 12pm Talks

• Results of the ansa-recurrent technique and indications (Jean-Paul Marie 10’)
• Ansa-recurrent: UK experience (K Heathcote, Y Karagama 10’)
• Discussion (live and visio conference) (10’)
• History and Principle of Selective laryngeal reinnervation in bilateral vocal fold paralysis (Jean-Paul Marie 15’)
• Laryngeal diplegia, etiology, evaluation and LEMG (Jean-Paul Marie 10’)
• Case n°2 presentation (Jean-Paul Marie 5’)

12pm - 1pm Surgery from the OR: Evaluation of diplegia with LEMG in case of laryngeal reinnervation (JP Marie & Jean Selim), with interaction from the Auditorium: Kate Heathcote and Aude Lagier

***Lunch***

2pm - 3:15pm Talks

• Anesthesiology for diplegia (Jean Selim 15’)
• Anatomy of the hypoglossal branches: ansa and XII TH (Frédéric Crampon 15’)
• Anatomy and physiology of the phrenic nerve (Jean-Paul Marie 15’)
• Technique of Bilateral and Selective laryngeal reinnervation (Jean-Paul Marie 15’)
• Nerve sutures (Jean-Paul Marie 10’)

3:15pm - 3:30pm Group determination and travel to Dissection Lab and Microsurgery Lab in the MTC

3:30 - 5:45pm Hands on - Group 1: Cervical anatomy, dissection (Aude Lagier, K Heathcote, Y Karagama, F Crampon); Group 2: Nerve sutures(JP Marie, Charles Maquet, P Charnavel).

6pm - 7pm For all, from the Auditorium: Synthesis, discussion

*** 8pm - Dinner (optional - cost is approx. € 60 / person)***

Tuesday May 31st

8am - 10am Hands on. Group 2: Cervical anatomy, dissection (K Heathcote, Y Karagama, JP Marie, F Crampon); Group 1: Nerve sutures (JP Marie, Charles Maquet, P Charnavel).

10:15am - 1pm: Surgery from the OR: Bilateral selective reinnervation. Nerve identification. Intralaryngeal dissection (Kate Heathcote, Aude Lagier). Auditorium: Yakubu Karagama, JP Marie

***11am Coffee break (during the procedure)***

*** Lunch***

2pm - 4pm Surgery from the OR: Bilateral selective reinnervation. Nerve sutures (JP Marie). Auditorium: Kate Heathcote, Aude Lagier, Y Karagama

4pm - 6:&5pm Talks

• Location of the motor endplates inside the PCA (Aude Lagier 10’)
• Bilateral reinnervation, results and indications (Jean-Paul Marie 20’)
• Discussions(30’)

6:15pm - 6:30pm Closing remarks