International Workshop on Unilateral and Bilateral Laryngeal Reinnervation

Organized 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:

- 20 seats available for the online access to this course

- Also available as an on-site course at the Medical Training Center (MTC), 20 rue Marie Curie, 76000 Rouen, Normandy, France. Click here to register to the on-site course

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 (JPM 5’)

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

***Coffee break***

11am - 12pm Talks

• Results of the ansa-recurrent technique and indications (JP 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 (JP Marie, 15’)
• Laryngeal diplegia, etiology, evaluation and LEMG (JP Marie, 10’)
• Case n°2 presentation (JPM 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 of the MTC: Kate Heathcote and Aude Lagier

***Lunch Break***

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 (JP Marie, 15’)
• Technique of Bilateral and Selective laryngeal reinnervation (JP Marie 15’)
• Nerve sutures (JP Marie 10’)

3:15pm - 3:30pm Groups 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 (MTC) (JP Marie, Charles Maquet, P Charnavel).

6pm - 7pm For all: Auditorium of MTC. Synthesis, discussion and preparation for

Tuesday May 31st

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

10:15am - 1pm: Auditorium of MTC : from the OR : Bilateral selective reinnervation.

Nerves identification. Intralaryngeal dissection (Kate Heathcote, Aude Lagier). Auditorium : Yakubu Karagama, JP Marie.

*** Lunch Break***

2pm - 4pm Auditorium of MTC : from the OR : Bilateral selective reinnervation .

Nerves 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 (JP Marie, 20’) +++
• Discussions(30’)

6:15pm - 6:30pm Closing remarks