Dear VA-NKO members,

 The organizing committee of the annual FESS Course in Ghent has issued 8 (!) reduced fees for VA-NKO SpR members: 950 Euro instead of 1200 Euro. 
The 24th International Course on Endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses an Skull Base will take place from 22-25 August 2012 in 'het Pand', Ghent.

The course features lectures and round tables on endoscopic sinus surgery and its extensions (DCR, skull base, tumors), video sessions, cadaver head demonstration of current techniques, two hands-on cadaver dissections, surgery with navigation, post-operative care, up-date on sinusitis pathophysiology and skull base surgery, interactive discussion with the faculty members. Basic and advanced techniques will be demonstrated. 
Participants can actively perform surgery on 2 cadaver heads, with full video and micro-debrider equipment (11-hours cadaver dissection).
More information @ www.fess-course.be
 
If you are interested in the reduced fee for VA-NKO members, please mail asap [email protected] .

VA-NKO members are kindly invited to the 5th Global Otology-Neurotology Live Surgical Broadcast organised by the Live International Otolaryngology Network (LION). The videoconference will take place in the UMC Utrecht.

More information in PDF below this post.

Register by email via [email protected].
Registration fee is 60 Euro including lunch.
Transfer to:
CenE Bankiers
Bank account number: 69 97 10 774
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht
R0143 + symposium

We would like to congratulate dr. Kato Speleman en dr. Valerie Hox for winning the Lecturer's award in Otology, and Rhinology and Laryngology, respectively.

K. Speleman, K. Kneepkens, K. Vandendriessche, F. Debruyne, C. Desloovere
Sensorineural hearing loss in newborns: incidence and relevance of traditional risk factors in a nicu population.

V. Hox, W. Schrooten, F. Indesteege, S. Indesteege, W. Lemmens, M. Rosseel, P. Lemkens
Cost-effectiveness of childhood tonsillectomy compared to watchful waiting: impact of economic productivity loss caused by parents’ work absenteeism.

Keep up the good work and see you next year!

The first Belgian Rhinologic Society (B-RHINO) congress will take place Friday 23-24th April 2010 in Bruges.

National and international faculty will discuss allergy, acute and chronic rhinosinusitis, and orbital pathology and surgical treatment (DCR, optic nerve decompression, etc.).

Contact & information:
[email protected];
[email protected]
Tel: 0032 50 45 22 80
Fax: 0032 50 45 22 90

Venue: www.oudsintjan.be

Registration is mandatory before 15th March 2010.

Congress fee: Free for B-RHINO and VA-NKO members.
Members gala dinner: 60 Euro per person.
Accompanying person: 25 Euro per person.
Guided tour in Bruges: 25 Euro per person.

Please mention "B-RHINO Congress" 23/24 april 2010.
Account number: 363–0446196–36    Belgian - Rhinologic Society
IBAN: BE46 3630 4461 9636
BIC: BBRUBEBB
Bank: ING, Troonstraat 1, 1000 Brussels

Mark the payment with your last name, first name, country, gender (F/M) and titles.

June 16-19th 2010, the EAONO organizes the Fifth EAONO Instructional workshop in Parma. The Fourth Consensus in Auditory Implants will take place at the same event. Temporal bone dissections will be organised by the Piacenza Gruppo Otologico.

The latest information can be found at:
http://www.consensusimplantseaono.eu/

On January 15th and 16th 2010, the Société Internationale Otologique de Langue Française organises a congress on "Les Surdités de l'Enfant" in Lille.

The complete program can be found at: http://www.siolf.com/Evenements/Congres-SDE/Programme

Wednesday December 9th 2009, the second LION december broadcast will be organised.

Main topic is myringoplasty.

For more information, visit the website: http://www.lion-web.org/.