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Purpose?
To promote anatomical training in otologic surgery, the RBS ENT-HNS holds a temporal bone drilling contest.
Anatomical dissection consisting of a complete mastoidectomy with attico-antrotomy and posterior tympanotomy with preservation of the scutum and posterior bony canal wall and skeletonization of the semicircular canals and the facial nerve as well as the chorda tympani.
A prize is awarded, the award is 1000€ for the winner and 500€ for the runner-up, respectively.
Who?
The contest is open to all ENT-trainees with an approved Belgian ENT training program.
Given the prior anonymization procedure as described in Article 7, all temporal bones will be judged. However, each ENT-trainee can only once be the winner. The contest coordinator receives a list of the five latest winners from the RBS ENT-HNS treasurer/secretary and has to check the list after opening the envelopes as described in Article 7. After excluding former winners (not runner-ups) the order moves up and both prizes will still be awarded.
Specific rules
- The contest will take place if there is a minimum of six participants, each candidate submitting one temporal bone.
- Only dry bones will be accepted. The bones shall be properly cleaned from soft tissue and bone dust. They shall not be prepared with artificial compounds like glue, resin, varnish, lacquer or else.
- The prizes will be given by a RBS ENT-HNS representative during the Award Ceremony at the end of the Spring Meeting, unless the laureate is not present.
SCORING SYSTEM:
- Complete mastoidectomy with antro-atticotomy, preserving the ossicular chain : 0, 1 or 2 points
- Posterior tympanotomy, preserving the scutum and posterior canal wall : 0, 1 or 2 points
- Skeletonization of the semicircular canals : 0, 1, 2 or 3 points
- Skeletonization of the facial nerve and chorda tympani : 0, 1, 2 or 3 points
= making a total of 10 points for each jury member’s score file.
DELIVERY OF THE TEMPORAL BONE:
Every bone shall be packed in a separate box, on which a closed envelope is affixed, containing the following information:
Name and surname
Address
E-mail address
Current hospital and training mentor
Current year of training
The contest is launched by VA-NKO and not by the RBS ENT-HNS president. VA-NKO collects all bones and informs the RBS ENT-NHS treasurer/secretary. The RBS ENT-HNS treasurer/secretary in turn informs the president whether the contest takes place. The president appoints a contest coordinator, who usually is an otologist from his/her department or acquaintance and notifies the RBS ENT-HNS treasurer/secretary, who contacts the contest coordinator with the list of the five latest winners and some practical information. The contest coordinator organizes the handover of the collected bones by VA-NKO and the meeting of the jury. The collected bones will afterwards be returned to VA-NKO. VA-NKO will be responsible to return the temporal bones to their respective owners.
Temporal bone contest 2023-2024
- Deadline: February 23rd 2024
- Contact [email protected] to arrange for a pick-up / drop-off of your drilled temporal bone
- Announcement of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society on March 16th 2024
Temporal bone contest 2021-2022
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcement of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society, May 7th 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Dylen Philips!
Temporal bone contest 2020-2021
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcements of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society 06-03-2021
Temporal bone contest 2018-2019
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcement of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society, February 23th 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Bieke Dobbels and Dr. Frederic Acke!
Temporal bone contest 2019-2020
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcement of winners: Virtual Event Royal Belgian Society 21-11-2020
Congratulations to Dr. Glynnis De Greve and Dr. Floor Couvreur!
Take up the challenge and improve your skills!
Good luck to everyone!
To promote anatomical training in otologic surgery, the RBS ENT-HNS holds a temporal bone drilling contest.
Anatomical dissection consisting of a complete mastoidectomy with attico-antrotomy and posterior tympanotomy with preservation of the scutum and posterior bony canal wall and skeletonization of the semicircular canals and the facial nerve as well as the chorda tympani.
A prize is awarded, the award is 1000€ for the winner and 500€ for the runner-up, respectively.
Who?
The contest is open to all ENT-trainees with an approved Belgian ENT training program.
Given the prior anonymization procedure as described in Article 7, all temporal bones will be judged. However, each ENT-trainee can only once be the winner. The contest coordinator receives a list of the five latest winners from the RBS ENT-HNS treasurer/secretary and has to check the list after opening the envelopes as described in Article 7. After excluding former winners (not runner-ups) the order moves up and both prizes will still be awarded.
Specific rules
- The contest will take place if there is a minimum of six participants, each candidate submitting one temporal bone.
- Only dry bones will be accepted. The bones shall be properly cleaned from soft tissue and bone dust. They shall not be prepared with artificial compounds like glue, resin, varnish, lacquer or else.
- The prizes will be given by a RBS ENT-HNS representative during the Award Ceremony at the end of the Spring Meeting, unless the laureate is not present.
SCORING SYSTEM:
- Complete mastoidectomy with antro-atticotomy, preserving the ossicular chain : 0, 1 or 2 points
- Posterior tympanotomy, preserving the scutum and posterior canal wall : 0, 1 or 2 points
- Skeletonization of the semicircular canals : 0, 1, 2 or 3 points
- Skeletonization of the facial nerve and chorda tympani : 0, 1, 2 or 3 points
= making a total of 10 points for each jury member’s score file.
DELIVERY OF THE TEMPORAL BONE:
Every bone shall be packed in a separate box, on which a closed envelope is affixed, containing the following information:
Name and surname
Address
E-mail address
Current hospital and training mentor
Current year of training
The contest is launched by VA-NKO and not by the RBS ENT-HNS president. VA-NKO collects all bones and informs the RBS ENT-NHS treasurer/secretary. The RBS ENT-HNS treasurer/secretary in turn informs the president whether the contest takes place. The president appoints a contest coordinator, who usually is an otologist from his/her department or acquaintance and notifies the RBS ENT-HNS treasurer/secretary, who contacts the contest coordinator with the list of the five latest winners and some practical information. The contest coordinator organizes the handover of the collected bones by VA-NKO and the meeting of the jury. The collected bones will afterwards be returned to VA-NKO. VA-NKO will be responsible to return the temporal bones to their respective owners.
Temporal bone contest 2023-2024
- Deadline: February 23rd 2024
- Contact [email protected] to arrange for a pick-up / drop-off of your drilled temporal bone
- Announcement of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society on March 16th 2024
Temporal bone contest 2021-2022
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcement of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society, May 7th 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Dylen Philips!
Temporal bone contest 2020-2021
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcements of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society 06-03-2021
Temporal bone contest 2018-2019
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcement of winners: Spring meeting Royal Belgian Society, February 23th 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Bieke Dobbels and Dr. Frederic Acke!
Temporal bone contest 2019-2020
- Deadline: submission closed
- Announcement of winners: Virtual Event Royal Belgian Society 21-11-2020
Congratulations to Dr. Glynnis De Greve and Dr. Floor Couvreur!
Take up the challenge and improve your skills!
Good luck to everyone!
Inter-University Temporal Bone Drilling Contest
2020 UPDATE: Our Interuniversity temporal bone drilling contest could not take this place this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, together with AUDIKA we drew 3 winners of an artificial temporal bone.
2021 UPDATE: The Interuniversity temporal bone drilling contest took place on November 27th in Brussels.
Thank you to the participating teams!
