Thursday, September 3, 2026

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Meet and greet, coffee and cookies

Part 1 | Lectures on the principles of neck dissection | 12:00 – 2:15 p.m.

• History, END, MRND, RND, SNB, international guidelines, EACMFS consensus paper (Kesting)

• Patient-based cases (OSCC, maxillary malignomas, salivary gland malignomas) (Lutz)

• Anatomical base of neck dissection I-III and IV/IV; landmarks, incisions/approaches, risks and complications (Möst)

Part 2 | 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

• Presentation neck dissection I-III (Kesting)

• Human specimen preparation neck dissection I-III: Step-by-step (Faculty)

Friday, September 4, 2026

Part 1 | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Presentation neck dissection IV-V (Lutz)

• Human specimen preparation neck dissection IV-V: Step-by-step (Faculty)

• Lectures on the principles of maxillofacial tumor resection (Hoffmann):

  • Patient-based lectures on the principles of oral oncology, surgical approaches and anatomic features

  • Patient-based cases (tumors of the maxilla and orbit, tumors of the infraorbital region, tumors of the oral cavity, tumors of the tongue base)

     

Part 2 | 1:15 – 3:30 p.m.

• Coronal approach with preauricular extension and osteotomy of the zygomatic arch for tumors of the infratemporal region; anatomical base

• Presentation (Möst)

• Step-by-step human specimen preparation (Faculty)

Part 3 | 3:45 – 6:00 p.m.

• Lip/mandible split approach for tumors of the tongue base and pterygomandibular region; anatomical base
• Presentation (Lutz)
• Step-by-step human specimen preparation (Faculty)

7:30 p.m. Dinner at Beergarden

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Part 1 | 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Weber-Dieffenbach-Fergusson approach with hemimaxillectomy at the Le-Fort-I level for tumors of the posterior maxilla and the maxillary sinus, preparation of the maxillary artery and the trigeminal nerve after malar bone osteotomy, Orbital exenteration

• Presentation (Hoffmann, Lutz, Möst)

• Step-by-step human specimen preparation (Faculty)

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Summary, discussion and evaluation of the course; farewell (Kesting)

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