Thursday, April 29, 2027 | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Cleft assessment and surgery

8:30 – 8:50 a.m. Registration

Part 1 | 8:50 – 10:45 a.m.

• Welcome adress and introduction to the course concept
• Cleft lip repair (Rivers)
• Cleft palate repair (Devlin)
• Breakout session: Marking cleft lip and cleft palate repair (All faculty)

Part 2 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

• Understanding the MDT and cleft pathway in the UK (Narayan)
• Planning and surgical techniques for alveolar bone graft surgery (Sweet)
• Breakout session: Alveolar bone graft CBDs

Part 3 | 1:45 – 3:00 p.m.

• Speechinvestigations and treatment planning for VPI (Beale)
• Breakout session: VPI CBDs (All faculty)

Part 4 | 3:15 – 5:00 p.m.

• Considerations in cleft orthognathic surgery (Drake)
• Cleft lip revision and palatal fistulae (Fullarton)
• Cleft rhinoplasty (Kisnisci)
• Pitfalls and how to avoid them in cleft surgery (Devlin)
• Closing remarks 

Friday, April 30, 2027 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:50 p.m.

3D craniofacial anatomy and transcranial access, techniques and pathology

Part 1 | 9:00 – 10:20 a.m.

• 3D surgical anatomy of the skull, orbit and midface (Vakharia)
• Non-syndromic craniosynostosis (van Carlen)
• Syndromic craniosynostosis (Engel)

Part 2 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Surgical technique: bicoronal access (Hennedige)
• Surgical technique: FOAR (Duncan)
• Lab model surgery: bicoronal access and FOAR (All faculty)

Part 3 | 1:30 – 3:25 p.m.

• Surgical technique: Endoscopic suturectomy and helmet therapy (Vakharia)
• Surgical technique: Strip craniectomy and microbarel staving (Parks)
• Surgical technique: Total/sub-total vault remodelling (van Carlen)
• Lab model surgery: Total vault remodelling (All faculty)

Part 4 | 3:40 – 4:50 p.m.

• Surgical technique: posterior cranial distraction (de Gea Rico)
• Lab model surgery: posterior cranial distraction (All faculty)
• Closing remarks 

Saturday, May 1, 2027 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Neurosurgical considerations and facial approaches

Part 1 | 9:00 – 10:10 a.m.

• Raised ICP in CF patients – causes and indicators for monitoring (Sinha)
• Radiology in raised ICP (Vakharia)
• Surgical management of hydrocephalus in craniofacial patients (Parks)

Part 2 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Complications in craniofacial surgery and how to prevent/treat them ? (Parks)
• CBDs in craniofacial surgery (All faculty)
• Lab model surgery: VP shunt insertion in CF patients, endoscopic access to anterior skull base (All faculty)

Part 3 | 2:00 – 2:40 p.m.

• Surgical technique: LF3 Osteotomy, Bipartition and RED Frame (Duncan)
• Surgical technique: Bilateral box technique (Khonsari)

Part 4 | 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

• Lab model surgery: LF3 Osteotomy, bipartition, RED Frame and Bilateral Box Osteotomy (all faculty)
• Closing remarks 

Cancellation by course organizer

• the course organizer reserves the right to cancel an event due to low enrollment or other circumstances which would make the course non-viable.
• if the organizer cancels a course, registrants will be offered a full refund of registration fees. The organizer will not reimburse other costs incurred with the course (travel or hotel bookings by participants not made by the organizer).
• should circumstances arise that result in postponement of a course, the organizer has the right to either issue a full refund or transfer registration to the same event at the new, future date.

Registration cancellation by participant:

• the deadline to receive a refund for your registration is 21 business days before the course.
• registration cancellations received prior to the deadline may be eligible to receive a refund less a service fee of € 100,-. Registration fees below €100 are non-refundable.
• cancellations received after the stated deadline will not be eligible for a refund.
• refunds will not be available for registrants who choose not to attend the course.
• cancellations will be accepted in writing only and must be received by the stated cancellation deadline. When writing your cancellation please include the details of your credit card or bank details (BIC).