33rd LHNC PRACTICAL MICROVASCULAR COURSE
Monday 17th - Friday 21st March 2025
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Head & Neck Reconstructive Surgery is a complex and highly technically challenging field central to effective management of oncologic and other defects. This is the only UK practical and theoretical microvascular course designed solely for, led by, and taught by head & neck surgeons
This practical microvascular training course, now in its 33rd year, takes place in a new purpose-built facility. It integrates over 30 hours of hands-on surgery using a live femoral and epigastric vessel model with 15 hours of tutorials and lectures.
Course Date: 17th – 21st March 2025
Venue: University of Liverpool
Course Director: Professor Richard Shaw & Professor Andrew Schache, OMFS, Aintree University Hospital and University of Liverpool
Strictly limited to 10 delegate per course
Early Bird Rate: £1800
(£2000 after 1st Feb 2025)
*The course is included in the EACMFS Educational Rolling Programme. After the course, a refund of 300 euros is available for each EACMFS Trainee Member attending this course. Please note that EACMFS membership of at least one year is required and only one application for an award, scholarship or grant is permitted each calendar year. Contact Essie Winer for EACMFS refund – ewiner@eacmfs.org
Practical techniques
Theory
Use of microscope & micro instruments
Suture handling & knots
End-to-end venous couplers
End-to-end artery & vein
End-to-side artery & vein
Venous coupler
Anastomosis
Avoiding complications
Flap monitoring
Perforator & chimeric flaps
Composite flaps
DCIA & Scapula
Reconstruction of mandible, maxilla and laryngopharynx
Includes
Features
All Home Office Licenses
All instruments, sutures and consumables
Breakfast, refreshments & lunch provided Monday – Friday
Course dinner at a top Liverpool Restaurant
WBA signed up to ISCP
National & International Faculty
Faculty of five head & neck microvascular surgeons from a range of UK OMFS departments provide excellent faculty/delegate ratio
Hotel at delegates’ expense, although several reasonable options can be recommended
32 CME Credits & Certificate
To find out more, please contact:
Debbie Horne, LHNC Centre Manager, horned@liverpool.ac.uk
THE SINUS ANATOMY AND SURGERY INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE
Tuesday 29th - Wednesday 30th April 2025
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This unique course is tailored to ENT doctors (Core Surgical Trainees, ST1 - ST7, Staff Grades, Associate Specialists, Clinical Fellows) who need training with nasal endoscopy, proper instrument handling and be equipped with the necessary building blocks to undertake endoscopic sinus surgery with finesse.
The course aims to enhance existing competencies with particular emphasis on safe surgery for the maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses. Unlike other courses, advanced frontal sinus (e.g. drillout) and endoscopic skull base surgery techniques are not covered in this course. Thus, the programme provides ample time for paced, structured learning as well as close interaction with experienced faculty to achieve professional development goals necessary for all ENT trainees and generalists.
The course programme is mapped to the ISCP curriculum and includes up to 10 hours in the laboratory. Delegates will have an assigned trainer throughout the course and are expected to be assessed against relevant endoscopic sinus surgery simulated PBAs on the ISCP curriculum. Surgical dissection will be undertaken on PHACON Sinus models in the state-of-the-art Karl Storz Training Centre.
To find out more about these bespoke models, click here. The course is limited to 14 hands-on spaces and due to the unique nature of this course, early registration is recommended.
Key features
One dissector per work station
Work stations equipped with high-definition camera, endoscope and microdebrider
Each model provides two nasal sides for practice
ENTUK CPD credits (pending
Course fee:
Hands-on dissector £650
Course fee includes refreshments and lunch on both days. Hotel charges are not included -
Any enquires please email LHNC Manager Debbie Horne LHNCcourses@liverpool.ac.uk
The Liverpool Hands-On Transoral Laser Microsurgery for Head & Neck Cancer Course
Tuesday 9th – Wednesday 10th September 2025
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The Liverpool Head and Neck Centre is proud to host an intensive two-day course which aims to provide an in-depth theoretical and practical overview of transoral laser treatment for tumours of the larynx and pharynx. This course is suitable for consultants and higher surgical trainees in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
This course will teach participants transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) using the CO2 laser on Thiel soft-fix cadaveric specimens. Participants will be taught TLM techniques for cancers of the glottic larynx, supraglottic larynx, tonsil, base of tongue and hypopharynx using a variety of laryngoscopes and high powered microscopes with the CO2 laser micro-manipulators. There will be 2 dissectors per Thiel cadaver.
This course will consist of lectures and expert panel discussions on the first day, while the second day focuses on instructional sessions and supervised cadaver dissection. The course will be held at the Human Anatomy Resource Centre at the University of Liverpool.
The course fee is £1100 for dissectors, and £400 for observers (includes Medical Laser Safety Training certificate, refreshments, lunch and a course dinner on Tuesday 9th September).
The course is limited to 10 dissectors and 10 observers, and early booking is advised.
Full course information, including programme, can be found at the course website below
https://sites.google.com/view/liverpoollasercourse
Feedback from previous courses
"Excellent faculty to delegate ratio"
"Interesting clinical discussions"
"Fantastic course, faculty were all extremely approachable and engaging and clearly experts in their field. The faculty ratio of 1:1 made for a much higher yield learning environment and really helped me get to grips with the nuances of the various procedure. Excellent facilities also and being able to see what my dissection partner was doing on a large screen meant I could also learn from what they were doing"
"Candidate to faculty ratio was excellent. All the faculty were extremely knowledgeable and were able to answer questions with reference to clinical practice and their prior experience. The venue was extremely well equipped and being able to see the microscope view on a large screen meant I could learn from my dissection partner"
The Liverpool Head & Neck Dissection Course
Thursday 11th - Friday 12th September 2025
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The Liverpool Head and Neck Centre is proud to host a two-day intensive hands-on course aimed at trainees in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Surgery. The course includes instructional sessions, supervised cadaver dissection and expert panel discussions.
The course will be delivered at Human Anatomy Resource Centre state-of-the-art facilities at the University of Liverpool. Under the direction and supervision of expert tutors, delegates will have the opportunity to revise anatomy and become better equipped to perform head and neck surgical interventions to a high standard. The focus will be on maximum hands-on dissection time to allow delegates to consolidate previously acquired skills and refine their operative technique. Dissectors will be able to have work-based assessments completed for the procedures covered. There will be 2 dissectors per Thiel soft-fix cadaver.
The course fee is £750 for dissectors, and £350 for observers (includes refreshments, lunch and a course dinner on Thursday 19th September).
The course is limited to 16 dissectors and 8 observers, and early booking is advised.
Full course information, including programme, can be found at the course website below
https://sites.google.com/view/liverpoolheadandneckcourse
Topics covered:
Tracheostomy
Thyroidectomy
Submandibular gland excision
Partial/total parotidectomy
Neck dissection
Total laryngectomy
Primary puncture and surgical voice restoration
Pectoralis major flaps
Sternotomy & mediastinal vascular anatomy
Mandibulotomy
Maxillectomy
Feedback from previous courses
"Well run, engaged faculty"
"The course is very much practical-oriented, updated with immediate positive effect in everyday work"
"Excellent course. High faculty number and a very social atmosphere."
"Excellent course for the budding head and neck surgeons"
"Incredible course, will change my day-to-day practice and has given me increased operating confidence."
"This was an extremely high yield training course and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to attend. I will definitely be attending future courses with the team."
"Excellent course, well run, great consultant teaching and ratios, excellent catering and course dinner - cannot fault it at all great value for money"
"A thoroughly well organised and delivered course. A great emphasis on hands on dissection. The faculty were very good educators and explained the procedures brilliantly. Would highly recommend this course to others."
"Very well supported with faculty and individual attention was much appreciated throughout both days to maximise the use of the time."