Central European Endoscopic Ear Surgery Course 2025

Welcome message

We are honoured to once again present a team of exceptional lecturers who will join us to share their knowledge and expertise with the course participants during two days, packed with theoretical information and practical experience. We are very pleased to see high demand for miniinvasive ear surgery among our colleagues, and we are grateful for the positive feedback from previous years.

For the first time, we are delighted to welcome Mustafa Kapadia, a Dubai-based ear and sinus surgeon of Indian origin. He began endoscopic ear surgery with dr. Muaaz Tarabichi 13 years ago. Currently, he is the Director of education at the Tarabichi Stammberger Endoscopic Surgery Institute. He is a keen temporal bone and skull base surgeon and lecturer.

Dr. Jan Vodička is one of the pioneering endoscopic ear surgeons in Czechia. He has been practising TEES for several years and has performed numerous endoscopic or combined approach cases. He is an excellent tutor, tirelessly sharing his insights with course attendees and generously mentoring them.

The upcoming course will take place at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of Palacky University in Olomouc. Thanks to partnerships with Olympus and Radix CZ, the participants will have access to state-of-the-art endoscopic towers and specifically designed instruments.

The Olomouc course offers 2 freshly frozen temporal bones for each participant. These specimen are valued for their authenticity.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Olomouc.

Richard Salzman
Course Director

Course

Introduction to the course
The course includes lectures, temporal bone dissection held in a step-by-step mode and panel discussions. Variety of lectures will cover all aspects of endoscopic ear surgery – principles, starting with ‘How to begin‘, equipment and instrumentation, OR set-up, raising tympanomeatal flap, endoscopic ear anatomy, basic and advanced techniques. The main emphasis will be given to hands-on temporal bone dissection.

Course objectives
This course aims to introduce endoscopic ear surgery techniques to ENT specialists and trainees. It will cover endoscopic ear surgery in its entirety. The course should provide necessary knowledge and expertise to allow participants to incorporate endoscopic ear surgery into their clinical practice.

Target audience
The course is intended for otorhinolaryngology residents, otology fellows, and otologists who would like to begin or deepen their knowledge and refine their skills in endoscopic ear surgery. The number of dissectors is strictly limited to 18 with a maximum of 10 additional observers. The course itself and lab dissection are suitable for both junior trainees and practising endoscopic ear surgeons. We offer an observer registration as well.

Faculty

Course Director
Richard Salzman

Faculty

Mustafa Kapadia (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Richard Salzman (Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Maja Stříteská (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)
Jan Vodička (Pardubice, Czech Republic)

Program

DAY 1

DAY 1, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025; Department of Internal Medicine II – Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Theoretical Institutes, building Y

07.00–08.00 Registration

08.00–08.15 Welcome address and Course opening

08.15–08.30 History of endoscopic ear surgery

08.30–08.55 Principles of endoscopic ear surgery

08.55–09.20 Endoscopic anatomy of the middle ear, Ventilation routes of the middle ear spaces

09.20–09.40 Coffee break

09.40–11.00 Live surgery feed

11.00–11.25 Endoscopic myringoplasty

11.25–11.50 Endoscopic approach to chronic otitis media

11.50–13.00 Live surgery feed

13.00–14.00 Lunch

14.00–15.20 Live surgery feed

15.20–16.00 Cochlear conductive hearing loss

16.00–16.25 The outlook for the future

16.25–17.00 Round table discussion: Getting started with TEES

DAY 2

DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025; Theoretical Institutes

08.00–09.00 Dissection demonstration

09.00–12.00 Dissection

Endoscopic myringotomy, ventilation tube insertion
Incision and raising the tympanomeatal flap
Middle ear inspection – retrotympanum
Endoscopic myringoplasty
Tympanic membrane removal – inspection of protympanum, tensor fold
Atticotomy – disruption of anterior mallear ligament

12.00–13.00 Lunch

13.00–17.00 Dissection

Ossicular chain removal
Endoscopic ossiculoplasty – PORP, TORP
Endoscopic stapedoplasty

Observer track:
Current indications for TEES
Challenging cases in TEES
Middle ear temperature changes during TEES
Tips& Pitfalls of TEES

Registration

Type of attendance

Track 1: hands on dissection

Track 2: observational track

Before June 30, 2025

1 100 €

350 €

Since July 1, 2025

1 250 €

450 €

Please note:
Closing date of registration is August 15, 2025.
The number of participants is limited to 18 dissectors and 10 observers.

Registration is on a first-come, first served basis.
On-line registration is highly recommended.

The dissector fee covers 2 day course with lectures by renowned faculty, panel discussion, full day wet lab hands on dissection on fresh frozen temporal bones, dissection in small groups of 2 per working station, each working station will be provided with 2 temporal bones, lab coat, course materials, full catering.

Registration form

Payment

After your registration for the course, we will send you the confirmation and an invoice. Based on the invoice, please make a bank transfer to the bank account shown in the invoice. The payment may be made in Euro (EUR) only. Based on the invoice, please, make a bank transfer to a bank account shown in the invoice, please indicate the variable symbol. We will send an email confirmation upon receiving the payment together with tax document.

Note: Please note that all bank charges must be fully covered by the participant.
If any technical problem occurs during registration, please, send a message to k.dostalova@solen.cz.

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Please note that by participating in the Central European Endoscopic Ear Surgery Course you agree to taking pictures and videodocumentation during the course.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation of registration by the participant:

until 15th Jully 2025 – 10 % cancellation fee of paid amount is charged
between 16th Jully 2025 – 31st Jully 2025 – 20 % cancellation fee of paid amount is charged
after 1st August 2025 – 100 % cancellation fee of paid amount is charged

If the participant is forced to cancel the registration due to a change in epidemiological situation that can be clearly proved, then there will be a single 10 % fee of paid amount charged regardless of the date of cancellation. This 10 % fee can be used as a discount for the next year course.

Course cancellation by the organising party

In case of the course cancellation, all registered participants will be promptly informed and the registration fee will be automatically transferred to the course 2025. The registered participants will be granted an automatic registration for the course 2026.

Official language

English

Sponsorship

Central European Endoscopic Ear Surgery Course thanks to the following partners for their

support.

Media Partner

Venue

Day 1

Department of Internal Medicine II – Gastroenterology and Hepatology (building Y) and Theoretical Institutes Building
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Palacký University Olomouc

Hněvotínská 976/3
779 00 Olomouc
Czech Republic

Day 2

Theoretical Institutes, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

Hněvotínská 976/3
779 00 Olomouc
Czech Republic

Address

Hněvotínská 976/3, Olomouc, 779 00 Czech Republic

Accommodation tip

CENTRAL PARK FLORA

Website: www.hotelflora.cz
Phone: + 420 585 422 200
E-mail: hotelflora@hotelflora.cz
Address: Krapkova 439/34, 779 00 Olomouc
GPS: 50.6673814N, 14.1020156E

Online booking: hotelflora@hotelflora.cz

accommodation fee 50 CZK (approx. EUR/person/day)

VAT and breakfast is included.

While booking, use code CEEESC (valid until 4 August 2025).

(1000 m FROM THE VENUE)
GPS: N 49°35.20318‘, E 17°14.60210‘

By car: 4 minutes
Walk: 15 minutes

Tram: 10 minutes (lines: 1, 4, and 6)
The tram stop Hlavní nádraží (Main Train Station) to the tram stop Výstaviště Flóra. The tram stop is located 100 m from the hotel.

Hotel Flora is a traditional landmark of the city parks, close to the Flora Exhibition Centre, the venue of the Flora Olomouc flower shows.
Only a 7-minute walk away from the historic city center and excellent accessibility by car and public transport.
Its location provides quiet and comfortable accommodation near the city of Olomouc, the Šantovka commercial zone and also Palacky University in 165 rooms in five categories and two wheelchair accessible rooms.

Check in from 14.00, check out by 10.00.