Day 1
9:30 Welcome and introduction, equipment and instruments Weber
9:45 Principles of dissection Kühnel
10:00 Principles of sinus anatomy Hosemann
10:15 CT anatomy Zimmermann
10:30 Change from lecture hall to dissection hall
10:45 Lecture and Exercise: Delineate individual anatomy of specimen using CT and navigation system Faculty
11:30 Hands-on dissection*: Systematic nasal endoscopy, septoplasty, turbinoplasty of the middle turbinate Seebauer
12:15 Course foto, Lunch
13:15 Lecture, master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Anatomy of uncinate process and maxillary sinus ostium; uncinectomy / infundibulotomy and middle meatal antrostomy 1‑3; Hosemann
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Lecture, master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Anatomy of anterior ethmoid and frontal recess, anterior ethmoidectomy, frontal sinus drainage I, IIa Weber
  Special feature: Propel stent Weber
17:30 Current treatment of CRSwNP: FESS and biologics Weber
18:00 End of day 1
18:30 Course dinner
Day 2
8:30 Lecture, master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Posterior ethmoidectomy, sphenoethmoidal recess, sphenoidotomy (transnasal / transethmoidal / transethmoidal-transnasal), Hosemann
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Lecture, master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Dissection of vessels: sphenopalatine artery Hildenbrand
12:00 Master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Dissection of vessels: anterior / middle / posterior ethmoidal artery Hildenbrand
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Management of complications : orbital decompression (endonasal decompression, lateral canthotomy and inferior cantholysis), duraplasty Kühnel
15:00 Master dissection and hands-on dissection*: Surgery around the nasolacrimal duct, special features Kühnel
15:45 How to treat the inferior turbinate Seebauer
16:30 Final test and Evaluation of FESS Course , Closing ceremony and certificates Faculty
17:00 End of course
* One whole specimen is available for two participants (one side at disposal for each participant). Dissection is done on a rotating basis.

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