Department of Otolaryngology

Overview

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Programme(s)

1. Paediatric Airway Course

Paediatric Airway Course

Objective

For training of otolaryngologists (trainees as well as specialists who wish to know more about how to deal with paediatric airway diseases), anesthetists and internists who deal with children with airway diseases.

Course Contents

Diseases covered:

• Laryngomalacia: clinical features management cases
• Subglottic hemangioma: clinical features management cases
• Laryngeal papillomatosis: clinical features management cases
• Flexible bronchoscopy
• Rigid endoscopy demonstration on instruments
• Briefing of workshop on rabbits
• Diagnostic laryngoscopy, telescopic bronchoscopy diagnostic laryngoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy therapeutic laryngoscopy and rigid bronchoscopy flexible bronchoscopy
• Evaluation of stridor in infants and children
• Anaesthesia for airway endoscopy
• Congenital laryngeal anomalies, including subglottic stenosis
• Tracheal pathology and stenting
• Laryngeal cleft
• Vocal cord paralysis
• Prolonged intubation trauma of the larynx, including subglottic stenosis
• Application of mitomycin
• Foreign bodies in the airway

Method

• Lecture series (please see content; lecture topics may change yearly)
• Hand-on bronchoscopy practice on rabbits
• Live surgeries on children with common airway diseases

For Whom

See objective

Pre-requisite

Doctors (ENT, Anesthetist, Paediatricians, Emergency Medicine, etc)

Duration

2 days

Training Dates/Period

Usually around September

Certification

Yes

Positions/Training Places

20 places each year

Course Fee

S$1000 for specialist
S $500 for trainees and non-ENT

Funding

Self funded

Contact of Organiser/Institution

KKH, Department of Otolaryngology
Email: Henry.Tan.KK@kkh.com.sg