KURZ Latin American Otology Symposium 2023

The course is completely booked out, no more registrations for 2023 are possible!


Welcome to the website of the KURZ Latin American Otology Symposium 2023.
The event is organized in Cooperation with the ACON and the ACORL associations as well as MEDINISTROS and KURZ. It will be held in the CLEMI institute in Bogota, Columbia.
Participants will acquire knowledge and understanding of biomechanics vital to today’s high end middle ear surgery. The course includes expert lectures, live demonstrations of state-of-the-art implant surgery and hands-on experiments using the newest tools and techniques. International guests from all over Latin America are expected to this course.
The course is led by Professor Ordonez from Bogota in cooperation with leading international experts in ENT like Prof. Alexander Huber from the University of Zurich and Dr. Gabriel Paz Flores from Guadalajara.
We look forward to welcome you to this high level symposia.

Your KURZ Team

Program
10th November 2023

7:00 - 9:15
Group 1: Malleus/Incus Reconstruction
9:15 - 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 - 12:00
Group 1: Stapes Surgery
Group 2: Hands on Workshop
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 15:15
Group 1: Hands on Workshop
Group 2: Malleus/Incus Reconstruction
15:15 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 18:00
Group 2: Stapes Surgery

Program
11th November 2023

8:00 - 8:15
Welcome
8:15 - 8:30
Kurz Products in Colombia
8:30 - 9:00
Introduction in Middle Ear Mechanics
9:00 - 9:30
Basis of Middle Ear Reconstruction
9:30 - 10:30
Round Table. Tympanoplasty Oscicular Reconstruction: Principals, Tricks & Tipps
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
Ossicular Chain Reconstruction in Cholesteatoma: When Can It Be Done in a Single Surgical Procedure?
11:30 - 12:30
Difficult Surgical Cases in Oscicular Chain Reconstruction: How Would You Do It?
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
Round Table. Stapes Surgery: Principals, Tricks & Tipps
15:00 - 15:30
Stapes Surgery in Cochlear Otosclerosis
15:30 - 16:00
In Whom Patients Should Not Undergo Stapes Surgery in Otosclerosis: Risk of Gusher, Advanced Age, Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss Component?
16:00 - 16:15
Farewell and Certificates
18:00 - 22:00
Social Networking Activity KURZ/Medinistros

Faculty

Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber

University Clinic Zurich, Switzerland

Gabriel Paz Flores

Gabriel Paz Flores

Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Leonardo E. Ordóñez O.

Leonardo E. Ordóñez O.

Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Colombia

Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber

University Clinic Zurich, Switzerland

Gabriel Paz Flores

Gabriel Paz Flores

Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

Leonardo E. Ordóñez O.

Leonardo E. Ordóñez O.

Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Colombia