MERC2016 At a Glance
| MERC2016 MAIN PROGRAM AT A GLANCE | ||
| MERC DAYS | Morning Sessions | Afternoon Sessions |
| MERC2016 Pre-Congress Workshop April 12 2016 |
Face Blepharoplasty Brow-lift Canthoplasty Facelift Liposculpture |
Rhinoplasty Primary Secondary Functional Reconstructive Grafts |
| MERC2016 MAIN PROGRAM Day 1 April 13 2016 |
Rhinoplasty Primary Functional Septum Profile Tip |
Rhinoplasty Secondary Grafts Traumatic Reconstructive Revision |
| MERC2016 MAIN PROGRAM Day 2 April 14 2016 |
Rhinology Basic Office Based Medical Complications Frontal |
Rhinology Advanced Skull Base Neoplasms Lacrimal Headaches |
| MERC2016 MAIN PROGRAM Day 3 April 15 2016 |
Face Reconstructive Orbit Reconstructive Flaps Transplant |
Face Aesthetic Injectables Rejuvenation Blepharoplasty Lipostructure |
Main Program
| RHINOPLASTY: DAY 1, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 | |
| 7:00-8:00 | ON-SITE REGISTRATION |
| 8:00-8:40 | Psychological Issues in Rhinoplasty Candidates M Atari |
| 8:40-9:20 | Psychological versus Aesthetic Aspects of Facial Reconstructive Surgery A Ghassemi |
| 9:20-10:00 | Basic and Advanced Life Support for Rhinologists and Facial Plastic Surgeons A Taheri |
| 10:00-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30-11:00 | OPENING CEREMONY & PRESENTATION OF PROFESSOR REZA AWARD |
| 11:00-11:20 | Nasal flow and Well-Being R Moesges |
| 11:20-11:40 | The Importance of Nasal Valve Concept S Ozmen |
| 11:40-12:00 | Contemporary Management of the Middle Turbinate J Delgaudio |
| 12:00-12:20 | Simultaneous Septorhinoplasty and Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery C Rhee |
| 12:20-12:40 | New Findings in Dorsal Anatomy: the Importance of Dorsal Reconstruction I Kuran |
| 12:40-13:00 | New Concepts in Creating a Beautiful Nasal Profile F Apaydin |
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH & EXHIBITS |
| 14:00-14:20 | The Anterior Pedicled Turbinate Flap for Reconstruction of Septal Defects of any Size T Kuehnel |
| 14:20-14:40 | Repair of Nasal Septal Perforations S Ozmen |
| 14:40-15:00 | New techniques to Straighten the Crooked Nose D Sidle |
| 15:00-15:20 | Management of the Deviated Nose: Structure Based Approach M Naraghi |
| 15:20-15:40 | Progressive Approach for Achieving Adequate Nasal Tip Rotation in Rhinoplasty A Varini |
| 15:40-16:00 | New Concepts in Creating a Beautiful Tip F Apaydin |
| 16:00-16:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:30-16:50 | Difficult Tip and Surgical Solutions I Kuran |
| 16:50-17:10 | No-Lateral Osteotomy Rhinoplasty (NLOR): An Algorithm for Patient Selection S Ozmen |
| 17:10-17:30 | Optimizing Cartilage Grafting Techniques F Apaydin |
| 17:30-17:45 | Correction of Saddle Nose Deformities C Rhee |
| 17:45-18:00 | Nasal Reconstruction for the Competitive Athlete S Gilani |
| 18:00-18:25 | Complex Nasal Reconstruction D Siddle |
| 18:25-18:40 | Aesthetic reconstruction of Nasal Defects A Ghassemi |
| 18:40-19:00 | A Personal Perspective on Structural Secondary Rhinoplasty I Kuran |
| 19:00-19:20 | Secondary Rhinoplasty: Alternatives for the Reconstruction of the Nasal Structures S Ozmen |
| 19:20-19:45 | Two New Pearls in Modern Rhinoplasty: The Articulated Alar Rim Graft & Lateral Crural Tensions F Apaydin |
| RHINOLOGY: DAY 2, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 | |
| 8:00-9:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 1: Office Based Rhinology Procedures Office Turbinate Reduction, Balloon Dilatation of the Paranasal Sinuses, Polypectomy D Conley Office Sinus Surgery: How far can we go? Office Treatment of Sinonasal Mucoceles and Sinus Recirculation J Delgaudio Pearls, Pitfalls & Complications of Office-based Sinonasal Procedures I Nasseri |
| 9:00-10:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 2: Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Chronic Rhinosinusitis & New Theory of the Etiology of Sinonasal Polyps D Conley Medical Treatment of Sinus Disease S Graham Evidence-based Treatment of Rhinosinusitis R Moesges |
| 10:00-10:15 | Preoperative CT Evaluation of the Sinus Drainage Pathways A Varini |
| 10:15-10:30 | Maxillary Sinus Surgery S Graham |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00-11:30 | After Surgery, What Is Next? Optimizing Surgical Results after FESS D Conley |
| 11:30-12:00 | How to Avoid Bad Results and Complications in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery S Graham |
| 12:00-13:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 3: Frontal Sinus Surgery The Intact Bulla Technique in the Endoscopic Approach to the Frontal Sinus and Endonasal Endoscopic Treatment of K3 Frontal Cells A Varini Advanced Frontal Sinus Surgery: Outside-in Lothrop Procedure and Osteoplastic Flap J Delgaudio Pedicled Mucosa Flap to Reconstruct Following Modified Lothtrop Procedure T. Kuehnel The Modified Osteoplastic Flap Still has a Role in Frontal Sinus Surgery S Graham |
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH & EXHIBITS |
| 14:00-15:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 4: Management of Sinonasal Tumors Neoplasms of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses I Nasseri Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal Tumors J Delgaudio Endoscopic Removal of I Papilloma of the Posterior Ethmoid and Sphenoid Sinus A Varini |
| 15:00-16:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 5: Skull Base Surgery The Role of the Rhinologist in Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery D Conley Endoscopic Surgery of the Pituitary and Para-Sellar Areas S Graham Skull Base Surgery: New Techniques and Limitations I Nasseri Traumatic Base of Skull Injury and Reconstruction F Farhat |
| 16:00-16:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:30-17:30 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 6: Endoscopic Management of CSF Leak Iatrogenic Skull Base Defects: Why and What to Do J Delgaudio Endoscopic Management of Anterior Skull Base Meningoceles: The State of Art I Nasseri Management of CSF Leaks S Graham Endoscopic Repair of Frontal CSF Leaks S Sadr |
| 17:30-18:15 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 7: Management of Lacrimal Problems A New Paradigm for Epiphora: Treatment of the Inferior Meatus J Delgaudio Endonasal Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy: A Simple Approach M Naraghi Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy: Long Term Results A Varini |
| 18:15-19:10 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 8: Rhinogenic Headaches Headache and Chronic Sinus Disease S Graham Sinus Headaches: Diagnosis and Approach I Nasseri Sinus Headache or Migraine: the role of the Otolaryngologist J Delgaudio |
| 19:10-19:25 | Allergy: What a Rhinologist Should Know R Moesges |
| 19:25-19:40 | Anosmia: What a Rhinologist Should Know S Gilani |
| 19:40-19:55 | Video Cases: Silent Sinus Syndrome - Frontal Ethmoidal Mucocele A Varini |
| FACE: DAY 3, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 | |
| 8:00-8:30 | Face Transplantation: My Experience From Experimental Setting to the Clinical Reality S Ozmen |
| 8:30-8:50 |
The Endonasal Prelacrimal Approach to Orbital Floor Fractures |
| 8:50-9:10 | Endoscopic Orbital Decompression: Indication-Technique-Pearls-Pitfalls I Nasseri |
| 9:10-9:30 | Orbital Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease S Graham |
| 9:30-9:45 | Modern Minimal Invasive Orbital Approaches M Rajabi |
| 9:45-10:00 | The Galea Periost Flap for Reconstruction Following Orbital Exenteration T Kuehnel |
| 10:00-10:15 | Bony Reconstructions of the Face and Skull with Resorbable Plate System P Mauz |
| 10:15-10:30 | Complex Free Flap Mid-Facial Reconstruction M Abadi |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00-11:25 | Head and Neck Reconstruction: Alternatives for Different Problems S Ozmen |
| 11:25-11:45 | New Flap Techniques in Oculofacial Recontructions M Rajabi |
| 11:45-12:00 | Non-Surgical vs Surgical Treatment of BCC in Head & Neck, or Combination of Both? P Mauz |
| 12:00-12:20 | Treatment Modalities for Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies B Eivasi |
| 12-20-12:40 | Non-Surgical Percutaneous Sclerotherapy of Head & Neck Vascular Malformation E Karimi |
| 12:40-13:00 | Our Concept in HHT Patients T Kuehnel |
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH & EXHIBITS |
| 14:00-15:10 | Live Neurotoxin Injection Workshop Injectable Fillers and Neurotoxins in Facial Plastic Surgery D Siddle |
| 15:10-15:30 | New Concepts in Aesthetic Analysis of Eyelids M Rajabi |
| 15:30-16:00 | Facial Rejuvenation by Minimally Invasive Techniques S Ozmen |
| 16:00-16:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:30-16:50 | Lower Blepharoplasty with Canthopexy and Orbicular Muscle Suspension L Lapalorcia |
| 16:50-17:10 | Complications in Periocular Cosmetic Surgery M Rajabi |
| 17:10-17:30 | Lipostructure as a Complement to Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures L Lapalorcia |
| 17:30-18:10 | The Hairline Lowering Procedure D Siddle |
| 18:10-18:20 | CLOSING REMARKS |
Program Overview
MERC2016 DAY 1
RHINOPLASTY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
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Morning Sessions The first morning session contains topics related to psychological aspects of rhinoplasty and facial plastic surgery while addresses important issue of life support for nasal and facial surgeons. The second morning session incudes functional aspects of rhinoplasty. |
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| 7:00-8:00 | On-site Registration |
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| 8:00-8:40 | Preliminary Lecture Psychological Issues in Rhinoplasty Candidates |
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| 8:40-9:20 | Preliminary Lecture Psychological versus Aesthetic Aspects of Facial Reconstructive Surgery |
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| 9:20-10:00 | Preliminary Lecture Basic and Advanced Life Support for Rhinologists and Facial Plastic Surgeons |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Opening Ceremony & Presentation of Professor Reza Award |
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| 11:00-11:20 | Plenary Session Lecture Nasal flow and well-being |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Plenary Session Lecture The Importance of Nasal Valve Concept |
|
| 11:40-12:00 | Plenary Session Lecture Contemporary Management of the Middle Turbinate |
|
| 12:00-12:20 | Plenary Session Lecture Simultaneous Septorhinoplasty and Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery |
|
| 12:20-12:40 | Plenary Session Lecture New Findings in Dorsal Anatomy: the Importance of Dorsal Reconstruction |
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| 12:40-13:00 | Plenary Session Lecture New Concepts in Creating a Beautiful Nasal Profile |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch & Exhibits |
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| Afternoon Sessions Afternoon sessions include talks on management of septal perforation, deviated nose, tip problems, trauma, reconstruction and secondary rhinoplasty. Two new techniques in tip surgery will be the interesting last lecture. |
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| 14:00-14:20 | Plenary Session Lecture The Anterior Pedicled Turbinate Flap for Reconstruction of Septal Defects of any Size |
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| 14:20-14:40 | Plenary Session Lecture Repair of Nasal Septal Perforations |
|
| 14:40-15:00 | Plenary Session Lecture New techniques to Straighten the Crooked Nose |
|
| 15:00-15:20 | Plenary Session Lecture Management of the Deviated Nose: Structure Based Approach |
|
| 15:20-15:40 | Plenary Session Lecture Progressive Approach for Achieving Adequate Nasal Tip Rotation in Rhinoplasty |
|
| 15:40-16:00 | Plenary Session Lecture New Concepts in Creating a Beautiful Tip |
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| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break |
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| 16:30-16:50 | Plenary Session Lecture Difficult Tip and Surgical Solutions |
|
| 16:50-17:10 | Plenary Session Lecture No-Lateral Osteotomy Rhinoplasty (NLOR): An Algorithm for Patient Selection |
|
| 17:10-17:30 | Plenary Session Lecture Optimizing Cartilage Grafting Techniques |
|
| 17:30-17:45 | Plenary Session Lecture Correction of Saddle Nose Deformities |
|
| 17:45-18:00 | Plenary Session Lecture Nasal Reconstruction for the Competitive Athlete |
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| 18:00-18:25 | Plenary Session Lecture Complex Nasal Reconstruction |
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| 18:25-18:40 | Plenary Session Lecture Aesthetic reconstruction of Nasal Defects |
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| 18:40-19:00 | Plenary Session Lecture A Personal Perspective on Structural Secondary Rhinoplasty |
|
| 19:00-19:20 | Plenary Session Lecture Secondary Rhinoplasty: Alternatives for the Reconstruction of the Nasal Structures |
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| 19:20-19:45 | Plenary Session Lecture Two New Pearls in Modern Rhinoplasty: The Articulated Alar Rim Graft & Lateral Crural Tensions |
MERC2016 DAY 2
RHINOLOGY
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016
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Morning Sessions Morning sessions commence with the growing rhinology issue of office based rhinology procedures. It will continue with talks on management of CRS, CT evaluation, maxillary surgery, post-op care, complications and frontal surgery. |
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| 8:00-9:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 1 Office Based Rhinology Procedures |
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| 9:00-10:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 2 Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Plenary Session Lecture Preoperative CT Evaluation of the Sinus Drainage Pathways |
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| 10:15-10:30 | Plenary Session Lecture Maxillary Sinus Surgery |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Plenary Session Lecture After Surgery, What Is Next? Optimizing Surgical Results after FESS |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Plenary Session Lecture How to Avoid Bad Results and Complications in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery |
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| 12:00-13:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 3 Frontal Sinus Surgery |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch & Exhibits |
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| Afternoon Sessions Afternoon session contains advanced rhinology topics on management of tumors, skull base lesions and defects, lacrimal problems, rhinogenic headaches and continues by common issues of allergy, anosmia and silent sinus syndrome. |
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| 14:00-15:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 4 Management of Sinonasal Tumors |
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| 15:00-16:00 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 5 Skull Base Surgery |
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| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break |
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| 16:30-17:30 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 6 Endoscopic Management of CSF Leak |
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| 17:30-18:15 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 7 Management of Lacrimal Problems |
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| 18:15-19:10 | MERC Rhinology Symposium 8 Rhinogenic Headaches |
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| 19:10-19:25 | Plenary Session Lecture Allergy: What a Rhinologist Should Know |
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| 19:25-19:40 | Plenary Session Lecture Anosmia: What a Rhinologist Should Know |
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| 19:40-19:55 | Plenary Session Lecture Video Cases: Silent Sinus Syndrome - Frontal Ethmoidal Mucocele |
MERC2016 DAY 3
FACE
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016
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Morning Sessions Reconstructive facial surgery in morning sessions commence with the experiences from the first facial transplant in the Middle East. It will follow with topics on orbital surgery, bony reconstruction, flap reconstruction and non-surgical management of vascular malformations and BCC. It will end with aesthetic topic on eyelid analysis as the first topic of the aesthetic afternoon session |
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| 8:00-8:30 | Plenary Session Lecture Face Transplantation: My Experience From Experimental Setting to the Clinical Reality |
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| 8:30-8:50 | Plenary Session Lecture The Endonasal Prelacrimal Approach to Orbital Floor Fractures |
|
| 8:50-9:10 | Plenary Session Lecture Endoscopic Orbital Decompression: Indication-Technique-Pearls-Pitfalls |
|
| 9:10-9:30 | Plenary Session Lecture Orbital Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease |
|
| 9:30-9:45 | Plenary Session Lecture Modern Minimal Invasive Orbital Approaches |
|
| 9:45-10:00 | Plenary Session Lecture The Galea Periost Flap for Reconstruction Following Orbital Exenteration |
|
| 10:00-10:15 | Plenary Session Lecture Bony Reconstructions of the Face and Skull with Resorbable Plate System |
|
| 10:15-10:30 | Plenary Session Lecture Complex Free Flap Mid-Facial Reconstruction |
|
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
|
| 11:00-11:25 | Plenary Session Lecture Head and Neck Reconstruction: Alternatives for Different Problems |
|
| 11:25-11:45 | Plenary Session Lecture New Flap Techniques in Oculofacial Recontructions |
|
| 11:45-12:00 | Plenary Session Lecture Non-Surgical vs Surgical Treatment of BCC in Head & Neck, or Combination of Both? |
|
| 12:00-12:20 | Plenary Session Lecture Treatment Modalities for Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies |
|
| 12-20-12:40 | Plenary Session Lecture Non-Surgical Percutaneous Sclerotherapy of Head & Neck Vascular Malformation |
|
| 12:40-13:00 | Plenary Session Lecture Our Concept in HHT Patients |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch & Exhibits |
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| Afternoon Sessions Aesthetic afternoon sessions start with injectable fillers and neurotoxins in facial plastics and workshop on neurotoxin injection. Face lift, Blepharoplasty and fat grafting are other rejuvenation topics in aesthetic session which ends with hairline lowering technique. |
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| 14:00-15:10 | Live Neurotoxin Injection Workshop Injectable Fillers and Neurotoxins in Facial Plastic Surgery |
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| 15:10-15:30 | Plenary Session Lecture New Concepts in Aesthetic Analysis of Eyelids |
|
| 15:30-16:00 | Plenary Session Lecture Facial Rejuvenation by Minimally Invasive Techniques |
|
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break |
|
| 16:30-16:50 | Plenary Session Lecture Lower Blepharoplasty with Canthopexy and Orbicular Muscle Suspension |
|
| 16:50-17:10 | Plenary Session Lecture Complications in Periocular Cosmetic Surgery |
|
| 17:10-17:30 | Plenary Session Lecture Lipostructure as a Complement to Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures |
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| 17:30-18:10 | Plenary Session Lecture The Hairline Lowering Procedure |
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| 18:10-18:20 | CLOSING REMARKS |
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