Operative Course in Orbitofacial Trauma and Reconstruction

Friday 29th August 2025

Time	Topic
8.00 am Onwards	Registration
Skill station 1 - Dissection of Specimens
8.45 am to 1.00 pm	Exercises scheduled Markings of incisions Floor- swinging eye lid technique Trans caruncular approach to medial wall Lateral wall exposure Lid crease approach to roof DCR
1 to 2 pm	Lunch Post lunch common to both stations
2 to 4 pm	VSP and designing an implant with Materialise
4 to 4.30 pm	Imaging in Orbital trauma
4.35 to 5.15 pm	Examination of the globe and orbit
5.20 to 5.45 pm	Discussion
Faculty dinner


Skill station 2 - 8.45 am onwards
8.45 to 10.45 am	ZMC plating, floor reconstruction and transnasal instrumentation
11 am to 1 pm	Navigation - Brain Lab
1 to 2 pm	Lunch Post lunch common to both stations
2 to 4 pm	VSP and designing an implant with Materialise
4 to 4.30 pm	Imaging in Orbital trauma
4.35 to 5.15 pm	Examination of the globe and orbit
5.20 to 5.45 pm	Discussion
Faculty dinner

Time	Topic	Speaker	Duration
8.30 am to 8.50 am	Inauguration
Lectures 8.55 am onwards
8.55 am to 9.15 am	Understanding orbital anatomy	Dr Beat Hammer	20 mins
9.15 am to 9.25 am	Approaches to Orbit	Dr Raghuraj Hegde	10 mins
9.25 am to 9.35 am	Basics on Biomaterials	Dr Kannan Balaraman	10 mins
9.35 am to 9.45 am	Technical advances in orbital surgeries	Dr Gangadhara Sundar	10 mins
9.45 am to 9.55 am	Globe inquires - lessons learnt over 40 years experience and take home message	Dr. S. Natarajan	10 mins
9.55 am to 10.02 am	Traumatic Optic Neuropathy- Current trends and perspectives	Dr Prabhu Shanker	7 mins
Live Surgery 10.15 am onwards
Lecture on understanding VSP PSI – Dr Leander, Ruud - 1 hour
Discussion on cases posted for day 2
Dinner

Time	Topic	Speaker	Duration
8.30 am to 9.30 am	Interesting case discussion
Live Surgery 9.30 am onwards
2 to 2.30 pm	Orbital tumors	Dr Beat Hammer	20 mins
2.40 to 3.40 pm	Interesting case discussion
Conclusion