SCOPE  
   
 
Nowadays snoring and OSAS are considerate a public health problem, not only because of their high frequency, morbidity and mortality but also due to the social and familiar impact on patient´s. In this cadaver course we pretend, step-by-step, perform on cadaver the basic and most recent technics for the different etiologies of snoring and OSAS.
 
           
  ORGANIZATION  
   
 
Fausto Fernandes
Hospital da Luz, Guimarães, Portugal
  
   
 
Francisco Moreira da Silva
Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
  
   
 
Carlos Matos
Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
  
   
 
Jorge Correia-Pinto
Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
School of Medicine - University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  

  FACULTY  
   
 
Carlos Matos
Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
  
   
 
Edilson Zancanella
UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  
   
 
Fausto Fernandes
Hospital da Luz, Guimarães, Portugal
  
   
 
Guillermo Plaza Mayor
Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada / Hospital Sanitas La Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain
  
   
 
Jorge Rodrigues
Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
  
   
 
Peter Baptista
University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  
   
 
Sérgio Caselhos
Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
  
  
PROGRAMME - June 16th 2018
 
Morning  ::: Lectures
 
L1: Anatomy of Upper Airway
L2: Sleep & Snoring – Clinical Concepts
L3: Diagnosis of Snoring and OSAS-PSG and DISE
L4: Indications for Snoring and OSAS Surgery
L5: Systematic Surgical Technic for treatment of Snoring and OSAS
L6: Septoplasty,Turbinectomy ,Palatoplasty
L7: Barbed Suture Palatoplasty
L8: Genioglossus Muscle advancement
L9: Tongue Basis Surgery
L10: Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
L11: Post Operative Care
 
Afternoon ::: Hand-on training - cadaver
 
- Palatoplasty techniques
- Palatopharyngeal muscle advancement
- Barbed suture Palatoplasty
- Genioglossus muscle advancement
- Tongue basis surgery
- Hypoglossal nerve stimulation