AO CMF NA Course — Focus: Ballistics Injury Management

Conference Summary AO CMF NA Course — Focus: Ballistics Injury Management is organized by AO North America (AO NA) and will be held from Jan 07 - 09, 2022 at OLC Education & Conference Center, Rosemont, Illinois, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for attending surgeons in the fields of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstruction, Ophthalmology and Oculoplastics.  Senior Residents (PGY 3 and above) and Fellows may also find this course beneficial. Description: This 2 ½ day course emphasizes practical lectures and hands-on experiences from planning a cutting-edge reconstruction procedure for the tertiary reconstruction of an individual’scraniomaxillofacial wound to performing the reconstruction of both hard-tissue and soft-tissue defects under expert mentors in a 3:1 student to expert faculty ratio. Learning Objectives: Upon completion, participants should be able to: • Display current knowledge regarding ballistic wound surgical planning and intra-operative management in the field of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery • Identify appropriate applications for pre-surgical planning and intra-operative management for treatment of traumatic, avulsive tissue-loss injuries • Demonstrate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform both pre-surgical planning and intra-operative techniques including immobilization of soft tissues to adequately reconstruct avulsive soft tissue defects of the head / neck region • Discuss the applicability of computer-aided techniques when analyzing post-operative results and outcome analysis • Evaluate the problems, complications and intra-operative difficulties that can result from the application of these approaches Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available. Specialties Emergency Medicine Trauma Speaker (s) 9 Speaker(s) Conference Summary AO CMF NA Course — Focus: Ballistics Injury Management is organized by AO North America (AO NA) and will be held from Jan 07 - 09, 2022 at OLC Education & Conference Center, Rosemont, Illinois, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for attending surgeons in the fields of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstruction, Ophthalmology and Oculoplastics.  Senior Residents (PGY 3 and above) and Fellows may also find this course beneficial. Description: This 2 ½ day course emphasizes practical lectures and hands-on experiences from planning a cutting-edge reconstruction procedure for the tertiary reconstruction of an individual’scraniomaxillofacial wound to performing the reconstruction of both hard-tissue and soft-tissue defects under expert mentors in a 3:1 student to expert faculty ratio. Learning Objectives: Upon completion, participants should be able to: • Display current knowledge regarding ballistic wound surgical planning and intra-operative management in the field of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery • Identify appropriate applications for pre-surgical planning and intra-operative management for treatment of traumatic, avulsive tissue-loss injuries • Demonstrate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform both pre-surgical planning and intra-operative techniques including immobilization of soft tissues to adequately reconstruct avulsive soft tissue defects of the head / neck region • Discuss the applicability of computer-aided techniques when analyzing post-operative results and outcome analysis • Evaluate the problems, complications and intra-operative difficulties that can result from the application of these approaches Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.