Practical course by I.S. Sadikov

On June 26, on the basis of the Megastom training center, the head and surgeon of the otorhinolaryngology clinic of the K+31 network of private clinics, Sadikov Ilya Sergeevich, together with a colleague from TsNIIS and ChLH, conducted a practical course "Open sinus lifting with one-stage implantation: simply about complicated! Interaction of an implantologist and an otorhinolaryngologist".

During the course, doctors covered topics such as:

Open sinus lift technique:

• A brief history of the "Sinus lifting" operation.
• Anatomy of the maxillary sinus.
• Indications and contraindications. Patient motivation.
• Instrumentation for OSL operation. Organization of the workflow.
• The choice of treatment tactics. Planning the operation.
• Preoperative and postoperative patient management.
• Step-by-step management of the operation: from complex to simple.
• Complications.

Analysis of the difficulties during the OSL operation:

• Sinus lifting for defects in the walls of the maxillary sinus.
• Reoperation after unsuccessful sinus lift.
• Septa of the maxillary sinus. Possibilities for their elimination and circumvention.
• Features of the operation with anatomical and topographic features.
• OSL with one-stage implantation.
• OSL with simultaneous tooth extraction.
• OSL with foreign body removal.
• Errors during the planning and execution of OSL.

The course consisted not only of a theoretical part, but also a practical one. Participants worked out manual skills under the supervision of a lecturer on a chicken egg:

• Creation of a window (by two methods - with the creation of a lid, with excision of the bone window) with detachment of the membrane.
• Creation of two windows with membrane detachment.
• Peeling of the perforated membrane, and its subsequent closure.

At the end of the event, all participants were presented with personalized certificates of completion of the course.