Kursinnehåll
EXPERT Anatomy and Ultrasound course
Head and Neck
Meeting rationale: The management of cervical dystonia as well as sialorrhea requires experience and skills in a range of practical aspects. To ensure an optimal treatment response with botulinum toxin therapy, the knowledge of respective anatomical structures is essential. Further, it is important that targeted structures are correctly localized and injected.
The objective of this meeting is to refresh anatomical knowledge and foster the use of ultrasound as guiding techniques for injections and to practice ultrasound usage in small groups. Ideally, the acquired knowledge will lead to an optimal treatment with BoNT and improve patient care.
Date to be announced, July 2025
Oxford, UK
Friday location: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX 1 3PL, UK
Saturday location: St. Anne’s College, UK
Kursledare
Dr Johannes C Klein, Oxford University, UK
Dr Wolfgang Fogel, DKD Helios clinic Wiesbaden, Germany
Prof Frédérique Depierreux, CHU de Liège, Belgium
Agenda
Friday
Location: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX 1 3PL, UK
12:00 – 12:45 Welcome and lunch
12:45 – 13:30 Ultrasound – how it works, why to use it, pearls and pitfalls (Klein)
13:30 – 14:00 Review of anatomical structures of the head & neck regions: Dystonic patterns, anatomy of dorsal cervical muscles I: The superficial layer (Klein)
14:00 – 14:45 Hands-on Anatomy and ultrasound: the dorsal superficial musculature of the neck with anatomical preparations and ultrasound localization
14:45 – 15:15 Review of anatomical structures of the head & neck regions: Dystonic patterns, anatomy of dorsal cervical muscles II: The deeper layers (Depierreux)
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15 Hands-on Anatomy and ultrasound: the dorsal deeper musculature of the neck with anatomical preparations and ultrasound localization
16:15 – 16:45 Review of anatomical structures of the head & neck regions: Dystonic patterns, anatomy of lateral cervical and face muscles (Fogel)
16:45 – 17:30 Hands-on Anatomy and ultrasound: lateral muscles of the neck, facial muscles, jaw muscles, major salivary glands and ultrasound localization
17:30 – 17:45 Wrap-up and back to college
18:45 Dinner (coach transportation)
Saturday
Location: St. Anne’s College, UK
09.00–13.30 Ultrasound, Head & Neck recap, Treatment design
09.00–09.20 Pathophysiology of cervical dystonia and introduction to treatment strategies (Klein)
09.20–10.30 Rational injection design for cervical dystonia (Depierreux)
• Col-Cap with examples
• What to do if the therapy doesn’t work?
10.30–10.45 Coffee Break
10.45–11.30 Hands-on ultrasound: Col-Cap muscles and Phantom injection training (ALL)
11.30–12.15 Head and face recap: Hemifacial spasm, sialorrhea (Fogel)
12.15–13.15 Lunch and departure
This meeting has been organised and funded by Merz Therapeutics GmbH. The chairpersons have chosen the speakers and agenda. The topics discussed represent the views of the speakers and not necessarily those of Merz.
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