Program Overview

Emergency Safe Neck Surgery by Cadaver Dissection

This one-day course using Thiel embalmed cadaveric specimens, provides a variety of neck surgery simulations based on the more common neck emergencies encountered in otolaryngology.

Course Details

• School of Medicine
• Date of entry: March 2026
• Start date: Monday 16 March 2026
• Duration: 1 day
• Location: Ninewells Hospital
• Course Fee: £475
• Course Director(s): Mr Panos Asimakopoulos, Mr Omar Hilmi, and Mr Richard Townsley
• Course Category: ENT
• Awarded CPD points: 6
• Maximum of: 10 places available

Course Description

A series of structured exercises has been devised so that trainees can complete a variety of neck surgery simulations based on the more common neck emergencies encountered in otolaryngology. There will be short presentations followed by hands-on dissections. Trainees will be working in pairs throughout the course using a Thiel embalmed cadaveric specimen with personal tuition from experienced otolaryngologists.

Course Coverage

• Stab wounds to the neck
• Emergency neck surgery for epistaxis
• Emergency neck surgery for neck space infection
• Emergency surgery for laryngeal trauma
  • Including laryngotracheal separation and tracheostomy

Additional Information

Includes pre-course learning material and an attendance certificate.

Thiel Embalmed Cadavers

The University of Dundee is currently the leading centre in the UK using Thiel embalmed cadavers, thanks to the pioneering work of its Centre of Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID).