Hands On Courses 2026

The Gruppo Otologico organizes, for the year 2026, the following courses of Middle Ear Surgery and Lateral Skull Base Surgery.

• Skull Base Surgery Course: 23 – 27 March 2026
• Middle Ear Surgery Course: 22 – 26 June 2026
• Skull Base Surgery Course: 05 – 09 October 2026
• Middle Ear Surgery Course: 23 – 27 November 2026

The courses will be taught in English.

Download the registration form here.

PUBBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

• The Otologic Approach in the Management of posterior petrous surface meningiomas
• Management of complex TJP 2011
• Management of vagal paragangliomas
• Lateral skull base parafaringeal benign
• The Effects of Tympanomastoid Paragangliomas
• A developmental perspective on paragangliar tumorigenesis
• Absence of the controlateral jugular carotid artery
• Are the Current Treatment Strategies for Facial Nerve Scwannoma Apporpiate Also for Complex Cases
• Are the Current treatment strategies
• Audiological evaluation of vestibular schwannoma patients with normal hearing
• Auditory Brainstem Implants in NF2 Patients
• Bone anchored lavoro
• Book Review Surgery for Cochlear and Other Auditory Implants
• Book reviews Microsurgery of Skull Base Paragangliomas
• Carotid Body and vagal paragangliomas +Tympanojugular Paraganglomas surgical management
• Clinical and Surgical Pathology of the Petrous Apex
• History of Auditory implantation v4
• Surgical Management of Class C and D Tympanojugular Paragangliomas
• Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Paraganglioma Surgery
• Cholesteatoma of the External Auditory Canal
• Chondroblastoma of the temporal bone
• CHONDROSARCOMAS jugular foramen
• CI in irradiated paraganglioma
• Closed Versus Open Technique in the Management
• Cochlear Implantation in Cochlear Ossification
• Combined Endovascular-Surgical Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Ctp
• Comparison of Lower Cranial Nerve Function Between Tympanojugular Paraganglioma Class C1-C2 With and Without Intracranial Extension- A Four-Decade Experience
• Congenital mastoid Cholesteatoma
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Prevention After Translabyrinthine Removal of Vestibular Schwannoma
• Current trends in the management of the complication of chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma
• Cystic Vestibular Schwannoma: Classification, Management, and Facial Nerve Outcomes
• Decision making in the wait and scan approach for vestibular schwannoma
• Differential Presentation of Congenital Cholesteatoma in Twins with Atypical Location
• Surgical management of vestibular schwannoma in elderly patients
• Enlarged Translabyrinthine approach for the management of large and giant acoutstics
• Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach With Transapical Extension in the Management of Giant Vestibular Schwannomas: Personal Experience and Review of Literature
• Evaluation of subtotal petrosectomy technique in difficult cases of cochlear implantation
• Facial Nerve Outcomes Following Total Excision of Vestibular Schwannoma by the Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach
• Facial Nerve Tumors
• Facial Reanimation After Facial Nerve Injury Using Hypoglossal to Facial Nerve Anastomosis: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
• Giant Cell Tumors of the Skull Base Case Series and Current Concepts
• Guidelines for Treating Temporal Bone Carcinoma Based on Long-Term Outcomes
• Hearing preservation and facial nerve function
• Hearing preservation surgery in VS-the hidden truth
• Hearing Rehabilitation in Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Patients: Cochlear versus Auditory Brainstem Implantation
• Implante Coclear en situaciones anatomicas complejas petrosectomia subtotal
• Incomplete and false tract insertions in cochlear iplantation retrospective review of surgical and audiotry outcomes
• Indications and controindications of auditory brainstem implants: systematic review and illustrative cases
• Infratemporal fossa approach type A
• Integrative genetic, epigenetic and pathological analysis of paraganglioma reveals complex dysregulation of NOTCH signaling
• Intracanalicular Meningioma: Clinical Features, Radiologic Findings, and Surgical Management
• Intraoperatively Diagnosed Cerebellopontine Angle Facial Nerve Schwannoma: How To Deal With It
• Ipsilateral cochlear implantation in patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma in the only or best hearing ear and in patients with NF2
• Large and giant vestibular schwannomas overall outcomes and the factors influencing facial nerve function
• Subtotal Petrosectomy: Surgical Technique, Indications, Outcomes, and Comprehensive Review of Literature
• Lateral Skull Base in Pediatric Population
• Lateral skull base surgery in a pediatric population: A 25-year experience in a referral skull base center
• Less Than 1% Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage in 1,803 Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery Cases
• Auris Nasus Larynx
• Malignant Transformation of acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma 10 Years after Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• Proper tumor classification and growth rate are key elements when considering indications and results of radiotherapy for head and neck paragangliomas
• Lipomas of the Internal Audiotry Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle
• Long term surgical and hearing outcomes in the management of tympanomastoid paragangliomas
• Lower cranial nerves function after surgical treatment of Fisch Class C and D tympanojugular paragangliomas
• Malignancy in Vestibular Schwannoma after Stereotactic Radiotherapy: A case report and review of the literature
• Management of Complex Cases of Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
• Management of facial nerve in surgical treatment of previously untreated fisch class c tympanojugular paraganglioma long term results
• Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Paraganglioma Surgery
• Management of the cervico-petrous internal carotid artery in class C tympanojugular paragangliomas
• Management of Vestibular Schwannoma with Normal Hearing
• Management of Chronic Otitis by Middle Ear Obliteration With Blind Sac Closure of the External Auditory Canal
• Management of Jugular Paragangliomas: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
• Management of Meningoencephalic Herniation of the Temporal Bone: Personal Experience and Literature Review
• Management Strategy of Vestibular Schwannoma in Neurofibromatosis Type 2
• Meningiomas of the Internal Auditory Canal
• No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Removal
• Nonvascular Lesions of the Jugular Foramen: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
• Oncologic outcome in surgical management of jugular paraganglioma and factors influencing outcomes
• Outcomes of Drill Canalplasty in Exostoses and Osteoma: Analysis of 256 Cases and Literature Review
• Outcomes of Facial Nerve Grafting in 155 Cases: Predictive Value of History and Preoperative Function
• Paragangliomas arise throught an autonomous vasculo-angio-neurogenic program inihibited by imatinib
• Perioperative Complications in Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma) Surgery
• Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: Classification, Management and Review of the Literature
• Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: Management and Outcomes
• Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
• Petroux apex cholesterol granulomas outcomes complications and hearing results from surgical and wait and scan management
• Posterior Petrous Face Meningiomas: An Algorithm for Surgical Management
• Profiling of Somatic Mutations in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma by Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Analysis
• The Temporal Bone: Anatomical Dissection and Surgical Approaches
• Surgery for Cochlear and Other Auditory implants
• Salvage surgery of vestibular schwannoma after failed radiotherapy: The Gruppo Otologico experience and review of the literature
• Paragangliomas Yugulares
• Simultaneous Cochlear Implantation After Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection: a report of 41 cases
• Salvage surgery of vestibular schwannoma after failed radiotherapy: The Gruppo Otologico experience and review of the literature
• State of the art in temporal bone malignancies
• Subtotal Petrosectomy for Cochlear Implantation: Lessons Learned After 110 Cases
• Subtotal Petrosectomy: Surgical Technique, Indications, Outcomes, and Comprehensive Review of Literature
• Surgical Management of Class C and D Tympanojugular Paragangliomas
• Surgical Management of Intrinsic Tumors of the Facial Nerve
• Surgical Management of Tympanojugular Paragangliomas with Intradural Extension, with a Proposed Revision of the Fisch Classification
• Surgical management of vestibular schwannoma in elderly patients
• Surgical Removal of Jugular Paragangliomas After Stenting of the Intratemporal Internal Carotid Artery: A Preliminary Report
• Surgical Results and Technical Refinements in Translabyrinthine Excision of Vestibular Schwannomas: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
• Surgical Strategy and Facial Nerve Outcomes in Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
• Surgical technique and results of cable graft interpositioning of the facial nerve in lateral skull base surgeries: experience with 213 consecutive cases
• Temporal Bone invasion by Recurrent Benign Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Parotid Gland
• Temporal Bone Meningo-Encephalic-Herniation: Etiological Categorization and Surgical Strategy
• The behavior of residual tumors and facial nerve outcomes after incomplete excision of vestibular schwannomas
• Lateral skull base approaches in the management of benign parapharyngeal space tumors
• The endolymphatic sac tumor: challenges in the eradication of a localized disease
• The Gruppo Otologico experience of endolymphatic sac tumor
• The use of internal carotid artery stenting in management of bilateral carotid body tumors
• The Controversial Beginnings of Neurotology: William F. House’s Struggles as a Medical Innovator
• The Long-Term Outcomes of Wait-and-Scan and the Role of Radiotherapy in the Management of Vestibular Schwannomas
• The Role of Subtotal Petrosectomy in Cochlear Implant SurgeryYA Report of 32 Cases and Review on Indications
• The Role of Wait-and-Scan and the Efficacy of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Temporal Bone Paragangliomas
• Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach with Transapical Extension in the Management of Giant Vestibular Schwannoma: Personal Experience and Review of Literaure
• Translabyrinthine Excision of Vestibular Schwannoma with Concurrent Cochlear Implantation: Systematic Review
• Tymapano Jugular Paragangliomas and Skull Base Surgery
• Update in the classification and the role of intra-arterial stenting in the management of carotid body paragangliomas
• Vestibular Schwannoma in the Only Hearing Ear: Role of Cochlear Implants
• Vestibular Schwannoma Resection with Ipsilateral Simultaneous Cochlear Implantation in Patients with Normal Contralateral Hearing
• Wait and Scan Management of Intra-canalicular Vestibular Schwannomas: Analysis of Growth and Hearing Outcome
• Preoperative predective factors for Hearing
• Superior Petrosal Vein Sacrifice in Translabyrinthine Approach for Resection of Vestibule Schwannoma