International IN OFFICE Breathing Disorders Surgery Course

The IN OFFICE course is an in-person training course in office-based ENT surgery for breathing disorders. The second edition takes place from 10 to 12 December 2026 at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, Funchal. It combines lectures, live surgery with the patient awake under local anaesthesia, and hands-on training on models.

The course is for ENT specialists, ENT residents in their final years of training, sleep surgeons and rhinologists, and heads of ENT departments considering an office procedure room. Residents are welcome and have a reduced fee.

The programme covers Balloon sinus dilation and balloon assisted sinus surgery; Eustachian tube dysfunction; Turbinoplasty; Surgical management of the nasal valve; Surgical management of nasal nerves in chronic rhinitis; Fluid rhinoplasty; Chronic rhinosinusitis and biologics; In-office laryngeal surgery: vocal fold augmentation, blue laser TNL and benign laryngeal lesions; Transnasal oesophagoscopy (TNO); Anaesthesia for laryngeal procedures and non-operating room anaesthesia (NORA); Migraine in the ENT clinic and the role of SPG; Setting up in-office surgery in an ENT service.

Registration is limited to 40 participants so that every doctor has time at the hands-on stations. When seats are taken, a waiting list opens on the registration page.

The fee is 500 EUR for residents and 800 EUR for specialists. The fee includes event participation, lunch and coffee breaks.