The “59th Nijmegen Ear Surgery Course” will take place April 20th– 24st 2026 in the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen – The Netherlands. Part of this course will be the minisymposium: “Capita Selecta concerning skull base pathology and surgery”. This will be at April 24st, the last day of the course, however can be attended without course participation. The goal of this day is to share knowledge on a specific topic on the brink of skull base pathology and neurotology. If you are interested, you are cordially invited. The course will be in English.
An application has been made for the 59th Nijmegen Ear Surgery Course to the European UEMS (EACCME®) for the CME/CPD accreditation of this event.
Program
Monday, April 20th, 2026
07.30 Coach service from Rebyl hotel to the Lecture Hall
07.45 Registration Experience Center, conference room De Snelbinder, route 5
08.15 Emmanuel Mylanus: Introduction to the course
08.20 Thomas Zahnert: Reconstruction of the tympanic membrane
08.50 Discussion
09.00 Presentation of surgical cases
09.15 Live televised surgery: Pennings & Saeed
Moderators: Mylanus & Zahnert
11.45 Thomas Zahnert: Reconstruction of the ossicular chain
12.05 Discussion
12.15 Chris Lanting: clinical audiology
12.35 Discussion
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Temporal Bone Dissection
Supervisors: Zahnert, Mylanus, Jansen, Delsing and Saeed
16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.15 Meet the surgeon
16.30 Emmanuel Mylanus and Sjoert Pegge: Imaging of the temporal bone
17.30 Coach service to restaurant
18.00 Dinner at ‘Tante Koosje’
21.00 Coach service to Rebyl Hotel
Tuesday, April 21th , 2026
07.40 Coach service from Rebyl hotel to the Lecture Hall
08.00 Froukje Cals: Bone conduction devices
08.30 Arno Janssen:Audiological aspects of implantable devices
09.00 Presentation of surgical cases
09.15 Live televised surgery: Zahnert – Cals – Mylanus
Moderators: Pennings & Saeed
11.45 Thomas Somers: Canal wall up and the Bony Obliteration Technique
12.15 Corinne Delsing: Endoscopic middle ear surgery
12.35 Discussion
12.45 Course photograph/Lunch
13.30 Temporal Bone Dissection
Supervisors: Zahnert, Mylanus, Jansen, Delsing and Saeed
16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.15 Meet the surgeon
16.30 Shakeel Saeed: Facial nerve management
17.00 Corinne Delsing: Panel on results 2025
17.30 Coach service to Rebyl Hotel
Wednesday, April 22th , 2026
07.40 Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall
08.00 Nicola Quaranta: Surgery of the External Ear Canal
08.30 Emmanuel Mylanus: Middle ear implants
09.00 Presentation of surgical cases
09.15 Live televised surgery: Somers & TBD
Moderators: TBD
11.45 Corinne Delsing: Earsurgery: a musculaskeletal challenge!
12.15 Ronald Pennings: Otogenetics
12.35: Discussion
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Temporal Bone Dissection
Supervisors: Quaranta, Somers, Cals, Mylanus and Delsing
16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.15 Meet the surgeon
16.30 Coach service to Rebyl hotel
18.00 Coach service to Aula Radboud University, Comeniuslaan 2, Nijmegen
18.15 Drinks and snacks
19.00 The 41th W.F.B. Brinkman lecture by Manohar Bance
20.15 Buffet
22.30 Coach service to Rebyl Hotel
Thursday, April 23th, 2026
07.40 Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall
08.00 Thijs Jansen: Complications & how to deal with them
08.30 Wendy Huinck: Cochlear implants
09.00 Presentation of surgical cases
09.15 Live televised surgery: Mylanus & Jansen
11.45 Pennings: Reconstruction of the radical cavity
12.05 Discussion
12.15 Participants: Discussing complex cases
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Temporal Bone Dissection
Supervisors: Mylanus, Somers, Quaranta, Pennings, Delsing and Cals
16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.15 Meet the surgeon
16.30 Marc van Hoof: Innovation in otology
17.00 Thomas Somers: Vestibular Schwannoma
17.30 Coach service to restaurant
18.00 Course Dinner at ‘De Pelgrim’
21.00 Coach service to Rebyl Hotel
Friday, April 24st , 2026
07.40 Coach service from hotel to the Lecture Hall
08.00 Thijs Jansen: Image guided surgical navigation in otology
08.30 Nicola Quaranta: Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
09.00 Temporal Bone Dissection
Supervisors: Jansen, Quaranta, Delsing and Mylanus
Program Capita Selecta April 24st
11.oo-11.30 Registration
11.30-11.45 Opening symposium and introduction to Radboudumc Skull Base Centre – Dirk Kunst (ENT, Radboudumc/MUMC+)
TOPIC I – Paragangliomas
11.50 – 12.10 Paraganglioma guideline and management – Thijs Jansen (ENT, Radboudumc)
12.10 – 12.30 Head and neck paragangliomas – TBD
12.30 – 12.50 Endocrinological and genetic aspects of paragangliomas – Henri Timmers (internist-endocrinologist, Radboudumc)
12.50 – 13.10 Surgery for paragangliomas – Thomas Somers (ENT, Sint Augustinus hospital Belgium))
13.10 – 13.30 Radiotherapy for paragangliomas – TBD
13.30 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15 – 14.45 Neurological panel and Discussion of patients brought in and presented by participants – Thijs Jansen (ENT, Radboudumc), Corinne Delsing (ENT, Radboudumc)
TOPIC II – Pulsatile tinnitus
14.45 – 15.05 Introduction pulsatile tinnitus; clinical workup – Thijs Jansen (ENT, Radboudumc)
15.05 – 15.25 Imaging in pulsatile tinnitus – Anton Meijer (Neuroradiologist, Radboudumc)
15.25 – 15.45 Management of pulsatile tinnitus – Jeroen Boogaarts (neurosurgeon, Radboudumc)
15.45 – 16.15 Imaging and AI with a focus on skull base pathology (Electrical engineer, TU Eindhoven)
16.15 Closure and drinks
16.45 Coach to railway station