Third Southend Oral Surgery Symposium
13 June 2017
Health Care
Delegates recently gathered from across the UK to attend the latest Oral Surgery Symposium at Southend University Hospital.
It's the third time such a conference has been held at the Trust
and this time it focused on the management of cysts of the jaws
using advanced imaging, customised surgical planning aiming to
remove very little bone to avoid a major operation and also keeping
the complications to a bare minimum.
High-brow stuff, which attracted a high calibre group of
speakers from King's College Dental Hospital, the Editor of the
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and a Professor
from Radbound University in the Netherlands.
Kandasamy Ganesan, Consultant Oral Surgeon at Southend Hospital,
who developed and organised the event with his colleagues, said:
"This symposium was created to facilitate national networking and
the sharing of the knowledge and experience to produce the best
patient outcomes. It is becoming an important event in clinicians'
busy work calendars as it attracts the best speakers in the
world.
"This year we had 75 clinicians from all over the UK, trainees
from Essex hospitals and also representation from Spain. In
addition it was well attended by the management team here at the
Trust."
Money generated from the symposium is reinvested into equipment
for the department and was also used to update the audio system in
the Education Centre Lecture Theatre.
Attendees at the symposium described the outstanding expertise
and good range of speakers as well as the excellent presentations
and organisation.