36 simultaneous live operating sessions will be performed by 24 leading otologists from their own operating room in Brazil, Canada, Dubai, Turkey, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, France, UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Poland.

The program will cover a wide range of procedures in the field of otology & neurotology including otosclerosis, ossicular reconstruction, cholesteatoma surgery, bone anchored hearing devices (BAHA, PONTO), implantable hearing aids (Vibrant Soundbridge, CO-DACS, Bone Bridge, Otologics), cochlear implantation (Nucleus, MedEl, Advanced Bionics, Neurelec), surgical management of vestibular schwannoma.

Various indications and surgical techniques will be discussed by combining case presentation, live surgery, and panel discussion. The surgeons will explain and demonstrate their surgical techniques via the LION Network.

The moderating team located in Utrecht will facilitate active discussion to encourage international exchange of knowledge and ideas in this field between the surgeons and delegates in the conference halls or via the internet.

All live operations and conference of the 2013 Lion December Broadcast are now available at the LION e-library

The LION e-library has been recently updated with 12 new videos (6 live operations and 6 conferences) of the 6th Annual December LION Global Videoconference Broadcast, December 10th 2013: "Sharing Thoughts, Best Practice, Research, Development, Innovation, Tips and Techniques in Implantable Acoustic Devices"

CONFERENCE
BAHA 4. Cochlear Presentation

LIVE SURGERY
BAHA Implantation

CONFERENCE
Bone Bridge Implant. Med El Presentation

LIVE SURGERY
Thomas Lenarz - Bone Bridge Implantation

CONFERENCE
Cochlear Presentation Codacs System


LIVE SURGERY
Thomas Lenarz - Codacs Implantation.

CONFERENCE
Rinze Tange - Implantable Hearing Devices. Historical Review.

CONFERENCE
MET and CARINA. Cochlear Presentation

LIVE SURGERY
Burkard Schwab - MET Implantation.

LIVE SURGERY
Thibaud Dumon - Ponto Implantation.

LIVE SURGERY
Burkard Schwab - Vibrant Soundbridge Implantation.

CONFERENCE
Vibrant Soundbridge. Med El Presentation



The 2014 Causse International Otology Course, Béziers, 26-28 June, 2014

The 16th International Otology Course of the Causse Ear Clinic (Béziers, France) will be held June 26-28, 2014. The morning live surgery sessions and all conferences, lectures and panel discussion will be broadcasted live via the LION web site.

Do not forget to visit the 3D LION Virtual Exhibition Hall
All sponsors of LION are presented in the Virtual 3D Exhibition Hall which is opened for one year.