Program
MORNING. 3D Theatre
7.45-8.00am: Welcome
Pedro Moreno
8.00-8.30am: ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (I). Bone anatomy and intrinsic boundaries.
David Mato
8.30-9.00am: ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (II). Cerebellum and brainstem surface anatomy.
Stefan Wolfsberger
9.00-9.30am: ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (III). Vascular anatomy of the posterior fossa.
Ramez Kirollos
9.30-10.00am: 3D VASCULAR SESSION. Microsurgery for aneurysms. From clippable to unclippable.
Eka J. Wahjoepramono
10.00-10.30am: Coffee break
10.30-11.00am: The posterior fossa compartments. Choosing how to reach the posterior fossa
Víctor Fernández Cornejo
11.00-11.30am: POSTERIOR APPROACHES (I). Fourth ventricle anatomy. Medial suboccipital surgical routes and anatomic details.
Javier Abarca Olivas
11.30-12.00pm: POSTERIOR APPROACHES (II). Tumors of the fourth ventricle: the tellovelar exposure.
Thomas Santarius
12.00-12.30pm: POSTERIOR APPROACHES (III). Cerebello- vermian intrinsic tumors. Medial and paramedical suboccipital approaches.
Víctor Fernández Cornejo
12.30-1.00pm: POSTERIOR APPROACHES (IV). Pineal and posterior third ventricle tumors. Endoscopic assisted microsurgery.
Samer K. Elbabaa
1.00-1.30pm: POSTERIOR APPROACHES (V). Pineal and tectal lesions. Medial and paramedial supracerebellar infratentorial approach. Occipital interhemispheric transtentorial approach.
Thomas Santarius
AFTERNOON. Laboratory
STATION 1: The skull base bony structures. Understanding the surgical entries. (45 minutes
STATION 2: The cerebellum and brainstem. Intrinsic and extrinsic features. The surgical target. (45 minutes)
STATION 3: Posterior approaches. Medial and paramedial suboccipital approaches for cerebellar, brainstem and fourth ventricle tumors. (90 minutes)
MORNING. 3D Theatre
8.00-8.30am: POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (I). 3D Endoscopic surgical anatomy of the retromastoid approach.
Stefan Wolfsberger
8.30-9.00am: POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (II). Cerebellopontine angle lesions. Lateral suboccipital (retrosigmoid) approach. Endoscopic assisted microsurgery.
Pablo González-López
9.00-9.30am: POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (III). Hybrid treatment for acoustic schwannomas. How we do it.
Roy Thomas Daniel
9.30-10.00am: POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (IV). Posterior fossa aneurysms and other vascular lesions. Decision making and surgical goals.
Ramez Kirollos
10.00-10.30am: Coffee break
10.30-11.00am: POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (V). Foramen magnum and craniocervical junction lesions. Far lateral suboccipital approach and variations (transcondylar, transjugular).
Nabeel Alshafai
11.00-11.30am: ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (I). Reaching the prepontine space. Surgical anatomy and safe entry zones to the brainstem. Anatomy of the brainstem through the white matter fiber tracts.
Matias Baldoncini
11.30-12.00pm: ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (II). Surgery of brainstem cavernous angiomas.
Eka J. Wahjoepramono
12.00-12.30pm: ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (III). Anterior transpetrosal approach and variations, subtemporal and pretemporal approaches. Anatomical and surgical understanding.
Thomas Santarius
12.30-1.00pm: ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (IV). Sphenopetroclival, jugular foramen and CPA lesions. Posterior transpetrosal approach and extended/combined approaches.
Pablo González López
1.00-1.30pm: Optimally invasive skull base surgery for large benign tumors. Lowering concepts to the earth.
Roy Thomas Daniel
AFTERNOON. Laboratory
STATION 1: Petrous bone anatomy and anterolateral approaches. Drilling practice. (90 minutes)
STATION 2: Endonasal extended anterior approaches. (90 minutes)
MORNING. 3D Theatre
8.00-8:30am: ANTERIOR APPROACHES (I). Nasal and paranasal anatomy.
Irene Monjas
8:30-9:15am: ANTERIOR APPROACHES (II). Expanded pure endoscopic endonasal approach for clival midline lesions.
Eugenio Cárdenas / Ariel Kaen
9:15-9:45am: ANTERIOR APPROACHES (III). Endoscopic approach to the petrous apex and the Meckel´s cave.
Eugenio Cárdenas / Ariel Kaen
9:45-10.15am: Coffee break
10:15-10:45am: ANTERIOR APPROACHES (IV). Endoscopic endonasal approach to the odontoid and the craniocervical junction.
Eugenio Cárdenas / Ariel Kaen
10:45-11:15am: ANTERIOR APPROACHES (V). Endoscopic extreme far medial approach to the jugular foramen and surroundings
Juan A. Simal
11:15-1.00pm: ANTERIOR APPROACHES (VI). Anterior compartment of the posterior fossa. Transcranial vs endonasal corridors. Lecture and Case discussion.
Javier Abarca (lecture) All the faculty (cases discussion)
1.00pm: CLOSURE
Course Fee 900€ and includes:
PARTICIPATION
To the full activities of the course.
Course
MATERIAL
Complementary
REGISTRATION BAG
TRANSFERS
Assist
ACCOMMODATION
In a 4 Star Hotel for 3 Nights (Check-in 28th February and Check-out 3rd March)
MEETING DINNER
On 1st March.
COURSE DINNER
With Faculty on 2nd March.
3DN Faculty 2018
Location
Servicio de Neurocirugía
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante
C/ Pintor Baeza 12,03010.
Alicante SPAIN
+34 965 933 000
Laboratorio de Anatomia Humana,
Facultad de Medicina.
Universidad Miguel Hernández
Carretera Nacional 332 (w/num),
03550. San Juan de Alicante
Alicante SPAIN
Hotel
Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio, 11
03002 Alicante – SPAIN