31st May – 2nd June, 2023 Alicante, Spain.

“Brainstem intrinsic lesions & posterior fossa approaches”

Program

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3D THEATER

7.45am. Welcome.

8.00-8.25am. ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (I). Bones, venous sinuses and dural layers in the posterior fossa. Igor Maldonado

8.30-8.55am. ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (II). Cerebellum and brainstem anatomy. Stefan Wolfsberger

9.00-9.25am. ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (III). Vascular anatomy of the posterior fossa. Elena Baño / Juan Nieto

9.30-9.55am. ANATOMICAL ASPECTS (IV). Radiological anatomy of the posterior fossa vessels. Igor Maldonado

10.00-10.30am. COFFEE BREAK

10.30-10.55am. INTRODUCTION. The posterior fossa compartments. Choosing how to reach the posterior fossa. Víctor Fernández

11.00-11.25am. POSTERIOR APPROACHES (I). Fourth ventricle anatomy and surgical concepts. Javier Abarca

11.30-11.55am. POSTERIOR APPROACHES (II). Cerebello- vermian intrinsic tumors. Medial & paramedial suboccipital approaches. Thomas Santarius

12.00-12.25pm. POSTERIOR APPROACHES (III). Microsurgical, endoscopic, endoscope-assisted and purely endoscope-controlled approaches to the pineal tumors. Samer Elbabaa

12.30-12.55pm. POSTERIOR APPROACHES (IV). Tectal lesions. Supracerebellar infratentorial & occipital interhemispheric transtentorial approaches. Thomas Santarius

1.00-2.00pm. LUNCH

HANDS-ON & VIRTUAL REALITY STATIONS

STATION 1: The skull base bony structures

STATION 2: Cases discussion (4^th ventricle tumors). Anatomy & surgical planning

STATION 3: Petrous bone drilling station. VR and Hands-on

3D THEATER

8.00-8.25am. POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (I). Cerebellopontine angle & tentorial incisura anatomy. Lateral suboccipital approach. Pablo González

8.30-8.55am. POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (II). Endoscopic assisted microsurgery in the cerebellopontine angle. Henry Schroeder

9.00-9.25am. POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (III). Posterior fossa aneurysms and other vascular lesions. Ramez Kirollos

9.30-9.55am. POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (IV). Surgical approaches to the jugular foramen. Luis Borba

10.00-10.30am. COFFEE BREAK

10.30-10.55am. ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (I). The petrous bone anatomy. Pablo González

11.00-11.25am. ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (II). Surgical anatomy and safe entry zones to the brainstem. Matias Baldoncini

11.30-11.55am. ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (III). Intertentorial approaches: a renaissance for petrosectomy? Roy T. Daniel

12.00-12.25pm. ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (IV). Endoscope assisted microsurgical management of brain and skull base tumors. Samer Elbabaa

12.30-12.55pm. ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (V). Petroclival region Anatomy. Different approaches: anterior transpetrosal, presigmoid & retrosigmoid suprameatal approaches. Alvaro Campero

1.00-1.25pm. POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES (V). Foramen magnum anatomy. Far lateral approach and variations. Alvaro Campero

1.30-2.30pm. LUNCH

HANDS-ON & VIRTUAL REALITY STATIONS

STATION 4: Cerebellopontine angle anatomy: 3D & virtual reality

STATION 5: Cases discussion (Petroclival meningiomas). Anatomy & surgical planning

STATION 6: Cerebellopontine angle & supracerebellar epidermoid lesions. Hands-on

3D THEATER

8.30-8.55am. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (I). Nasal and paranasal anatomy. Irene Monjas

9.00-9.25am. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (II). Expanded pure endoscopic endonasal approach for midline clival lesions. Ariel Kaen

9.30-9.55am. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (III). Clival chordomas. Henry Schroeder

10.00-10.30am. COFFEE BREAK

10.30-10.55am. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (IV). Lateral extension of the endoscopic endonasal approach in the coronal plane: petrous apex, Meckel’s cave and other transpterygoid routes. Ariel Kaen.

11.00-11.25am. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (V). Endoscopic endonasal approach to classically “hidden” areas: petrous apex, cavernous sinus, retroselar and retroclival regions. Henry Schroeder

11.30-11.55am. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (VI). Endoscopic endonasal approach to the odontoid and the cranio-cervical junction. Ariel Kaen

12.00-12.25pm. ANTERIOR APPROACHES (VII). Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas. How to deal with them. Stefan Wolfsberger

12.30-12.55pm ANTERIOR APPROACHES (VIII). Anterior compartment of the posterior fossa. Transcranial vs endonasal corridors. Lecture and Case discussion. Javier Abarca

1.00-2.00pm. LUNCH

HANDS-ON & VIRTUAL REALITY STATIONS

STATION 7: Endoscopic endonasal: 3D & virtual reality

STATION 8: Cases discussion (Petrous apex tumors). Anatomy & surgical planning

STATION 9: Clival chordoma. Hands-on