Advanced Hands-on Course in Skull Base Surgery 2024
PROGRAMME
All practical exercises listed here will be introduced by a topic-related 20-minute scientific lecture.
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Anterior skull base & anterior CCJ
7:30 Registration
8:00 Welcome Prof. J.F. Cornelius
8:05 Scientific Lecture Prof. R. Daniel :“Fronto-lateral approach & minimally invasive variants, subtemporal approach & anterior petrosectomy”
8:25 Practical part
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Scientific Lecture Prof. M. Bruneau :“Antero-lateral approach to CCJ and management of the vertebral artery”
14:20 Scienific Lecture Prof. D. Paraskevopoulos :“Fronto-temporo-orbito-zygomatic approach; clinoidectomy & sinus cavernosus”
14:40 Practical part
18:00 Debriefing
Free evening
Friday, 17 May 2024
Posterior skull base & posterior CCJ
8:00 Scientific Lecture Dr. Koot :“Retrosigmoidal approach & opening of the internal auditory canal”
8:20 Scientific Lecture Prof. Beez :“Posterior midline, supracerebellar-infratentorial & telo-velar approach”
8:40 Practical part
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Scientific Lecture Prof. T. Meling :“Postero-lateral approach to the CCJ (far lateral approach and variants”
14:20 Scientific Lecture Prof. J.F. Cornelius :“ C1& C2 and anatomy of the vertebral artery, landmarks of screw placement C0-C4 for Occ Cerv Fusion”
14:40 Practical part
18:00 Debriefing
20:00 Course Dinner at the restaurant “La Donna Cannone”, Hammer Strasse 28, Düsseldorf
Saturday, 18 May 2024
Lateral skull base
8:00 Scientific Lecture Dr. Giammatei :“Posterior petrosectomy & variants”
8:20 Scientific Lecture Prof. Beseoglu :“Strategic planning in complex skull base surgery, peri-operative management & intra-operative monitoring, complication prevention & trouble-shooting”
8:40 Practical part
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Free preparation
15:00 Farewell
Faculty members (see below) will be available the whole day to support the participants during the practical exercises and to answer questions.
Invited Faculty
Prof. M. Bruneau, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital UZ Brussels
Prof. R. Daniel, Head of Skull Base Surgery and Neurovascular Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital
Dr. L. Giammatei, Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Lausanne University Hospital
Dr. R.W. Koot, Senior Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, LUMC, Leiden
Prof. T. Meling, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen
Prof. D. Paraskevopoulos, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Mary University, London
Local Faculty (Neurosurgical Department of the University Hospital Duesseldorf)
Prof. Th. Beez, Head of paediatric neurosurgery, Vice chairman
Prof. K. Beseoglu, Head of Neurosurgical Intensive Care
Prof. J.F. Cornelius, acting Chairman
Scientific Organization
Prof. J.F. Cornelius
Dr. Simon Schieferdecker
Dr. Juliane Weski