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Saturday 04/26/08
Anterior and Lateral Approaches to Skull Base
Course: PC 003, Room: E353B
Time: 8am - 12pm, Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Minimally Invasive Microendoscopic Disectomy
Course: PC 005, Room: E451B
Time: 8am - 5pm, Equipment: OPMI Pentero
Intracranial Endoscopy: Indications, Techniques, Outcome and Complications
Course: PC 006, Room: E450B
Time: 8am - 5pm, Equipment: OPMI pico/S100 System
Hands- On Peripheral Nerve of the Upper Extremities
Course: PC 007, Room: E451A
Time: 1 - 5pm, Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Course: PC 041, Room: E258
Time: 8am - 12pm, Equipment: OPMI Pentero
Sunday 04/27/08
Spinal Endoscopic Techniques to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
Course: PC 017, Room: E451B
Time: 8am - 12pm, Equipment: OPMI Pentero
Non- Invasive Pre-Operative and Intra- Operative Brain Mapping and Treatment of Epilepsy
Course: PC 023, Room: E271A
Time: 8am - 12pm, Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Practical and Technical Aspects of Transsphenoidal Surgery
Course: PC 025, Room: E450B
Time: 8am - 5pm, Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Saturday 4/26/08, 8am - 12pm
Anterior and Lateral Approaches to Skull Base
Course: PC 003, Room: E353B
Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Course Director:
Ossama Al-Mefty, MD (Little Rock, AR)
Chandranath Sen, MD (New York, NY)
Faculty:
Ryojo Akagami, MD;
Helmut Bertalanffy, MD;
Chun Siang Chen, MD;
William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD;
Evandro De Oliveira, MD, PhD;
Kadir Erkmen, MD;
Paulo Abdo Kadri, MD;
Wesley A. King, MD;
Sandeep M. Kunwar, MD;
Anil Nanda, MD, FACS;
Thomas C. Origitano, MD, PhD;
Raj K. Shrivastava, MD
Description:
Skull base approaches will be taught by recognized experts in the field through lectures and hands-on cadaver dissections.
Saturday 4/26/08, 8am - 5pm
Minimally Invasive Microendoscopic Disectomy
Course: PC 005, Room: E451B
Equipment: OPMI Pentero
Course Director:
Kevin T. Foley, MD (Memphis, TN)
Faculty:
Muwaffak M. Abdulhak, MD, FRCS(C);
Donald L. Hilton, Jr., MD; Langston T. Holly, MD;
Sylvain Palmer, MD;
Maurice M. Smith, MD;
Najeeb M. Thomas, MD
Description:
This clinic will review current techniques for minimally invasive lumbar and cervical discectomy using microscopic-endoscopic tubular retraction. Hands-on experience will be emphasized using cadaveric specimens in conjunction with microscopic and endoscopic approaches.
Saturday 4/26/08, 8am - 5pm
Intracranial Endoscopy: Indications, Techniques, Outcome and Complications
Course: PC 006, Room: E450B
Equipment: OPMI pico/S100 System
Course Director:
Alan R. Cohen, MD, FACS (Cleveland, OH)
Faculty:
Jacques Caemaert, MD, Prof;
Michael R. Gaab, MD, PhD;
Andre Grotenhuis, MD, PhD;
Nakamasa Hayashi, MD, PhD;
Carl Barnes Heilman, MD;
Tenoch Herrada-Pineda, MD;
Wesley A. King, MD;
Henry W. S. Schroeder, MD, PhD;
Theodore H. Schwartz, MD;
Mark M. Souweidane, MD;
John C. Wellons III, MD
Description:
Participants will receive didactic and hands-on instruction in intracranial endoscopy, including indications, techniques, outcomes and complications. Topics covered will include the management of hydrocephalus (including third ventriculostomy), removal of colloid cysts and other intraventricular tumors, endoscope-assisted microneurosurgery and transsphenoidal procedures.
Saturday 4/26/08, 1-5pm
Hands- On Peripheral Nerve of the Upper Extremities
Course: PC 007, Room: E451A
Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Course Director:
Rajiv Midha, MD, MS, FRCS (Calgary, AB Canada)
Robert L. Tiel, MD (Jackson, MS)
Faculty:
Allan H. Friedman, MD, FACS;
David G. Kline, MD;
John E. McGillicuddy, MD;
Stephen M. Russell, MD;
Robert J. Spinner, MD, FACS;
Christopher J. Winfree, MD;
Lynda Jun-san Yang, MD, PhD;
Eric L. Zager, MD
Description:
This hands-on clinic uses cadaver dissection to review clinically relevant anatomy and surgical approaches to the brachial plexus and upper extremity nerves.
Saturday 4/26/08, 8am - 12pm
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Course: PC 041, Room: E258
Equipment: OPMI Pentero
Course Director:
Jeffrey Thomas Keller, PhD; John M. Tew, Jr., MD
Faculty:
Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, MD;
Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., MD;
Philip V. Theodosopoulos, MD
Description:
This course will familiarize participants with the pathophysiology of trigeminal neuralgia and the entire breadth of treatment options, including percutaneous lesions, open surgical management, endoscopic approaches as well as radiosurgical treatment. The relevant anatomy will be extensively reviewed with an emphasis on key surgical points that maximize the effectiveness of treatment both in standard pathologic findings as well as atypical presentations, recurrences after treatment and lesion related symptoms. A treatment algorithm will be presented and the nuances of treatment decision making will be extensively discussed.
Sunday 4/27/08, 8am - 12pm
Spinal Endoscopic Techniques to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
Course: PC 017, Room: E451B
Equipment: OPMI Pentero
Course Director:
Kevin T. Foley, MD (Memphis, TN)
Faculty:
Dean Chou, MD;
Curtis A. Dickman, MD;
Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD;
Kevin T. Foley, MD;
Robert E. Isaacs, MD;
Adrian M. Nowitzke, MBBS, FRACS
Description:
This clinic provides hands-on training with thoracic and lumbar microendoscopic discectomy and thorascopy, using cadaveric material.
Sunday 4/27/08, 8am - 12pm
Non- Invasive Pre-Operative and Intra- Operative Brain Mapping and Treatment of Epilepsy
Course: PC 023, Room: E271A
Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Course Director:
Guy M. McKhann, II, MD (New York, NY)
Faculty:
Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD;
Gene H. Barnett, MD, FACS;
Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FACS;
William E. Bingaman, Jr., MD;
Peter McL. Black, MD, PhD;
Gerald A. Grant, MD;
Dennis D. Spencer, MD
Description:
This clinic will provide an in-depth review of techniques and technologies that can be applied to identifying and working within eloquent areas of the brain and performing successful resections. In addition, preoperative and intra-operative state-of-theart detection of seizure foci will be reviewed. The selection of surgical approaches based on non-invasive monitoring for surgery of epilepsies and brain tumors will be discussed.
Sunday 4/27/08, 8am - 5pm
Practical and Technical Aspects of Transsphenoidal Surgery
Course: PC 025, Room: E450B
Equipment: OPMI pico technoscope
Course Director:
William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD (Salt Lake City, UT)
Gail L. Rosseau, MD (Chicago, IL)
Faculty:
Helmut Bertalanffy, MD;
William F. Chandler, MD, FACS;
Matthew G. Ewend, MD, FACS;
Carl Barnes Heilman, MD;
John A. Jane, Jr., MD;
Amin Kassam, MD;
Daniel F. Kelly, MD;
Edward R. Laws, Jr., MD;
Ian E. McCutcheon, MD;
Basant Kumar Misra, MD;
Edward H. Oldfield, MD;
Jean Regis, MD;
Warren R. Selman, MD;
Jonas M. Sheehan, MD
Description:
This clinic will review traditional transsphenoidal approaches and present contemporary modifications of the technique, including endoscopic approaches. This clinic will also update the neurosurgeon on current medical and radiosurgical adjuncts to transsphenoidal surgery.
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