Program
PROGRAM
Wednesday / May 18, 2016
Arrival
20:00 WFNS Faculty dinner
Thursday / May 19, 2016
09:00-09:30 Welcome Addresses
Professor Helmut Bertalanffy, Co-Chairman, WFNC Education & Training Committee
Professor Concezio Di Rocco, Co-Chairman, WFNC Education & Training Committee
Professor Marin Marinov, President of the Bulgarian Society of Neurosurgery
Professor Krešimir Rotim, SeENS President
Professor Yavor Enchev, WFNS Course Coordinator
09:30-11:00 Section I (L1 - L4)
Chairmen: Prof. H. Bertalanffy & Prof. K. Rotim
L1 Surgical approaches for the posterior fossa. Prof. St. Florian
L2 Intraoperative imaging in brain tumors surgery. Prof. V. Gerganov
L3 Indications for surgery in brainstem gliomas. Prof. H. Bertalanffy
L4 Pineal region tumors - surgical approaches. Prof. N. Gabrovsky
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Section II (L5 - L8)
Chairmen: Prof. C. Di Rocco & Prof. M. Marinov
L5 Management of pineal lesions. Prof. T. Sajko
L6 Management of brainstem cavernomas. Prof. H. Bertalanffy
L7 Facial nerve preservation in CPA tumors surgery. Prof. V. Gerganov
L8 How to write a neurosurgical scientific paper?Prof. H. Bertalanffy
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Section III (L9 - L13)
Chairmen: Prof. V. Chiurea, Prof. M. Choux & Prof. V. Gerganov
L9 Management of pituitary adenomas. Prof. M. Marinov
L10 Head injuries in infants and toodlers, clinical status, neuroimaging, diagnostics,
management, follow-up and global outcome. Prof. V. Chiurea
L11 Endoscopic assisted management of intraventricular tumors. Prof. K. Rotim
L12 Medulloblastoma: what we have learned in the last twenty years. Prof. M. Choux
L13 Epidermoids and cyst like lesions in the posterior fossa. Prof. S. Florian
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Section IV (L14 - L17)
Chairmen: Prof. St. Florian, Prof. T. Sajko & Prof. N. Gabrovsky
L14 Tumors of the Lateral Ventricles at the pediatric age. Prof. M. Choux
L15 Pineal region tumors (136 cases). Prof. T. Fukushima
L16 CNS Infection: Surgical aspects Prof. M. Choux
L17 Craniopharyngioma - children versus adults - Quality of Life (QoL) and global outcome
(GKS included). Prof. V. Chiurea
20:00 Welcome reception
Friday / May 20, 2016
09:00-10:30 Section V (L18 – L21)
Chairmen: Prof. L. Rasulic & Prof. Y. Enchev
L18 Combined petrosal approach for parabrainstem tumors (3300 cases). Prof. T. Fukushima
L19 Supraorbital lateral approach. Prof. J. Rzaev
L20 Hearing preservation in 2000 cases of acoustic neuroma surgery. Prof. T. Fukushima
L21 Endoscopic approach to orbit and orbital decompression. Prof. W. Tirakotai
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Section VI (L22 - L25)
Chairmen: Prof. T. Fukushima & Prof. F. Acar
L22 Surgical treatment of injuries of the peripheral nerves in children. Prof. L. Rasulic
L23 Basic principles in preoperative evaluation and surgical treatment in pediatric peripheral nerve
surgery. Prof. St. Ferraresi
L24 Management of peripheral nerve sheath tumors in children. Prof. L. Rasulic
L25 Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy: basic consideration, evaluation and surgical repair.
Prof. St. Ferraresi
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Section VII (L26 - L30)
Chairmen: Prof. A. Kim & Prof. W. Tirakotai
L26 Management of complex craniosynostosis. Prof. C. Di Rocco
L27 Chiari malformation. Prof. A. Kim
L28 Management of lipomyelomeningocele. Prof. C. Di Rocco
L29 Intraoperative ultrasonography in lumbar spinal stenosis. Prof. Y. Enchev
L30 Carotid endarterectomy with non-shunt technique. Prof. W. Tirakotai
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Section VIII (L31 - L34)
Chairmen: Prof. J. Rzaev & Prof. St. Ferraresi
L31 Shunt complications. Prof. A. Kim
L32 Targets in Parkinson's deep brain stimulation. Prof. F. Acar
L33 Surgical treatment of different kinds facial pain. Prof. J. Rzaev
L34 Extratemporal epilepsy surgery. Prof. F. Acar
20:00 Gala Dinner (Closing Remarks)
Saturday / May 21, 2016
10:00-16:00 Excursion
You may see the Second Announcement for the WFNS Course 2016 and the Registration form in Word below:
