3RD WFNS RABAT REFERENCE CENTER MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY SOUISSI COURSE FOR AFRICAN NEUROSURGEONS
MARCH 26-28, 2010
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010
WORKSHOP
08:00-08:45: Registration
08:45-09:00: Welcome to the participants
09:00-09:15: Endoscopic ventricular anatomy (M.E. Chaoui - Fez, Morocco)
09:15-09:30: Third ventriculostomy (R. Perrin - Toronto, Canada)
09:30-09:45: Discussion
09:45-10:15: Coffee break
10:15-12:30: Practical training 1 (all faculty members):
* Introduction of instrument setup
* Endoscopic orientation in the cavity
12:30-14:00: Lunch
14:00-14:15: Endoscope-assisted ventricular surgery (C. Charalampaki - Graz, Austria)
14:15-14:30: Pellucidostomy and arachnoid cyst fenestration (M. Qureshi - Nairobi, Kenya)
14:30-14:45: Discussion
14:45-16:00: Practical training 2 (all faculty members):
* Intraventricular anatomy
* Endoscopic third ventriculostomy
* Pellucidostomy and cyst fenestration
16:00-16:20 : Lecture: Endoscopic neurosurgery: indications and technique (C. Charalampaki - Graz, Austria)
16:20-16:45 : General discussion
17:00-19:00 : Visit of the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Unit and the Neurosciences Center
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SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010
CLINICAL COURSE – DAY 1
07 :30-08 :30 : Registration
08 :30-10 :30 : Plenary lecture session : Spine
08:30-08:45: Management of craniovertebral trauma : indications, algorithm for surgery and techniques (R. Assaker - Lille,
France)
08:45-09:00: Management of subaxial cervical spine trauma (N. El Abbadi – Rabat, Morocco)
09:00-09:15: Thoracolumbar fractures : posterior versus anterior approaches (R. Assaker - Lille, France)
09:15-09:30: Discussion
09:30-09:45: Brain and spine tuberculosis in Senegal (Y. Sakho - Dakar, Senegal)
09:45-10:00: Medical vs. surgical management of spinal TB (M. Qureshi - Nairobi, Kenya)
10:00-10:15: Challenges and nuances of spinal surgery in Africa (S. Ohaegbulam - Enugu, Nigeria)
10:15-10:30: Discussion
10 :30-11 :00 : Coffee break
11 :00-12 :00 : How I do it session (10 minutes per presentation + 5 minutes discussion)
11:00-11:15: How do I treat a patient in vegetative state ? (T. Kanno - Aichi, Japan)
11:15-11:30 Decompressive craniectomy in brain injury (B. Abdennebi - Algiers, Algeria)
11:30-11:45: Burr-hole evacuation and drainage of a chronic subdural hematoma (L. Aouidj - Tunis, Tunisia)
11:45:-12:00: DREZotomy for pain after brachial plexus avulsion – spinal injury (M. Sindou - Lyon, France)
12 :00-12 :30 : Official opening of the course
12:35-14 :00 : Lunch
14 :00-16 :00 : Plenary lecture session : Cerebro-vascular
14:00-14:15: Management of SAH (Y. Kato - Aichi, Japan)
14:15-14:30: Surgical tricks in cerebral aneurysms (J. Hernesniemi - Helsinki, Finland)
14:30-14:45: Results of endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms
(F. Ricolfi - Dijon, France)
14:45-15:00: Discussion
15:00-15:15: Brain AVMs (Y. Kato - Aichi, Japan)
15:15-15:35: Surgical tricks in cerebral AVMs (J. Hernesniemi - Helsinki, Finland)
15:35-15:45: Endarterectomy versus stent for carotid stenosis (R. Perrin - Toronto, Canada)
15:45-16:00: Discussion
16 :00-16 :30 : Coffee break
16 :30-17 :30 : Controversies in neurosurgery session
16:30-16:45: Useful application of endoscopy in neurosurgery (M. Samii - Hannover, Germany)
17:00-17:15: Malformations of the CNS : Syringomyelia & Chiari malformation : indications and surgical strategy (A. Sidi Said Algiers, Algeria)
17:15-17:30: Discussion
17 :30-18 :00 : Conference
Advancement in neurosurgery using pre- and intra-operative brain mapping (M. Samii - Hannover, Germany)
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SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2010
CLINICAL COURSE – DAY 2
07 :30-08:30 : Registration
08 :30-10:30 : Plenary lecture session: Tumors
08:30-08:45: Low grade glioma in children (A. Ammar - Dhahran, KSA)
08:45-09:00: Venous system in brain tumor surgery (T. Kanno - Aichi, Japan)
09:00-09:15: Management of facial nerve in neurosurgery (M. Samii - Hannover, Germany)
09:15-09:30: Discussion
09:30-09:45: Meningiomas of the cavernous sinus (M. Sindou - Lyon, France)
09:45-10:00: Surgery for pineal tumors, personal experience on 120 patients
(J. Hernesniemi - Helsinki, Finland)
10:00-10:15: Pituitary surgery : micro versus endoscopic treatment (R. Assaker - Lille, France)
10:15-10:30: Discussion
10 :30-11 :00 : Coffee break
11:00-13:00: Plenary lecture session: Radiosurgery and functional neurosurgery
11:00-11:15: Surgery for spasticity (M. Sindou - Lyon, France)
11:15-11:30: MVD for trigeminal neuralgia versus percutaneous lesioning and radiosurgery (M. Sindou - Lyon, France)
11:30-11:45: Surgical management of Parkinson’s disease (B. Abdennebi - Algiers, Algeria)
11:45-12:00: Discussion
12:00-12:15: Radiosurgery in malignant brain tumors (B. Lippitz - London, UK)
12:15-12:30: Impact of radiosurgery on neurosurgical practice in developing countries
(Y. Arkha - Rabat, Morocco)
12:30-12:45: Future developments of radiosurgery (B. Lippitz - London, UK)
12:45-13:00: Discussion
13:00-14:00: Lunch
14:00-15:30: How I do it session (10 minutes per presentation + 5-minute discussion)
14:00-14:15: Spasticity : partial and selective neurotomies (B. Abdennebi - Algiers, Algeria)
14:15-14:30: Cervical discectomy (R. Perrin - Toronto, Canada)
14:30-14:45: Lumbar discectomy (R. Perrin - Toronto, Canada)
14:45-15:00: Stereotactic biopsy using a Capetown Stereotactic Pointer (M. Qureshi - Nairobi, Kenya)
15:00-15:15: Keyhole neurosurgery : definition and strategical performance
(C. Charalampaki - Graz, Austria)
15:15-15:30: Coiling assistance techniques in endovascular treatment of intracranial
aneurysms (F. Ricolfi - Dijon, France)
15:30-16:00 : Coffee break
16:00-17:30 : Plenary lecture session
16:00-16:15: Management of cavernous angiomas (A. Ammar - Dhahran, KSA)
16:15-16:30: Surgical management of brain abscesses (Y. Sakho - Dakar, Senegal)
16:30-16:45: Challenges of management of hydrocephalus (B. Shehu - Sokoto, Nigeria)
16:45-17:00: Discussion
17:00-17:15: The outreach model for treatment of hydrocephalus (M. Qureshi - Nairobi, Kenya)
17:15-17:30: Setting up a modern neurosurgery service in Africa (S. Ohaegbulam - Enugu, Nigeria)
17:30-17:45: Epilepsy surgery. Are we going so far? (A. Ammar - Dhahran, KSA)
17:45-18:00: Discussion
18:00-18:30: Conference
Training and life in neurosurgery (J. Hernesniemi - Helsinki, Finland)
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