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Agenda

Thursday, November 7, 2024
MICROSURGICAL APPROACHES
All times in Eastern Time

7:00 AM
Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
7:25 AM
Welcome and Introduction
7:30 AM
ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES TO THE SKULL BASE
A. 3D anatomy of the anterolateral approaches
B. Theoretical session
  • Positioning/equipment in skull base surgery
  • Pterional approach
  • Extradural anterior clinoidectomy
  • Supraorbital approach – eyebrow/eyelid incision

9:00 AM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
9:15 AM

PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

12:30 PM
Lunch/Exhibits
1:30 PM
ANTERIOR PETROSAL APPROACHES
A. 3D anatomy of the anterolateral approaches
B. Theoretical session
  • Frontotemporal orbitozygomatic approach
  • Transcavernous approach
  • Anterior petrosal approach indications
  • Anterior petrosal approach pitfalls and complications

2:30 PM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
3:00 PM

PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

6:00 PM
Adjourn

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Friday, November 8, 2024
MICROSURGICAL APPROACHES
All times in Eastern Time

7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 AM
POSTERIOR PETROSAL APPROACHES
A. 3D anatomy of the posterior approaches
B. Theoretical session
  • Retrolabyrinthine approach
  • Translabyrinthine approach
  • Combined petrosectomy

9:00 AM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
9:15 AM

PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

12:30 PM
Lunch/Exhibits
1:30 PM
POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES
C. 3D anatomy of the posterolateral approaches
D. Theoretical session
  • Retrosigmoid approach
  • Extended retrosigmoid approach with extension to the middle fossa
  • Far lateral approach
  • Lower cranial nerve monitoring

2:30 PM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
3:00 PM

PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

6:00 PM
Adjourn
7:30 PM

Social Event

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Saturday, November 9, 2024
ENDOSCOPIC APPROACHES
All times in Eastern Time

7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 AM

ENDOSCOPIC: NASAL CAVITY AND SELLAR, SUPRASELLAR AND PARASELLAR

8:00 AM
3D Anatomy
8:30 AM
Basic principles of endoscopic Endonasal surgery
8:45 AM
Endoscopic Approaches to the Sella and Parasellar spaces: Technical Nuances and Experience
9:15 AM
Resection of the Medial wall of CS
9:30 AM

PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

12:30 PM
Lunch/Exhibits
1:30 PM
3D Anatomy coronal plane
2:00 PM
Transpterygoid approach
2:15 PM
Craniocervical junction
2:30 PM
Skull base repair
2:45 PM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
3:00 PM

PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS

6:00 PM
Adjourn

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