Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery Overview

Total no of Workshop

1	Endoscopy approaches	4 workshops per year
2	Skull Base approaches	4 workshops per year
3	Epilepsy surgery	1 workshope per year

Faculty Invited

1	International	1 per year
2	National	4 per year

Duration detail

1	Total no of Participants	4 per cadaver station
2	Duration	2 day per course

Courses Planned

SKULL BASE APPROACHES

ENDOSCOPY APPROACHES

EPILEPSY SURGERY

BRACHIAL PLEXUS SURGERY

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

OPEN SPINE SURGERY

Educational objectives

Endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery

The course is designed for the pituitary surgeons and skull base surgeons who want to acquire knowledge and experience in endonasal endoscopic surgery. At the conclusion of the course, the participants should be able to discuss the latest advances and controversies in endoscopic endonasal approaches to the skull base and describe principles and techniques in endoscopic surgery for cranial base tumors (pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, chordomas, etc). The attendees should be able to demonstrate relevant skill in the practical application of endonasal endoscopy, describing diagnostic problems and endoscopic treatment methods. The course objectives are

To provide an overview of the complex anatomy of the skull base
To cover a broad spectrum of the skull base approaches and describe the technical steps of each specific approach
To discuss indications of skull base approaches and surgical strategies
To provide hands-on sessions on cadaveric specimens and improve skills
To become more familiar with endoscopic endonasal approaches
To understand the rationale and challenge of endoscopic endonasal approaches to the skull base
To allow case discussion between experts and trainees

Microsurgical Skull base approaches

This workshop has been designed to provide the neurosurgeons and ENT the opportunity to enhance their skills in a variety of surgical approaches to the skull base. The course objectives are

To provide an overview of the complex anatomy of the skull base
To cover a broad spectrum of the skull base approaches and describe the technical steps of each specific approach
To discuss indications of skull base & neurosurgery approaches and surgical strategies
To provide hands-on sessions on cadaveric specimens and improve skills
To become more familiar with endoscopic endonasal approaches
To understand the rationale and challenge of endoscopic endonasal approaches to the skull base
To allow discussion between experts in the field of neurosurgery – ENT – skull base surgery and trainees.

Skull Base

Anterolateral Approach to the Skull Base

Soft tissue dissection
Frontotemporal orbitozygomatic approach
Pterional Approach
Keyhole approaches
Anterior clinoidectomy
Cavernous sinus approaches

Posterolateral Approach to the Skull Base

Transcondylar and far lateral approaches
Anterolateral approach to the foramen Magnum

Lateral Transpetrosal Approach to the Skull Base

Petrous bone anatomy
Anterior petrosectomy
Retrosigmoid approach
Translabyrinthine approach
Combined approach

Endoscopic Approaches Skull base

Endoscopic endonasal approaches Extradural step
Endoscopic anatomy of the nasal cavities and sphenoid sinus
Endoscopic anatomy of the ICA
Endoscopic approach to the sella
Tailored approach to the planum, clivus, orbital apex, pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossa
Closure strategy