WFNS Educational Course THAILAND, Bangkok Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel (http://www.pullmanbangkokkingpower.com/)
May 10(Full day) - 11(AM), 12: SKB Workshop (Cadaveric WS) Faculty: Albino Bricolo (Verona, Italy) Atos Alves de Sousa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)Atul Goel (Mumbai, India) SKB Basant K. Misra (Mumbai, India) Fernando Diaz (Detroit, USA) Gene Bolles (Denver,USA) Jacques Brotchi (Brussels, Belgium) Junichi Mizuno (Fukushima, Japan) Katsuji Shima (Saitama, Japan) Keki Turel (Mumbai, India) Michiyasu Suzuki (Yamaguchi, Japan) M. Necmettin Pamir (Turkey) Mitsuhiro Hasegawa (Nagoya, Japan) SKB Nobutaka Kawahara (Yokohama, Japan) SKB Shuzo Sato (Tokyo,Japan) SKB Peter Black (Boston, USA) Yoshinobu Seo (Sapporo,Japan)SKB Yves Keravel (Paris, France) Yoko Kato (Nagoya, Japan)
Speech (30min/per: 20min Speach+10min discussion)
DAY 1: MAY 10 8:00-8:20
Opening Remark: Prof.Thanapaisal, Chaiwit (Srinagarind Hospital) Dr.Rungsak Siwanuwatn (Scientific Chairman, The college of Neurological Surgeons of Thailand)President of WFNS: Peter BlackPresentation of the Course: Yoko Kato
8:20-10:50 Session 1 : Basic surgical techniques Moderators: Basant K. Misra, Local NS Mini-pterional craniotomy and Mini-orbitozigomatic craniotomy Atos Alves de Sousa Approaches to the posterior fossa in adults; management of “Benign” brain tumor Peter Black Treatment of cavernous sinus meningiomas M Necmettin Pamir Tips for aneurysm clipping to avoid complications Michiyasu Suzuki Preservation of veins in parasagittal meningioma Jacques Brotchi
10:50-11:10 Coffee Break 
11:10-12:10 Session 2 : BRAIN TUMOR -1 Moderators: Atos Alves de Sousa, Local NS Petroclival meningiomas (present attitude to their treatment) Albino Bricolo Surgery of Intraventricular lesions Basant Kumar Misra
12:20-13:00 Lunch Break Seminar
Cavernous sinus surgery Atul Goel 13:10-16:10
Session 3 : Cerebrovascular Session Moderators: M Necmettin Pamir,Takayuki Inagaki Reperfusion treatment for cerebral ischemia in acute stage Michiyasu Suzuki Aneurysm surgery Fernando Diaz Tips and Pitfalls on surgery of Brain AVMs Atos Alves de Sousa Management of giant and complex aneurysms Yoko Kato Surgery of brainstem cavernomas Albino Bricolo The management of Moyamoya disease Takayuki Inagaki
16:10-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-19:00 Session 4 : SPINE- 1 Moderators:Albino Bricolo, Local NS Treatment of degenerative cervical and lumbar disease Gene Bolles Minimally invasive spine surgery of the spine with instrumentation and reconstruction Fernando Diaz Surgery for craniovertebral junction Atul Goel Intramedullary tumors Jacques Brotchi Management of intramedullary tumors Keki Turel
DAY 2: MAY 11
8:00- 9:30 Session 5 : BRAIN TUMOR -2 Moderators: Keki Turel, Nobutaka Kawahara Clinoidal meningiomas M Necmettin Pamir Image Guided Surgery Basant Kumar Misra Surgery for orbital tumor Mitsuhiro Hasegawa
9:30-9:50 Coffee Break 
9:50-11:20 Session 6 : Glioma Treatment Moderators: Atos Alves de Sousa, Katsuji Shima Awake Surgery Keki Turel Management of high grade gliomas Peter Black Management of low grade gliomas Keki Turel
12:30-13:10 Lunch Break Seminar
Surgery for tumors in jugular foramen and foramen magnum Nobutaka Kawahara
13:20-14:50 Session 7 : PEDIATRIC & Functional Neurosurgery Moderators: Fernando Diaz, Yoko Kato The posterior fossa tumor in pediatric population Takayuki Inagaki Present and future of deep brain stimulation Yves Keravel Functional neurosurgery in cerebello pontine angle Yves Keravel
14:50-15:10 Coffee Break 15:10-16:10 Session 8: Spine -2 Surgical tactics for cervical and lumbar degenerative diseases Junichi Muzuno Surgical tactics for spinal cord injury Junichi Mizuno
16:10-18:10 Session 9: TRAUMA Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Moderators: Keki Turel, Local NS Pathophysiology and surgical strategies of cerebral contusion Katsuji Shima Spine and Spine Trauma to consist of Cervical,Thoracic and Lumbar Gene Bolles Decompressive craniectomy: rationale, indications and outcome Katsuji Shima Minimally Invasive Surgery-Concept and Reality- Peter Black
DAY 3 : MAY 12
SKB Workshop (Cadaveric Course)
9:00-Instructors: M. Necmettin Pamir , Basant K. Misra, Atul Goel, Albino Bricolo, Mitsuhiro Hasegawa, Nobutaka Kawahara , Shuzo Sato, Yoshinobu Seo
Deep Brain Stimulation Workshop
9:00-Chief coordinator: Yves KeravelSponsored by Medtronic
Closing Ceremony |