| We thank you for your interest but this event has already taken place. |
| Starting | February 15, 2008 at 7:00 am |
| Ending | February 16, 2008 at 5:00 pm |
| Location | Anspach Bioskills Lab - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Faculty | Course Director
Daniel F. Kelly
Neuro-Endocrine Tumor Center at Saint John's Health Center
Santa Monica, CA |
| Faculty
Paolo Cappabianca
Felice Esposito
Napoli, Italy
Amin Kassam
Pittsburgh, PA
Dennis Malkasian
Los Angeles, CA
Pejman Cohan
Los Angeles, CA
Charlie Teo
Sydney, Australia |
| Topics | Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery - Microscopic and endoscopic approaches to the sellar and parasellar space (suprasellar, planum, cavernous sinus, clivus, pre-pontine)
Key-Hole Surgical Approaches - Supra-orbital "Eyebrow" Craniotomy for anterior cranial fossa and parasellar tumors; Retro-sigmoid Craniotomy for CP Angle and Petro-clival Pathology
Complication Avoidance and CSF Leak Repair Techniques - for Endoscopic and Microscopic Approaches to the Parasellar and Retro-sigmoid Regions |
| Description | This two-day CME course will consist of both didactic sessions and hands-on micro-dissection of fresh-frozen cadavers. Topics will include sinonasal anatomy and imaging, endonasal surgery to the parasellar area by the fully endoscopic approach, the direct microscopic approach and the endoscope-assisted approach. Related topics will include extended transsphenoidal approaches to the supra-sellar and frontal fossa regions, cavernous sinus and clivus. Two keyhole skull base approaches will also be presented: the supra-orbital "eyebrow" craniotomy for frontal fossa and parasellar lesions; and the retro-sigmoid approach for cerebello-pontine and petro-clival pathology. Additional topics will include instrumentation requirements, CSF leak repair techniques, complication avoidance and peri-operative hormonal and electrolyte management. |
| Objectives | To gain experience with minimally invasive endonasal approaches to the parasellar area (sella, suprasellar, planum, cavernous sinus & clivus) including microscopic, endoscopic and endoscope-assisted approaches.
To gain experience with the supra-orbital "eyebrow" keyhole approach to the frontal fossa and parasellar regions.
To gain experience with the retro-sigmoid keyhole approach to the cerebello-pontine angle and petro-clival region.
To learn methods for CSF leak repair in standard and extended transsphenoidal approaches and in keyhole craniotomies.
To learn methods of complication avoidance in standard and extended
transsphenoidal approaches and in keyhole craniotomies. |
For more information
please contact | Pat Fitzwater
Academic Event Management
(805) 300-9154
pat@academiceventmanagement.com
www.neuro-endo.org |
| Refunds | Cancellations must be received in writing by January 15, 2008 and will be subject to a $100 processing fee. |
| Brochure | Link to Brochure |
Tuition
All amounts are in USD
| $1400 |
| We thank you for your interest but this event has already taken place. |
