Tumours General I

Day 1 - 7th of December

0815Welcome

Tumours general I

Chairman:

L1 0830 – 0850Brain tumors/overviewMarklund

L2 0850 – 0910Imaging of brain tumours Büki

L3 0910 – 0930Cortical anatomy/imaging Verlooy

L4 0930 – 0950Intraoperative monitoring in tumor surgeryMeling

0950 - 1000Discussion

1000-1015Coffee break

Tumours general II

L5 1015 – 1035Molecular biology of brain tumors and cancer stem cellsDiMeco

L6 1035 – 1055Radiotherapy for brain tumors Kemeny

L7 1055 – 1115Recent experimental protocols in gliomas Papanastassiou

L8 1115 – 1135International guidelines in neuro-oncologyVerlooy

1135 – 1145Discussion

1145 - 1330Lunch and Training Committee meeting

H4 1500 – 1510How I do it: HGG

Brain Tumours in Children

Chairman:

L12 0800 – 0830Supratentorial tumors Grotenhuis

L13 0830 – 0900Posterior fossa tumours Akalan

0900 – 0915 Discussion

H5 0915 – 0925How I do it: Posterior fossa tumors in children Akalan

H6 0925 – 0935How I do it: Endoscopy in ventricular tumours Grotenhuis

0945 – 1010Discussion

1010 – 1030Break

1510 – 1540Discussion

1540 – 1600Coffee break

1600 – 1810Discussion Groups 1st-2nd round

Day 2 - 8th of December

Supratentorial brain tumours in adults I

L9 1330 – 1350Neurosurgery and the dilemmas in management of LGG Metellus

L26 1015 – 1035Nonpituitary lesions –differential diagnosisGrotenhuis

L11 1410 – 1430Central region and eloquent area tumors Duffau

H70935 – 0945How I Do It How to operate P-fossa meningiomaBenes

H2 1440 – 1450How I do it: Awake CraniotomyDuffau

H3 1450 – 1500How I do it: LGG ?????H 141500 - 1510 How I do it: performing a brain biopsy Büki

Special Session: What is a good outcome in Neurosurgery

Moderator:

L14 1030 - 1100Cranial Procedures Grotenhuis

L15 1100 - 1130Pediatric Neurosurgery Akalan

L16 1130 - 1200Spine Fuentes

1200 – 1230Discussion

1240 – 1400Lunch and Training Committee meeting

Extrinsic Tumours

Chairman:

L171400 – 1420Skull Base Anatomy Meling

L181420 – 1440Principles and practice of skull base surgery Benes

L191440 – 1500Endoscopic endonasal techniques Netuka

L201500 – 1520Chordoma/chondrosarcoma Roche

L21-L20 1520 – 1600Decision making in Schwannomas: Open surgery vs RS 2x20minVerlooy, Roche

1600– 1620Discussion

1620- 1635Break

1635 - 1845Discussion Groups 3rd-4th round

Day 3- 9th of December

Other intracerebral/intracranial tumours

Chairman:

L220800 – 0815Central Nervous System Lymphoma Buki

L230815 – 0840Cerebral metastasis Metellus

L240840 – 0900Orbital TumoursMeling

L250900 – 0930Pituitary tumours, craniopharyngiomas 30minBuchfelder

0930 - 0950Discussion

0950 - 1015Break

L10 1350 – 1410Neurosurgery for high grade gliomas: limits and limitations Juhler

L271035 – 1105Hypothalmic and chiasmatic tumours/optic pathway gliomas 30min Buchfelder

H 81105 – 1115How I do it: Microsurgical pituitary surgeryBuchfelder

H91115 – 1125How I do it: Endoscopic pituitary surgery Netuka

H101125 – 1135How I do it: Pineal tumors Hernesniemi

1135 – 1155Discussion

1155 – 1330Lunch and Training Committee meeting

Supratentorial brain tumours in adults II

L281330 – 1350Meningiomas, an overview Benes

L291350 – 1410Insular and temporomesial tumors Schramm

L301410 – 1430Management of recurrent diseaseBüki

H1 1430 – 1440How I do it: making a craniotomy,Hernesniemi

H 111430 – 1440How I do it: Temporo-mesio-basal tumors Schramm

H 121440 – 1450How I do It: Posterior Fossa Hernesniemi

H 131450 – 1500How I do it: Brainstem gliomaHernesniemi

1510 – 1540Discussion

1540 – 1555Break

1555 - 1805Discussion Groups 5th-6th round

Day 4- 10th of December

Spine tumours

Chairman:

L310815 – 0845 Spinal metastatic disease: logistics and surgical treatment30minMarklund

L320845 – 0905 Radiation therapy in spinal metastasisKemeny

L330905 – 0925 Primary bone tumoursRoche

0925 – 0940 Discussion

0940 – 1000 Break

L341000 – 1020 Intradural extramedullary tumoursBenes

L351020 - 1040 Intradural intramedullary tumoursAkalan

H15 1040 - 1050 How I do it: laminotomy and laminoplastyFuentes

H16 1050 – 1100 How I do it: intradural extramedullary tumour Benes

H17 1100 – 1110 How I do it: intradural intramedullary tumour Fuentes

1110 – 1125 Discussion

1125 – 1300 Lunch break

1300 – 1510Discussion Groups 7th-8th round

1510 - 1525 Break

1525 - 1700 Course Evaluation

1700 – 1800Summary, Adjourn

Discussion groups (for study groups A-D)

1 Indications and limitations of awake craniotomies ?????/Netuka

2 Management of paediatric brain tumours Akalan/Grotenhuis

3Decision making in low grade gliomas Verlooy/Büki

4Decision making in high grade gliomas Papanastassiou/Schramm

5Choice of Approach to the posterior fossaHernesniemi/Buchfelder

6 Choice of management of metastasis Marklund/Meling

7Decision making in skull base tumours Roche/Kemeny

8 Management of pituitary macroadenoma Juhler/Benes

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Wishes:

Schramm:

hypothalamic and chiasmatic – give it to Buchfelder

Benes:

PF meningiomas switched with Juha’s pineal? (in time)

lympho and meta switch with extrinsic and he indtends to come later

Niklas: does not like spinal mets

Kemeny: pls no chemo

Duffau: only available on Sunday

DiMeco: The role of intraoperative ultrasound for real-time image-guided resection of brain tumors

Verloy: Cristophe Destrieux: Brain Cortex anatomy and imaging

Juhler: from 9th onwards

Radiosurgery DG is fine with her