Day 1-7 th of December 0815 Welcome Tumours general I L1 0830 0850 Brain tumors/overview L2 0850 0910 Imaging of brain tumours L3 0910 0930 Cortical anatomy/imaging L4 0930 0950 Intraoperative monitoring in tumor surgery 0950-1000 Discussion Marklund Büki Verlooy 1000-1015 Coffee break Tumours general II L5 1015 1035 Molecular biology of brain tumors and cancer stem cells L6 1035 1055 Radiotherapy for brain tumors L7 1055 1115 Recent experimental protocols in gliomas L8 1115 1135 International guidelines in neuro-oncology 1135 1145 Discussion DiMeco Kemeny Papanastassiou Verlooy 1145-1330 Lunch and Training Committee meeting H4 1500 1510 How I do it: HGG Brain Tumours in Children L12 0800 0830 Supratentorial tumors L13 0830 0900 Posterior fossa tumours 0900 0915 Discussion H5 0915 0925 How I do it: Posterior fossa tumors in children H6 0925 0935 How I do it: Endoscopy in ventricular tumours 0945 1010 Discussion 1010 1030 Break 1510 1540 Discussion 1540 1600 Coffee break 1600 1810 Discussion Groups 1 st -2 nd round
Day 2-8 th of December Supratentorial brain tumours in adults I L9 1330 1350 Neurosurgery and the dilemmas in management of LGG Metellus L26 1015 1035 Nonpituitary lesions differential diagnosis L11 1410 1430 Central region and eloquent area tumors Duffau H7 0935 0945 How I Do It How to operate P-fossa meningioma H2 1440 1450 How I do it: Awake Craniotomy Duffau H3 1450 1500 How 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 1030-1100 Cranial Procedures L15 1100-1130 Pediatric Neurosurgery L16 1130-1200 Spine Fuentes 1200 1230 Discussion 1240 1400 Lunch and Training Committee meeting Extrinsic Tumours L17 1400 1420 Skull Base Anatomy L18 1420 1440 Principles and practice of skull base surgery L19 1440 1500 Endoscopic endonasal techniques Netuka L20 1500 1520 Chordoma/chondrosarcoma Roche L21-L20 1520 1600 Decision making in Schwannomas: Open surgery vs RS 2x20min Verlooy, Roche 1600 1620 Discussion 1620-1635 Break 1635-1845 Discussion Groups 3 rd -4 th round
Day 3-9 th of December Other intracerebral/intracranial tumours L22 0800 0815 Central Nervous System Lymphoma L23 0815 0840 Cerebral metastasis L24 0840 0900 Orbital Tumours L25 0900 0930 Pituitary tumours, craniopharyngiomas 30min 0930-0950 Discussion 0950-1015 Break L10 1350 1410 Neurosurgery for high grade gliomas: limits and limitations L27 1035 1105 Hypothalmic and chiasmatic tumours/optic pathway gliomas 30min H 8 1105 1115 How I do it: Microsurgical pituitary surgery H9 1115 1125 How I do it: Endoscopic pituitary surgery H10 1125 1135 How I do it: Pineal tumors Buki Metellus Juhler Netuka 1135 1155 Discussion 1155 1330 Lunch and Training Committee meeting Supratentorial brain tumours in adults II L28 1330 1350 Meningiomas, an overview L29 1350 1410 Insular and temporomesial tumors L30 1410 1430 Management of recurrent disease H1 1430 1440 How I do it: making a craniotomy, H 111430 1440 How I do it: Temporo-mesio-basal tumors H 121440 1450 How I do It: Posterior Fossa H 131450 1500 How I do it: Brainstem glioma 1510 1540 Discussion Schramm Büki Schramm 1540 1555 Break 1555-1805 Discussion Groups 5 th -6 th round
Day 4-10 th of December Spine tumours L31 0815 0845 Spinal metastatic disease: logistics and surgical treatment 30min Marklund L32 0845 0905 Radiation therapy in spinal metastasis Kemeny L33 0905 0925 Primary bone tumours Roche 0925 0940 Discussion 0940 1000 Break L34 1000 1020 Intradural extramedullary tumours L35 1020-1040 Intradural intramedullary tumours H15 1040-1050 How I do it: laminotomy and laminoplasty Fuentes H16 1050 1100 How I do it: intradural extramedullary tumour H17 1100 1110 How I do it: intradural intramedullary tumour Fuentes 1110 1125 Discussion 1125 1300 Lunch break 1300 1510 Discussion Groups 7 th -8 th round 1510-1525 Break 1525-1700 Course Evaluation 1700 1800 Summary, Adjourn
Discussion groups (for study groups A-D) 1 Indications and limitations of awake craniotomies?????/netuka 2 Management of paediatric brain tumours / 3 Decision making in low grade gliomas Verlooy/Büki 4 Decision making in high grade gliomas Papanastassiou/Schramm 5 Choice of Approach to the posterior fossa / 6 Choice of management of metastasis Marklund/ 7 Decision making in skull base tumours Roche/Kemeny 8 Management of pituitary macroadenoma Juhler/ Rounds DG1 DG2 DG3 DG4 DG5 DG6 DG7 DG8 1 st A B C D 2 nd B A D C 3 rd C D A B 4 th D C B A 5 th A B C D 6 th B A D C 7 th C D A B 8 th D C B A