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Agenda

Thursday, November 13
All times in Eastern Time

MICROSURGICAL APPROACHES

7:00 AM
Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
7:25 AM
Welcome and Introduction
7:30 AM

ANTEROLATERAL APPROACHES TO THE SKULL BASE

 

A. 3D Anatomy of the Anterolateral Approaches
Varun Kshettry

 

B. Theoretical Session
Pablo Recinos

  • Orbitozygomatic Approach
  • Extradural Anterior Clinoidectomy / Optic Canal Unroofing TechniqueHad and How You Can Avoid It

C. Theoretical Session
L. Madison Michael
  • Eyebrow Supraorbital Approach
  • Customizing Your Frontotemporal Approach & How to Select

D. Theoretical Session
Mauricio Mandel
  • Transpalpebral Lateral Orbitotomy Approach
  • Case Selection
9:00 AM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
9:15 AM
PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
12:00 PM
Lunch/Exhibits
1:00 PM

ANTERIOR PETROSAL APPROACHES

 

A. 3D Anatomy of the Middle Fossa Approaches
Varun Kshettry

 

B. Theoretical Session
Badih Adada

  • Pretemporal Transcavernous Approach
  • Middle Fossa & Anterior Petrosectomy (Kawase) Approach
  • Indications, Pitfalls and Complications

C. Panel Session
Saira Alli
  • Why I Picked This Approach
  • This is a Complication I Had and How You Can Avoid It
2:15 PM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
2:30 PM
PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
5:00 PM
Adjourn
7:30 PM
Social Event

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Friday, November 14
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MICROSURGICAL APPROACHES

7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 AM

POSTERIOR PETROSAL APPROACHES

 

A. 3D Anatomy of the Posterior Approaches
Varun Kshettry

 

B. Theoretical Session
C. Arturo Solares

  • Basic Mastoidectomy
  • Retrolabyrinthine Approach
  • Translabyrinthine Approach

C. Theoretical Session
Pranay Soni
  • Combined Petrosal Approach
9:00 AM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
9:15 AM
PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
12:15 PM
Lunch/Exhibits
1:00 PM

POSTEROLATERAL APPROACHES

 

A. 3D Anatomy of the Posterolateral Approaches
Hamid Borghei–Razavi

 

B. Theoretical Session
Florian Roser

  • Retrosigmoid Approach
  • Extended Retrosigmoid Approach, Suprameatal Extension, IAC Opening


C. Theoretical Session

L. Madison Michael

  • Far Lateral Approach & Variations

D. Panel Session
Patrick Grover
  • Why I Picked This Approach
  • This is a Complication I Had and How You Can Avoid It
2:15 PM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
2:30 PM
PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
5:00 PM
Adjourn
7:30 PM
Social Event

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Saturday, November 15
All times in Eastern Time

ENDOSCOPIC APPROACHES

7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
ENDOSCOPIC: NASAL CAVITY AND SELLAR, SUPRASELLAR AND PARASELLAR
8:00 AM
3D Anatomy: Endoscopic Endonasal, Sellar, & Parasellar Anatomy
Varun Kshettry
8:30 AM
Basic Principles of Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery
Christopher Roxbury
8:50 AM
Endoscopic Approaches to the Sella, Suprasellar, and Cavernous Sinus: Technical Nuances and Experience
Pablo Recinos
9:15 AM
PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
12:15 PM
Lunch/Exhibits
1:15 PM
3D Anatomy: Endoscopic Transclival Approach
Varun Kshettry
1:30 PM
Transpterygoid Approach
Raj Sindwani
1:45 PM
Endoscopic Transclival
C. Arturo Solares
2:00 PM
Skull Base Repair
Raj Sindwani
2:15 PM
Refreshment Break/Exhibits
2:30 PM
PRACTICAL SESSION ON ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS
5:00 PM
Wrap-up/Adjourn

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