Luciano Mastronardi
Chief of Neurosurgery San Filippo Neri Hospital ASLRoma1, Rome, Italy
Ramesh Nair – London, UK
Jon Ramm-Pettersen – Oslo, Norway
Florian Ebner – Essen, Germany
Uwe Spetzger – Karlsruhe, Germany
Flavia Fraschetti – Rome, Italy
Alberto Campione – Legnano, Italy
Invited speaker:
Marco Cenzato – Milan, Italy
The evolution of neurosurgical techniques has increasingly emphasized minimally invasive approaches to maximize surgical effectiveness while minimizing patient morbidity. Mastering these techniques requires in-depth anatomical knowledge and technical proficiency, both of which can be optimally acquired through hands-on experience in a cadaveric dissection setting.
This intensive course is designed to provide neurosurgeons and trainees with a comprehensive, step-by-step exploration of key minimally invasive neurosurgical approaches, focusing on their anatomical foundations, surgical landmarks, and technical execution. Participants will gain hands-on experience with pterional, subtemporal, retrosigmoid, midline suboccipital, parasagittal, and eyebrow approaches, which are essential for accessing deep-seated brain regions, vascular structures, and skull base pathologies.
The training event will be accredited for the following medical specialties: Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neurophysiology
07.45
Registration
08.00
Presentation of the course, instruments and How to Drill – L. Mastronardi
08.30
Pterional Approach: Sylvian fissure dissection, Extradural Anterior clinoidectomy, exposure and dissection of anterior triangles of cavernous sinus – R. Nair
09.00
Invited Speaker lecture
10.00
Coffee Break
10.15
Laboratory (hands-on) Dissection: pterional approach, clinoidectomy, anterior middle
13.00
Light Lunch
14.00
Subtemporal approach: cutting of tentorium, PCA dissection and lateral high brainstem Exposure – J. R. Pettersen
14.30
Laboratory (hands-on) Dissection: subtemporal approach, trochlear nerve identification, cutting of tentorium, PCA dissection, mesencephalic exposure. Extradural dissection of trigeminal branches and Gasserian ganglion. Identification of the Kawase rhomboid fossa.
17.00
End of day 1
20.00
Dinner
08.00
Retrosigmoid approaches and variants; infratentorial vein anatomy – F. Ebner
08.45
Laboratory (hands-on) Dissection: retrosigmoid approach, CPA anatomy, opening of IAC, mini-ELITE/Far Lateral exposure, scheletrization of extracranial and intracranial segments of vertebral artery and its branches
11.00
Coffee Break
11.30
Laboratory (hands-on) Dissection: Anterior-lateral approach to cervico-medullary junction and foramen magnum
13.00
Light Lunch
14.00
Midline suboccipital approach; telo-velar exposure of IV ventricle and supracerebellar approaches at the pineal gland and posterior falco-tentorial region – L. Mastronardi
14.30
Laboratory (hands-on) Dissection: midline craniotomy, telo-velar approach, roof and floor of IV ventricle exposure, safe entry zone to brain stem pathologies, supracerebellar median and paramedian approaches, cutting the tentorium, exposure of main deep veins, of pineal gland and of posterior portion of 3rd ventricle
17.00
End of day 2
20.00
Official Dinner and certificates distribution
08.00
Parasaggittal Approach: segments of ACA and pericallosal/callosal-marginal arteries exposure, transacallosal approach to the 3rd ventricle – U. Septzger
08.30
Eyebrow approach: exposure of optic-carotid region and more by a minimally invasive subfrontal approach – J. R. Pettersen
09.00
Laboratory (hands-on)
Parasagittal approach, anterior cerebral arteries dissection; transcallosal approach to the 3rd ventricle. Eyebrow approach and optic-carotid dissection, chiasm, pituitary stalk, Willis polygon
13.00
Course summary and general discussion
13.45
CME assessment test
14.00
Course closure
COMING SOON
The training event will be accredited (33,6 CME credits)
AnatomX by IRCCS MultiMedica
Via Gaudenzio Fantoli, 16/15 20138 Milan
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Luciano Mastronardi
Chief of Neurosurgery San Filippo Neri Hospital ASLRoma1, Rome, Italy
