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••• DAY 1
Gross Anatomy Laboratory University of Brescia
8:00 - 8:15 Registration and Welcome coffee
8:15 - 8:30 Welcome addresses
P. Nicolai, M. Fontanella, L.F. Rodella
8:30 - 9:00 An endoscopic journey of the skull base
P. Nicolai
9:00 - 9:20 Endoscopic sinonasal anatomy: landmarks, tips and pitfalls
F.R. Canevari
9:20 - 12:30 Hands on dissection
Modular transphenoidal approaches
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:00 Hands on dissection
Transellar, transtuberculum, transplanum approaches and reconstruction
••• DAY 2
Gross Anatomy Laboratory University of Brescia
8:30 - 9:00 Imaging of skull base anatomy and disease
R. Maroldi
9:00 - 12:30 Hands on dissection
Endoscopic medial maxillectomies. Transpterygoid approach to the cavernous sinus and petrous apex
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 13:45 Anterior skull base reconstruction
A. Aga
13:45 - 14:00 Skull base osteomyelitis: a difficult diagnosis and management
A. Vural
14:00- 17:00 Hands on dissection
Transmaxillary approach to the infratemporal fossa
••• DAY 3
Gross Anatomy Laboratory University of Brescia
8:30 - 9:00 Anterior skull base endoscopic anatomy
P. Battaglia
9:00 - 12:30 Hands on dissection
Transcribriform approach, transclival approach and
odontoidectomy
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 13:50 Endonasal endoscopic surgery for clivus chordomas
D. Bresson
13:50 - 17:00 Hands on dissection
Temporoparietal fascial flap for posterior skull base reconstruction. Endoscopic approaches to the orbit
••• DAY 4
Didactic room - Spedali Civili Brescia
8:00 - 8:15 Introduction to the live surgery section of the course
P. Nicolai, M. Fontanella
8:15 - 8:30 Clinical cases of the day
8:30 - 17:30 Live surgery and lectures
Lectures of the day
Endoscopic surgery for sinonasal malignancies
P. Nicolai
Endoscopic approaches to the coronal plane:
indications and complications
P. Herman
Sellar and skull base pathology: the pathologist point of view
P.L. Poliani
MRI of the pituitary and parasellar region
W. Kucharczyk
Large and giant sellar and sovrasellar tumors: should craniotomy be the first choice?
R. Stefini
••• DAY 5
Didactic room - Spedali Civili Brescia
8:00 - 8:30 Clinical cases of the day
8:30 - 16:00 Live surgery and lectures
Lectures of the day
Pituitary adenomas
L. Cavallo
Transphenoidal surgery for craniopharyngiomas
F. Gentili
Cavernous sinus endoscopic surgery
D. Mazzatenta, E. Pasquini
Endonasal endoscopic surgery for meningiomas
D. Locatelli
Multiportal endoscopic approaches to the skull base
P. Castelnuovo