12th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY: FROM SINUSES TO SKULL BASE
HANDS-ON Anatomy Laboratory and Live Surgery
JUNE 22-26, 2026 BRESCIA - ITALY
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HANDS-ON SECTION JUNE 22 - JUNE 24, 2026
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••• Monday, June 22
Anatomy Laboratory University of Brescia
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7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:20 Welcome addresses
M. Fontanella, P. Nicolai, C. Piazza, R. Rezzani
8:20 - 8:50 An endoscopic journey of the skull base
P. Nicolai
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8:50 - 9:10 Radiological imaging of paranasal sinuses and ventral skull base
D. Farina
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9:10 - 9:30 Radiological imaging of the lateral skull base
R. Maroldi
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9:30 - 9:40 Introduction to anatomy laboratory
F. Bonomini, B. Buffoli
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9:40 - 13:00 Hands on dissection
Modular transphenoidal approaches and nasoseptal flap. Transethmoidal corridors.
13:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:00 Hands on dissection
Transfrontal corridors (Draf 2a, 2b and 3). Endoscopic medial maxillectomies and prelacrimal approach.
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17:00 - 18:00 Round table: HOT TOPICS in CRSwNP
treatment: surgery and biologic therapy
••• Wednesday, June 24
Anatomy Laboratory University of Brescia
8:30 - 9:00
Endoscopic approaches to the orbit: inside, outside and through – redefining surgical paradigms.
P. Battaglia, P. Castelnuovo
9:00 - 13:00 Hands on dissection
Endoscopic approaches to and through the orbit. Transcribriform approach
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13:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 16:30 Hands on dissectionTemporoparietal fascial flap and pericranial flap
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16:30 - 18:30 Seminar: “Endoscopic Transnasal Skull Base Surgery: Different Pathways, Shared Goals”
A. Aga, D. Nair, P. Nicolai
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LIVE SURGERY SECTION JUNE 25- JUNE 26, 2026
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••• Thursday, June 25
Didactic room - Spedali Civili Brescia
8:00 - 8.30 Clinical cases of the day
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8.30 - 17:30 Live surgery
Round table: hot topics in endoscopic skull base surgery
••• Friday, June 26
Didactic room - Spedali Civili Brescia
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8:00 - 8.30 Clinical cases of the day
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8.30 - 15:00 Live surgery
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