Annual Spetzler Microneurosurgery Course 2018

Annual Spetzler Microneurosurgery Course is organized by Barrow Neurological Institute and will be held during Jan 25 - 26, 2018 at Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is neurosurgeons, residents, and fellows.

Conference Description :
The Barrow Neurological Institute Division of Neurological Surgery announces the Spetzler Microneurosurgery Course will lead a didactic-practical course in neurosurgical approaches and anatomy combined with clinical correlation of cerebrovascular and brain tumor management of the lateral regions of the cranium and skull base.

Didactic instruction will feature 3D and digital video microanatomy, recorded surgery, and correlated discussion of cerebrovascular and tumor pathology. The clinical information will be used to make the practical anatomical dissection practice come alive. Exquisitely preserved cadaver tissue with vascular injection will provide the platform for lengthy dissection periods led by a master at the head station with other faculty mentors. Each station will have state-of-the-art instrumentation including microscopes and neuronavigation.

Conference Objectives are :
• Become intimately familiar with microneurosurgical anatomy for lateral region cranial and skull base surgical approaches
• Learn appropriate visualization, technique, and approaches for neurosurgery at the skull base
• Correlate clinical pathological information with the corresponding anatomic region
• Combine anatomy and pathology information into decision-making for surgical approach selection
• Explore discuss, and learn options from experienced neurosurgical faculty for surgical treatment of pathology at the lateral region skull base;
• Practice surgical approaches utilizing image guidance assistance with applied knowledge from didactic and discussion sessions on preserved-injected cadaver specimens

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.