Day 1, Monday, November 6 | ||
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8:30 | Welcome address | K. Fountas, President of Hellenic Neurosurgical Society |
8:45 | Lecture: objective of the workshop | A. Andreou |
9:00 | Lecture: basic instruments and thread handling in microvascular surgery | V. Papic |
9:20 | Video demonstration: instructions of suturing techniques (glove, silicon tubes) | |
9:45 | Hands-on: interrupted/running sutures (glove) | |
10:30 | Refreshment break | |
11:00 | Hands-on: interrupted sutures (silicone tubes) | |
13:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Video demonstration: artery, vein, nerve (dissection in the chicken leg) | |
14:15 | Hands-on: vessel/nerve dissection (chicken leg) | |
16:00 | Adjourn |
Day 2, Tuesday, November 7 | ||
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8:15 | Lecture: nerve coaptation, suturing techniques | A. Vlastou |
8:30 | Hands-on: nerve coaptation (chicken) | |
9:30 | Refreshment break | |
9:45 | Video demonstration/Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis (chicken artery) | |
11:15 | Video demonstration/Hands-on: end-to-side anastomosis (chicken vein to artery) | |
13:15 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Video demonstration/Hands-on: side-to-side anastomosis (vein-to-artery) | |
16:00 | Adjourn | |
19:30 | “Greek tavern night” |
Day 3, Wednesday, November 8 | ||
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8:30 | Lecture: 50 years of EC-IC bypass surgery: History, current state-of-the-art and outlook | P. Dodier |
8:50 | Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis (rabbit carotid) | |
10:30 | Refreshment break | |
10:50 | Hands-on: femoral vessels/nerve dissection (rabbit) | |
12:50 | Lunch | |
13:40 | Hands-on: side-to-side anastomosis on femoral vessels (vein to artery) | |
16:00 | Adjourn |
Day 4, Thursday, November 9 | ||
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8:00 | Lecture: methods for assessing bypass patency | V. Papic |
8:30 | Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis (rat) | |
10:30 | Refreshment break | |
10:45 | Hands-on: dissection of rat aorta-vena-cava | |
13:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Hands-on: aorta-vena cava (rat), side-to-side anastomosis | |
16:30 | Adjourn |
Day 5, Friday, November 10 | ||
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8:00 | Lecture: Neurovascular options for complex brain aneurysms. A hybrid’s view | G. Bavinzski |
8:30 | Hands-on: dissection of the external jugular vein in the rat | |
10:30 | Refreshment break | |
11:00 | Hands-on: ext. jugular v.-to-carotid a. anastomosis (end-to-side, rat) | |
13:00 | Lunch | |
13:30 | Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis femoral artery/vein (rat) | |
16:00 | Adjourn | |
20:00 | Gala dinner |
Day 6, Saturday, November 11 Chair: D. Rologis |
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9:00 | Upper basilar artery surgery, the Kawase approach | V. Papic |
9:30 | Surgical management of facial nerve palsy | A. Vlastou |
9:50 | Case Presentation: Technical aspects of surgery for Acom.- aneurysms | G.Bavinszki |
10:20 | Surgical Treatment of Moya-Moya | G.Bavinszki |
10:40 | Refreshment break | |
11:00 | Complex, giant and fusiform aneurysms: treatment options | A. Andreou |
11:30 | Unruptured AVMs: to treat or not to treat? | L. Stavrinou |
11:50 | Evaluation of the course and awarding of certificates | |
12:20 | Adjourn |