Program

Day 1, Monday, November 11
8:30 Welcome address M. Fratzoglou, 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 G. Skandalakis
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 12
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 Luncheon Seminar: Endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular occlusive disease. N. Velinov
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 13
8:30Lecture: 50 years of EC-IC bypass surgery: History, current state-of-the-art and outlook

        P. Dodier

8:50Hands-on: femoral vessels/nerve dissection 
10:30Refreshment break 
10:50Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis (carotid) 
12:50Lunch 
13:40Hands-on: side-to-side anastomosis on femoral vessels (vein to artery) 
16:00Adjourn 
Day 4, Thursday, November 14
8:00Lecture: methods for assessing bypass patency      V. Papic
8:30Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis (rat) 
10:30Refreshment break 
10:45Hands-on: dissection of rat aorta-vena-cava 
13:00Lunch 
14:00Hands-on: aorta-vena cava (rat), side-to-side anastomosis 
16:30Adjourn 
Day 5, Friday, November 15
8:00 Lecture: Indications and Techniques for ACoA – aneurysms 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 Dissection and coaptation of the Rat sciatic nerve P. Georgis
13:45 Hands-on: end-to-end anastomosis femoral artery/vein (rat)
16:00 Adjourn
20:00 Gala dinner
Day 6, Saturday, November 16 Chair: D. Rologis
9:00 Upper basilar artery surgery, the Kawase approach    V. Papic
9:30 Facial nerve repair    A. Vlastou
9:50 Complex aneurysms –a hybrids view    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 Evaluation of the course and awarding of certificates
12:00 Adjourn