Pre-Congress Course 2

ESPN 2025 London SciCom
Sunday 11th May 2025
Club Room
Surgery for lumbosacral lipoma – a practical guide 

Course directors: Dominic Thompson, Dachling Pang

Programme

09:00-09:15 Registration
09:15-09:20 Welcome and Introduction - Dominic Thompson 
09:20-09:50 Evolution of the radical surgery technique - Dachling Pang
10:00-10:20 Urological evaluation and surveillance in spinal lipomas - Navroop Johal
10:30-10:50 IONM specific to lumbosacral lipoma surgery - Ivan Jankovic
11:15-11:35 Lipoma surgery video session I: Tools & Technique - Dominic Thompson
11:40-12:10 Lipoma surgery video session II: Expansion duraplasty and closure– Zubair Tahir
12:15-12:45 Should all lipomas have surgery? - Dominic Thompson
12:45-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-13:50 Lipoma surgery video session III: Pitfalls and complications - Wan Tew Seow
14:00-14:30 Lipoma case studies I - Dominic Thompson
14:30-14:50 Re-tethering after lipoma surgery – Laura Grazia Valentini
15:00-15:30 Lipoma case studies II - Zubair Tahir
15:30-16:00 Q and A
16:00 Closing