Pre-Congress Workshop

Preliminary Program

 Day 1 • Saturday, September 13, 2025

Venue: Anatomy Building, Medical University Graz
07:30-08:00 Registrations
08:00-08:10 Welcome Address
Stefan Wolfsberger (Austria)
08:10-10:00 Part 1: Neuroendoscopy, Tube Surgery, Exoscopes

08:10-08:20 Fabian Flaschka (Austria): Ventricular Anatomy
08:20-08:30 Kenichi Nichiyama (Japan): ETV, Septostomy, and CPC
08:30-08:40 Stefan Wolfsberger (Austria): Navigation and Robotics for Neuroendoscopy
08:40-08:50 Federico DiRocco (France): ETV in Posterior Fossa Tumors
08:50-09:00 Adrian Caceres (Costa Rica): Complications of ETV
09:00-09:10 Ulrich Thomale (Germany): Endoscopic Ventricular Lavage
09:10-09:20 Hisayuki Murai (Japan): Intracerebral Hemorrhage
09:20-09:30 Manas Panagrahi (India): Endoscopic Treatment of Arachnoid Cysts
09:30-09:40 Mohammed El Betagy (Egypt): Endoscopic Removal of Tumors
09:40-09:50 Kazuhito Takeuchi (Japan): Cylinder Surgery of Tumors
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 Hands-on Session
(Rotationbetween 12 Stations every 20min)
  Navigated Third Ventriculostomy, Aqueduct Stenting
Third Ventriculostomy, Endoscopic Catheter Placement
Robot-guided Third Ventriculostomy
Endoscopic Ventricular Tumor Removal
Endoscopic Ventricular Lavage
Flexible Endoscope Model
Translucent Model for Flexible Endoscopy
Hemorrhage Evacuation Model
Hemorrhage Evacuation with Penumbra
Exoscopic Aneurysm Clipping – Supraorbital
Exoscopic Aneurysm Clipping – Pterional
Exoscopic Aneurysm Clipping - Rupture Model
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:30 Hands-on Session
(Rotation between 12 Stations every 20min)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Case discussions
 Day 2 • Sunday, September 14, 2025

Venue: Anatomy Building, Medical University Graz
08:00-08:10 Welcome Address
08:10-09:30 Part 2: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
08:10-08:20 Alexander Micko (Austria): Transnasal Skull Base Anatomy/Radiology/Classifications
08:20-08:30 Stefan Wolfsberger (Austria): Technological Adjuncts in Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery
08:30-08:40 Henry Schroeder (Germany): Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus
08:40-08:50 Luigi Cavallo (Italy): Endonasal Approach to Craniopharyngeomas
08:50-09:00 Mohammed El Beltagy (Egypt): Endoscopic Endonasal vs Assisted Approach to Craniopharyngeomas in Children
09:00-09:10 Diego Mazzatenta (Italy): Endonasal Approach to Chordomas
09:10-09:20 Hannes Braun (Austria): Management of CSF Leaks
09:20-09:30 Kazuhito Takeuchi (Japan): Management of Carotid Artery Injury
09:30-09:45 Coffee Break
09:45-12:00 Hands-on Session: Extended endonasal approach
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-13:30 Part 3: Endoscopic Transorbital Surgery
13:00-13:15
Matteode Notaris (Italy): Basic Concepts of Endoscopic Transorbital Surgery
 13:15-13:30 Doo-Sik Kong (Korea): Advances of Endoscopic Transorbital Surgery
13:30-15:00 Hands-on Session: Transorbital approach
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Case discussions