Scientific Program

Day 2 | Tuesday, April 9th, 2025

08:30-10:30

MORNING SESSION 1

08:30-08:40 Luca Massimi, Miroslav Gjurasin: Introduction to the Course

HYDROCEPHALUS
Chairs: Dominic Thompson, Federico Di Rocco
08:40-09:00
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale: New insights on physiology and imaging of hydrocephalus
09:00-09:10 Spyros Sgouros: Characteristics and management of malformative hydrocephalus
09:10-09:20 Laura Grazia Valentini: Characteristics and management of post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
09:20-09:30 Kristian Aquilina: Characteristics and management of post-infective hydrocephalus
09:30-09:40 Giuseppe Cinalli: External hydrocephalus
09:40-10:00 Q & A
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-13:00

MORNING SESSION 2


SHUNTS
Chairs: Matthieu Vinchon, Gokmen Kahilogullari
11:00-11:15 Martin U. Schuhmann: Shunts technology: adjustable, antigravitational, flow regulated
11:15-11:25 Thomas Roujeau: Technical notes on external drainage of the CSF
11:25-11:35 Paul Chumas: Technical notes on lumbo-peritoneal shunt
11:35-11:45 Luca Massimi: Technical notes on ventriculo-atrial shunt
11:45-12:00 Claudiu Matei: Complications of shunts
12:00-12:15 Q & A
12:15-13:00 Martina Messing-Junger: Cases for discussion: Shunt complications
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:00

AFTERNOON SESSION 1


ROUND TABLE
VP Shunt
Chair: Miroslav Gjurasin

Panel: Matthieu Vinchon, Claudiu Matei, Wan Tew Seow, Martina Messing-Jünger

Patient preparation, positioning, opening (skin, bone, dura), shunt insertion (ventricles, subcutaneous, abdomen), closing, how not to miss the ventricle, follow-up
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-19:30

GROUP SESSION I: Hydrocephalus and arachnoid cysts


GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
16:30-17:30 Hands-on session I: Updates on technology

Instructors:
Giuseppe Cinalli, Martina Messing-Jünger, Federico Di Rocco, Spyros Sgouros
Solve a case & complication session I: Controversial cases

Instructors:
Martin U. Schuhmann, Kristian Aquilina, Claudiu Matei, Laura Grazia Valentini
Video for discussion session I: Endoscopy & Co

Instructors:
Gianpiero Tamburrini, Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Matthieu Vinchon  

17:30-18:30

Video for discussion session I: Endoscopy & Co

Instructors:
Gianpiero Tamburrini, Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Matthieu Vinchon
  
Hands-on session I: Updates on technology

Instructors:
Giuseppe Cinalli, Martina Messing-Jünger, Federico Di Rocco, Spyros Sgouros
Solve a case & complication session I: Controversial cases

Instructors:
Martin U. Schuhmann, Kristian Aquilina, Claudiu Matei, Laura Grazia Valentini

18:30-19:30

Solve a case & complication session I: Controversial cases

Instructors:
Martin U. Schuhmann, Kristian Aquilina, Claudiu Matei, Laura Grazia Valentini
Video for discussion session I: Endoscopy & Co

Instructors:
Gianpiero Tamburrini, Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Matthieu Vinchon
Hands-on session I: Updates on technology

Instructors:
Giuseppe Cinalli, Martina Messing-Jünger, Federico Di Rocco, Spyros Sgouros

Day 3 | Wednesday April 9th, 2025

08:300-10:30

MORNING SESSION 3


NEUROENDOSCOPY
Chairs: Spyros Sgouros, Wan Tew Seow
08:30-08:40 Giuseppe Cinalli: Endoscopic ventricular anatomy
08:40-08:50 Gianpiero Tamburrini: Third ventriculostomy principles and technique
08:50-09:00 Federico Di Rocco: TVE: results and complications
09:00-09:10 Gokmen Kahilogullari: Other: septostomy, aqueductoplasty
09:10-09:30 Q & A
09:30-10:30 ROUND TABLE
ETV in myelomeningocele, Chiari type 1, craniosynostosis and TBC

Chair: Shlomi Costantini
Panel: Giuseppe Cinalli, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Spyros Sgouros, Radek Frič
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:30-13:30

MORNING SESSION 4


ARACHNOID CYSTS
Chairs: Gianpiero Tamburrini, Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale
11:00-11:15 Federico Di Rocco: Characteristics and management of supratentorial cysts
11:15-11:30 Claudiu Matei: Characteristics and management of sylvian cysts
11:30-11:45 Tatiana Protzenko: Characteristics and management of posterior fossa and Dandy-
Walker cysts
11:45-12:00 Q & A
12:00-13:30 BREAK-DOWN SESSION ON ARACHNOID CYST
Chairs: Luca Massimi, Radek Frič
12:00-12:10 Luca Massimi: Single case presentation with 3-4 main questions
 12:10-12:55 Three groups of students together with the Faculty members to answer the  questions
12:55-13:20 Radek Frič: Discussant: ask the groups their solution and discuss them
13:20-13:30 Luca Massimi: Case presenter gives the solution
13:30-15:00 Lunch Break

15:00-16:30 Luca Massimi: Case Studies -  Pediatric Neurosurgery
16:30-18:00 Gjurasin Miroslav: Case Studies - Pediatric Traumatology

Day 4 | Thursday April 10th, 2025

08:30-10:30

MORNING SESSION 5


POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS
Chairs: Martin U. Schuhmann, Laura Grazia Valentini
08:30-08:40 Marco Gessi: WHO 2021 classification and its impact
08:40-08:50 Goran Roic: Advances in neuroimaging
08:50-09:10 Mohamed El Beltagy: Advances in neurosurgery
09:10-09:25 Q & A
09:25-09:40 Kristian Aquilina: Surgical approaches to IV ventricle
09:40-09:55 Thomas Roujeau: Surgical approaches to brain stem
09:55-10:10 Giuseppe Cinalli: Surgical approaches to CP angle
10:10-10:30 Q & A
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00

MORNING SESSION 6


BREAK-DOWN SESSION ON POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS
Chairs: Kristian Aquilina, Martina Messing-Jünger
11:00-11:15 Martin U. Schuhmann: Biopsy for PCF tumors
11:15-11:30 Francesco Sala: Monitoring for PCF and brainstem tumors
11:30-11:45 Tatiana Protzenko: Complications of posterior fossa closure and their management
11:45-12:00 Gianpiero Tamburrini: Cerebellar mutism and posterior fossa syndrome
12:00-12:30 Q&A
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:30

AFTERNOON SESSION 2

14:00-15:00 POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS (based on practical cases)
Chairs: Giuseppe Cinalli, Tatiana Protzenko
14:00-14:15 Francesco Sala: Benign PCF tumors
14:15-14:30 Martina Messing-Jünger: Medulloblastoma
14:30-14:45 Shlomi Costantini: Ependymoma
14:45-15:00 Wan Tew Seow: DIPG
15:00-16:30 PCF TUMORS WITH COMPLICATION
Chairs: Kristian Aquilina, Wan Tew Seow
15:00-15:10 Kristian Aquilina: Single case presentation with 3-4 main questions
15:10-15:55 Three groups of students together with the Faculty members to answer the questions
15:55-16:20 Wan Tew Seow: Discussant: ask the groups their solution and discuss them
16:20-16:30 Kristian Aquilina: Case presenter gives the solution
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-20:00

GROUP SESSION II: PCF tumors

  GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
17:00-18:00 Hands-on session II: Motors power

Instructors:
Francesco Sala, Shlomi Costantini, Laura Grazia Valentini

Video for discussion session II: PCF tumors

Instructors:
Kristian Aquilina, Mohamed El Beltagy, Martin U. Schuhmann, Giuseppe
Cinalli

Solve a case & complication session II: PCF tumors

Instructors:
Martina Messing-Jünger, Tatiana Protzenko, Thomas Roujeau, Radek Frič

18:00-19:00 Solve a case & complication session II: PCF tumors

Instructors:
Martina Messing-Jünger, Tatiana Protzenko, Thomas Roujeau, Radek Frič
Hands-on session II: Motors power

Instructors:
Francesco Sala, Shlomi Costantini, Laura Grazia Valentini
Video for discussion session II: PCF tumors

Instructors:
Kristian Aquilina, Mohamed El Beltagy, Martin U. Schuhmann, Giuseppe
Cinalli
19:00-20:00 Video for discussion session II: PCF tumors

Instructors:
Kristian Aquilina, Mohamed El Beltagy, Martin U. Schuhmann, Giuseppe Cinalli
Solve a case & complication session II: PCF tumors

Instructors:
Martina Messing-Jünger, Tatiana Protzenko, Thomas Roujeau, Radek Frič
Hands-on session II: Motors power

Instructors:
Francesco Sala, Shlomi Costantini, Laura Grazia Valentini

Day 5 | Friday April 11th, 2025

08:30-10:30

MORNING SESSION 7


INJURIES
Chairs: Paul Chumas, Francesco Sala
08:30-08:45 Paolo Frassanito: Head injuries: specific pediatric features
08:45-09:00 Paul Chumas: The role of ICP and TCD monitoring in the management of severe head
trauma
09:00-09:15 Marco Piastra: ICU monitoring
09:15-09:30 Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale: Decompressive craniectomy
09:30-09:45 Paolo Frassanito: The challenge of cranioplasty
09:45-10:00 Q & A
10:00-10:30 Dominic Thompson: Spinal injuries in children: features, surgery and outcome
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30

MORNING SESSION 8


INJURIES (continued)
Chairs: Shlomi Costantini, Thomas Roujeau
11:00-11:30 Matthieu Vinchon: Cases for discussion: severe head and spine injury
11:30-11:45 Matthieu Vinchon: Some specific aspects on trauma|Shaken baby
11:45-12:00 Miroslav Gjurasin: Some specific aspects on trauma | Extradural and subdural hematoma in infants     
12:00-12:15 Radek Frič: Some specific aspects on trauma | Craniofacial injuries
12:15-12:30 Gokmen Kahilogullari: Some specific aspects on trauma | Endoscopic repair of CSF fistula
12:30-12:45 Q & A
12:45-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30

AFTERNOON SESSION 3


BREAK-DOWN SESSION ON TRAUMA
Chairs: Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Spyros Sgouros
14:00-14:10 Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale: Single case presentation with 3-4 main questions
14:10-14:55 Three groups of students together with the Faculty members to answer the questions
14:55-15:20 Spyros Sgouros: Discussant: ask the groups their solution and discuss them
15:20-15:30 Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale: Case presenter gives the solution
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-19:00

Group session III: Head/spine injuries

  GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
16:00-17:00 Hands-on session III: ICP Monitoring

Instructors:
Claudiu Matei, Giuseppe Cinalli, Wan Tew Seow

Video for discussion session III: Injuries

Instructors:
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Dominic Thompson, Miroslav Gjurasin

Solve a case & complication session III: Injuries

Instructors:
Matthieu Vinchon, Paul Chumas, Radek Frič, Tatiana Protzenko

17:00-18:00 Video for discussion session III: Injuries

Instructors:
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Dominic Thompson, Miroslav Gjurasin
Solve a case & complication session III: Injuries

Instructors:
Matthieu Vinchon, Paul Chumas, Radek Frič, Tatiana Protzenko
Hands-on session III: ICP Monitoring

Instructors:
Claudiu Matei, Giuseppe Cinalli, Wan Tew Seow
18:00-19:00 Solve a case & complication session III: Injuries

Instructors:
Matthieu Vinchon, Paul Chumas, Radek Frič, Tatiana Protzenko
Hands-on session III: ICP Monitoring

Instructors:
Claudiu Matei, Giuseppe Cinalli, Wan Tew Seow
Video for discussion session III: Injuries

Instructors:
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Dominic Thompson, Miroslav Gjurasin
19:00 FINAL SESSION
Evaluation of the course