WFNS COURSE
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT
OCTOBER, 24 and 26, 2007
Local Organizer: Profs. S. Ezzat, A. El Hakim and M. El-Fiki
Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons

Lectures :

• M. Arraez (Malaga, Spain)
• A. Bricolo (Verona, Italy)
• M. Choux (Marseille, France)
• P. Courtheoux (Caen, France)
• A. El Khamlichi (Rabat, Morocco)
• T. Kanno (Nagoya, Japan)
• Y. Kato (Nagoya, Japan)
• Y. Keravel (Paris, France)
• K. Al Moutaeri (Ryad, Saudi Arabia)
• A. Sousa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
• K. Turel (Mumbai, India)
• A. Zohdi (Egypt)
• A. El Hay (Egypt)
• A. Mancy (Egypt)
• A. El Hakim (Egypt)
• M. El Fiki (Egypt)
• M. Fathy (Egypt)
• S. Ezzat (Egypt)

Wednesday, 24.October, 2007 

Opening Remarks: M. El-Fiki
Presentation of the Course: A. de Sousa

SESSION I: 

Moderators:      A. El Khamlichi                    

Microsurgery for cervical spine lesion
K. Turel

Discussion

Management of cervical spine trauma
A. El Khamlichi

Discussion

Posterior micro-foraminotomy in the treatment of cervical herniated disks  
M. Arraez     

Discussion

SESSION II:

Moderators:      M. Arraez

The basic priciples of the treatment of severe head injury A. Bricolo

Discussion

Microsurgical internal decompression for Spinal stenosis K. Turel

Discussion

12:40 – 14:00                    Lunch

HOW I DO IT?   

Moderators:      A. Bricolo

Ventricular endoscopy                      M. Arraez

External ventricular drainage                       M. Choux

Epidural hematomas                                    A. Bricolo

 

SESSION III

Moderators:      M. Choux and

Severe brain trauma in children    M. Choux

Discussion  

Management of low grades gliomas        K. Turel

Discussion

CONFERENCES -  

 Moderators:     K. Turel

Modern aspects of craniosynostosis       M. Choux

Brain stem tumors                           A. Bricolo

 

Thursday, 25.October 2008

 

SESSION IV: 

Moderators:      K. Moutaeri

How to built neurosurgery in developing countries A. El Khamlichi

Discussion

Endoscopic anatomy                A. Zohdi

Discussion

Subfrontal meningioma              A. El Hay

Discussion

 

SESSION V:

Moderators:

Craniopharyngiomas in children        M. Choux

Discussion
 

The role of radiosurgery on the treatment of intracranial lesions    
K. Moutaeri                                                                                            

Discussion

Craniopharyngioma A. Mancy

Discussion

Modern management of intracerebral hematomas T. Kanno

12:40 – 14:00                    Lunch

HOW I DO IT?   

Moderators:                Y. Keravel

Vascular decompression on the posterior fossa
Y. Keravel                                                                       

Pterional approach                                        A. Sousa

Images in neurosurgery                                 Y. Kato

 

SESSION VI:

Moderators:    Y. Kato

Acustic tumours T. Kanno

Discussion

Surgical treatment of IV ventricle tumors       T. Kanno

16:10 – 16:20                 Discussion

 

Session VII-   

Moderators:      T. Kanno

Surgery in brain AVMs                          A. Sousa

Discussion

Endovascular treatment of brain aneurysms
P. Courtheoux

Discussion

Endovascular treatment of brain AVMs 
P. Courtheoux

Discussion

 

Friday, 26.October 2007

 

SESSION IV: 

Moderators:      P. Courtheoux

Problem solving A. El Hakim                                     

Discussion

Challenges in pituitary surgery               M. El Fiki  

Discussion

Anterior circulation aneurysms                M. Fathy

Discussion

 

SESSION V:

Moderators: A. Sousa

Pitfalls in meningiomas surgery          S. Ezzat

Discussion
 

Modern management of Parkinson disease   Y. Keravel

Discussion

Foramen magnum meningiomas          M. Arraez

Discussion   

END OF THE COURSE