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Neurosurgery - ENT - Skull Base


COURSE OBJECTIVES of neurosurgery - ENT - skull base courses

  • To provide an overview of the complex anatomy of the skull base
  • To cover a broad spectrum of the skull base approaches and describe the technical steps of each specific approach
  • To discuss indications of skull base & neurosurgery approaches and surgical strategies
  • To provide hands-on sessions on cadaveric specimens and improve skills
  • To become more familiar with endoscopic endonasal approaches
  • To understand the rationale and challenge of endoscopic endonasal approaches to the skull base
  • To allow discussion between experts in the field of neurosurgery - ENT - skull base surgery and trainees.

TARGET AUDIENCE of neurosurgery - ENT - skull base courses

Practicing neurosurgeons, otolaryngologists, fellows and residents in training.


Neurosurgery - ENT - Skull Base - Course in Microscopic and Endoscopic Approaches to the Skull Base
  • 2013, June 19 - 21
Contact us
+33 3 88 11 91 07
Register & pay online

Registration
form (offline)

Course
programme


Course directors

S. Froelich (F), C. Debry (F)

Faculty

K.A. Aziz (USA), A. Bazin (F), G. Brassier (F), M. Cardarelli (I), R. Carrau (USA), J. Casselmann (B), L. Cavallo (I), A. Chays (F), T. Civit (F), J. Cornelius (D), J.C. De Battista (ARG), J.L. Dietelmann (F), H. Dufour (F), H.D. Fournier (F), S. Gaillard (F), E. Gay (F), F. Gentili (CAN), B. George (F), L. Gilain (F), P. Herman (F), P. Jannetta (USA), E. Jouanneau (F), R. Kania (F), J.T. Keller (USA), L. Laccourreye (F), J. Lehmberg (D), N. Levine (USA), M.J. Link (USA), C.F. Litre (F), C. Martins (Br), M. McDermott (USA), J. Morcos (USA), J.J. Moreau (F), M.L. Pensak (USA), L. Regli (NL), A. Rhoton (USA), P.H. Roche (F), P. Rousseaux (F), D. Scavarda (F), S. Schmerber (F), R. Sekula (USA), D. Solari (I), C. Teo (AUS), J.M. Tew (USA), P.V. Theodosopoulos (USA), Y.K. Tu (TW), H.R. Van Loveren (USA), F. Veillon (F), A. Vijay (USA), L. Zimmer (USA)

Registration fees : 1300 Euros

The fees include:
  • Theoretical teaching
  • Practical training on anatomical specimen
  • Coffee breaks and lunches
  • One Cheese and Wine Cocktail
  • One evening meal
  • Shuttle bus service

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Accommodation

is available at special EITS rates at the following hotels, depending on the course:

  • Hilton Hotel ****
  • Mercure Palais des Congrès Hotel ****
110 € per night, in a single room, breakfast and city tax included

Registration

To register, please send us your registration form duly completed
by fax
(+33 (0)3 88 11 90 28) and/or postal mail.

Registration is confirmed upon receipt of the form duly filled out, signature affixed, with payment enclosed.

WARNING !
Online registration is only for individuals.
Any company (travel agencies, laboratories, industrials, etc.) should contact the person in charge of the course directly.


Please note that, out of organizational reasons, any registration cancelled less than one month before the course will NOT be reimbursed or postponed.



EITS courses special offer: Discounted travel with Lufthansa

Lufthansa German Airlines offers a comprehensive global route network linking major cities around the world. As an airline partner, Lufthansa offers special prices and conditions to participants, visitors, exhibitors and invited guests as well as employees of the Contracting Partner and their travel companions.

To make a reservation, please click on www.lufthansa.com/education and enter the access code DEZPMR in the "Access to Event Booking" area.
This will open an online booking platform that will automatically calculate the discount offered or provide you with an even better offer if another promotional fare is available.
NOTE: Pop-ups must be enabled otherwise the booking platform window will not open.

These promotional fares are also available through your IATA / ARC travel agent. Travel agents can obtain ticketing instructions by sending an email to lufthansa.mobility@dlh.de and providing the access code as a reference.


Neurosurgery - ENT - Skull Base: Course programme

Wednesday

MICROSURGICAL APPROACHES OF THE SKULL BASE: SURGICAL ANATOMY AND TECHNIQUES

07.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel - IRCAD
07.55 am Welcoming of participants

8.00am
THEORETICAL SESSION : Anterolateral Approach to the Skull Base
- Soft tissue dissection
- Frontotemporal orbitozygomatic approach and variations
- Keyhole approach
- Anterior clinoidectomy
- Cavernous sinus approaches

10.30am
PRACTICAL SESSION IN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY:

01.00pm Lunch at the Institute

02.00pm
THEORETICAL SESSION : Posterolateral Approach to the Skull Base
- Transcondylar and far lateral approaches
- Anterolateral approach to the foramen magnum

3.45pm
PRACTICAL SESSION IN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY:

07.15pm Cheese and Wine Cocoktail at IRCAD

08.30pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD-Hotel

Thursday

MICROSURGICAL APPROACHES OF THE SKULL BASE: SURGICAL ANATOMY AND TECHNIQUES

07.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel - IRCAD


8.00am
THEORETICAL SESSION : Lateral Transpetrosal Approach to the Skull Base
- Petrous bone anatomy
- Anterior petrosectomy
- Retrosigmoid approach
- Translabyrinthine approach
- Combined approach

11.00am
SPECIAL LECTURES
Former speakers: P. JANNETTA, C. TEO, J. TEW, L. REGLI

12.30pm Lunch at the Institute

01.30pm
PRACTICAL SESSION IN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY:

06.30pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD-Hotel

08.30pm Dinner in honor of the participants

Friday

ENDOSCOPIC APPROACHES TO THE SKULL BASE

07.30 am Shuttle-bus Hotel - IRCAD

8.00am
THEORETICAL SESSION: Endoscopic endonasal approaches - Extradural step:
- Endoscopic anatomy of the nasal cavities and sphenoid sinus
- Endoscopic anatomy of the ICA
- Endoscopic approach to the sella
- Tailored approach to the planum, clivus, orbital apex, pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossa
- Closure strategy

12.00pm Lunch at the Institute

01.00pm
PRACTICAL SESSION IN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY:
Dissection

06.30pm
End of course
Delivery of certificates of attendance

06.45pm Shuttle-bus IRCAD-Hotel
This Program may be subject to modifications


EACCME accreditation


  • EITS courses are accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists in their home European Country.





    The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
UEMS

EACCME Credits convertible into AMA PRA category 1 Credits™

Surgeons interested in getting AMA PRA category 1 Credits™ credits may contact info@eits.fr.
EACCME approved credits for e-learning activities are recognized by the American Medical Association for conversion to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians may apply to convert EACCME credits into AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by submitting the following form and attaching an EACCME credit certificate, and processing fee. Please click here to download application form for EACCME credit conversion into AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Processing fees directly payable to the American Medical Association are as follows: AMA member $30 and non-AMA member $75 (see information stated in application form).

As a rule, the conversion to AMA category 1 credit(s)™ is 1:1 for all EACCME credit(s).
Further details can be obtained by clicking on the current link.

Instructions for converting EACCME Credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To apply for conversion of EACCME credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™:
  1. Visit the EACCME website to ensure the activity was certified for EACCME credit
  2. Download the Application for EACCME Credit Conversion, and submit:
    • the completed application by fax or mail
    • a copy of the EACCME credit certificate
    • non-refundable processing fee.
A certificate awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be emailed within four weeks.

By fax

Attn: CPPD
+1 (312) 464-4669

By mail

American Medical Association
Continuing Physician Professional Development (CPPD)
515 N. State Street, 7th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60654
If you have questions, please contact CPPD at pra@ama-assn.org

Course Endorsement

SAGES
 
  • EITS courses have been endorsed by the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.
    The EAES Education Committee aims to ensure that appropriate endoscopic training courses are available for residents in training and certified surgeons who wish to be trained in endoscopic surgery.