SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
DAY 1 (Monday): Arrival of attendees & Opening Session - April 4th
| 17:00 - 18:00 | LACPN faculty meeting |
| 20:00 - 23:00 | Welcome Opening Ceremony Dinner Introduction of the course |
DAY 2 (Tuesday) - April 5th
| 06:30 - 07:30 | Breakfast |
| 07:30 - 08:00 | Sunrise on the beach |
| 08:20 - 13:00 HEMISPHERIC TUMORS |
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| 08:20 - 08:40 | Benign cortical hemispheric tumors |
| 08:40 - 09:00 | Classification and biology of childhood supratentorial brain tumors in 2020 |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Supratentorial Giant Brain tumors |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Thalamic tumors: specificities of tumors of the thalamus (oncotypes, management) |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | How I do it: approaches to the thalamus / complications |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Case discussion |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Surgical anatomy of the insula: what a pediatric neurosurgeon should know on the insula |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Insular tumors: specificities of tumors in the insula (oncotypes, management) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | How I do it: approaches to the insula / complication |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Intraventricular tumors (surgical approaches / pitfalls) |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | SEGA: medical and surgical indications, management |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Clinical Case Discussion |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 19:00 TECHNOLOGY / BRAIN MAPPING |
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| 14:30 - 14:50 | Adjuvant intraoperative techniques (cortical stimulation, mapping, brain ultrasound) |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | How to planning a brain surgery: avoiding pitfalls |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Sleep-awake-sleep surgery in children: indications, limits, pitfalls |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Operational readiness in neurosurgery |
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Simultaneous rooms |
16:00–19:00 Video Session / Case Discussion [Group GREEN] Anatomy of the brain cortex, sulcus and girus / 3D anatomy |
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16:00–19:00 Hands on (neuronavigation / new technologies / pumps / shunts) |
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16:00 - 19:00 – Workshop - Performance excellence and mental readiness skills |
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| 20:00 - 22:30 | Dinner |
DAY 3 (Wednesday) - April 6th
| 06:30 - 08:00 | Breakfast |
| 08:00 - 13:00 SURGICAL TECHNIQUES |
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| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Round Table Discussion: planning, skin incision, neuronavigation, brain ultrasound, tumor dissection, dura suspension, bone fixation, drain, skin closure, dressing, and ward protocols (Supratentorial brain tumors) |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Parenchymal step: tips and tricks of parenchymal manipulation, coagulation, and dissection |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | DTI / Robotics |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Intraoperative MR. Does it worth? |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| PINEAL | Chairman Francisco SALOMÃO |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Classification and biology of pineal region tumors in 2020 |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Pineal region lesions in children: surgical management, decision-making algorithms, long term results |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Endoscopic approach to the pinea region, indications, complication and their avoidance |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Direct surgical approaches |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Management of tectal plate tumors: decision-making algorithms |
| 12:10 - 13:00 | Clinical Case Discussion |
| 13:00 - 18:00 | Lunch/Integrative activities |
| 20:00 - 22:00 | Dinner |
| 22:00 | Group meeting (Green, Blue, Yellow) – discussion with tutors (preparing for trainee presentation) |
DAY 4 (Thursday) - April 7th
| 06:30 - 08:00 | Breakfast |
| 08:00 - 13:00 |
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| Morning Lecture | ||
| 08:00 - 08:20 |
Molecular biology and pediatric neurosurgery: What we can wait for the future? |
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| INSTAVENTRICULAR BRAIN INFECTION | ||
| 08:20 - 08:40 | History of pediatric neurosurgery: an overview infection | |
| 08:40 - 09:00 | Management of intracranial infections Brain abscess | |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Subdural empyema: epidemiology, diagnosis, ndications, and treatment | |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Zika Virus and Hydrocephalus: a long term results | |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Post-operative infections: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Cysticercosis: epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment | |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Other parasitic infections (non cysticercosis): epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment | |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | Round Table Discussion: How we prevent infections in Neurosurgery (antibiotics, shaving, post-op drainage, what else) (infection) | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Control strategies for distraction and stressors in neurosurgery | |
| 12:30 - 14h00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 17:00 | Afternoon sessions | |
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Simultaneous |
14:00–17:00 Video Session / Solve a Case [Group YELLOW] Anatomy of the brain cortex, sulcus and girus / 3D anatomy |
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14:00–17:00 Hands on (neuronavigation / new technologies / pumps / shunts) |
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14:00 - 17:00 – Workshop - Performance excellence and mental readiness skills |
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| 17:00 | Time do Beach / Sunset | |
| 20:00 - 23:00 | Dinner | |
DAY 5 (Friday) - April 8th
| 07:00 - 08:00 | Breakfast |
| 08:00 - 13:00 Epilepsy surgery / Spasticity |
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| 08:00 - 08:20 | Refractory epilepsy: definitions, principles and algorithms, surgical candidates, patients’ selection |
| 08:20 - 08:40 | Catastrophic epilepsy, hemispherectomy, hemispherotomies |
| 08:40 - 09:00 | Temporal lobe epilepsy: surgical technique surgical technique step-by-step, complications and their avoidance) |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Cortical Dysplasia |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Role of Neuroimaging, functional imaging, SEEG in pediatric epilepsy surgery |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Tuberous sclerosis and epilepsy |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors: What You Need to Know |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Sturge-Weber and epilepsy |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Clinical case discussion |
| Spasticity / Functional / Chairman: Eduardo JUCÁ | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Why and what a pediatric neurosurgeon needs to know to manage spasticity: definitions, principles and algorithms, surgical candidates, patients’ selection |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Selective Rhizotomy: technique, results, and complications |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Pumps / non-ablative surgery How I do it: baclofen pumps – How I regulate them (detailed technique, tips and tricks) |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion / Clinical cases |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 14:20 | DBS: principles, patients’ selection and surgical management |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | WHAT A PAEDIATRIC NEUROSURGEON NEEDS TO KNOW N PERIPHERAL NERVE SURGERY |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00 - 15:10 |
Pediatric meningioma |
| 15:10 - 15:20 | Hypothalamic hamartomas |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Pediatric cerebral cavernomas: clinical management and treatment |
| 15:30 - 15:40 | Discussion |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Critical evaluation of the course |
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Simultaneous rooms |
16:00–19:00 Vídeo Session / |
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16:00–19:00 Hands on (neuronavigation / |
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16:00 - 19:00 – Workshop - Performance excellence and mental readiness skills Chair: Judy MCDONALD |
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| 20:00 - 22:30 | Dinner |