PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MICROSURGICAL COURSE – DISSECTION TECHNIQUE AND MICROANASTOMOSES
June 15th-16th, 2023 – Neuroanatomy Lab “G. Cantore” – Tecnopolo
Pozzilli, Italy
N° 8 microsurgical workstation
N° 8 participants (Residents 4th – 5th PGY and Neurosurgeons)
Thursday, June 15th
8.00 – 8.30 am Registration
8.30 – 8.40 am Introduction – V. Esposito
8.40 – 9.00 am Skull-base approaches for intracranial aneurysms – S. Luzzi
9.00 – 9.20 am Bypass in neurosurgery: indications and techniques – F. Acerbi
9.20 – 9.40 am By-pass surgery for complex intracranial aneurysms – M. Cenzato
9.40 – 10.00 am Complex aneurysms: current role of Neuroradiologist – A. Bartolo/G. Grillea
10.00 – 10.20 am Microsurgical training: surgical techniques for vascular anastomoses – E. Crobeddu
10.00 – 10.45 am Microsurgical training: dye-perfused human placenta model – M. Del Maestro
10.45 – 11.15 Discussion: C. Bortolotti, C. Cossandi, A. Della Puppa, S. Paolini, R. J. Galzio
11.15 – 11.30 am Coffee break
11.30 -1.30 pm Laboratory activities on synthetic models:
- Knot Tying on gauze
- Anastomosis on a latex glove
- Anastomosis on synthetic microtubes
1.30 – 2.00 pm Light Lunch
2.00 – 6.00 pm Laboratory activities on placenta model:
- Vessels dissection
- End-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-side anastomoses
Lab Tutors: A. Boschi, E. Crobeddu, M. Del Maestro, S. Luzzi, S. Tola
20.15 Dinner (faculty and participants)
Friday, June 16th
8.30 – 8.50 am Moyamoya: from diagnosis to surgical treatment – A. Lanterna.
8.50 – 9.10 am By-pass, Clinical Cases – F. Matano (webinar).
9.10 – 9.30 am Indications and surgical technique of nervous microanastomoses – S. Ferraresi.
9.30 – 9.50 am Microsurgical training: rat vascular anatomy and approaches – M. Del Maestro.
9.50 – 10.10 am Discussion: C. Bortolotti, C. Cossandi, A. Della Puppa, S. Paolini, R. J. Galzio.
10.10 – 10.20 am Coffee break
10.20 – 11.20 am Laboratory activities on rat model:
- End-to-end anastomosis on femoral artery
1.30 – 2.00 pm Light Lunch.
2.00 – 6.00 pm Laboratory activities on rat model:
- End-to-end anastomosis on common carotid artery
- Abdominal aorta dissection and end-to-end anastomosis
Lab tutors: A. Boschi, E. Crobeddu, M. Del Maestro, S. Tola
