Microsurgery of the Skull Base

Zurich, August 7 – 10, 2006

Program

MONDAY, August 7, 2006
08:00

Registration

(Anatomy Department University Zurich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich: see map)

Subtotal Petrosectomy Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type A

08:30 Introduction and 3D-Video
10:30 Dissection (Rt. side)
12:30 Lunch (provided)

Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type A (Continuation)

13:30 Discussion and 3D-Video
14:30 Dissection (Rt. side)
17:00 – 18:30 Discussion and surgical 3D-Video
 
TUESDAY, August 8, 2006

Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type A (Contiunation)

08:30 Introduction and 3D-Video
09:30 Anatomical Demonstration:
Infratemporal Fossa (Prof. Groscurth)
09:45 Dissection (Rt. side)
12:30 Lunch (provided)

Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type B

13:30 Introduction 3D-Video
14:30 Dissection (Rt. side)
17:00–18:30 Discussion and surgical 3D-Video
 
WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2006

Infratemporal Fossa Approach Type C

08:30 Introduction and 3D-Video
09:30 Anatomical Demonstration:
Pterygo-palatine Fossa and Cavernous Sinus (Prof. Groscurth)
09:45 Dissection (Rt. side, continuation)
11:30 Discussion and surgical 3D-Video
12:30 Lunch (provided)
13:30 Special Lecture:

Interventional Neuroradiology for Lateral Skull Base Tumors

– Prof. A. Valavanis, Zurich

Infratemporal Fossa Approach
Types C and D

14:30 Introduction
15:30 Dissection
17:30 – 18:30 Discussion and surgical 3D-Videos
19:30 – 22:30 Course Dinner (provided)
Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten,
Limmatquai 40, Zurich
Phone: +41 44 250 53 53
 
THURSDAY, August 10, 2006

Transtemporal Supralabyrinthine Approach (Middle Cranial Fossa)

08:30 Introduction and 3D-Video
10:00 Anatomical Demonstration:
Middle Cranial Fossa and Intrapetrosal Facial Nerve (Prof. Groscurth)
Dissection (Lt. side)
12:00 Lunch (provided)

Transotic Approach

14:00 Introduction and 3D-Video
14:30 Dissection (Lt. side)
17:00 Discussion and surgical 3D-Video
18:30 End of the Course