You should take into account that there are different combinations to attend to this course: full course, theory and live surgeries (Thursday and Friday) or even a Video streaming for theory and live surgeries
COURSE AIMED AT: Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, Neurophysiologists, Neuroradiologists, Neuropsychologists and Anesthetists
TUESDAY | November 26th - Location: Dissection room
14:30 – 15:00	Delivery of documentation
15:00 – 15:30	Introduction: How to perform fiber dissection in cadaveric specimens Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello
15:30 – 16:00	Introduction: How to perform fiber tractography in the lab Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló
16:00 – 17:30	Group 1. HANDS-ON WHITE MATTER FIBER DISSECTION: Dr. Juan Martino / Dr.  Emmanuel Mandonnet / Alejandro Fernández-Coello / Dr. Carlos Alarcón / Dr. Ruth Lau Each participant will have one hemisphere to dissect Group 2. HANDS ON WHITE MATTER DTI TRACTOGRAPHY: Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló Motor pathway tractography
17:30 – 18:00 COFFEE
18:00 – 19:30	Group 1. HANDS ON WHITE MATTER DTI TRACTOGRAPHY: Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló Motor pathway tractography Group 2. HANDS-ON WHITE MATTER FIBER DISSECTION: Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Alejandro Fernández-Coello / Dr. Carlos Alarcón / Dr. Ruth Lau Each participant will have one hemisphere to dissect
WEDNESDAY | November 27th - Location: Dissection room
09:00 – 09:30	How to simulate a surgical approach to the main language pathways Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello
09:30 – 11:00	Group 1. HANDS ON SESSION SPECIMEN. Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello / Dr. Carlos Alarcón / Dr. Ruth Lau Each participant will have one CUSA and one hemisphere to dissect Group 2. HANDS ON SESSION DTI. Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló  Language pathways tractography
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE
11:30 – 13:00	Group 1. HANDS ON SESSION DTI. Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló  Language pathways tractography Group 2. HANDS ON SESSION SPECIMEN. Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello / Dr. Carlos Alarcón / Dr. Ruth Lau   Each participant will have one CUSA and one hemisphere to dissect
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 14:30	How to simulate a surgical approach to insular gliomas in the laboratory Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet
14:30 – 16:00	Group 1. HANDS ON SESSION SPECIMEN. Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello / Dr. Carlos Alarcón / Dr. Ruth Lau Each participant will have one CUSA and one hemisphere to dissect Group 2. HANDS ON SESSION DTI.  Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló Language pathways tractography
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE
16:30 – 18:00	Group 1. HANDS ON SESSION DTI. Dr. Àngels Camins / Dr. Pere Cifre / Dr. Pablo Naval-Baudin / Dr. Aleix Rosselló Language pathways tractography Group 2. HANDS ON SESSION SPECIMEN. Dr. Juan Martino / Dr. Emmanuel Mandonnet / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello / Dr. Carlos Alarcón / Dr. Ruth Lau Each participant will have one CUSA and one hemisphere to dissect
THURSDAY | November 28th - Location: Bellvitge auditorium
08:15 – 08:45	Delivery of documentation
08:45 – 09:00	Welcome speech
09:00 – 09:20	Introduction: Evolution of Neurosurgery in Eloquent Brain Areas Dr. Andreu Gabarrós
09:20 – 09:40	Neuroanatomy of the Functional Cortical Brain Areas Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello
09:40 – 10:00	Neuroanatomy of the Functional Subcortical Brain Areas Dr. Juan Martino
10:00 – 10:20	Functional Magnetic Resonance And Tractography: Preoperative evaluation of Brain Function through Neuroimaging Dr. Àngels Camins
10:20 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE
11:00 – 11:20	Intraoperative. Neuromonitoring Dr. Isabel Fernández-Conejero
11:20 – 11:40	Neuroanaesthesia management during Eloquent Brain Surgery Dr. Laura Pariente
11:40 – 12:00	Mapping of cortical and subcortical functions in the awake patient Dr. Andreu Gabarrós / Dr. Alejando Fernández-Coello
12:00 – 12:20	Mapping and neuromonitoring of motor function in the asleep patient Dr. Gerard Plans
12:20 – 12:50	Neuropsychological intraoperative evaluation of language: Tradition, Research. Case presentation  Dr. Anna Gasa-Roqué / Dr. Inma Rico Pons
12:50 – 13:10	Discussion
13:10 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 15:00	How I do it: Tips & tricks session with the experts Awake brain mapping Dr. Hugues Duffau
15:00 – 15:30	Asleep motor mapping and neuromonitoring   Dr. Francesco Sala
15:30 – 16:00	Discussion
16:00 – 16:20	Intraoperative identification of the SMA in the awake patient Dr. Andreu Gabarrós / Dr. Juan Martino
16:20 – 16:35	Mapping and neuromonitoring for extrinsic brain lesions Dr. Pablo López-Ojeda / Dr. Andreu Gabarrós / Dr. José Luis Sanmillán
16:35 – 16:50	Mapping and neuromonitoring for insular tumors Dr. Andreu Gabarrós / Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello
16:50 – 17:30	Discussion and closing remarks
DINNER (Only for the full course participants)
FRIDAY | November 29th - Location: Bellvitge auditorium
2 LIVE SURGERIES
08:30 – 15:00	Operating Room 1– AWAKE PATIENT. Dr. Alejandro Fernández-Coello Perisylvian tumor resection assisted by neuronavigation and cortical/subcortical language brain mapping in the awake patient
08:30 – 15:00	Operating Room 2 – ASLEEP PATIENT. Dr. Gerard Plans  Perirolandic tumor resection assisted by neuronavigation, intraoperative neuromonitoring and cortical/subcortical evoked motor brain mapping in the asleep patient
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE / LUNCH DURING SESSION
15:00 Closing remarks and delivery of certificates
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