Scientific Program: Day 2

Thursday, Oct. 3

Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine
Beth Robertson Auditorium
1925 Pressler Street, Houston, Texas 77030

Session 3
Surgery of Cerebral Aneurysms
Moderators: Alexander Khalessi & Ali Zomorodi

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.	Preserving the art of aneurysm clipping in the endovascular era	Adesh Shrivastava
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.	Microsurgical management of paraclinoid aeurysms in the endovascular era	Yong-Kwang Tu
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.	Custom tailored approaches to aneurysms	Daniel Hänggi
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.	The complex aneurysm	Batuk Diyora
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.	Microsurgery after failed endovascular treatment	Nirav Patel
9:15 – 9:30 a.m.	The sequelae of temporary and permanent clipping	Clemens Schirmer
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.	The use of the hybrid operating room	Andreas Gruber
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.	Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.	Break	Exhibit Hall Open

Session 4
Surgical Subtleties in Vestibular Schwannomas
Moderator: Ashok Asthagiri

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	The sitting position	Shashwat Mishra
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	The myth of the arachnoidal layer	Suresh Nair
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.	The secret of facial nerve preservation	Mitesh Shah
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.	Total vs subtotal (planned or unplanned) debate	Keki Turel
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.	Discussion

Session 5
Panel Discussion: Spine
Moderators: Dan Hoh & John Quinn

8th MASSIN Congress Keynote

Noon – 12:30 p.m.	Keynote lecture	Madjid Samii
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.	LUNCH

Session 6
Surgical Outcomes in Vestibular Schwannomas
Moderators: Laligam Sekhar & Robert Moumdjian

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.	Summarizing my 50 years of vestibular schwannoma surgery	Eduard Zverina
1:45 – 2:00 p.m.	Treatment of large recurrent vestibular schwannomas	Ricardo Ramina
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Surgical outcome of regrowing vestibular schwannomas after radiosurgery	Gustavo Jung
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.	A prospective study of vasoactive treatment and delayed facial nerve palsy	Martin Sames
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.	Has acoustic neuroma surgery become a functional surgery? Personal experience with 645 retrosigmoid semi-sitting cases	Lotfi Boublata
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.	Personal experience with 2,000 retrosigmoid cases	Marcos Tatagiba
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	Discussion
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.	Break	Exhibit hall open

Session 7
Spine & Peripheral Nerves
Moderator: Scott Robertson

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: Vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty?	Yavor Enchev
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.	Advanced lateral approaches to the spine	Rod Oskouian
4:00 – 4:15 p.m.	Fully endoscopic approach for lumbar disc herniation	Mark Mahan
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.	Iatrogenic peripheral nerve injuries: Personal experience	Ketan Desai
4:30 – 4:45 p.m.	Innovation and research in peripheral nerve surgery	Lukas Rasulic
4:45 – 5:00 p.m.	Surgical resection of spinal cord AVMs and a proposed grading system	Hongqi Zhang
5:00 – 5:15 p.m.	Discussion

Session 8
Panel Discussion: Skull Base Meningiomas
Moderators: Jacques Morcos & Garni Barkhoudarian