Invitation

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are delighted to invite you to attend the WFNS Education Course organized by the WFNS Education & Training Committee, WFNS Young Neurosurgeons Forum Committee, and NPISTANBUL Brain Hospital. The conference scheduled from September 27 to 29, 2024, at NPISTANBUL Brain Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.

First day of the meeting is dedicated to craniocerebral surgery, 2nd day is dedicated to spine surgery. Distinguished faculty will give lectures in advanced level. We have planned an exciting and enriching academic program with an interactive scientific discussion. The conference is planned to keep in mind the need of young neurosurgeons and spine surgeons. It will be a platform for them to learn from the experts in the field on the practical aspects of treating various disorders of the brain and spine.

On third day of the meeting there will be hands-on workshops for limited participants: Micro vascular bypass course and spine hands on dissection course.

Istanbul is a very historical city full of treasures and sightseeing beauties. We welcome you to this conference of WFNS Educational Course.


Onur Yaman
NPISTANBUL Brain Hospital Spine Center Chair

Mehmet Zileli
WFNS Education & Training Committee Chair

Abuzer Güngör
WFNS Young Neurosurgeons Committee Chair

Committees

Organization Committee (In Alphabetical Order According to Surname)
Mustafa Başkaya Linda Bi
İsmail Bozkurt Alvaro Campero
Savaş Ceylan Sachin Chemate
Alberto Dau Miki Fujimura
M. Sabri Gürbüz Yahya Güvenç
İsmail İştemen Alistair Jenkins
Regunath Kandasamy Numan Karaarslan
Sabino Luzzi Jun Muto
Ender Ofluoğlu Fatos Olldashi
Manas Kumar Panigrahi Sergio Salvador
Roberto Leal da Silveira Erkin Sönmez
Albert Sufianov Salim Şentürk
Ülkün Ünlü Ünsal  

 

 

 

 


General Information

Please kindly visit the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey http://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa to search the visa requirements for Turkey.

If it is needed, a formal invitation letter will be gladly e-mailed for the participants who had completed their registration process. For further details, you can gladly contact via [email protected]

The official language of the both meetings will be English.

All cellphones should be silenced during sessions. Sound and video recording of the lectures are allowed only for personal use. During that recording, the device should be silenced (no click or beep sounds) not to disturb audience.

The average temperature in Istanbul during at the beginning of September is around 20-25oC at daytime.

220w is used to operate the technical equipments in Turkey.

A certificate of attendance will be presented to all registered participants as electronic.

Upon request, the organization committee will be pleased to send a personal invitation to all participants, to facilitate visa and other formalities. This letter should not be considered as an offer of financial support from the organizers. Please kindly visit the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey to search visa requirements for Turkey.

http://www.mfa.gov.tr/default.en.mfa

Please kindly visit the official website of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey to search the update currency rates. http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/eng/


Scientific Program

27   SEP 2024
FRIDAY
Spine symposia






28   SEP 2024
SATURDAY
Craniocerebral symposia






29   SEP 2024
SUNDAY
Microvascular anastomosis course

Hands on spine dissection course (Upsurgeon)



08:45-09:00 Opening address
Prof. Nevzat Tarhan
President of Üsküdar University
09:00-10:30 Panel 1: Spinal cord injury and cervical trauma
Moderators:
Mehmet Zileli, Yahya Güvenç
09:00-09:15 Spinal cord injury: Emergency care and classification Salman Sharif
09:15-09:30 Intensive care and early decompression for SCI Osame Mohammed
09:30-09:45 Management of upper cervical trauma Mehmet Zileli
09:45-10:00 Odontoid fractures; current concepts Yahya Güvenç
10:00-10:15 Management of subaxial cervical trauma Onur Yaman
10:15-10:30 Case discussion (subaxial trauma and surgery) Adnan Demirci
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2: Thoracolumbar spinal trauma; Osteoporotic fractures
Moderators:
Salman Sharif, İbrahim Omerhodzic
11:00-11:15 Classification of thoracolumbar spinal trauma İdris Avcı
11:15-11:30 Conservative management of TL trauma Ülkün Ünlü Ünsal
11:30-11:45 Surgical management of TL trauma Sait Naderi
11:45-12:00 Classification of osteoporotic vertebral fractures Tural Hidayetov
12:00-12:15 Nonoperative management of osteoporotic vertebral fractures Bekir Rovcanin
12:15-12:30 Surgical indications and techniques for osteoporotic vertebral fractures Samir Smajic
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Panel 3: Lumbar degenerative disorders
Moderators:
Ender Ofluoğlu, Salim Şentürk
13:30-13:40 Back pain and leg pain: Differential diagnosis Güçlühan Güçlü
13:40-13:50 Treatment options for lumbar disc herniation Salim Şentürk
13:50-14:00 Treatment options for lumbar spinal stenosis İbrahim Omerhodzic
14:00-14:10 Lumbar degenerative instability: Diagnosis and management Hamdi Nabawi Mostafa
14:10-14:20 Management of degenerative lysthesis Erkin Sönmez
14:20-14:40 Management of degenerative kyphosis Ender Ofluoğlu
14:40-14:50 Reasons of persisting pain after lumbar surgery Şakir Ekşi
14:50-15:00 Case discussion (Lumbar instability and fusion) Serdar Ercan
15:10-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Panel 4: Spine tumors
Moderators:
Serdar Kahraman, Ender Ofluoğlu
15:30-15:45 Classification of primary spine tumors Serdar Çevik
15:45-16:00 Surgery for primary spine tumors Barış Özöner
16:00-16:15 Classification of metastatic spine tumors Rovshan Halilzade
16:15-16:30 Surgical and nonsurgical treatment of metastatic spine tumors Numan Karaarslan
16:30-16:45 Intramedullary spinal cord tumors and management Serdar Kahraman
16:45-17:00 Case discussion (spine bony tumor with surgery) Celal Çakır
17:00-18:00 Case discussion
Moderators:
Mehmet Zileli, Onur Yaman
17:00-17:10 Case Presentation (Cervical spine trauma) Erdal Yayla
17:10-17:20 Case Presentation (TL spine trauma) Hidayet Şafak Çine
17:20-17:30 Case Presentation (Lumbar degenerative instability) Celil Gökçek
17:30-17:40 Case Presentation (Spine tumor) Ozan Başkurt
17:40-18:00 Discussion  

08:30-08:45 Welcome talks
08:45-10:15 Panel 5: Young Neurosurgeons Panel
Moderators:
Abuzer Güngör, Giovanni Raffa
08:45-08:55 Ergonomics for young neurosurgeons Sachin Chemate
08:55-09:10 How to write and publish a research paper? Sabino Luzzi
09:10-09:25 Vascular Neurosurgery: Tips and Tricks for YNS Sabino Luzzi
09:25-09:40 Glioma: Recent Advances Ivana Roskova
09:40-09:55 Updates on neurosurgical education and training in the EANS framework. Giovanni Raffa
09:55-10:05 Neuroanatomy Educatıon for YNS Abuzer Güngör
10:05-10:15 How to get Published? Fatih Yakar
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:30 Panel 6: Endoscopic Skull-base Surgery
Moderators:
Jun Muto, Sabino Luzzi
10:45-10:55 Endoscopic Anatomy of Sellar Region Tufan Kartum
10:55-11:10 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach Savaş Ceylan
11:10-11:25 Extended Endonasal Approaches Savaş Ceylan
11:25-11:35 Anatomy of Transorbital Approaches Gardashan Kerimzade
11:35-11:55 Transorbital Approach Emrah Çeltikçi
11:55-12:10 Transmaxillary Approach to Orbit Yücel Doğruel
12:10-12:30 Transoral Robotic-Assisted Neurosurgery for Skull Base and Upper Spine Lesions Jun Muto
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Panel 7: Vascular Surgery
Moderators:
Bin Xu, M.Sabri Gürbüz
13:30-13:45 EC-IC bypass: Indications and techniques Bin Xu
13:45-14:00 Hemodynamic changes in STA-MCA bypass Bin Xu
14:00-14:10 Hybrid Approach in AVM surgery Erhan Türkoğlu
14:10-14:25 Management of Posterior Circulation Aneursyms Erhan Türkoğlu
14:25-14:40 Surgery for Anterior Circulation Aneursyms Abuzer Güngör
14:40-14:50 Mentality of Cisternostomy for YNS Nargiza Saatova
14:50-15:00 Pretemporal Transcavernous Approach M.Sabri Gürbüz
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-17:00 Panel 8: Glial Tumors
Moderators:
Savaş Ceylan, Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas
15:30-15:40 Microsurgical and White Matter Anatomy of the Cerebrums Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas
15:40-15:55 Radiologic Examination of Glial Tumors Gazanfer Ekinci
15:55-16:10 New Pathologic Classification of Glial Tumors Ayca Danyeli
16:10-16:20 Preoperative brain mapping and planning based on nTMS for surgery of brain tumors in eloquent areas Giovanni Raffa
16:20-16:35 Current Surgical Concepts in Glial Tumors Cihan İşler
16:35-16:50 Fiber Tractography for Resection of Motor Area Tumors Sabino Luzzi
16:50-17:00 Approaches to the Thalamus Ahmed Adnan
17:00-18:30 Panel 9: Functional Neurosurgery
Moderators:
Bekir Tuğcu, Abuzer Güngör
17:00-17:15 Microsurgical and White Matter Anatomy of DBS targets Gökberk Erol
17:15-17:30 Functional Anatomy of Deep Brain Nuclei Cihan İşler
17:30-17:45 Past, Present, and Future of Deep Brain Stimulation Ersoy Kocabıçak
17:45-18:00 How to Build a DBS Center Bekir Tuğcu
18:00-18:15 DBS for Movement Disorders Akın Akakın
18:15-18:30 VNS for Epilepsy Surgery Sait Öztürk
18:30-18:45 Spinal Cord Stimulation Surgery Atilla Yılmaz
18:30-18:35 Closing remarks

08:30-16:00 Microvascular dissection course
Max participants 15 person
  Course Director
Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz
  Instructors
Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz, Abuzer Güngör, Sabino Luzzi, Eduardo Calvarhal Ribas, Fatih Yakar
  Course Programme
A Brief History of Microanastomosis and Introduction to Techniques of Microanastomosis
  • Continous Suturing in Penrose Drain (with 6-0 /7-0)
  • End to End Anastomosis in 3mm Silicone Tube (with 9-0)
  • End to Side Anastomosis in 3mm Silicone Tube (with 9-0)
  • Side to Side Anastomosis in 3mm Silicone Tube (with 9-0)
  • End to End Anastomosis in 3mm Silicone Tube (with 10-0)
  • End to Side Anastomosis in 3mm Silicone Tube (with 10-0)
  • Side to Side Anastomosis in 3mm Silicone Tube (with 10-0)
08:30-17:00 Hands on spine dissection course (Upsurgeon)
Max participants 15 person
 
  • Anterior Cervical Techniques
  • Posterior Cervical Techniques
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Registration

Registration Until
August 20 2024
On and After
August 21 2024
On-Site
Delegate
Symposia ( 27 & 28 September )
150 € 175 € 200 €
Resident
Symposia ( 27 & 28 September )
100 € 125 € 150 €
* Microvascular Anastomosis Course (29 September) 150 € 175 € 200 €
* Hands on Spine Dissection Course (Upsurgeon) (29 September) 150 € 175 € 200 €

The registration fees mentioned above include; printed materials, coffee breaks, lunches and VAT.

To attend the courses, Symposia registration is compulsory.

Residents must send a letter from the chief of their department.

Microvascular anastomosis course is limited with 15 Pax.

Hands on spine dissection course (Upsurgeon) is limited with 15 Pax.

Changes and Cancellation

All changes and cancellations can only be made written.

The refund will be made after the meeting. Please note that name changes are permitted on the basis that written notice is given prior to the start of the meeting.

Refund for cancellations of registration will be made subject to the following deadline and administration charge.


On and before August 10 2024 Full refund excluding the bank expenses
Between August 11 - September 03 2024 50% of registration fee excluding the bank expenses
On and after September 04, 2024 No refund

Bank Details

Account Name: PRIME Kongre Yonetimi ve Turizm
Bank Name: T. Is Bankasi
Branch Name: Suadiye
Bank Address: Suadiye Mahallesi, Bagdat Cad. No: 417A, 34740 Kadikoy / Istanbul - Turkey
Branch Code: 1176
Swift Code: ISBKTRIS
Account No: 0698745 (Euro)
IBAN No: TR84 0006 4000 0021 1760 6987 45 (Euro)

Organization Secretariat

Address: Op.Cemil Topuzlu Cad. TİBAŞ Dalyan Konutları F Blok K:4 D:8 Fenerbahçe / Kadıköy 34726 İstanbul - Turkey
Phone: +90 (216) 357 23 23
Fax: +90 (216) 357 23 33
E-Mail: [email protected]

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Accommodation

Suggested Accommodation Hotel

MERCURE HOTEL İSTANBUL ÜMRANİYE
Saray Mah. Site Yolu Cad. No:20/1 Ümraniye, İstanbul, Türkiye

The participants who would like to reserve room from Mercure Hotel İstanbul Ümraniye should visit the mentioned link below.

https://all.accor.com/hotel/B2J8/index.tr.shtml

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Venue

Yamanevler Mah. Ahmet Tevfik İleri Cad. No: 18 – 34768
Ümraniye / İstanbul / Türkiye

Navigation Coordinates : 41.028940, 29.114211

 

 

 

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