Programme: Saturday, 21 November 2020

Keynote Lectures:
  • Prof Hugues Duffau (10:00 am, London Time) - AVM
  • Prof Atul Goel (11:00 am, London Time) - Cavernous Sinus Surgery
  • Dr George Jallo (13:00, London Time) - Paediatric Brainstem Gliomas
  • Prof Michael Fehlings (3:45 pm, London Time) - Acute Spinal Cord Injury
  • Dr Richard Fessler (5:15 pm London Time) - Minimally Invasive Surgery for Adult Scoliosis
  • Dr Laligam Sekhar (18:00 London Time) -Vestibular Schwannomas
(The Listings are on LONDON Time)


09:15 Body weight as factor for post-operative COVID-19 Infection Risk in pediatric patients, Noor ul huda Maria,Pakistan (Oral,#10)

09:30 Haemorrhagic parasagittal meningioma, Shaleh Drehem, Indonesia,(Flash,#5)

09:38 A single centre review of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) success rate, Vinodh Vayara Perumall, Malaysia,(Flash,#16)

09:45 Anterior spinal cord fissuring: a predictor of spontaneous resolution of syrinx?, Kartik Manoj Multani, India (Flash,#24)

09:53 Maternal care of a quadriplegic patient, Noor ul huda Maria, Pakistan (Flash,#42)

10:00 Keynote Lecture: Low Grade Gliomas. Prof Hugues Duffau (France)

10:45 Tea

11:00 Keynote Lecture: Cavernous Sinus Surgery, Prof Atul Goel (India)

11:45 Surgical approaches to the Cranio-Vertebral Junction Disorders: a spectrum for tailored approaches, Maurizio Iacoangeli,Italy (Oral,60)

12:00 Application of a Novel Scanner-Assisted Carbon Dioxide Laser System (SmartXide2) for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Maurizio Iacoangeli, Italy (Oral,#59)

12:15 Comparison of surgical versus Intradiscal Ozone Treatment of
sciatica due to lumbar disc herniation: Can It be an ideal option to Consider during COVID-19 pandemic? Noor ul Huda Maria, Pakistan (Oral,#11)

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Keynote Lecture. Paediatric Brainstem Gliomas. George Jallo (USA)

13:45 Impact of intraoperative ultrasound on outcomes in patients undergoing seizure surgery for focal cortical dysplasia, Keith Simfukwe, Russia (Oral,#19)

14:00 Advances and future perspectives of intraoperative neurophysiology in neurosurgery, Dimitrios Kefalas, UK (Oral,#82)

14:30 Determinants of early postoperative mortality in patients with high grade glioma in Nairobi, Kenya, Daniel Kanyata, Kenya (Oral, #63)

14:45 Keynote Lecture: Third Ventricular Tumour. Prof Andre Grotenhuis (The Netherlands)

15:30 Coffee

15:45 Keynote Lecture: Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Michal Fehlings (Canada)

16:38 Rachisichis: a case report , Khalil Ayadi, Tunisia (Flash,#29)

16:45 Hippocampal RNA expression gene sets and biological pathways with prognostic value for seizure outcome following anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy, Albert Alan, USA (Oral,#18)

17:00 Cingulotomy to non-oncological pain: literature review, Gabriela Ferreira Kalkmann, Brazil (Flash,#62)

17:08 Anterior mini-temporal approach for tumors of the temporal lobe. Julia Eva Martín Colom, Spain (Flash, #43)

17:15 Minimally invasive surgery for adult scoliosis. Richard Fessler (USA)

18:00 Current Management of Vestibular Scwannomas. Laligam Sekhar (USA)

18:45 – 22:00 Poster viewing