XXVII - Congresso Brasileiro de Neurocirurgia - Foz do Iguaçu - PR - Brasil
 

Saturday - September 1
Pre Congress Courses

Room Itaguá I – PC 1 - Neurocritical Care: Lectures and Hands-On
Coordinator: Miguel Giudicissi Filho
08:00-12:40 Lectures
08:00-08:14 What to look after in the Intensive Care Unit?
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
08:15-08:44 Brain metabolism and its physiology
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
08:45-09:14 ABC - Basic principles for neurologic patient care
  - Maurício Coelho Neto - Curitiba - PR
09:15-09:44 The patient in coma: The neurologic examination
  - Miguel Giudicissi F° - São Paulo - SP
09:45-10:14 General monitoring of complex neurologic patients
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
10:15-10:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-10:59 Investigation by different methods of the neurologic patient
  - Miguel Giudicissi F° - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:39 Intensive neurologic monitoring
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
11:40-12:09 Intracranial hypertension: Concepts and management
  - Maurício Coelho Neto - Curitiba - PR
12:10-12:39 Miscelaneous I  - Delirium, seizures, pain management and sedation
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
12:40-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:30 Practice 
  Neurologic syndromes
  - Miguel Giudicissi - São Paulo - SP
  Neuroradiology
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João Dei Rei - MG
  - Maurício Coelho Neto - Curitiba - PR
16:00-16:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
  Monitoring I
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
  Pre-test discussions
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
18:00-18:15 Advising
Room C1 - PC 2 - Microsurgical Anatomy
Coordinators: Helder Tedeschi and Wen Hung Tzu
08:00-12:00 - President: Jair Leopoldo Raso - Belo Horizonte - MG
  - Secretary: Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri - Campo Grande - MS 
08:00-08:29 Microsurgical anatomy of the brain sulci and gyri
  - Antonio Cesar de Melo Mussi - Florianópolis - SC
08:30-08:54 Microsurgical anatomy of the tentorial incisura and of the choroidal fissure
  - Alvaro Campero - Tucumán - Argentina 
08:55-09:19 Microsurgical anatomy of the insular region
  - Paulo Abdo de Seixo Kadri - Campo Grande - MS  
09:20-09:45 Anatomy of the white matter fibers of the insular region
  - Paulo Abdo de Seixo Kadri - Campo Grande - MS 
09:45-10:15 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:15-10:39 Microsurgical anatomy of the sylvian fissure region
  - Wen Hung Tzu - São Paulo - SP
10:40-11:04 Microsurgical anatomy of the quadrigeminal cistern
  - Erdener Timurkaynak - Ankara - Turkey
11:05-11:29 Surgery of lesions located in and around the quadrigeminal cistern
  - Erdener Timurkaynak - Ankara - Turkey
11:30-11:59 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:30 - President: Jean Gonçalves de Oliveira - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Enrico Ghizoni - Tubarão - SC 
13:00-13:24 Microsurgical anatomy of the lateral ventricles
  - Maria Carolina Martins de Lima - Recife - PE 
13:25-13:54 Surgery of lesions in the lateral ventricles
  - Helmut Bertalanffy - Zurich - Switzerland
13:55-14:19 Microsurgical anatomy of the III ventricle
  - Antonio Cesar de Melo Mussi - Florianópolis - SC
14:20-14:49 Approaches to lesions of the III ventricle
  - Hamlton Matsushita - São Paulo - SP
14:50-15:14 Endoscopic approaches of lesions of the lateral and of III ventricles
  - Koshiro Nishikuni - São Paulo - SP 
15:15-15:29 Discussion
15:30-15:45 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
   
15:45-17:10 - President: Adriano Scaff Garcia - Ribeirão Preto - SP
  - Secretary: Pablo Augusto Rubino - Argentina
15:45-16:04 Skull base osteology
  - Maria Carolina Martins de Lima - Recife - PE
16:05-16:19 Microsurgical anatomy of the sellar and parasellar regions
  - Alexandre Yasuda - São Paulo - SP
16:20-16:44 Microsurgical anatomy of the internal carotid artery  clinoid segment
  - Eduardo Roberto Seoane - Buenos Aires - Argentina
16:45-17:14 Cavernous sinus: surgical perspectives
  - Ali F. Krisht - Little Rock - USA
17:15-17:45 Discussion
Room C2 - PC 3 - Vascular
Coordinator: Felix Hendrik Pahl
08:00-12:00 - President: José Antonio Damian Guasti - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary:  Marcelo Paglioli Ferreira - Porto Alegre - RS 
08:00-08:24 Natural history of the unruptured aneurysms
  - José Antonio Damian Guasti - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
08:25-08:49 Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: Surgical treatment and results
  - Ali F. Krisht - Little Rock - USA
08:50-09:14 Endovascular treatment of unruptured aneurysms
  -  Paulo Eloy Passos Fº - Porto Alegre - RS 
09:15-09:39 Pathophysiology of vasospasm
  - Marcos Augusto Stavale Joaquim - São Paulo - SP
 09:40-10:05 Aspectos clínicos e tratamento do vasoespasmo
  - Marcos Augusto Stavale Joaquim - São Paulo - SP
10:05-10:20 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:20-10:44 Endovascular treatment of vasospasm
  - José Guilherme P. Caldas - São Paulo - SP 
10:45-11:04 Intraoperative angiography ICG
  - Juha Hernesniemi - Helsinki - Finland
11:05-11:29 Simple, fast and preserving normal anatomy
  - Juha Hernesniemi - Helsinki - Finland
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-17:00 - President: Emílio Afonso Franca Fontoura - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Carlos Batista Alves de Sousa Fº - Belo Horizonte - MG
13:00-13:24 Vasospasm incidence after surgery and after endovascular treatment of ruptured aneurysms
  - Jean Gonçalves de Oliveira - São Paulo - SP
13:25-13:49 Surgery of the anterior circulation aneurysms
  - Felix Hendrik Pahl - São Paulo - SP
13:50-14:14 Early surgery of ruptured aneurysms: results
  - Valter da Costa - Goiânia - GO
14:15-14:30 External third ventriculostomy in aneurysm surgery
  - Jorge Luiz Kraemer - Porto Alegre - RS
14:30-14:50 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
  Endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms smaller than 1cm
14:50-15:14 . Cameron G. McDougall - Phoenix - USA
15:15-15:39 Surgical options for the treament of large and giant aneurysms
  - Manuel Cunha e Sá - Lisboa - Portugal
15:40-16:04 When to do a by-pass for giant aneurysms" treatments
  - Jacques Morcos - Miami - USA
16:05-16:30 Endovascular treatment of Large and Giant  aneurysms: Hope in the Pipeline
  - Cameron G. McDougall - Phoenix - USA
16:30-17:00 Discussion
Room C3 - PC 4 - Functional 1
Coordinator: José Oswaldo de Oliveira Jr.
08:00-10:00 PAIN I
  - President: Roberto Parente Junior - Maringá - PR
  - Secretary: Eliseu Becco Neto - Fortaleza - CE
  - Moderator: José Oswaldo de Oliveira Jr. - São Paulo - SP
08:00-08:19 Concept and measurement
  - Carlos Tadeu Parisi de Oliveira - Bragança Paulista - SP
08:20-08:39 Nociceptive versus Neuropathic pain
  - Edmur Toledo Piza Fº - Jundiaí - SP
08:40-08:59 Conservative strategies
  - Daniel Benzecry de Almeida - Curitiba - PR
09:00-09:19 Ablative therapy with chemical neurolysis
  - Emilio Fontoura - São Paulo - SP  
09:20-09:39 Conventional radiofrequency treatment
  -Alexandre Novick Francisco - Curitiba - PR
09:40-09:59 Discussion
10:00-10:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-12:10 PAIN II
  - President:  Daniel Benzecry de Almeida - Curitiba - PR
  - Secretary: Fábio Luiz Franceschi Godinho - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Carlos Roberto Telles Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro- RJ
10:30-10:49 Open and percutaneous cordotomies
  - Ródio Luís Brandrão Câmara - Natal - RN
10:50-11:09 Stereotactic mesencephalatomy
  - Luis Fabiano Puglia Guerreiro Lopes - São Paulo - SP
11:10-11:29 Transversal micromyelotomy (visceral pain)
  - Guilherme Cabral Andrade - Maringá - PR
11:30-11:49 DREZ
  - Murilo Sousa Menezes - Curitiba - PR
11:50-12:10 Discussion
12:10-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:40 PAIN III
  - President: Marcelo Antonio Duva Borgueresi - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: André M. Bianco - São Paulo -SP
  - Moderator: Cláudio Fernandes Correa - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:19 Botulinum Toxin
  - Ussânio Mororó Meira - João Pessoa - PB
13:20-13:39 Intradermal and DREZ
  "- José Oswaldo de Oliveira Jr. - São Paulo - SP
13:40-13:59 Neuromodulation
  - Eduardo Carlos  Barreto - Rio de Janeiro - RJ 
14:00-14:19 Implantable pumps for drug infusions
  - André Luis Domingues Costa - Santos - SP
14:20-14:40 Discussion
14:40-15:10 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:10-17:00 ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS
  - President: Sergio Listik - São Paulo- SP
  - Secretary:  Tiago da S. Freitas -  Brasília - DF
  - Moderator: André Machado - Cleveland - USA 
15:10-15:29 Selection of patients for neurosurgery
  - Sérgio Adrian Fernandes Dantas - Natal - RN
15:30-15:49 Ablative neurosurgery for Parkinson Disease
  - José Roberto Pereira Guimarães - São Luis - MA
15:50-16:09 Non-ablative neurosurgery for Parkinson Disease
  - Telmo Tonetto Reis - Porto Alegre - RS
16:10-16:19 Surgery for tics and for dystonias
  - Erich Talamoni Fonoff - São Paulo - SP
16:20-16:40 Surgery for essential tremor
  - André Machado - Cleveland - USA
16:40-17:00 Discussion
Room Iguaçú I - PC 5 - Spine 1 - Trauma and Deformities
Coordinator: Ricardo Vieira Botelho
08:00-10:00 CERVICAL TRAUMA
  - President: Fernando Luis Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - MG
  - Secretary: Ericson Sfreddo - Porto Alegre - RS
  - Moderator: Ronald de Lucena Farias - João Pessoa - PB
08:00-08:09 Fractures of the atlas - classification, radiology and case presentation
  - Fernando Luis Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:10-08:19 Fractures of the atlas - management
  - Wander José Fortunato - Belo Horizonte - MG 
08:20-08:24 Fractures of the odontoid - case presentation
  -Fernando Luis Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:25-08:34 Fractures of the odontoid - Management
  - Osmar José Santos Moraes - São Paulo - SP
08:35-08:49 Case Discussion
  - Fernando Luis Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - MG
   
08:50-08:54 Fractures of C2 pedicle - case presentation
  - Fernando Luis Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:55-09:04 Conservative treatment
  - Newton José Godoy Pimenta - Belo Horizonte - MG
09:05-09:09 Surgical treatment
  - Aníbal Cintra Neto - Goiânia - GO
09:10-09:19 Case Discussion
  - Fernando Luis Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - MG
09:20-09:29 Complex C1-C2 fractures - case presentation, classification of
  fractures and treatments
  - Albert Vincent Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
09:30-09:39 Case discussion
  - Albert Vincent Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
   
09:40-09:49 Subaxial lesions algorithm treatment
  - Osmar José Santos Moraes - São Paulo - SP
09:50-10:00 Discussion
  - Ronald de Lucena  Farias - João Pessoa - PB
10:00-10:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-12:00 THORACIC AND LUMBAR TRAUMA
  - President: Edson Lopes Jr. - Fortaleza - CE
  - Secretary: Paulo Cesar Romero - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: José Carlos Esteves da Veiga - São Paulo - SP
10:30-10:34 Case presentations
  - Osmar José Santos Moraes - São Paulo - SP
  - Geraldo Sá Carneiro Fº - Recife - PE
10:35-10:59 How, why and which classification to use for treatment decisions
  - Osmar José Santos Moraes - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:09 Complete spinal cord lesion: timing and surgical options
  - Albert Vicent B. Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
11:10-11:24 Explosion fractures in intact patients: which directions are given by the classifications?
  - Fabrizio Borges Scardino - Vila Velha - ES
11:25-11:34 Late painful post-traumatic deformities: management
  - Geraldo Sá Carneiro Fº - Recife - PE
11:35-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 SURGICAL LIMITS - SAGITTAL BALANCE AND DEFORMITIES
  - President: Cleber Candido da Silva -  Itabuna - BA
  - Secretary: Antonio Marcos Meneses de Oliveira - Petrolina - PE
  - Moderator: Francisco José de Moura Theóphilo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
13:00-13:14 Principles of spinal deformities
  - Marcelo Simone Simões - Porto Alegre - RS
   
13:15-13:29 Principles of coronal deformities
  - Ronald de Lucena Farias - João Pessoa - PB
13:30-13:44 Anterior approaches for thoracic deformities
  - Wilson Eloy Pimenta Jr. - Goiânia - GO
13:45-13:59 Kyphosis - Surgical treatment
  - Carlos Henrique Ribeiro - RJ
14:00-14:19 Minimally invasive surgery for complex reconstructions
  - Luiz Henrique de Mattos Pimenta - São Paulo -SP
14:20-14:34 Scoliosis in adult patients - when to operate?
  - Márcio Vinhal de Carvalho - Brasília - DF
14:25-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:30-17:00 MEDICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS - Pertinent to PC5 and PC6
  - President: Francisco Ricardo Borges Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary: Hamilton Ayres da Silva - Goiânia - GO
  - Moderator: Marcos Masini - Brasília - DF
   
15:30-15:34 Introduction
  - Francisco Ricardo Borges Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
15:35-15:49 Legal problems and the neurosurgeon
  - Roberto Godoy - São Paulo - SP
15:50-16:04 Global analysis of the professional reality
  - Cid Célio Jayme Carvalhaes - São Paulo - SP
16:05-16:19 Ethics in spinal surgery - multi-institutional failure? Lond and midterm 
  propositions
  - Clemente Augusto de Brito Pereira - São Paulo - SP
16:20-16:24 - Moderator
  - Marcos Masini - Brasília - DF
16:25-17:00 Discussion
Room Iguaçu II - PC 6 - Surgical Anatomy of Spinal Approaches - Tumors
Coordinator: Ricardo Vieira Botelho
08:00-10:00 SURGICAL ANATOMY AND APPROACHES
  - President: Carlos Vanderlei M. de Holanda - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Eduardo Carlos da Silva - São José do Rio Preto - SP
  - Moderator: Andre Lima Batista - Mossoró - RN
08:00-08:09 Surgical anatomy of transoral approaches
  - Geraldo de Sá Carneiro Fº - Recife - PE
08:10-08:24 Posterior and lateral approaches for the cranialcervical junction
  - Alberto Carlos Capel Cardoso - São Paulo - SP
08:25-08:39 Surgical anatomy of anterior cervical approaches
  - Aluízio Augusto Arantes Junior - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:40-08:54 Cervical-thoracic approaches
  - Asdrubal Falavigna - Caxias do Sul - RS
08:55-09:09 Extracavitary lateral approaches
  - Ricardo Vieira Botelho - São Paulo -SP
09:10-09:24 Cervical rib approaches
  - Roberto Sérgio Martins - São Paulo - SP
09:25-09:39 Lumbar spine surgical landmarks
  - Alexandre José Reis Elias - São Paulo - SP
09:40-10:00 Discussion
10:00-10:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-12:00 PATHOLOGIC FRACTURES
  - President: Ronald Lucena de Farias - Fortaleza - CE
  - Secretary: Emílio Lima Carneiro - São Luiz - MA
  - Moderator: Eduardo Carlos Barreto - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
10:30-10:44 Biomechanics of osteoporotic fractures
  - Marco Antonio Herculano - Jundiaí - SP
10:45-10:59 Cost-Benefit relationship reconstruction of the osteoporotic thoraco-
  lumbar junction
  - Emílio Afonso Franca Fontoura - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:14 Reconstruction of the osteoporotic thoraco-lumbar juncton
  - Ronald Lucena Farias - João Pessoa - PB
11:15-11:29 Kyphoplasty in vertebral tumors
  - Marcelo Luis Mudo - São Paulo - SP
11:30-11:44 Vertebroplasty in acute thoraco-lumbar trauma
  - Antonio Vinicius Ramalho Leite - Petrolina - PE
11:45-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 SPINAL TUMORS
  President: Mário Augusto Taricco - São Paulo - SP
  Secretary: Luciano Haddad - São Paulo - SP
  Moderator: Jefferson Walter Daniel - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:19 Important issues for spinal metastasis surgical indications
  - Gilberto Eitiro Nakagawa - São José dos Campos - SP
13:20-13:30 Discussion
13:30-13:49 Important issues for intradural - extramedullary tumors surgical
   
  - Alberto Carlos Capel Cardoso - São Paulo - SP
13:50-13:59 Discussion
14:00-14:19 MRI and spinal cord intramedullary lesions
  - Adriano Yacubian Fernandes - Bauru - SP
14:20-14:29 Discussion
14:30-14:49 Neurophysiological monitoring, ultrassonic suctioning and intra ultrasound
  in intradural spinal tuymor surgeries
  - Mário Augusto Taricco - São Paulo - SP
14:50-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:30-17:00 MEDICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS - Pertinent to PC5 and PC6
  - President: Francisco Ricardo Borges Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary: Hamilton Ayres da Silva - Goiânia - GO
  - Moderator: Marcos Masini - Brasília - DF
   
   
   
15:30-15:34 Introduction
  - Francisco Ricardo Borges Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
15:35-15:49 Legal problems and the neurosurgeon
  - Roberto Godoy - São Paulo - SP
15:50-16:04 Global analysis of the professional reality
  - Cid Célio Jayme Carvalhaes - São Paulo - SP
16:05-16:19 Ethics in spinal surgery - multi-institutional failure? Lond and midterm 
  propositions
  - Clemente Augusto de Brito Pereira - São Paulo - SP
16:20-16:24 - Moderator
  - Marcos Masini - Brasília - DF
16:25-17:00 Discussion
Room A3 - PC 7 - Head Injury I
  Coordinators: Miguel Giudicissi Fº and Luiz Alcides Manreza
 
08:00-09:40 HEAD INJURY I
  - President: Jorge Luis da Rocha Paranhos - São João del Rei - MG 
  - Secretary: João Gualberto Souza Carvalho - Vitória - ES
08:00-08:19 Decompressive surgeries in pediatric head injuries
  - Rodrigo Moreira Faleiro - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:20-08:39 Current indications of decompressive craniectomies
  - José Luciano Gonçalves de Araújo - Natal - RN
08:40-08:59 ICP Monitoring - Evaluation after 30 years
  - Óscar Luís Alves - Porto - Portugal
09:00-09:19 Osmotictherapy: Manitol versus hypertonic saline
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João del Rei - MG
09:20-09:40 Discussion
09:40-10:00 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:00-12:00 REVIEW OF MYTHS IN HEAD INJURY MANAGEMENT
  - President: Koji Tanaka - Ribeirao Preto - SP
  - Secretary: Raymond Assad El-Sarraf - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
10:00-10:19 Jugular bulb monitoring
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João del Rei - MG
   
10:20-11:39 Not to monitor the jugular bulb
  - Miguel Giudicissi Fº - São Paulo - SP
10:40-10:59 Hypothermia in head injury management
  - Mirto Nelso Prandini - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:19 Not to use hypothermia in head injuries
  - Miguel Giudicissi Fº - São Paulo - SP
11:20-11:39 Anticonvulsants in head injury management
  - Ruy Castro Monteiro da Silva Fº - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
11:40-12:00 Discussion
12:00-14:00 ICP monitoring - Practical demonstration. 
  - Óscar Luís Alves - Porto - Portugal
  - Andreas Spiegelberg - Germany
14:00-15:20 MISCELANEOUS
  - President: Arthur Lopes Gonçalves de Almeida - São Luis - MA
  - Secretary: Rodrigo Ferrari Naufal - Presidente Prudente - SP
14:00-14:19 High intracranial pressure in severe head injuries:Why does the patient
  deteriorate?
  - Marcos Augusto Stavale Joaquim - São Paulo - SP
14:20-14:39 Head injuries in childhood
  - Léo Fernando da Silva Ditzel - Curitiba - PR
14:40-14:59 Traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula
  - José Luciano Gonçalves de Araújo - Natal - RN
15:00-15:20 Discussion
15:20-18:00 HEAD INJURY SURGICAL PROTOCOLS
  - President: Nelson Saade - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Carlos Eduardo Cavalcanti - São Luis - MA
   
15:20-15:39 The role of surgery in head injury patients
  . Óscar Luis Alves - Portugal 
   
15:40-15:59 Optic nerve traumatic lesions
  - Italo Capraro Suriane - São Paulo - SP
   
16:00-16:19 ICP Monitoring modalities
  Ruy Castro Monteiro da Silva - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
16:20-16:39 Strategies to enhace the oxygen delivery in the traumatized brain
  . Ross Bullock - Miami - USA
16:40-16:59 Traumatic intracerebral hematomas
  - Rodrigo Ferrari Naufal - Presidente Prudente  - SP
17:00-17:19 Pathophysiology and management of traumatic contusion
  . Ross Bullock - Miami - USA
17:20-18:00 Discussion
Room A1 and A2 - PC 8 e 9 - Neuroendoscopy (PC8) and Pediatric Neurosurgery (PC 9)
Coordinators: Luiz Carlos de Alencastro and Nelci Zanon Collange
 
08:15-08:30 Opening
08:30-10:40 - Moderators: José Nazareno Pearce de Oliveira Brito - Teresina - PI and  Koshiro Nishikuni - São Paulo - SP
08:30-08:49 Evolution of the neuroendoscopic concept
  - Luiz Carlos de Alencastro - Porto Alegre - RS
08:50-09:09 Neuroesndoscopic hardware: from basics to new perspectives
  Guillermo Fernandes Molina - Argentina 
09:10-09:29 Rigid and flexible enfdoscopes: Advantages and disadvantages
  - Koshiro Nishikuni - São Paulo - SP 
09:30-09:49 Ventricular anatomy applied to neuroendoscopy
  - Maria Carolina Martins de Lima - Recife - PE 
09:50-10:09 Current management of third ventriculostomy in neonates
  - Benício Oton de Lima - Brasília - DF
10:10-10:40 Discussion
10:40-11:00 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:20-12:00 - Moderators:  Luiz Otávio Maddalozzo - Curitiba - PR  and Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:19 Third ventriculostomy during the first year of life
  - José Aloysio Costa Val Fº - Belo Horizonte - MG
11:20-11:39 Neuroendoscopy in special situations
  - Sergio Cavalheiro - São Paulo - SP
11:40-11:59 How to avoid and treat third ventriculostomies complications
  - Samuel Tau Zymberg - São Paulo - SP
12:00-12:19 Complex hydrocephalus
  - Nelci Zanon Collange - São Paulo -SP
   
12:20-12:40 Discussion
   
12:40-14:40 Lunch Break
14:40-16:30 - Coordinators: Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo Fº - Recife - PE and Hélio Rubens Machado - Ribeirão Preto - SP
14:40-14:59 Ventricular tumors
  - Henry Schroeder - Germany
15:00-15:19 Middle fossa arachnoid cysts
  - Alexandre Varella Gianetti - Belo Horizonte - MG
15:20-15:39 Suprasellar, tectal, posterior fossa and intraventricular arachnoid cysts
  - Samuel Tau Zymberg - São Paulo - SP
15:40-15:59 Biopsy and endoscopic ressection of intrinsic brain lesiona
  - Luiz Carlos de  Alencastro - Porto Alegre - RS
16:00-16:30 Discussion
16:30-16:50 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
16:50-18:20 - Moderators: Hamilton Matushita - São Paulo - SP - José Francisco Manganelli Salomão - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
16:50-17:09 Third ventricle colloid cysts
  - Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo Fº - Recife - PE
17:10-17:29 The role of neuroendoscopy in cysticercosis
  - Luiz Otávio Madalozzo - Curitiba - PR
17:30-17:49 Intraventricular and intracerebral bleedings
  - Flavio Nigri - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
17:50-18:20 Discussion
Room Iguaçu III - PC 10 - Meningiomas
Coordinator: Luis Alencar B. Borba
08:00:09:40 PART I
  - President: Ari Antônio Pedroso - Curitiba - PR
  - Secretary: Cármine Porcelli Salvarani - Maringá - PR
08:00-08:19 Molecular Biology
  - Pedro Augusto Santana Jr. - São Paulo - SP
08:20-08:39 Prognostic implications of the genetic abnormalities and of hormone 
  receptors
  - Luis Renato G. de Oliveira Mello - Blumenau - SC
08:40-08:59 Malignant and atypical meningiomas - current therapy
  - Paulo Henrique Pires Aguiar - São Paulo - SP
09:00-09:19 Postradiation meningiomas
  - Sérgio Hideki Suzuki - São Paulo - SP 
09:20-09:40 Discussion
09:40-10:10 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:10-12:00 PART II
  - President: Orival Alves - Cascavel - PR
  - Secretary: Bruno Alexandre Cortes - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
10:10-10:29 Residual or relapsed meningiomas: radiation, observation or reoperation
  - Jânio Nogueira - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
10:30-10:49 Falx and parasagittal meningiomas: superior sagital sinus management
  - Marcius Benigno dos Santos - Cascavel - PR
10:50-11:09 Intraventricular meningiomas: how to approach them
  - Carlos Eduardo da Silva - Porto Alegre - RS
11:10-11:29 Tentorial and falcotentorial meningiomas
  - Antonio Aversa Dutra do Souto - Rio de Janeiro- RJ
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:40 PART III
  - President: Sérgio Hideki Suzuki  - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Renato Augusto de Andrade - Sorocaba - SP
13:00-13:19 Meningiomas and bone invasion: how to treat and to reconstruct
  - Roberto Leal da Silveira - Belo Horizonte - MG
   
13:20-13:39 Frontobasal meningiomas - always transcranial ?
  Jair Leopoldo Raso - Belo Horizonte - MG
13:40-13:59 Clinoidal and diaphragmatic meningiomas
  - Juha Hernesniemi - Helsinki - Finland
14:00-14:20 Radiosurgery - Primary or secondary treatment?
  - Leonardo Friguetto - Porto Alegre - RS
14:20-14:40 Discussion
14:40-15:10 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:10-16:20 PART IV
  - President: Gustavo Adolpho Cannabrava de Carvalho - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary: Adelmo Ferreira - Londrina - PR
15:10-15:29 Meningiomas with orbital and with paranasal sinuses invasions
  - Luis Alencar Biurrum Borba - Curitiba - PR
15:30-15:49 Cavernous sinus meningiomas
  - Roberto Delfini - Roma - Italy
15:50-16:09 Cavernous sinus meningiomas - surgery, radiosurgery or observation
  - José Paulo Montemor - Campinas - SP
16:10-16:20 Discussion
16:20-16:40 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
16:40-18:00 PART V
  - President: Andrei Koerbel - Joinville - SC
  - Secretary: Aramis Pedro Teixeira - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
16:40-16:59 Foramen magnum meningiomas
  - Helmut Bertalanffy - Zurich - Switzerland 
17:00-17:19 Petroclival meningiomas - when to stop ?
  - Jacques Morcos - Miami - USA
17:20-17:39 Spinal meningiomas
  - Daniel Freire Figueiredo - Fortaleza - CE
17:40-18:00 Discussion
Room Iguaçu IV - PC 11 - Update in Peripheral Nerves Surgery
  Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Brachial Plexus Lesions
Coordinators: Mário G. Siqueira and Roberto S. Martins
08:00-10:00 PART II
  - President: Fernando Henrique Moraes de Souza - Serra Talhada - PE
  - Secretary:  Roberto Sergio Martins - São Paulo - SP
08:00-08:29 Physical examination peculiarities
  - Mario Gilberto Siqueira - São Paulo - SP
08:30-08:59 Mechamisms of lesions
  - José Fernando Guedes Correa - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
09:00-09:29 Types of lesions and surgical timing
  - Francisco Flávio Leitão de Carvalho Fº - Fortaleza - CE
09:30-09:59 Discussion
10:00-10:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-12:00 PART II
  - President: Pedro Luis Gobbato - Porto Alegre - RS
  - Secretary: Daniel Agapito - São Paulo - SP
10:30-10:59 Surgical anatomy and approaches
  - Mariano Socolovsky - Buenos Aires - Argentina
11:00-11:29 Surgical treatment of ruptres and of lesions with continuity
  - Roberto Sérgio Martins - São Paulo - SP
11:30-11:59 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:30 PART III
  - President: Herbert Almeida Oliveira e Souza - Goiânia - GO
  - Secretary: Francisco Flávio Leitão de Carvalho Fº - Fortaleza - CE
13:00-13:44 Surgical treatment of radicular partial avulsions
  - Leandro Pretto Flores - Brasilia - DF
13:45-14:29 Surgical treatment of radicular complete avulsions
  - Ricardo Amoreira Gepp - Brasilia  - DF
14:30-14:59 Discussion
15:00-15:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:30-17:00 - Moderator: Mario Gilberto Siqueira - São Paulo - SP
15:30-15:59 Case discussion 1
   
16:00-16:29 Case discussion 2
   
16:30-17:00 Case discussion 3
   
Room Iguaçu V - PC 12 - Epilepsy
Coordinator: Aziz Rassi Neto
08:00-10:00 - President: Lauro de Franco Seda Jr. - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Antônio Nogueira de Almeida - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Jr. - Ribeirão Preto - SP 
08:00-08:19 Surgical indications criteria for epilepsy
  Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez - Cleveland - USA
08:20-08:39 Video - EEG for epilepsy diagnosis
  . Nelson Expedito - São Paulo - SP
08:40-08:59 Preoperative neuropsychological evaluation
  Ana Regina dos Santos - São Paulo - SP  - 
09:00-09:19 Temporal lobectomy versus amygdalohippocampectomy
  - Eliseu Paglioli Neto - Porto Alegre - RS
09:20-09:40 Discussion
09:40-10:10 Visit to the stand
10:10-11:40 - President: Carlos Tadeu Parisi de Oliveira - Bragança Paulista - SP
  - Secretary: Gustavo Rassier Isolan - Porto Alegre - RS
  - Moderator: Kunio Suzuki - Brasília - DF
10:10-10:29 Callosotomy: Post op resultds and literature review
  - Raul Marino Jr. - São Paulo - SP
10:30-10:49 Surgical complications of temporal lobe epilepsy
  - João Cândido Araujo - Curitiba - PR 
10:50-11:09 Temporal lobectomies with different techniques - Results
  - Julieta Gonçalves Silva Porto de Melo - São Paulo - SP
11:10-11:19 Extratemporal ressections: Results and literature
  - Arthur Cukiert - São Paulo - SP
11:20-11:40 Discussion
11:40-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:40 - President: Paulo Thadeu Brainer Lima - Recife - PE
  - Secretary: Pedro Paulo Mariani Lima Santos - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: José Augusto Burattini - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:19 Mesial temporal lobe and related white matter anatomy
  - Alvaro Campero - Tucumán - Argentina
13:20-13:39 Selective amygdalohippocampectomy
  - Aziz Rassi Neto - São Paulo - SP
13:40-13:59 Multiple pathologies in epilepsy: Management and treatment
  - Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Jr. - Ribeirão Preto - SP
14:00-14:19 Temporal lobe epilepsy - Surgical treatment
  - Luis Augusto Miranda Dias - Brasília - DF
14:20-14:40 Discussion
14:40-15:10 Visit to the stand
15:10-17:00 - President: Marlus Sidney Moro - Curitiba - PR
  - Secretary: Daniel Benzecry de Almeida - Curitiba - PR
  - Moderator:  Valter da Costa - Goiânia - GO 
15:10-15:29 Anticonvulsants and new drugs for epilepsy treatment
  - Cristine Mella Cukiert - São Paulo - SP
15:30-15:49 Special surgical procedures in epilepsy
  - Arthur Cukiert - São Paulo - SP
15:50-16:09 Techniques for cortical ressections in eloquent areas
  - Wen Hung Tzu - São Paulo - SP
16:10-16:19 Hemispherectomies: Techniques, results and review of the literarure
  - Ricardo Silva Centeno - São Paulo - SP 
16:20-16:39 Hemispherectomy: Technique and result - FMUSP
  - Wen Hung Tzu - São Paulo - SP 
16:40-17:00 Discussion
Room Itagua II - PC 16 - Neuroendoscopy - Hands-on
Coordinator: Luiz Carlos de Alencastro
12:00-14:00