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

Sunday - September 14
Pre Congress Courses

Room Itaguá I – PC 1 - Neurocritical Care: Lectures and Hands-On
Coordinator: Miguel Giudicissi Fº
08:00-12:30 Lectures
08:00-08:29 Brain hemorrhage
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
08:30-08:59 Ischemic strokes
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São Jão Del Rei - MG
09:00-09:29 Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  - Maurício Coelho Neto - São Paulo - SP
09:30-10:09 Brain traumatic injuries
  - Miguel Giudicissi F° - São Paulo - SP
10:10-10:24 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:25-10:54 Spine injuries
  - Miguel Giudicissi F° - São Paulo - SP
10:55-10:24 Pos operative care in neurosurgery
  - Maurício Coelho Neto - Curitiba - PR
11:25-11:44 Infection and the CNS
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
11:45-12:04 Brain  death
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
12:05-12:29 Miscelaneous II - Transport, encephalopathy and neuromuscular disease
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 Small group discussions
  Cerebrovascular diseases
  - Flávio Maciel - São Paulo - SP
  Brain traumatic injuries: case discussion
  - Miguel Giudicissi F° - São Paulo - SP
  Monitoring II
  - Jorge Luiz da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
  - Maurício Coelho Neto - Curitiba - PR
16:30-17:00 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
14:00-17:00 Final test and evaluation
 
Room C1 - PC 2 - Microsurgical Anatomy
Coordinators: Helder Tedeschi and Wen Hung Tzu
08:00-10:15 - President: Maria Carolina Martins de Lima - Recife - PE
  - Secretary: Antonio Cesar de Melo Mussi - Florianópolis - SC
  - Moderator: Helder Tedeschi - São Paulo - SP 
08:00-08:29 Microsurgical anatomy of the cerebello pontine angle
  - Mauro Augusto Tostes Ferreira - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:30-08:59 Approaches to the cerebello pontine angle
  - Roberto Leal Silveira - Belo Horizonte - MG
09:00-09:29 Microsurgical anatomy of the IV ventricle
  - Toshio Matsushima - Saga - Japan
09:30-09:59 Surgical approaches to the IV ventricle
  - Toshio Matsushima - Saga - Japan
10:00-10:15 Discussion
10:15-10:45 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:45-11:14 Microsurgical anatomy of the foramen magnum
  - Chun Siang Chen - New York - USA
11:15-11:44 Anatomy and approaches in 360 degrees of the craniovertebral junction and
  upper cervical spine represented in anaglyphic 3D
  - Pablo Augusto Rubino -Argentina 
11:45-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-17:30 - President: Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri - Campo Grande - MS
  - Secretary: Luiz Fernando Haykel Jr. - São Paulo - SP 
  - Moderator: Wen Hung Tzu - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:29 Surgery of lesions located in the foramen magnum and craniocervical junction
  - Albino Bricolo - Verona - Italy
13:30-13:59 Microsurgical anatomy of the jugular foramen
  - Toshiro Katsuta - Kitakyushu - Japan
14:00-14:29 Approaches to lesion in the jugular foramen region
  - Luis Alencar Biurrum Borba - Curitiba - PR
14:30-15:00 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:00-15:29 Intrinsic anatomy of the brainstem
  - Rodolfo Recalde - Buenos Aires - Argentina
15:30-15:59 Surgical approaches to brainstem cavernomas
  - Roberto Delfini - Roma - Italy
16:00-16:29 Surgical approaches to the brainstem tumors
  - Albino Bricolo - Verona - Italy
16:30-16:59 Microsurgical removal of intramedullary lesions of the cervical cord
  - Helmut Bertalanffy - Zurich - Switzerland
17:00-17:30 Discussion
Room C2 - PC 3 - Vascular
Coordinator: Felix Hendrik Pahl
08:00-12:00 - President: Marco Antonio Zanini - Botucatu - SP
  - Secretary: Sinésio Grace Duarte - Franca - SP
08:00-08:24 Microsurgical anatomy of the posterior circulation
  - Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo - São Paulo - SP
08:25-08:49 Subtemporal approach to basilar bifurcation aneurysms
  - Juha Hernesniemi - Helsinki - Finland
08:50-09:14 OZ pretemporal approaches to posterior circulation aneurysms
  - Helder Tedeschi - São Paulo - SP  
09:15-09:39 Transcavernous approach to basilar bifurcation aneurysms
  - Ali F. Krisht - Little Rock - USA
09:40-09:50 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
09:50-10:14 large and giant posterior circulation aneurysms - Surgical option
  - Ali F. Krisht - Little Rock - USA 
10:15-10:29 Large and giant posterior circulation aneurysms - Endovascular option
  - José Guilherme P. Caldas - São Paulo - SP 
10:55-11:19 Endovascular treatment of basilar bifurcation aneurysms
  - Cameron G. McDougall - Phoenix - USA
11:20-11:44 Posterior circulation dissecting aneurysms - Endovascular treatment
  - Ronie Leo Piske - São Paulo - SP  
11:45-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-17:00 - President: Felix Hendrik Pahl - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Marcelo Batista dos Santos Chioato - Uberlândia - MG 
13:00-13:24 Natural history of cerebral AVMs
  - Juha Hernesniemi - Helsinki - Finland
13:25-13:49 Brain AVMs, correlations between clinical symptons and angioarchitecture
  - Karel terBrugge - Toronto - Canada
13:50-14:14 Advantagens and disadvantagens of brain AVMs embolization
  - Jacques Morcos - Miami - USA
14:15-14:29 Brain AVMs patients: criteria for treatment
  - Juha Hernesniemi - Helsinki - Finland
14:30-14:49 Supratentorial AVMs treatment
  - Atos Alves de Souza - Belo Horizonte - MG
14:50-15:15 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:15-15:39 Brain AVMs, role of embolization and risk management of treatment versus normal history
  - Karel terBrugge - Toronto - Canada
15:40-16:04 AVMs and residual nidus hemodynamics
  - Marcos Augusto Stavale Joaquim - São Paulo - SP
16:05-16:29 Radiosurgery for brain AVMs
  - Salomon Benabou - São Paulo - SP
16:30-17:00 Discussion
Room C3 - PC 4 - Functional 2
Coordinator: José Oswaldo de Oliveira Jr.
08:00-09:50 PRIMARY TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
  - President:  Marcelo Barletta Soares Viterbo - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Soraya Aurani Jorge Cecílio - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira - São Paulo - SP
08:00-08:19 Clinical aspects and conservative treatment
  - Hamilton Ayres da Silva - Goiânia - GO
08:20-08:39 Surgical treatment
  - Jorge Roberto Pagura - São Paulo - SP
08:40-08:59 Percutaneous procedures
  - Luiz Cláudio Modesto Pereira - Brasília - DF
09:00-09:19 Atypical neuralgias: what to do?
  - Kleber Paiva Duarte - São José do Rio Preto - SP
09:20-09:50 Discussion
09:50-10:20 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:20-12:00 SPASTICITY
  - President: Eduardo Carlos Barreto - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary: Pedro Garcia Lopes - Londrina - PR
  - Moderator: Fábio Luiz Franceschi Godinho - São Paulo - SP
10:20-10:39 Evaluation and management
  - Edvaldo José Rodrigues Cardoso - Alfenas - MG
10:40-10:59 Botulinum toxin. Chemical Neurolysis
  - Gilberto Almeida Fonseca Fº - Belo Horizonte - MG
11:00-11:19 Surgical treatment
  - Helvércio Fernando Polsaque Alves - Maringá - PR
11:20-11:39 Implantable pumps for drug infusions
  - Nilton Alves Lara Jr. - São Paulo - SP
11:40-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
  - President: Cláudio Fernandes Corrêa - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Guilherme Cabral Andrade - Maringá - PR
  - Moderator: Clemente Augusto de Brito Pereira - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:19 Legislation and the neurosurgeon
  - Roberto Godoy  - São Paulo- SP
13:20-13:39 Ablative radiofrequency
  - Gervásio Teles Cardoso Carvalho - Belo Horizonte - MG 
13:40-13:59 Neuromodulation
  - Osvaldo Vilela Filho - Goiânia - GO
14:00-14:19 Radiosurgery
  - Miguel Montes Canteras - São Paulo -SP
14:20-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:30-17:10 EMERGENT TECHNIQUES AND CONTROVERSIES
  - President: Júlio Augusto Lustosa Nogueira - Recife - PE
  - Secretary: Núbia Maria N. Gargiulo da Cunha - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Guilherme Contatore Bierrembach de Castro - Bragança Paulista - SP
15:30-15:49 Epiduroscopy
  - Marcos Masini - Brasília - DF
15:50-16:09 Does diskogenic pain exist? IDET and others interventions are effective?
  - Arthur Ungaretti Jr. - São Paulo - SP
16:10-16:29 Pulsatile radiofrequency and "tube vision" technique
  - Antonio Sérgio Barata Cavalcante - Mogi Guaçu - SP
16:30-16:49 Ozone therapy
  - Júlio Augusto Lustosa Nogueira - Recife - PE
16:50-17:10 Discussion
Room Iguaçu I - PC 5 - Cervical and Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disease
Coordinator: Ricardo Vieira Botelho
08:00-10:10 - President: José Luciano Gonçalves Araújo - Natal - RN
  - Secretary: Rodrigo Ferrari  Fernandes Naufal - Presidente Prudente - SP
  - Moderator: Arthur Werner Poetscher - São Paulo - SP
08:00-08:14 Genetics and pathophysiology of the cervical spine degenerative disease
  - Luiz Roberto Aguiar - Curitiba - PR
08:15-08:29 Adjacent degeneration - natural history or fusion complication?
  - Albert Vicent B. Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
08:30-08:44 Can arthroplasty avoid the adjacent level degeneration?
  - Marcelo Luis Mudo - São Paulo - SP
08:45-08:59 Post-traumatic decompressions for patients with spinal stenosis and central cord syndrome
  - Mário Augusto Taricco - São Paulo - SP
09:00-09:29 Myelopathy: laminoplasty x laminectomy x anterior approach
  - Marcos Masini - Brasília - DF
09:30-09:49 Axial pain - surgery?
  - Francisco Ricardo Borges Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
09:50-10:10 Discussion
10:10-10:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-12:00 PART I - LUMBAR DISC DISEASE
  - President: Carlos Henrique Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary: Marise Augusto Fernandes Audi - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Alberto Carlos Capel Cardoso - São Paulo - SP
10:30-10:44 Lumbar diskogenic pain: myths and knowledge
  - Arthur Werner Poetscher - São Paulo - SP
10:45-10:59 Lumbar diskogenic pain - when and how to operate
  - Luis Henrique de Mattos Pimenta - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:14 Critical analysis of the use of the interspinal process spacers. 
  - Osmar José Santos Moraes - São Paulo - SP 
   
11:15-11:29 Lumbar herniated disc - classical diskectomy versus endoscopic ressection
  - Asdrúbal Falavigna - Caxias do Sul - RS
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 PART II - LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE
  - President: Marcelo Ferraz Campos - São Bernardo do Campo - SP
  - Secretary: Carla D"Angelo Kumeta - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Albert Vicent B. Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
13:00-13:19 Facet Joint Syndrome: percutaneous procedures
  - Paulo Thadeu Brainer Lima - Recife - PE
13:20-13:29 Lumbar spinal stenosis - treatment algorithm
  - Jefferson Walter Daniel - São Paulo - SP
13:30-13:44 Unilateral decompression for spinal lumbar stenosis
  - José Carlos Esteves da  Veiga - São Paulo - SP
13:45-13:59 Degenerative spondylolisthesis - what in the role of intersomatic cages?
  - Fernando Luiz Rolemberg Dantas - Belo Horizonte - BH
14:00-14:14 Degenerative spondylolisthesis - fusion PL x 360 degrees
  - Marcio Vinhal de Carvalho - Brasília - DF
14:15-14:29 Degenerative scoliosis - what is the best treatment?
  - Francisco José de Moura Theophilo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
14:30-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:30-17:00 COMPLICATIONS - PERTINENT TO PC5 AND PC6
  - President: Marcelo Ferraz Campos - São Bernardo do Campo - SP
  - Secretary: Sérgio Henrique Amaral - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator:  Mário Augusto Taricco - São Paulo - SP
15:30-15:59 How to avoid complications in spinal surgeries
  - Arnold H. Menezes - Iowa - USA
16:00-16:19 What should not be done in cervical spine surgery
  - Carlos Henrique Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
16:20-16:39 What should not be done in thoracic and lumbar spine surgery
  - Geraldo Sá Carneiro Fº - Recife - PE
16:40-17:00 Discussion
Room Iguaçu II - PC 6 - Lumbar Degenerative Disease
Coordinator: Ricardo Vieira Botelho
08:00-10:00 CRANIAL-CERVICAL TRANSITION MALFORMATIONS
  - President: Antonio Augusto Roth Vargas - Campinas - SP
  - Secretary: Julio Augusto Lustosa Nogueira - Recife  - PE
  - Moderator: José Arnaldo Motta de Arruda - Fortaleza - CE
08:00-08:29 Where are going: Chiari I with synringohydromyelia - Basilar invaginations
  complex x disorder
   
08:30-08:49 Basilar impression: approach option
  - Geraldo Sá Carneiro Fº - Recife - PE
08:50-09:09 Tethered spinal cord syndrome
  - Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto - São Paulo - SP
09:10-09:29 Primary spinal syringomyelia
  - Ricardo Vieira Botelho - São Paulo - SP
09:30-09:59 Discussion
10:00-10:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-12:00 CERVICAL SPINE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE
  - President: Starlynn Freire dos Santos - Mossoró - RN
  - Secretary: Jacks Alan Tenório de Souza - Maceió - AL
  - Moderator: Antonio Augusto Roth Vargas - Campinas - SP
10:30-10:49 Surgical treatment of cervical herniated discs - with and without fusion
  - Luiz Roberto Aguiar - Curitiba - PR
10:50-11:04 Characteristics of the available prosthesis
  - Carlos Henrique Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
11:05-11:24 Cervical arthroplasty - what does the literature show?
  - Albert Vicent B. Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
11:25-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
   
13:00-15:00 LUMBAR SPINAL SURGERY COMPLICATIONS
  - President: Márcio Vinhal de Carvalho - Brasília - DF
  - Secretary: Renato Augusto Andrade - Sorocaba - SP
  - Moderator: Luiz Henrique Mattos Pimenta - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:19 Pain after radicular decompression - how to calculate
  - Carlos Roberto Sampaio de Assis Drummond - Goiânia - GO
13:20-13:29 Relapsed herniated disc - incidence and prevention
  - Alberto Carlos Capel Cardoso  - São Paulo - SP
13:30-13:44 Relapsed herniated disc - rediscectomy versus fusion
  - Mário Augusto Taricco - São Paulo - SP
13:45-13:59 Post-fusion lumbar pain - how to evaluate
  - Eduardo Carlos Barreto - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
14:00-14:14 Pseudarthrosis - when and how to treat
  - Albert Vicent B. Brasil - Porto Alegre - RS
14:15-14:29 How to avoid complications in lumbar fusion surgeries
  - Francisco Ricardo Borges Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro- RJ
14:30-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:30-17:00 COMPLICATIONS - PERTINENT TO PC5 AND PC6
  - President: Marcelo Ferraz Campos - São Bernardo do Campo - SP
  - Secretary: Sérgio Henrique Amaral - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator:  Mário Augusto Taricco - São Paulo - SP
15:30-15:59 How to avoid complications in spinal surgeries
   
16:00-16:19 What should not be done in cervical spine surgery
  - Carlos Henrique Ribeiro - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
16:20-16:39 What should not be done in thoracic and lumbar spine surgery
  - Geraldo Sá Carneiro Fº - Recife - PE
16:40-17:00 Discussion
Room A3 - PC 7 - HEAD INJURY 2
CoordInators: Miguel Giudicissi Filho and Luiz Alcides Manreza
08:00-09:40 HEAD INJURY PART II
  - President:  Abynadá de Siqueira Lyro - Maceió - AL
  - Secretary: Otaviano Alencar Araripe -Fortaleza - CE
08:00-08:19 Monitoring and correction of Na+ and of Mg+ in head injury post-po
  - Marcelo Martins Teixeira - Goiânia - GO
08:20-08:39 Hypothermia in head injury: present, past and future
  - Luis Vicente Forte - São Paulo - SP
08:40-08:59 Inflammatory brain response - Tertiary trauma
  - Jorge Luis da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
09:00-09:19 Cranialplasty and duralplasty: homologous, heterologous or artificial implants. What is
  the future?
  - Luiz Alcides Manreza - São Paulo - SP
09:20-09:40 Discussion
   
09:40-09:59 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:00-12:00 REVIEW OF HEAD INJURY MYTHS
  - President: Otacílio Moreira Guimarães - Varginha - MG
  - Secretary: Carlos Alberto Afonso Ribeiro - São Paulo - SP 
10:00-10:19 Vasospasm in head injury - Diagnostic and treatment
  - Rodrigo Moreira Faleiro - Belo Horizonte - MG
10:20-10:39 Refractory high intracranial pressure treatment
  - Cássio Morano Peluso - Vitória - ES
10:40-10:59 Perspectives of new drugs for head injury patients: antioxydants, Ca+ blockers, and
  other drugs
  - Marcos Augusto Stavale Joaquim  - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:19 CSF leaks: current algorithm
  - Luis Alencar Biurrum Borba - Curitiba - PR
11:20-11:39 Chronic subdural hematomas. Which is the best treatment?
  Paulo Sérgio Crusius - Passo Fundo - RS      
11:40-11:59 Discussion
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:40 MISCELANEOUS
  - President: Marcos Prist - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Aramis Pedro Teixeira - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
14:00-14:19 Brain contusions in eloquent areas
  - Kunio Suzuki - Brasília - DF
14:20-14:39 Emergency room admission evaluation
  - Cássio Morano Peluso - Vitória - ES
14:40-14:59 Gusnshot cranial wounds
  - Adelmo Ferreira - Londrina - PR
15:00-15:19 Cranial wounds due to odd  perforating instruments
  - Luciano Ferreira de Holanda - João Pessoa - PB
15:20-15:39 Discussion
15:40-15:59 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
16:00-18:00 MINOR HEAD INJURY SESSION
  - President: Daniel Freire de Figueiredo - Fortaleza - CE
  - Secretary: Mario de Nazareth Hermes Jr. - Belém - PA
16:00-16:19 Minor head injury
  - Almir Ferreira de Andrade - São Paulo - SP
16:20-16:39 Is GCS 15 safe enough for discharge after head injuries?
  - Miguel Giudicissi Fº - São Paulo - SP
16:40-16:59 Head injuries in sport
  - Luiz Felipe de Alencastro - Porto Alegre - RS
17:00-17:19 Prevention of head injuries
  - Carmine Porcelli Salvarani - Maringá - PR
17:20-17:39 Monitoring of O2, CO2, lactate and brain temperature. Is it worth?
  - Jorge Luis da Rocha Paranhos - São João Del Rei - MG
17:40-18:00 Discussion
Room A1 - PC 8 - Neuroendoscopy
Coordinator: Luiz Carlos de Alencastro
08:30-10:40 - Moderators: Adroaldo Baseggio Mallmann - Passo Fundo - RS e Aldo Stamm - São Paulo - SP
08:30-08:49 Basic anatomy and nasal cavity preparation
  - Otávio Piltcher  - Porto Alegre -RS
08:50-09:09 Radial endoscocpic accesses to the skull base
  - Luiz Felipe de Alencastro - Porto Alegre - RS
09:10-09:29 Imaging of the sellar region - Diagnosis and planning
  - Marcelo Folgierini - Porto Alegre - RS
09:30-09:49 Pituitary adenoma - Step by step (video)
  - Jackson Augusto Gondim Oliveira - Fortaleza - CE
09:50-10:09 Pituitary adenoma - How I do it (video)
  - Aldo Stamm - São Paulo - SP
10:10:10:40 Discussion
10:40-11:00 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
11:00-12:40 -Moderator:  Luiz Otávio Madalozzo - Curitiba - PR
11:00-11:19 Skull Base - Techniques of reconstruction 
  - Daniel Monte Serrat Prevedello - Pittsburgh - USA
11:20-11:39 Spontaneous CSF leals and management
  - Aldo Stamm - São Paulo - SP
11:40-12:19 Endoscopic  endonasal approach for anterior skull base meningiomas
  - Daniel Monte Serrat Prevedello - Pittsburgh - USA
12:20-12:40 Discussion
12:40-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:40 - Moderators: Carlos Vicente Brusius - Porto Alegre - RS e Samuel Tau Zymberg - São Paulo - SP
14:30-14:49 Learning curve in extended endonasal approaches - A training program 
  suggestion
  - Daniel Monte Serrat Prevedello - Pittsburgh - USA
14:50-15:09 The role of neurosurgery in the treatment of craniopharyngeomas
  - Silvio Machado - Curitiba - PR
15:10-15:29 Endoscopy in cisternal tumors
  - Henry Schroeder - Germany 
15:30-15:49 Advantagens and limitations of endoscopy for the treatment of intracranial
  aneurysms
  - Américo Rubens Leite dos Santos - São Paulo - SP
15:50-16:09 Neuroendoscopic neurovascular decompressions
  - Henry Schroeder - Germany 
16:10-16:40 Discussion
16:40-16:50 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
16:50-18:30 -Moderators: Luiz Carlos de Alencastro - Porto Alegre - RS  and Luiz Roberto Aguiar - Curitiba - PR
16:50-17:09 Endoscopic sympathectomy
  - Carlos Vicente Brusius - Porto Alegre - RS
17:10-17:24 Principles of thomacoscopic surgery for the dorsal spine
  - Luiz Roberto Aguiar - Curitiba - PR
17:25-17:39 Thoracoscopic contributions in dorsal spine diseases
  - Luiz Roberto Aguiar - Curitiba - PR
17:40-18:00 Discussion
Room A2 - PC 9 - Pediatric Neurosurgery
Coordinator: Nelci Zanon Collange
08:00-09:45 HYDROCEPHALUS I
  - President: Hélio Rubens Machado - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Petterson Giostri Ferrari
  - Moderator: Benício Oton de Lima - Brasília - DF
08:00-08:19 CSF production and circulation
  - Márcia Cristina da Silva - Belo Horizonte - MG
08:20-08:39 Do you know how a shunt works?
  - Silvio Machado - Curitiba - PR
08:40-08:59 Pre natal hydrocephalus diagnosis. Current management and parent"s orientation
  - José Aloysio Costa Val Fº - Belo Horizonte - MG
09:00-09:19 Lumbar-peritoneal shunts. Technique and indications
  - Ricardo Amoreira Gepp - Brasília - DF
09:20-09:45 Discussion
09:45-10:10 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:10-12:00 HYDROCEPHALUS II
  - President: Artur Henrique Galvão Bruno da Cunha - Recife - PE
  - Secretary: Koshiro Nishikuni - São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator: Hamilton Matushita - São Paulo - SP
   
10:10-10:29 Chiari II and hydrocephalus - Whiche one to treat?
  - Graciela Zuccaro - Buenos Aires -  Argentina
10:30-10:49 Neuroimaging of hydrocephalus - What"s the real contribution of the new techniques?
  sofisticados exames?
  - Sérgio Luiz Ramin - São José do Rio Preto- SP
10:50-11:09 Extraventricular hydrocephalus, benign macrocephaly. Do we need to treat?
  - Suzana Maria Bezerra Serra - Recife - PE
11:10-11:29 Visceral perfurations by shunt distal catheters. Can we prevent it?
  - Benício Oton de Lima - Brasília - DF
11:30-11:59 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:40 HYDROCEPHALUS III
  - President: Hamilton Matushita - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Rafael Loduca  - São Paulo - SP 
  - Moderator: Benício Oton de Lima - Brasília - DF
13:00-13:19 Hydrocephalus and head injury
  - Mércia Jeanne Duarte Bezerra - Natal - RN
13:20-13:39 Hydrocephalus and brain hemorrhages
  - Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto - São Paulo - SP
13:40-13:59 External ventricular drainage. When to do it and how to manage it
  - Denise Marques de Assis - Belo Horizonte - MG
14:00-14:19 Slit ventricle syndrome. Different treatment
  - Nelci Zanon Collange - São Paulo - SP
14:20-14:39 Discussion
14:40-15:09 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:10-16:30 HYDROCEPHALUS IV
  - President:  Marcia Noriko de Oliveira Homa - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Márcio Ferreira Marcelino - Brasília - DF
  - Moderator: José Francisco Manganelli Salomão - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
15:10-15:29 What is the best management of hydrocephalus?
  - Ricardo Santos de Oliveira - Ribeirão Preto- SP
15:30-15:49 Hydrocephalus and prematurity: How to manage it?
  - Koshiro Nishikuni - São Paulo - SP 
15:50-16:09 Multiloculated hydrocephalus - Recent view - our experience
  - Graciela Zuccaro - Buenos Aires - Argentina
16:10-16:29 Discussion
16:30-18:10 HYDROCEPHALUS V
  - President: José Píndaro Pereira Plese - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Valéria Marques Figueira Muoio -São Paulo - SP
  - Moderator:   Koshiro Nishikuni - São Paulo - SP
   
   
16:30-16:49 Overdrainage: What to do when the shunts fail?
  - Hamilton Matushita - São Paulo - SP
16:50-17:09 Hydrocephalus: What to do with shunt malfunctions?
  - Sergio Cavalheiro - São Paulo - SP
17:10-17:29 How to avoid a shunt: Functional ultrassonography and considerations 
  in the long run
   - Hélio Rubens Machado - Ribeirão Preto - SP
17:30-17:49 Arrested hydrocephalus: Diagnosis and prognosis
  - José Francisco Manganelli Salomão - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
17:50-18:30 Discussion
   
Room Iguaçu III - PC 13 - Gliomas
Coordinators: Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas and  José Marcus Rotta
08:00-11:40 - President: Janio Nogueira - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  - Secretary: Héctor Tomás Navarro Cabrera - São Paulo
08:00-08:39 Molecular biology for the neurosurgeon
  - Flávio Key Miura - São Paulo - SP
08:40-09:19 Practical application of molecular markers in the management of gliomas
  - Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Jr. - Ribeirão Preto - SP
09:20-09:39 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
09:39-10:19 Imunohistochemistry contributions in brain gliomas diagnosis
  - Sérgio Rosemberg - São Paulo - SP
10:20-10:59 MRI contributions in the evaluation of brain gliomas
  - Lázaro Faria do Amaral - São Paulo - SP
11:00-11:39 Discussion
11:40-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-17:00 - President: Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Jr. - Ribeirão Preto - SP
  - Secretary:  Carlos Vinicius Mota de Melo - Fortaleza - CE
13:00-13:29 Impact of surgery in the treatment of cerebral gliomas.
  - Guiherme Carvalhal Ribas - São Paulo - SP
13:30-13:59 Management of low grade gliomas
  - Janio Nogueira - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
14:00-14:29 Perspectives for the treatment of cerebral gliomas.
  - José Marcus Rotta - São Paulo - SP
14:30-14:59 Management of insular gliomas
  - Ugur Türe - Istambul - Turkey   
15:00-15:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:29-15:59 Radiotherapy for brain gliomas
  - João Victor Salvajoli - São Paulo - SP
16:00-16:29 Chemotherapy for brain gliomas
  - Suzana M. Fleury Malheiros - São Paulo - SP
16:30-17:00 Discussion
Room Iguaçu IV - PC 14 - How I do it - Videos Session
Coordinator: Evandro de Oliveira
08:00-12:00 - President: Marcelo Ughini Crusius - Passo Fundo - RS   
  - Secretary: Samir Ale Bark - Curitiba - PR
08:00-08:29 How I operate an intramedullary spinal cord tumor
  - Albino Bricolo - Verona - Italy
08:30-08:59 How I operate a brainstem tumor
  - Helmut Bertalanffy - Zurich - Switzerland            
09:00-09:29 How I do a high flow by-pass
  - Jacques Morcos - Miami - USA             
09:30-09:59 How I operate a III ventricle tumor
  - Helmut Bertalanffy - Zurique - Switzerland    
10:00-10:29 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
10:30-10:59 How I operate a craniopharyngioma
  - Manuel Cunha e Sá - Lisboa - Portugal 
11:00-11:29 How I operate a medial basal temporal tumor
  - Ugur Türe - Istambul - Turkey  
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-17:00 - President: Léo Fernando da Silva Ditzel - Curitiba - PR
  - Secretary: Paulo de Melo Jacques - Vitória - ES
13:00-13:29 How I operate on hemangioblastomas of the cerebellum
  Helder Tedeschi - São Paulo - SP
13:30-13:59 How I do an amygdalohippocampectomy
  - Wen Hun Tzu - São Paulo  - SP
14:00-14:29 How I reconstruct a peripheral nerve
  - Mario Gilberto Siqueira - São Paulo - SP 
14:30-14:59 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:00-15:29 How I do it: Clivus chordoma - Endoscopic transnasal surgery 
  - Aldo Stamm - São Paulo- SP
15:30-15:59 How I operate a paraclinoid aneurysm
  - Felix Hendrik Pahl - São Paulo - SP 
16:00-16:29 How I operate a brain AVM
  - Michael Lawton -  San Francisco - USA
16:30-16:59 How I operate a petroclival meningioma
  - Luis Alencar Biurrum Borba - Curitiba - PR
17:00-17:30 Discussion
Room Iguaçu V - PC 15 - Acoustic Neuromas
Coordinator: Eduardo Vellutini
13:00-14:45 - President: Guilherme Cabral Fº - Belo Horizonte - MG
  - Moderator: Eduardo Vellutini - São Paulo - SP
  - Secretary: Yvens Barbosa Fernandes - São Paulo - SP
13:00-13:14 Surgery of the CP angle - anatomy and approaches
  - Toshio Matsushima - Saga - Japan
13:15-13:29 Facial nerve - Preservation and rehabilitation
  - Ricardo Ramina - Curitiba - PR
13:30-13:44 intraop monitoring: "pitfallas"
  - Gustavo Adolpho Cannabrava Carvalho - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
13:45-13:59 Approaches for ressections of uncommon vestibular schwannomas
  - Roberto Leal Silveira - Belo Horizonte - MG
14:00-14:14 Auditory recovery in neurofibromatosis
  - Marcos Queiroz T. Gomes - São Paulo - SP
14:15-14:45 Discussion
14:45-14:59 Visit to the Exhibit Hall
15:00-17:00 - President: Adriano Yacubian Fernandes - Bauru - SP
  - Moderator: Jacques Morcos - Miami - USA
  - Secretary: Pedro Paulo Mariani Lima Santos - São Paulo - SP
15:00-15:14 Vestibbular schwannoma - When not to treat?
  - Otávio Luiz Salomone Perez Velasco - São Paulo - SP
15:15-15:29 Radiotherapy for schwannomas: indications and non-indications
  - Eduardo Weltmann - SP
15:30-17:00 Round Table
  Moderator: Jacques Morcos - Miami - USA
  Participants: Eduardo Weltmann, Otávio Velasco, Eduardo Vellutini, Toshio Matsushima,
                               Ricardo Ramina
Room Itagua II - PC 16 - Neuroendoscopy - Hands-on
Coordinator: Luiz Carlos de Alencastro
12:00-14:00