Neurosurgery – A Comprehensive Review 2021 ( VIDEOS)

Neurosurgery – A Comprehensive Review 2021 ( VIDEOS)

• Neurosurgery from the ExpertsThis online CME program is broad and deep in its coverage of neurosurgery subspecialty areas. Led by Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS, authoritative speakers with extensive subspecialty training present the latest technical innovations and surgical techniques, along with pearls and pitfalls from their own clinical practices. Neurosurgery – A Comprehensive Review delivers key take-home points with each lecture, including:
•  Vascular Malformations. Intracranial vascular malformations are best treated with multimodality therapy, including microsurgery, embolization, and stereotactic radiosurgery in different combinations.
•  Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Modern management of traumatic brain injury involves improving outcomes via minimizing secondary injury.
•  Cervical Spine Trauma. The need for surgical stabilization after cervical trauma depends on the extent of bony, discoligamentous, and neurologic compromise.
• Brachial Plexus Lesions. Nerve transfers have a role in reconstructing function in brachial plexus injuries.
• Meningiomas. Threat of recurrence is directly related to the extent of surgical removal.

Learning Objectives

•  Differentiate among intracranial aneurysms by etiology
• Decide on when and how to treat arteriovenous malformations
•  Describe the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations in skull base surgery
• List the complications possible in frontal sinus surgery
•  Differentiate among benign, malignant, intraneural, and extraneural peripheral nerve tumors
• Explain the ideal circumstances for resection of meningiomas
• Compare Type I, Type II, Type III, and Type IV classifications of nerve sheath tumors
•  Identify the possible causes of hydrocephalus
•  Describe the classic presentation and symptoms of craniopharyngioma
•  Name the benefits of minimally invasive surgery over open surgery for disc herniation

Intended Audience

TOPICS / SPEAKERS

Vascular

• Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Pascal Jabbour, MD
• Intracranial Aneurysms
• Rose Du, MD, PhD
• Vascular Malformations and Moyamoya Disease
• Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
• Evidence-Based Evaluation and Treatment of Carotid Stenosis
• Christopher M. Loftus, MD
• Cerebrovascular Emergencies – An Endovascular Perspective
• Alan S. Boulos, MD, FACS, FAANS
• Head Injury/Craniocerebral Trauma
• Closed Head Injury and Concussion and Head Injury in Sports
• Mark R. Proctor, MD
• Skull and Facial Fractures/Paranasal Sinus and Skull Base Trauma
• Rocco Anthony Armonda, MD, FACS (Col. [Ret.], MC, USA)
• Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
• Ryan Kitagawa, MD
• Decompressive Craniectomy for TBI
• Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS, FAANS

Spinal Surgery

Cervical Spine Trauma

• John H. Chi, MD, MPH
• Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma and Stabilization Techniques
• Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc
• Disc Herniations: Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic
• Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD
• Syringomyelia and Hydromyelia
• Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc

Peripheral Nerves

Acute Nerve Injury and Repair

• Mark Mahan, MD
• Peripheral Nerve Tumors
• Robert J. Spinner, MD
• Reconstructive Strategies for Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
• Interpreting Electrodiagnostic Studies for Management of Nerve Injuries
• Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
• Compression Neuropathy
• Christopher J. Winfree, MD
• Surgical Management of Weakness and Paralysis – Restorative Techniques
• Justin Brown, MD

Brain Tumors

• Modernizing the Approach to Solid Tumor Brain Metastases
• Peter Fecci, MD, PhD
• Malignant Gliomas
• Charles S. Cobbs, MD
• Meningiomas
• Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, FACS
• Surgical Management Low Grade Gliomas
• Nader Sanai, MD, FAANS, FACS
• Pineal Region Tumors
• Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
• Posterior Fossa Tumors of Childhood
• Tord D. Alden, MD

Vestibular Schwannoma

• Kaith Almefty, MD
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis, Arteriovenous Malformations, and Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FACS
• Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors
• Metastatic Tumors of the Spine
• Michael W. Groff, MD
• Spinal Cord Tumor Management
• Paul C. McCormick, MD, MPH

Skull Base Lesion

• Meningiomas of the Skull Base and Other Skull Base Tumors
• Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS
• Skull Base Surgical Approaches
• Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS
• Pituitary Tumors and Craniopharyngiomas
• Non-Functioning and Functioning Pituitary Tumors
• Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS
• Endoscopy for Pituitary Surgery
• Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS

Craniopharyngiomas

• R. Michael Scott, MD
• Hydrocephalus/Cysts/Infection
• Hydrocephalus and Congenital Cysts
• Tord D. Alden, MD

Functional Neurosurgery

Special Topics

• Neurofibromatosis
• Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD
• von Hippel-Lindau Disease
• Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD
• Coma and Brain Death
• Brian Edlow, MD