DAY 1

THURSDAY

HANDS-ON CADAVERIC DISSECTIONS 
FOR 24 CONSULTANT NEUROSURGEONS

SURFACE ANATOMY THROUGH THE SURGEON’S EYES

• The lateral cortex - Lateral surface of frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes

• The lateral Cortex - Lateral surface of frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes

• Techniques and technologies for deep-seated tumours

TECHNOLOGIES IN BRAIN MAPPING

• The lateral cortex - Lateral surface of frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes

• The lateral Cortex - Lateral surface of frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes

• Techniques and technologies for deep-seated tumours

THE TEMPORAL LOBE

• The temporal lobe, amygdala and hippocampus

• Surgical anatomy of temporal lobectomy for epilepsy

WHITE MATTER LOCATION, FUNCTION AND MAPPING

• PeriSylvian networks, how to find them and how to map them Cortical hubs - Superior longitudinal fasciculus III - Arcuate fasciculus, ventral and dorsal

• Temporal networks, how to find them, and how to map them - Me- dial longitudinal fasciculus - Inferior longitudinal fasciculus

INSULA AND CENTRAL CORE

• The insula, extreme, external and internal capsules and central core, how to find them, approach them and map them

• Step-by-step resection of insula glioma using a cadaveric brain, microscope and neuronavigation