16th Hands-On Cadaver Course Zurich, Switzerland

Hands-on microneurosurgery and white matter anatomy in brain tumors, epilepsy and AVM: the Zurich School

Location

Hybrid event

Anatomical Institute of the University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
Building 42/Floor G
Room no. 53
CH-8057 Zurich

Credits

SGNC requested

16.06.2025 8.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
17.06.2025 8.00 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
18.06.2025 8.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Monday's program

8.00 a.m. Welcome and Reception
Regli / Krayenbühl / Serra
8.15 a.m. History and principles of microneurosurgery of the brain
Krayenbühl
8.45 a.m. Microneurosurgery of neocortical tumors
Serra
9.15 a.m. Fibers dissection technique: dissection of the lateral side of the brain
Serra
9.30 a.m. Coffee break
9.45 a.m. Hands-on dissection of the lateral aspect of the brain
All faculty
12.30 pm Lunch Break
1.30 pm Microneurosurgery of insular tumors
Baskaya
2.00 pm Tumors around the optic radiations. Anatomy and surgical considerations
Gonzalez-Lopez
2.30 pm Hands-On lateral aspect of the brain
All faculty
5.30 pm Growth pattern of paralimbic gliomas
Bi

Tuesday's program

8.00 a.m. Microneurosurgery in Epilepsy Surgery
Schaller
8.45 a.m. Anatomy of the limbic and paralimbic system
Kadri
09.30 am Fibres dissection technique: dissection of the medial aspect of the brain
Serra
12.30 pm Hands-On: Dissection of the medial aspect of the brain
All faculty
1.30 pm Lunch Seminar: Siemens Sponsored Lecture “Intraoperative MRI in Microneurosurgery”
Serra
2.00 pm Microneurosurgery of limbic and paralimbic tumors
Krayenbühl
2.30 pm Microneurosurgery of thalamic tumors
Türe
3.00 pm Hands-On Medial aspect of the brain
All faculty

Wednesday's program

8.00 a.m. Foundation of DTI
Forkel
8.30 a.m. White matter tracts and putative functional role
Forkel
9.00 a.m. Fiber dissection of deep cerebellar nuclei and cerebellar peduncles
Pruthi
9.30 a.m. Fiber dissection technique: dissection of the brain stem
Serra
10.00 am Coffee break
10.15 am Hands-on dissection of cerebellum and brain stem
All faculty
12.30 pm Lunch Break
1.30 pm Microneurosurgery of brain stem cavernoma
Regli
2.30 pm Hands-on dissection of cerebellum and brain stem
All faculty
5.00 pm Hands-on DTI session sponsored by Medtronic
Stieglitz

Registration

Hands-on Participants
max. 14 participants
CHF 1’500.-
CHF 1’300.- SGNC, EANS, SINCH, DGNC, TNS
already fully booked

Observer
max. 20 participants
CHF 200
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Online via Zoom
free of charge
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Course Directors

Luca Regli, Prof. Dr. med.

Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 29 92

Niklaus Krayenbühl, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 86

Carlo Serra, PD Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 85
Specialties: Microneurosurgery of brain tumors, Pituitary and skull base surgery, Neurovascular surgery

Responsible Department