VIRTUAL MEETING PROGRAM
The program for the Virtual Meeting will contain the most pressing & exciting topics in pediatric neurosurgery today presented by global leaders.
The program will start each day at 13:00 CET.
Below is the final program.
Last update: 4 November
RECORDINGS
The recordings from the ISPN 2020 Virtual meeting are available through the ISPN YouTube channel.
The presentations with the ‘♦‘ sign and clickable image underneath are avaialble for viewing online.
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER
13:00-13:05
Welcome and introduction
ISPN President José Francisco Salomão (Brazil), ISPN Scientific Committee Chair Francisco Sala (Italy)
13:05
FETAL SURGERY AND MMC
Chairs: William Whitehead (USA), Abhaya Kulkarni (Canada)
♦ Life after MOMS – consensus and controversy
Dominic Thompson (UK)
Prognosis and new classification of antenatal dysraphisms
Michel Zerah (France), Timothée de Saint Denis, Catherine Garel, Federico Di Rocco, Jean Marie Jouannic
♦ Fetoscopy or open surgery. Same patients? Same surgeons? Same results?
Frank van Calenbergh (Belgium), Philippe De Vloo, Luc Joyeux, Jan Deprest
Fetal in utero microneurosurgical repair of MMC: Technical nuances and outcomes
Samer Elbabaa (USA)
♦ Folic acid fortification at the time of Covid-19: Report from an International Task Force
Adrian Caceres (Costa Rica)
Break (30′)
15:30
SPINE
Chairs: Wan Tew Seow (Singapore), Francesco Sala (Italy)
♦ Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A consensus from the Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance Working Group
Richard Anderson (USA)
♦ Spine screening in posterior fossa tumors. Do we really need it?
Jonathan Roth (Israel)
♦ Transforming the management of Chiari I malformation and Syringomyelia
Dave Limbrick (USA)
16:20-17:00
Let’s have a drink
ISPN discussion forum
How to address education and training at the time of Covid-19?
Chairs: Martina Messing-Jünger (Germany), Nelci Zanon (Brazil), José Francisco Salomão (Brazil)
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER
13:00
CHILD’S NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chair: Concezio di Rocco (Italy)
♦ Pediatric endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (CNS Focus Issue)
Waleed Azab (Kuwait)
♦ Child’s Nervous System: Annual Issue on Phacomatoses
Shlomi Constantini (Israel), Martin Schuhmann
♦ Selective dorsal rhizotomy (CNS Focus Issue)
Nobuhito Morota (Japan)
13:30
FUNCTIONAL AND EPILEPSY
Chair: Michael Handler (USA)
A newly modified SDR protocol to guide single-level approach
Bo Xiao (China)
♦ Endoscopic and radio frequency thermo-coagulation techniques for hemispherotomy
P. Sarat Chandra (India)
Intelligent neuromodulation for epilepsy
George Ibrahim (Canada)
♦ Laser thermal therapy in epilepsy surgery: Where are we?
Daniel J. Curry (USA)
Break (30′)
15:10
CSF DISORDERS
Chairs: Richard Edwards (UK), Wolfgang Wagner (Germany)
♦ Updates from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network
John Kestle (USA)
♦ Telemetric ICP monitoring in children: State-of-the-Art
Marianne Juhler (Denmark)
♦ TROPHY registry study on posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in neonates: Status report
Ulrich-W. Thomale (Germany)
♦ Over-exaggerated surgical role in sylvian arachnoid cyst type III
Kyung Hyun Kim (Korea)
♦ The bacterial and viral complexity of postinfectious hydrocephalus in Africa
Steven Schiff (USA)
16:35-17:15
Let’s have a drink
ISPN discussion forum
How to handle fragmentation (Journals, Scientific Societies) in pediatric neurosurgery?
Chairs: Frederick Boop (USA), Anthony Figaji (South Africa), Federico di Rocco (France)
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER
13:00-14:30
ISPN BUSINESS MEETING
Access only to Active ISPN Members
14:30-14:35
In memoriam
Presented by ISPN President José Francisco Salomão (Brazil)
14:35
ONCOLOGY
Chairs: Michael Taylor (Canada), Gianpiero Tamburrini (Italy)
♦ Infratentorial Ependymomas in 2020
Stephen Mack (USA)
♦ Histone mutant gliomas in 2020
Nada Jabado (Canada)
♦ How molecular biology impacts on clinical practice in 2020
Frederick Boop (USA)
Radiomics in Medulloblastoma
Tejpal Gupta (India)
♦ Endoscopic vs open surgery for third ventricle tumors: Anatomical perspective
Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas (Brazil)
♦ Endoscopic vs open surgery for third ventricle tumors: Where is technology taking us?
Sergey Gorelyshev (Russia)
Break (20′)
16:40-17:30
CRANIOFACIAL
Chairs: Marie-Lise van Veelen (the Netherlands), Guirish Solanki (UK)
♦ Distractors for craniofacial surgery in 2020
Jesse A. Taylor (USA)
Cognitive outcomes in non-syndromic craniosynostoses. What do we know in 2020?
Daniela Chieffo (Italy)
♦ Is surgical treatment justified in children with metopic synostosis?
Irene M.J. Mathijssen (the Netherlands)
17:30-17:35
Farewell message
ISPN President José Francisco Salomão (Brazil)
Wan Tew Seow (Singapore)
Francesco Sala (Italy)
