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Vol 9 No 1 Archive

Annual Meeting Final Program - March 20, 2000

7:00 am - 1:00 pm
Registration

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Contributed Papers/Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session A
General Topic: Acoustic Neuroma Manangement
Moderators:
Derald E. Brackmann, MD
Mark E. Linskey, MD

8:00 am
Management of Acoustic Neuromas in Hearing Patients
Rick A. Friedman, MD, PhD (presenter), William E. Hitselberger, MD, Derald E. Brackmann, MD, J. Diaz Day, MD (Los Angeles, USA)

8:10 am
Current Results of the Surgical Management of Acoustic Neuroma
Sun H. Lee, MD (presenter), Thomas O. Willcox Jr, MD, William A. Buchheit, MD (Philadelphia, USA)

8:20 am
The Contemporary Acoustic Neuroma: Evolution of Symptoms and Audiometric Findings
Jeff R. Adams, MD (presenter), Johnny B. Delashaw Jr, MD, Sean O. McMenomey, MD (Portland, USA)

8:30 am
Multi-disciplinary Decision-Making For The Management Of Patients With Unilateral Vestibular Schwannomas
Mark E. Linskey, MD (presenter), John Dornhoffer, MD, Dennis Shrieve, MD, PhD (Little Rock, USA)

8:40 am
Hearing Preservation in Middle Fossa Approach to Acoustic Neuromas
George Alexiades, MD (presenter), J. Thomas Roland Jr, MD, Arun Gadre, MD, Andrew J. Fishman, MD, Noel L. Cohen, MD (New York, USA)

8:50 am
Discussion and Questions

9:00 am
Advantages of the Retrosigmoid Approach in Auditory Brainstem Implantation
Vittorio Colletti, MD (presenter), Francesco Fiorino, MD, Marco Carner, MD, Luca Sacchetto, MD (Verona, ITALY)

9:10 am
Suboccipital Transmeatal Approach to Acoustic Neuromas: Microsurgical Considerations on Hearing Preservation
Christos A. Tsonidis, MD (presenter), Pantelis N. Hadjiioannou, MD, Dimitrios G. Paharouridis, MD, Ioannis D. Venizelos, MD, S. Ndugu Djau, Dimitrios K. Psaroulis, Philippos D. Tsitsopoulos (Thessaloniki, GREECE)

9:20 am
Hearing Preservation in Large Acoustic Neurinoma Surgery
Takashi Sasayama, MD (presenter), Masashi Morikawa, MD, Tatsuya Nagashima, MD, Kazumasa Ehara, MD, Norihiko Tamaki, MD (Kobe, JAPAN)

9:30 am
Unusual Radiological Feature of CP Angle Schwanomma
Y.S. Mohan, MD (presenter), Manas Panigrahi, MD, Murali Guthikonda,MD, Dennis Bojrab, MD, Coleen Duffy, RN, BSN (Detroit, USA)

9:40 am
Trigeminal Nerve Route Approach for Small Acoustic Tumors
Taku Shigeno, MD (presenter)(Kanagawa, JAPAN)

9:50 am
Discussion and Questions

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Contributed Papers/Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session B
General Topic: Vascular Lesions
Moderators:
Mario Ammirati, MD
Gail L. Rosseau, MD

8:00 am
Dural Arterio-Venous Malformation - An Unusual Cause for Objective Pulsatile Tinnitus
Harish N. Shownkeen, MD (presenter), John Leonetti, MD, Thomas C, Origitano, MD, PhD (Maywood, USA)

8:10 am
Extension of the Orbitozygomatic Osteotomies to Improve Access to P2-P3 Region
Todd T. Trier, MD (presenter), Fernando Gonzales, MD, Robert F. Spetzler, MD (Phoenix, USA)

8:20 am
Balloon Occlusion Test and Occlusion for Aneurysms and Skull Base Tumors. A Series of 133 Cases
Bernard George, MD (presenter), B. Houdart, MD, R. Chapot, MD (Paris, FRANCE)

8:30 am
Endovascular Treatment of Traumatic Internal Carotid Artery at the Level of the Skull Base - Intracranial
Steven P. Gabel, MD (presenter), Harish N. Shownkeen, MD, Thomas C. Origitano, MD, PhD, Guy J. Petruzzelli, MD, PhD, John P. Leonetti, MD (Maywood, USA)

8:40 am
Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Cavernous Sinus - Report of Seven Cases
Kyu-Sung Lee, MD (presenter)(Seoul, KOREA)

8:50 am
Discussion and Questions

General Topic: CP Angle and Orbital Apex

9:00 am
Facial Paralysis Associated With Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors: A Sign of Potential Malignancy
Douglas C. Bigelow, MD (presenter), Mark J. Kotapka, MD, Terrance J. Kwiatkowski, MD, Peter G. Smith, MD, PhD (Philadelphia, USA)

9:10 am
Cranial Nerve Root Entry Zone Primary Cerebellopontine Angle Gliomas
Kenan I. Arnautovic, MD (presenter), Mark E. Linskey MD (Little Rock, USA)

9:20 am
Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: Anatomical and Surgical Considerations in Relation to Outcome
Douglas E. Anderson, MD (presenter), John P. Leonetti, MD (Maywood, USA)

9:30 am
Antero-medial Approach to the Orbit
Haluk Deda, MD (presenter), Irfan Yorulmaz, MD, Babur Kucuk, MD (Ankara, TURKEY)

9:40 am
Surgical Management of Orbital Apex Tumors
Joung H. Lee, MD (presenter), Greg A. Kosmorsky, DO (Cleveland, USA)

9:50 am
Discussion and Questions
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Break

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Plenary Session - Honored Guest Lecture
Derald E. Brackmann, MD
Early Proactive Management of NF2

11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Seminar: Acoustic Tumor Panel
Moderators:
Kalmon D. Post, MD
Derald E. Brackmann, MD
Peter C. Weber, MD
Panelists:
• Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery: Preoperative Factors
Richard J. Wiet, MD
• Intraoperative Monitoring for Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Neuroma surgery
Aage R. Møller, PhD
• Hearing Preservation in Acoustic Tumor Surgery: Middle Fossa Approach
Clough Shelton, MD
• Preservation of Hearing and Facial Function in Acoustic Tumor Surgery
Takanori Fukushima, MD
• Hearing Preservation Following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Christer Lindquist, MD, PhD
• Auditory Brainstem Implants-NYU Experience
John G. Golfinos, MD, J. Thomas Roland Jr, MD • Management of Giant Acoustic Tumors
Mario Sanna, MD

1:00 pm
Announcement of Oral and Poster Presentation Awards

Exhibit Grand Prize Drawings

Adjournment