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Vol 9 No 1 Archive

Annual Meeting Final Program - March 18, 2000

7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Contributed Papers/Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session A
General Topic: Image Guided Surgery
Moderators:
Vinod K. Anand, MD
Ricardo L. Carrau, MD

8:00 am
Use of LandmarX(tm) Surgical Navigation System in Lateral Skull Base and Temporal Bone Surgery
Hinrich Staecker, MD, PhD (presenter), Howard Eisenberg MD, Bert W. O'Malley Jr, MD (Baltimore, USA)

8:10 am
Frameless navigation in cranial base surgery Current and future perspectives
Shigeo Sora, MD (presenter), Akio Morita, MD, Nobutaka Kawahara, MD, Takaaki Kirino, MD (Tokyo, JAPAN)

8:20 am
From Frame-Based to Frameless Brain Biopsies; The End of a Millennium and the Beginning of another
George Samandouras, MD (presenter), M.S. Eljamel, MBBCh, MD, FRCSI, IFRCS(SN), FABI (Dundee, UNITED KINGDOM)

8:30 am
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Skull Base Lesions by Integration of Advanced Technologies
Norihiko Tamaki, MD (presenter), Tatsuya Nagashima, MD, Kazumasa Ehara, MD, Mitugu Nakamura, MD, Masashi Morikawa, MD, Akira Tamura, MD, Shinichi Shimada, MD, Darin Yin, MD (Kobe, JAPAN)

8:40 am
The Efficacy and Accuracy of the StealthStation Frameless Stereotactic System for Intracranial Applications without Fudicials
Daniel R. Pieper, MD (presenter), Robert Forte, MD (Southfield, USA)

8:50 am
Discussion and Questions

9:00 am
Image Guided Craniocervical Decompression with Staged Fusion: Patient Outcome and Complication Analysis
William C. Welch, MD (presenter), Amin Kassam, MD, Todd P. Thompson, MD, Riccardo carrau, MD, Carl Snyderman, MD (Pittsburgh, USA)

9:10 am
Portable Intraoperative CT in Skull Base Surgery
Atul Patel, MD (presenter), Amin Kassam, MD, Ricardo Carrau, MD, Carl Snyderman, MD, Melanie Fukui, MD, William Welch, MD, Howard Yonas, MD (Pittsburgh, USA)

9:20 am
Intra-Operative Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Role in Cranial Base Surgery
Joseph C. Dort, MD (presenter), Garnette R. Sutherland, MD (Calgary, CANADA)

9:30 am
Two-Day, Consecutive Staged Surgery for Advanced Skull Base Tumors
Thomas C. Origitano, MD, PhD (presenter), John P. Leonetti, MD, Douglas E. Anderson, MD, W. Scott Jellish, MD, PhD (Maywood, USA)

9:40 am
Comparison of Scientific Calipers and Computer-Enabled CT Review for the Measurement of Skull Base Dimensions
Martin J. Citardi, MD (presenter), Brian Herrmann, MD, Brendan Stack, MD, Margaret Cooper, PhD, Richard Bucholz, MD (St. Louis, USA)

9:50 am
Discussion and Questions

8:00 am - 10:00 am
Contributed Papers/Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session B
General Topic: Quality of Life and Skull Base Malignancies
Moderators:
W. Scott Jellish, MD, PhD
Lawrence J. Marentette, MD

8:00 am
Quality of Life Assessment Following Skull Base Surgery, the Toronto Experience
Camilla M.A. Carroll, MD, FRCS(ORL) (presenter), Patrick J Gullane MB, Jonathan C Irish MD, Fred Gentili MD, Peter C Neligan MD (Toronto, CANADA)

8:10 am
Surgical Treatment of Skull Base Meningiomas - Balancing Radicality with the Quality of Life
Tatsuya Nagashima, MD (presenter), Norihiko Tamaki, MD, Kazumasa Ehara, MD, Mitugu Nakamura, MD, Masashi Morikawa, MD, Akira Tamura, MD, Shinichi Shimada, MD (Kobe, JAPAN)

8:20 am
The Role of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Cranial Base Care
Lawrence J. Marentette, MD (presenter), Kristin L. Switz, PA-C, MPH, H. Alexander Arts, MD, Timothy D. Doerr, MD, Donald A. Ross, MD, B. Gregory Thompson, MD (Ann Arbor, USA)

8:30 am
Comparison of Postoperative Variables Observed After Differing Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base
W. Scott Jellish, MD, PhD (presenter), John P. Leonetti, MD, Douglas Anderson, MD, Elaine Fluder, RN, MSN (Maywood, USA)

8:40 am
Radiosurgery for Cranial Base Recurrences of Head and Neck Cancer: Successes and Limitations
Edward Melian, MD (presenter), Douglas Anderson MD, Leonid Leybvich PhD, John Leonetti MD, and Bahman Emami MD (Maywood, USA)

8:50 am
Discussion and Questions

9:00 am
Skull Base Second Malignancy in Patients with Hereditary Retinoblastoma
Timothy D. Doerr, MD (presenter), Lawrence J. Marentette, MD, Donald A. Ross, MD, Kristin L. Switz, PA-C, MPH (Ann Arbor, USA)

9:10 am
The Misdiagnosis of Olfactory Neuroblastoma and Its Clinical Implications
Franco De Monte, MD (presenter), Gregory N. Fuller, MD, PhD, Eduardo M. Diaz Jr, MD, Lawrence E. Ginsbery, MD (Houston, USA)

9:20 am
Surgical Management of Infratemporal Fossa Tumors in Children
George I. Jallo, MD (presenter), Mark Persky, MD (New York, USA)

9:30 am
Management of Intratemporal Facial Nerve Schwannomas
Patrick J. Connolly, MD (presenter), Mitesh V. Shah, MD, Richard T. Miyamoto, MD, Michael Fritsch, MD (Indianapolis, USA)

9:40 am
Extratemporal Lower Cranial Nerve Sheath Tumors
Bryan Wachter, MD (presenter), John P. Leonetti, MD, Guy J. Petruzzelli, MD, PhD, Sam Marzo, MD (Maywood, USA)

9:50 am
Discussion and Questions

10:00 am
Exhibit Hall Opens

10:00 am - 10:30 am
Break - Visit Exhibits and Poster Presentations

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Plenary Session
Topic: Skull Base Surgery for Vascular Lesions
Robert F. Spetzler, MD

11:00 am - 11:45 am
Seminar: Sphenoid Wing and Cavernous Sinus Tumors
Moderators:
Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD
Peter B. Weber, MD
Panelists:
• Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas
Laligam N. Sekhar, MD
• Microsurgery of Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas
Vinko V. Dolenc, MD, PhD
• Sellar and Parasellar Lesions
Ivan Ciric, MD
• Radiation Surgery of Benign Cavernous Sinus Tumors
Michael J. Link, MD
• Radical Surgery of Benign Cavernous Sinus Tumors
Thomasz Helenowski, MD

11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Seminar: Glomus Jugulare Tumors
Moderators:
Douglas C. Bigelow, MD
C. Gary Jackson, MD
Panelists:
• Long Term Tumor Control Results with Surgical Resection
Jon H. Robertson, MD
• Long Term Tumor Control Results with Surgical Resection and Radiation
Michael J. Holliday, MD
• Complications of Treatment from Surgery and Radiation
Douglas D. Backous, MD
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Glomus Jugulare Tumors
Sandro Eustacchio, MD

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch Break - Visit Exhibits and Poster Presentations

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Seminar: Petrous Apex Lesions
Moderators:
Donald P. Becker, MD
Ossama Al-Mefty, MD
Panelists:
• Imaging of Temporal Bone Lesions
Arvind Kumar, MD
• Choosing an Appropriate Approach to the Petrous Apex
Johnny B. Delashaw Jr, MD
• Management of Solid Tumors of the Petrous Apex-Neurotologic Perspective
Bruce J. Gantz, MD
• Management of Solid Tumors of the Petrous Apex-Neurosurgical Perspective
Ossama Al-Mefty, MD

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Seminar: Juvenile Angiofibromas
Moderators:
Ehab Y.N. Hanna, MD
Steven A. Newman, MD
Panelists:
• Stereotactic Radiation
Eben Alexander, III, MD
• Imaging Embolization
George P. Teitelbaum, MD
• Surgical Approaches-Facial Translocation Approach
Ivo P. Janecka, MD
• Surgical Approaches: Degloving with Olfactory Sparing
Robert F. Spetzler, MD

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Break - Visit Exhibits and Poster Presentations

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Contributed Papers/Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session A
General Topic: Microvascular Decompression Techniques
Moderators:
Peter J. Jannetta, MD
H. Alan Crockard, FRCS

3:30 pm
Microvascular Decompression of the Vestibulocochlear Nerve for Disabling Positional Vertigo – The House Ear Clinic Experience
J. Diaz Day, MD (presenter), Derald E. Brackmann, MD, Bradley W. Kesser, MD (Los Angeles, USA)

3:40 pm
Effects of Botulinin Toxin on Clinical Outcome of Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm
Alan M. Scarrow, MD, JD (presenter), Amin B. Kassam, MD, Atul Patel, MD, Elad I. Levy, MD, Michael Horowitz, MD, Howard Yonas, MD, Peter J. Jannetta, MD, DSc (Pittsburgh, USA)

3:50 pm
Effect of Botulinin Toxin on Intraoperative Lateral Spread During Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm
Alan M. Scarrow, MD, JD (presenter), Amin B. Kassam, MD, Jeffrey R. Balzer, PhD, Atul Patel, MD, Timothy Witham, MD, Michael Horowitz, MD, Peter J. Jannetta, MD, DSc (Pittsburgh, USA)

4:00 pm
Snare Technique of Vascular Transposition in Microvascular Decompression. A Key Surgery to Avoid Recurrence
Taku Shigeno, MD (presenter)(Kanagawa, JAPAN)

4:10 pm
Discussion and Questions

General Topic: Clival Tumors

4:15 pm
Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas - A 12 Year Review
H. Alan Crockard, FRCS (presenter), Anthony D. Cheesman, FRCS, Nicholas Plowman, MD (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

4:25 pm
Petroclival Chordomas: A Management Challenge
Dan V. Plev, MD (presenter), Christianto B. Lumenta, PhD, MD, Hans A. Trost, MD (Muenchen, GERMANY)

4:35 pm
Cranial Neuropathy and Tumors of the Clivus
John Brockenbrough, MD (presenter), Guy J. Petruzzelli, MD, PhD (Maywood, USA)

4:45 pm
Surgical Management of an Infrasellar Craniopharyngioma
George I. Jallo, MD (presenter), Karl Kothbauer, MD, Mark Persky, MD, Fred Epstein, MD (New York, USA)

4:55 pm
Discussion and Questions

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Contributed Papers/Oral Presentations
Concurrent Session B
General Topic: Endoscopic Assisted Surgery
Moderators:
Amin B. Kassam, MD, FRCS(C)
Steven A. Newman, MD

3:30 pm
MRI-Guided Localization in Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Surgery: A New
Atul Patel, MD (presenter), Amin Kassam, MD, Ricardo Carrau, MD, Carl Snyderman, MD (Pittsburgh, USA)

3:40 pm
Endoscopic-Assisted, Image Guided Craniocervical Decompression
William C. Welch, MD (presenter), Amin Kassam, MD, Ricardo Carrau, MD, Carl Snyderman, MD (Pittsburgh, USA)

3:50 pm
Endoscopic Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa: Detailed Dissections
Amin B. Kassam, MD, FRCS(C) (presenter), Ricardo Carrau, MD, Carl Snyderman, MD, Atul Patel, MD, Alferdo Herrera, MD, William Welch, MD (Pittsburgh, USA)

4:00 pm
Comparison of the Exposure Obtained by Endoscope and Microscope in Surgery of the Middle Cranial Base Via Extended Transsphenoidal Approach
Funda Batay, MD (presenter), Emre Vural, MD, Aykut Karasu, MD, Igor de Castro, MD, Ehab Hanna, MD, Ossama Al-Mefty, MD (Little Rock, USA)

4:10 pm
Discussion and Questions

General Topic: Fibrous Dysplasia

4:15 pm
Endoscopic Decompression of a Recurring Fibro-Osseus Lesion of the Spheno-Clival Region
Strinivas R. Kaza, MD (presenter), Phillip K. Pellitteri, DO, Bret T. Sobota, MD (Danville, USA)

4:25 pm
The Problems of and Advances in Treating Fibrous Dysplasia
Ian T. Jackson, MD (presenter), Henry G. Bone, MD, Blaise Audet, MD (Southfield, USA)

4:35 pm
Neuro-ophthalmic Manifestations of Fibrous Dysplasia
Steven A. Newman, MD (presenter)(Charlottesville, USA)

4:45 pm
Epidural Abscess Masquerading as Lateral Thrombosis
David C. Brodner, MD (presenter), Jeff Cutler, BS, Gerard J. Gianoli, MD, Ronald G. Amedee, MD (New Orleans, USA)

4:55 pm
Discussion and Questions