NASBS

North American Skull Base Society

2025 DISSECTION PRE-COURSE

The skull base dissection course is designed for residents, fellows, and practicing skull base surgeons within the surgical specialties comprising the NASBS. Participants will have access to high-quality cadaveric specimens for hands-on dissection utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation. Proctoring will be provided by experts in skull base surgery who will demonstrate a wide variety of open and endoscopic skull base approaches with individual expert faculty supervision and mentorship. All participants will also receive training in the endoscopic carotid artery injury cadaveric simulation.

New this year, the course will be a half-day didactic and hands-on session on microvascular and nerve anastomosis. This session will feature expert didactic and hands-on teaching on both topics. Participants will be able to learn about the indications for both microvascular anastomosis and nerve graft anastomosis. They will then be able to practice hands-on microvascular and neural anastomosis in the lab, with expert faculty guidance. This addition to the course will provide a truly comprehensive skull base training experience. 

PROGRAM

Subject to Change

Please note the Pre-Meeting Hands-On Course takes place at the LSU Health Lab-New Orleans; transportation will be provided to and from the headquarter hotel

DAY 1: Febuary 12, 2025

7:30 AMRegistration/Breakfast
7:45 AMIntroduction
8:00 AMEndonasal Skull Base Anatomy and Flap Modifications
8:20 AMStep by Step Sellar Exposures
8:40 AMStep by Step Cribriform with Middle Turbinate Preservation
9:00 AMStep by Step Tubercular/Planar
9:20 AMStep by Step Transclival/Transodontoid
9:30 AMBreak
9:45 AMLab
 Model anastomosis
Vascular anastomosis Nerve anastomosis
12:00 PMLunch / Case Discussions
1:00 PMPPF/ITF 3D Anatomy
1:20 PMStep by Step PPF/ITF with Middle Fossa/Mekels/Cavernous 
1:30 PMManaging Endonasal Skull Base Complications
1:45 PMEndoscopic vs Supraorbital – When to do Which?
2:05 PMBreak
2:15 PMLab
 Endoscopic Approach to PPF/ITF with Middle Fossa/Mekels/Cavernous Sinuses Supraorbital approach to anterior skull base  
5:00 PMQ&A

DAY 2: Febuary 13, 2025

7:30 AMIntroduction/Breakfast
7:45 AMTemporal and Posterior Fossa 3D Anatomy
8:15 AMAnterior Petrosectomy/Middle fossa Approaches Step by Step / Indications
8:35 AMPosterior Petrosectomy/Retrosig Approach Step by Step / Indications
8:55 AMTranslabyrinthine/Transcochlear/Endoscopic Approach CPA-Step by Step / Indications
9:15 AMBreak
9:30 AMLab
 Anterior Petrosectomy Posterior Petrosectomy Translabyrinthine Approach  
12:00 PMLunch / Case Discussion
1:00 PMMicrovascular Anastomosis Neurosurgery Indications
1:20 PMMicrovascular Anastomosis Head and Neck Surgery Indications
1:40 PMStep by Step Intracranial Bypass Anastomosis
2:00 PMStep by Step facial nerve anastomosis/graft
2:15 PMLab
  Model anastomosis Vascular anastomosis Nerve anastomosis
5:00 PMQ&A