Skull Base Day
SECOND SKULL BASE DAY
on MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF PITUITARY TUMORS
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
PROGRAMME
08h30-09h00 : Registration and Coffee
09h00-09h30 : Welcome, introduction and strategy dilemmas in pituitary tumors
Incidence and clinical presentation
Tony Van Havenbergh, Thomas Somers: Skull Base Team St.-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium
09h30-10h00 : Differential diagnosis and radiological features of pituitary tumors
Bert De Foer, Skull Base Team St.-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium
10h00-10h30 : Epidemiology, clinical presentation and pre-operative evaluation of pituitary tumors
Alberto Pereira, LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands
10h30-11h00 : Coffee Break
11h00-11h45 : The transnasal routes to the pituitary region
Mark Jorissen, V. Vander Poorten, J. Van Loon en M. Bex, UZ Leuven, Belgium
11h45-12h30 : Endoscopic endonasal approach
Andre Grotenhuis, Neurochirurgisch Centrum Nijmegen, The Netherlands
12h30-14h00 : Walking Dinner
14h00-14h45 : Cures in Invasive Secreting Pituitary Adenoma and the case of the “Berlin Man”.
Ali Krisht, Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, Little Rock, USA
15h45-15h15 : Radiosurgery and (Stereotactic) radiotherapy for pituitary tumors
Paul Depauw, Gamma Knife Center, Tilburg, The Netherlands
15h15-15h30 : Coffee break
15h30-16h00 : Surgical approaches to parasellar lesions
Philippe Herman, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
16h00-16h30 : Post-operative monitoring of pituitary tumors: the endocrinologist’s perspective
Dominique Maiter, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
16h30-17h15 : Round Table
Bert De Foer, Paul Depauw, Andre Grotenhuis, Philippe Herman, Mark Jorissen, Ali Krisht, Dominique Maiter, Alberto Pereira, Thomas Somers, Tony Van Havenbergh
17h15 : Closing remarks
VENUE
St.-Augustinus Hospital
Entrance Oosterveld
Oosterveldlaan 24
2610 Wilrijk (Antwerp)
Belgium
www.gza.be
REGISTRATION
Please register before August 26, 2012. Registration is limited to 100 participants on first come, first serve basis.
Participation fee: 75 € on KBC Bank Account N° BE80 7350 2604 3777 – BIC code KREDBEBB
Accreditation is applied for
You can register online by clicking here, or contact the Skull Base Team:
Skull Base Team
St.-Augustinus Hospital
Dept. of Neurosurgery
Oosterveldlaan 24
2610 Wilrijk (Antwerp)
Belgium
Tel +32 (0)3 443 37 71
Fax +32 (0)3 443 30 18
E-mail info@neurochirurgiegroep.be
SKULL BASE COURSE
Anterolateral, lateral and posterolateral approaches
September 5-7, 2012
Organised by the department of Neurosurgery of the Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands in close cooperation with Professor Ali F. Krisht.
More information and registration: www.skillslab.nl