Carolina Neuroscience Institute

Advanced Skull Base Microanatomy &

Hands-on Dissection Workshop

In Collaboration with

Course Director
Takanori Fukushima, M.D.,D.M.Sc.
Director of Carolina Neuroscience Institute and Skull
Base Surgery Center

Carolina Ear Research Institute

Present

Advanced Skull Base

Microanatomy & Hands-on
Dissection Workshop

May 4-6, 2000

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

This activity is being partially supported by

Anspach Corporation

Course Co-Directors
David Barrs, M.D.
Carolina Ear and Hearing Clinic and
Carolina Ear Research Institute
Allan H. Friedman, M.D.
Professor and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Department of Neurosurgery
Duke University Medical Center
Invited Faculty
Dr. Herbert Fuchs
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Duke University
Dr. Keith Kattner
Skull Base Center
Central Illinois Neuroscience, Bloomington
Dr. Christian Matula
Professor of Neurosurgery
University Wien, Austria
Dr. Max Medary
Orlando Neuroscience Institute, Orlando
Dr. Luc De Waele
Chief of Neurosurgery, Gent, Belgium
Dr. Takuji Kohno
Chief of Neurosurgery, Seirei Memorial Hospital
Hitachi City, Japan
Dr. Hisanobu Koga
Chief of Neurosurgery, Morinoki Neurosurgery Clinic
Nagasaki City, Japan
Dr. Leon Liem
Chief of Neurosurgery, Tripler Army Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
Visit www.health-web.com/fukushima.htm
for the latest course information.

Program Description
This activity is designed for neurosurgeons and
neurotologists interested in learning the microanatomy,
surgical approaches and dissection techniques of
modern skull base surgery. This three day, intensive,
hands-on microdissection course will provide each
participant with the opportunity to perform the
various surgical skull base approaches. This workshop will consist of didactic lectures, video demonstrations and hands-on anatomical dissection.
Program Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
n Have a clear knowledge of the surgical anatomy
relevant to orbitozygomatic, cavernous sinus,
middle cranial fossa transmastoid, jugular
foramen and transpetrosal skull base
approaches
n Perform various skull base approaches and
microsurgical dissections with refined skull
base instrumentation
n Apply these advanced skull base techniques to
clinical cases with various cranial base lesions
Course Features
n Three days intensive dissection practice with
specially prepared whole head specimens
n Silicone injected arteries and veins in specimen
n Fifteen dissection tables with Zeiss high
resolution inclinable microscopes
n High performance Anspach pneumatic drill
system
n Refined Fukushima skull base instruments from
NMT Neuroscience, SEC, PMT, and
Mizuho America
n Highest quality Neuro-Skull Base Microplates by
W. Lorenz for reconstruction
Acknowledgment
The organizers express their appreciation to the
following companies who provided unrestricted
educational grants in support of this activity;
Anspach, Carl Zeiss, W. Lorenz Surgical, American
Surgical Sponges, Mizuho America, NMT Neuroscience, Olympus America, JVC, PMT Corporation
and SEC Surgical Enterprise Corp.

Program Schedule
Wednesday, May 3, 2000

Saturday, May 6, 2000

Social Program
There will be optional social events featuring a

4:00-7:00pm

7:00-8:00
8:00-8:30

Neuromasters Golf Outing on May 3, (T-time

between 11am-1pm) and May 7, (T-time between 7am-

7:30-9:00pm

Arrival and Registration

(Hampton Inn, Palm Beach Gardens)
Welcome Reception

Thursday, May 4, 2000

7:00-8:00
8:00-8:30
8:30-9:00

9:00-12:00

12:00-1:00
1:00-1:30
1:30-5:00
7:00pm

Registration & Breakfast at Hampton Inn

Lecture; Orbitozygomatic Approach
(Dr. Fukushima)
Anspach Drill Exercise
(Ronda Brown, Director of Anspach
Drill Education)
Dissection Practice:
Right Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy
and Frontotemporal Extradural
Dissection
Lunch and Video on Craniopharyngioma
Lecture; Cavernous Sinus Anatomy
(Dr. Fukushima)
Cavernous Sinus Dissection
Dinner

Friday, May 5, 2000

7:00-8:00
8:00-8:30
8:30-12:00

12:00-1:00
1:00-1:30

1:30-5:00
7:00

Breakfast at Hampton Inn

Lecture; Mastoid Anatomy I
(Dr. Barrs)
Dissection Practice:
Right Transmastoid Drilling and
Jugular Bulb Approach
Lunch and Video on Acoustic Neuroma
Lecture; Infrajugular Transcondylar
Transtubercular Anatomy
(Dr. Medary)
Posterior Fossa Meningioma
(Dr. Matula)
Infrajugular TranscondylarTranstubercular Dissection (ELITE)
Dinner

8:30-12:00

12:00-1:00
1:00-1:30
1:30-5:00

5:00pm

Breakfast at Hampton Inn

Lecture; Mastoid Anatomy II
(Dr. Fukushima)
Dissection Practice:
Left Combined Petrosal Approach,
Left Transmastoid Dissection, Facial
Nerve Anatomy
Lunch and Video on Petroclival
Meningioma
Lecture; Middle Fossa Anatomy
(Dr. Barrs)
Left Extended Middle Fossa Dissection,
Combined Petrosal Exposure, Total
Petrosectomy and Facial Nerve
Translocation
Adjourn

9am)
Registration Information
Registrant Fee: $1500 - Includes dissection practice
(2 per station) color illustrated manual, breakfast, lunch
and dinner sessions.
Registration fee will be reduced to $1,000 for second time
participants.
Registration will be limited to thirty people and will be
accepted in the order that applications are received
Observer/Auditor Fee: $400
Observers/Auditors will be limited to ten people and will
be accepted in the order applications are received
Deadline for registration is April 10, 2000.

Course Location
All lectures and labs will be held at Anspach Laboratories
Anspach Microanatomy Laboratory
4500 Riverside Drive
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Phone: 561-627-1080
Anspach Laboratories is located within walking distance
from the Hampton Inn, Palm Beach Gardens.

Contact: Sue Jasinski, Meeting Coordinator for the

Hotel Accommodations
Rooms have been reserved at the Hampton Inn, Palm
Beach Gardens and will be available at a special rate until
April 20, 2000. Please contact the hotel directly to make
a reservation or contact our office. Hotel is located twenty
minutes north of West Palm Beach Airport. Hotel courtesy
transportation is not available. Taxi ride is approximately
$25.00.
Hampton Inn, Palm Beach Gardens
4001 RCA Blvd.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Phone: 561-625-8880 Fax: 561-625-6766

your payment.

Carolina Ear Research Institute

3404 Wake Forest Road, Suite 303
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Phone: 919-876-4327, Fax: 919-876-1060
Checks should be made payable to:
Carolina Ear Research Institute, Neuroscience Fund
Please call 919-876-4327 or fax 919-876-6800 to request
bank information if you would like to wire transfer

Refund Policy
A refund of the registration fee, less a 10 percent
processing fee, will be made when followed by a written
confirmation received prior to April 20, 2000. After this
date, refunds cannot be made. Fees will not be
refunded for failure to attend. Carolina Neuroscience
Institute reserves the right to cancel or postpone any
course because of unforeseen circumstances. In the event
of such cancellation, full tuition will be refunded.

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