Scientific Program

ESPN COURSE 2027 APRIL 12-17 · FIUMICINO, ITALY

ESPN COURSE 2027 · 13th CYCLE – 3rd YEAR

Day 1 | Monday, April 12^th, 2027 Arrival day

ESPN Training & Education Committee Meeting
ESPN Business Meeting
ESPN 2027 Course Faculty Meeting
Welcome

Day 2 | Tuesday, April 13^th, 2027

08:15–10:30

Morning Session 1

08:15–08:30

Luca Massimi, Gianpiero Tamburrini: Introduction to the Course

Cerebral Hemispheric Tumors

Chairs: Federico Di Rocco, Tony Figaji

08:30–08:45

Simona Gaudino: Preoperative imaging evaluation and characterization

08:45–09:00

Marco Gessi: Advances in pathology and molecular biology

09:00–09:15

Tony Figaji: Neurosurgical issues

09:15–09:30

Luca Massimi: Management strategies

09:30–09:45

Federico Di Rocco: Intraoperative imaging: MRI, ultrasounds, dyes

09:45–10:00

Giuseppe Cinalli: LITT in children

10:00–10:15

Q & A

10:15–10:30

Case presentation by trainees

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–13:15

Morning Session 2

Cerebral Hemispheric Tumors

Chairs: Giuseppe Cinalli, Shlomi Constantini

11:00–11:15

Antonio Ruggiero: Malignant hemispheric tumors: oncologic approach (target therapy, need of biopsy etc.)

11:15–11:30

Martin Schuhmann: Biopsy: how to do it

11:30–11:45

Sebastian Jaimovich: Port technique Zoom

11:45–12:00

Gokmen Kahilogullari: Management of lateral ventricle tumors, including endoscopy

12:00–12:15

Mohamed El Beltagy: Management of thalamic tumors

12:15–12:30

Kristian Aquilina: Management of insular tumors

12:30–12:45

Ulrich Thomale: Management of infantile tumors

12:45–13:00

Francesco Sala: Monitoring and mapping

13:00–13:15

Q & A

13:15–14:30

Lunch Break

14:30–16:30

Afternoon Session 1

14:30–15:30

Round Table

Practical advices on skin, dura and bone opening and dural closure and bone fixation

Chair: Paolo Frassanito

Panelists: Shlomi Constantini, Tony Figaji, Radek Frič, Wan Tew Seow, Ulrich Thomale

15:30–16:30

Break-down Session

Hemispheric tumors (4 groups)

Chair: Shlomi Constantini

Discussants: Kristian Aquilina, Mohamed El Beltagy, Martina Messing-Jünger, Martin Schuhmann

16:30–17:00

Coffee Break

17:00–20:00

Group Session I

Group A

17:00–18:00
Hands-on session I
Instructors: Faculty
18:00–19:00
Case for discussion: hemispheric tumors
Instructors: Mohamed El Beltagy, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Martina Messing-Jünger, Maria Santos
19:00–20:00
Case for discussion: complex cases, complications
Instructors: Thomas Roujeau, Ricardo Santos De Oliveira, Alexandru Szathmari, Wan Tew Seow, Marie-Lise Van Veelen

Group B

17:00–18:00
Case for discussion: hemispheric tumors
Instructors: Mohamed El Beltagy, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Martina Messing-Jünger, Maria Santos
18:00–19:00
Case for discussion: complex cases, complications
Instructors: Thomas Roujeau, Ricardo Santos De Oliveira, Alexandru Szathmari, Wan Tew Seow, Marie-Lise Van Veelen
19:00–20:00
Hands-on session I
Instructors: Faculty

Group C

17:00–18:00
Case for discussion: complex cases, complications
Instructors: Thomas Roujeau, Ricardo Santos De Oliveira, Alexandru Szathmari, Wan Tew Seow, Marie-Lise Van Veelen
18:00–19:00
Hands-on session I
Instructors: Faculty
19:00–20:00
Case for discussion: hemispheric tumors
Instructors: Mohamed El Beltagy, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Martina Messing-Jünger, Maria Santos

Day 4 | Thursday, April 15^th, 2027

08:30–10:30

Morning Session 5

Spasticity

Chairs: Radek Frič, Marie-Lise Van Veelen

08:30–08:45

Domenico Romeo: Basics of neurological assessment and non-surgical treatment

08:45–09:00

Thomas Roujeau: Neurotomies: technique, results, and complications

09:00–09:15

Kristian Aquilina: Baclofen pumps vs rhizotomy: indications, pros and cons

09:15–09:30

Gianpiero Tamburrini: Rhizotomy: technique, results and complications

09:30–09:45

Luca Massimi: Baclofen pumps: technique, results and complications

09:45–10:00

Thomas Roujeau: Dystonia and DBS: principles and patients' selection

10:00–10:15

Vincenzo Levi: MRgFUS and movement disorders in children Zoom

10:15–10:30

Q & A

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–13:00

Morning Session 6

Epilepsy: Lesions

Chairs: Martina Messing-Jünger, Thomas Roujeau

11:00–11:15

Peter Spazzapan: DNT and FCD

11:15–11:30

Wan Tew Seow: Tuberous sclerosis and SEGA

11:30–11:45

Laura Valentini: Cavernomas

11:45–12:00

Marie-Lise Van Veelen: Hemimegalencephaly

12:00–12:15

Luca Massimi: Sturge-Weber

12:15–12:30

Radek Frič: Rasmussen encephalitis

12:30–12:45

Q & A

12:45–13:00

Case presentation by the trainees

13:00–14:30

Lunch Break

14:30–15:45

Afternoon Session 2

Epilepsy: Specific Issues

Chairs: Ulrich Thomale, Gianpiero Tamburrini

14:30–14:45

Domenica Battaglia: EEG including high density: what a pediatric neurosurgeon should know

14:45–15:00

Martina Messing-Jünger: Temporal lobe epilepsy: the condition

15:00–15:15

Zubair Tahir: Temporal lobe epilepsy: surgical issues

15:15–15:30

Shlomi Constantini: Hypothalamic hamartomas: definition, diagnosis and management

15:30–15:45

Q & A

15:45–16:15

Coffee Break

16:15–19:15

Group Session II

Group A

16:15–17:15
Hands-on session II
Instructors: Faculty
17:15–18:15
Case for discussion: pineal region lesions
Instructors: Giuseppe Cinalli, Mohamed El Beltagy, Deepak Gupta, Maria Santos, Alexandru Szathmari
18:15–19:15
Case for discussion: infections, complications
Instructors: Tony Figaji, Radek Frič, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Laura Valentini

Group B

16:15–17:15
Case for discussion: pineal region lesions
Instructors: Giuseppe Cinalli, Mohamed El Beltagy, Deepak Gupta, Maria Santos, Alexandru Szathmari
17:15–18:15
Case for discussion: infections, complications
Instructors: Tony Figaji, Radek Frič, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Laura Valentini
18:15–19:15
Hands-on session II
Instructors: Faculty

Group C

16:15–17:15
Case for discussion: infections, complications
Instructors: Tony Figaji, Radek Frič, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Laura Valentini
17:15–18:15
Hands-on session II
Instructors: Faculty
18:15–19:15
Case for discussion: pineal region lesions
Instructors: Giuseppe Cinalli, Mohamed El Beltagy, Deepak Gupta, Maria Santos, Alexandru Szathmari

ESPN COURSE 2027 · 13th CYCLE – 3rd YEAR