WSBF FELLOWSHIP DIPLOMA IN Anterior Skull Base Surgery
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
16TH NOVEMBER 2024 - 25TH DECEMBER 2024
RAMAIAH ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER, BENGALURU, INDIA
DAY 1, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Inauguration: Lighting of lamp & introduction to course
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Anatomy of anterior cranial fossa
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Radiology of anterior cranial fossa
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Anatomical radiology of nose and paranasal sinuses
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Cofee break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Reading a scan for skull base pathologies
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Approaches to endoscopic skull base surgery
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Challenges in endoscopic skull base surgery
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Workshop on neuronavigation in skull base surgery
DAY 2, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: All about allergic and vasomotor rhinitis
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: All about immunotherapy
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: All about chronic sinusitis
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: All about empty nose syndrome
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Cofee break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: All about inverted papillomas
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: All about lacrimal apparatus
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Approaches to the lacrimal sac
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Workshop on virtual reality & augmented reality in skull base surgery
DAY 3, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Endoscopic dacrocystorhinostomy with and without silicone intubation
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Indications of dacrocystorhinostomy in pediatric patients
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: All about mucoceles of the paranasal sinuses
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: All about allergic fungal rhinosinusitis
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Cofee break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Mucormycosis: Epidemic of the century
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Microbiology and antifungal therapy in mucormycosis
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Surgical management of mucormycosis
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Workshop on robotics, instrumentation & advancements (Eindhoven Medical Robotics,
Karl Storz, Bien-Air, Medtronic, Cyclops, IoM Precision and Aesculap)
DAY 4, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2024
08.00 AM – 08.30 AM: All about esthesioneuroblastomas
08.30 AM – 09.00 AM: Anterior skull base lesions: Transcranial and transfacial management principles
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: Principles and practices of reconstruction of anterior skull base
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: Craniofacial fbrous dysplasia
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: Cofee break
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM: Rare craniofacial malformations
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM: Complications in anterior skull base surgery and how to avoid them
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Nuances of septal surgery
12.00 PM – 12.30 PM: External faps for anterior skull base surgery
12.30 PM – 01.00 PM: Lunch
01.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Temporoparietal fascia, fascia lata, nasolabial, galeal &
paramedian forehead fap
DAY 5, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024
08.00 AM – 09.00 AM: Breakfast with faculty at Trufes, New BEL Road
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: Basics and advances of FESS
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: Perioperative care to reduce intraoperative bleeding in rhinosurgery
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: All about CSF leaks
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM: Surgical management of CSF leaks
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM: coffee break
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: The Hadad fap
12.00 PM – 12.30 PM: How to preserve olfaction in harvesting Hadad's fap
12.30 PM – 01.30 PM: Lunch
01.30 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Septoplasty, septal perforation repair, lacrimal sac
decompression & basic FESS
DAY 6, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2024
08.00 AM – 08.30 AM: Approaches to maxillary sinus
08.30 AM – 09.00 AM: Endoscopic medial maxillectomy: Tailoring your approach
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: Opening up the sphenoid
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: Endoscopic orbital decompression
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: Cofee break
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM: Endoscopic optic nerve decompression
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM: Anatomy of the orbit & relation to skull base
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery
12.00 PM – 01.00 PM: Lunch
01.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: External approaches to the orbit & endoscopic
approaches to the orbit
DAY 7, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2024
08.00 AM – 08.30 AM: Anatomy of the infratemporal fossa
08.30 AM – 09.00 AM: Radiology of infratemporal fossa
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: All about juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofbromas
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: Transpterygoid approach to the infratemporal fossa
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: Cofee break
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM: Surgical management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofbroma
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM: Anatomy of the frontal sinus
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Frontal sinus surgery & Draf procedures
12.00 PM – 01.00 PM: Lunch
01.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Draf, extended frontal approaches, anterior cranial
fossa approaches
DAY 8, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024
08.00 AM – 08.30 AM: Anatomy of middle and posterior cranial fossa
08.30 AM – 09.00 AM: Radiology of middle and posterior cranial fossa
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: All about pituitary adenomas
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: All about craniopharyngiomas
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: Cofee break
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM: Trans-sphenoidal approaches
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM: Surgical management of sellar and suprasellar regions
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Two nostril – four hand and the importance of teamwork in anterior skull base surgery
12.00 PM – 01.00 PM: Lunch
01.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Middle cranial fossa & posterior cranial fossa
approaches – sagittal plane
DAY 9, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024
08.00 AM – 08.30 AM: All about nasopharyngeal carcinomas
08.30 AM – 09.00 AM: Management of central skull base osteomyelitis
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: Surgical approaches to posterior cranial fossa
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: Endoscopic approach to the petrous apex and jugular foramen
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: coffee break
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM: Approaches to the clivus
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM: Approach to foramen magnum
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM: Transclival approaches
12.00 PM – 01.00 PM: Lunch
01.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Infratemporal fossa and petrous apex – coronal plane
DAY 10, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2024
08.00 AM – 08.30 AM: Antero-lateral approach to the skull base
08.30 AM – 09.00 AM: Indications and techniques of vascular anastomosis
09.00 AM – 09.30 AM: Cofee break
09.30 AM – 10.00 AM: Role of radiation in skull base tumors
10.00 AM – 10.30 AM: KEYNOTE LECTURE: Future technology and future of skull base surgery
10.30 AM – 11.30 AM: Fellowship diploma exam
11.30 AM – 12.30 PM: Lunch
12.30 PM – 02.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Vascular anastomosis
02.00 PM – 05.00 PM: Stepwise dissection by faculty: Supraorbital approach and anterolateral approach
07.00 PM onwards: Ofcial banquet at Hotel Shangri-La Bengaluru
