WSBF FELLOWSHIP DIPLOMA IN LATERAL SKULL BASE SURGERY 2024
ACADEMIC SCHEDULE
27th August To 5th of September, 2024
RAMAIAH ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER, BENGALURU, INDIA
DAY 1, Tuesday, AUGUST 27, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Inauguration & lighting of the lamp and introduction to the course
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Anatomy of the temporal bone (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Endoscopic anatomy of middle ear & facial nerve (Dr. Mohamed Badr-El-Dine)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Radiology of the temporal bone (Dr. Pallavi Rao)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Exclusive endoscopic removal of localized middle ear tumors (Dr. Mohamed Badr-El-Dine)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: All about tympanomastoid paragangliomas (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: All about tumors of the external auditory canal (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Anatomy of facial nerve & facial nerve decompression (Dr. Deviprasad D)
12:30 PM – 01:30 PM: Lunch
01:30 PM – 05:00 PM: Workshop on neuronavigation & instrumentation
DAY 2, Wednesday, August 28, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Conventional stapes surgery - my experience (Dr. SKE Appa Rao)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Canal wall up and down mastoidectomy (Dr. Meenesh Juvekar)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Surgery for cholesteatomas (Dr. Sankar Mahadevan)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Difficult situations and complications in cholesteatomas (Dr. SKE Appa Rao)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Subtotal petrosectomy: Interface between otology & lateral skull base (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: All about skull base osteomyelitis (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Medical management of skull base osteomyelitis (Dr. Neha Mishra)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (First articulated bone): Cortical mastoidectomy,
Cochlear implantation, Cochlear drill out & cochlear anatomy, Infralabyrinthine approach, Translabryinthine approach,
Lateral temporal bone resection, Infratemporal fossa approaches
08:00 PM onwards: Faculty dinner
DAY 3, Thursday, August 29, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Candidacy for cochlear implantation and surgical techniques (Dr. Rajeev Kapila)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Early intervention in cochlear implantation (Dr. Sanjiv Badhwar)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Cochlear implantation: A-Z (Dr. Meenesh Juvekar)
09:30 AM – 09:45 AM: Surgical steps in cochlear implant surgery (Dr. Ramesh Kaulgud K)
09:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Social welfare initiatives for hearing rehabilitation: Spearheading the GoK program (Dr. Ramesh
Kaulgud K)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Bone anchored hearing solutions: BAHA & Osia (Cochlear India)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Single stage implantation in skull base surgery: A paradigm shift (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Auditory Brainstem implantation: A-Z (Dr. Raghunandan Sampath Kumar)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (Second articulated bone): Cortical
mastoidectomy, Infralabyrinthine approach, Translabryinthine approach, Lateral temporal bone resection, Infratemporal
fossa approaches
DAY 4, Friday, August 30, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Introduction to intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (Dr. Yasmine Elashram)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Intraoperative monitoring of facial nerve in skull base surgery (Dr. Yasmine Elashram)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Intraoperative hearing preservation in Skull Base Surgery (Dr. Yasmine Elashram)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Value monitoring trigeminal & lower cranial nerves in skull base surgery (Dr. Yasmine Elashram)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Case Discussions
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: All about petrous bone cholesteatomas (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Petrous apex: anatomy and surgical strategies (Dr. Ravi Samy)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (on first side of cadaver): Cortical
mastoidectomy, Infralabyrinthine approach, Translabryinthine approach, Lateral temporal bone resection, Transotic
approach, Transcochlear approach
DAY 5, Saturday, August 31, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: The Translabryinthine approach (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Transotic and transcochlear approaches (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Combined approaches (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: All about endolymphatic sac tumors (Dr. Niveditha Damodharan)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 PM: Wait & scan, surgery or radiotherapy for vestibular schwannomas (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
11:30 PM – 12:00 PM: Case Discussions
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM - Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (on first side of cadaver): Infratemporal fossa
approaches, Far lateral approach
DAY 6, Sunday, September 01, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Anatomy of the middle cranial fossa (Dr. Ravi Samy)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Radiology of the middle cranial fossa (Dr. Pallavi Rao)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: All about trigeminal neuralgias (Dr. Bhavin Parikh)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Management of tumors of cavernous sinus (Dr. Suresh Dugani)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: All about trigeminal schwannomas (Dr. Suresh Dugani)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: The middle fossa approach: Indications and technique (Dr. Ravi Samy)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: All about skull base epidermoids (Dr. Suresh Dugani)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (on first side of cadaver): Middle cranial fossa
approach, Kawase’s approach
DAY 7, Monday, September 02, 2024
08:00 AM – 09:00 AM: Breakfast with Faculty @ Truffles, RMV Extn. Bangalore
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Anatomy of the posterior cranial fossa (Dr. Krishna Prabhu)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Radiology of the posterior cranial fossa (Dr. Pallavi Rao)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: All about meningiomas (Dr. Krishna Prabhu)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: All about vestibular schwannomas (Dr. Sathwik Shetty)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Minimally invasive retrosigmoid approach (Dr. Bhavin Parikh)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (on first side of cadaver): Minimally invasive
retrosigmoid approach, Suboccipital approach
DAY 8, Tuesday, September 03, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Anatomy of the infratemporal fossa (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Radiology of the infratemporal fossa (Dr. Chanabasappa Chavadi)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Infratemporal fossa approaches (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: All about skull base paragangliomas (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Non vascular tumors of the jugular foramen (Dr. Pawan Singhal)
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Management of parapharyngeal space tumors (Dr. Pawan Singhal)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Management of the internal carotid artery in skull base surgeries (Dr. Sampath CP Rao)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (on second side of cadaver): Cortical
mastoidectomy, Infralabyrinthine approach, Translabryinthine approach, Transotic approach, Transcochlear approach
DAY 9, Wednesday, September 04, 2024
08:00 AM – 08:30 AM: Anatomy of the internal carotid artery (Dr. Iype Cherian & team)
08:30 AM – 09:00 AM: Modified Dolenc approach (Dr. Iype Cherian & team)
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Interventional neuroradiology in lateral skull base surgery (Dr. Ullas Acharya)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Anatomy of the vertebral artery (Dr. Iype Cherian & team)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Pterional and orbitozygomatic approaches (Dr. Iype Cherian & team)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Fellowship Exam
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with demonstration by faculty (on second side of cadaver): Combined approach,
Dolenc approach
Workshop on microvascular anastamosis (Dr. Iype Cherian and Dr. Salona)
DAY 10, Thursday, September 05, 2024
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: Approaches to the jugular bulb (Dr. Regi Thomas)
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Surgical management of skull base osteomyelitis (Dr. Regi Thomas)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Facial plastics and skull base surgery: Match made in heaven (Dr. Vishwas KV)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Assessment of the facial nerve and grading systems (Dr. Vishwas KV)
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: KEYNOTE LECTURE: The future is here: Robotics in skull base surgery (Ms. Anupam Nayak)
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch
01:00 PM – 05:00 PM: Stepwise dissection with faculty (on second side of cadaver): Infratemporal fossa approaches,
Minimally invasive retrosigmoid approach, Suboccipital approach, Far lateral approach
08:00 PM onwards: Gala Dinner @ ITC Windsor
