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VIRTUAL MEETING  PROGRAM

The program for the Virtual Meeting will contain the most pressing & exciting topics in pediatric neurosurgery today presented by global leaders.

The program will start each day at 13:00 CET.

Below is the final program.

Last update: 4 November

RECORDINGS

The recordings from the ISPN 2020 Virtual meeting are available through the ISPN YouTube channel.

The presentations with the ‘‘ sign and clickable image underneath are avaialble for viewing online.

FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER

13:00-13:05

Welcome and introduction

ISPN President José Francisco Salomão (Brazil), ISPN Scientific Committee Chair Francisco Sala (Italy)

13:05

FETAL SURGERY AND MMC

Chairs: William Whitehead (USA), Abhaya Kulkarni (Canada)

Life after MOMS – consensus and controversy 

Dominic Thompson (UK)

Prognosis and new classification of antenatal dysraphisms

Michel Zerah (France), Timothée de Saint Denis, Catherine Garel, Federico Di Rocco, Jean Marie Jouannic

Fetoscopy or open surgery. Same patients? Same surgeons? Same results?

Frank van Calenbergh (Belgium), Philippe De Vloo, Luc Joyeux, Jan Deprest

Fetal in utero microneurosurgical repair of MMC: Technical nuances and outcomes

Samer Elbabaa (USA)

Folic acid fortification at the time of Covid-19: Report from an International Task Force

Adrian Caceres (Costa Rica)

Break (30′)

15:30

SPINE

Chairs: Wan Tew Seow (Singapore), Francesco Sala (Italy)

Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A consensus from the Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance Working Group

Richard Anderson (USA)

Spine screening in posterior fossa tumors. Do we really need it?

Jonathan Roth (Israel)

Transforming the management of Chiari I malformation and Syringomyelia

Dave Limbrick (USA)

16:20-17:00

Let’s have a drink

ISPN discussion forum

How to address education and training at the time of Covid-19?

Chairs: Martina Messing-Jünger (Germany), Nelci Zanon (Brazil), José Francisco Salomão (Brazil)

SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER

13:00

CHILD’S NERVOUS SYSTEM

Chair: Concezio di Rocco (Italy)

Pediatric endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (CNS Focus Issue)

Waleed Azab (Kuwait)

Child’s Nervous System: Annual Issue on Phacomatoses

Shlomi Constantini (Israel), Martin Schuhmann

Selective dorsal rhizotomy (CNS Focus Issue)

Nobuhito Morota (Japan)

13:30

FUNCTIONAL AND EPILEPSY

Chair: Michael Handler (USA)

A newly modified SDR protocol to guide single-level approach
Bo Xiao (China)

Endoscopic and radio frequency thermo-coagulation techniques for hemispherotomy

P. Sarat Chandra (India)

Intelligent neuromodulation for epilepsy

George Ibrahim (Canada)

Laser thermal therapy in epilepsy surgery: Where are we?

Daniel J. Curry (USA)

Break (30′)

15:10

CSF DISORDERS

Chairs: Richard Edwards (UK), Wolfgang Wagner (Germany)

Updates from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network

John Kestle (USA)

Telemetric ICP monitoring in children: State-of-the-Art

Marianne Juhler (Denmark)

TROPHY registry study on posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in neonates: Status report

Ulrich-W. Thomale (Germany)

Over-exaggerated surgical role in sylvian arachnoid cyst type III

Kyung Hyun Kim (Korea)

The bacterial and viral complexity of postinfectious hydrocephalus in Africa

Steven Schiff (USA)

16:35-17:15

Let’s have a drink

ISPN discussion forum

How to handle fragmentation (Journals, Scientific Societies) in pediatric neurosurgery?

Chairs: Frederick Boop (USA), Anthony Figaji (South Africa), Federico di Rocco (France)

SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER

13:00-14:30

ISPN BUSINESS MEETING

Access only to Active ISPN Members

14:30-14:35

In memoriam

Presented by ISPN President José Francisco Salomão (Brazil)

14:35

ONCOLOGY

Chairs: Michael Taylor (Canada), Gianpiero Tamburrini (Italy)

Infratentorial Ependymomas in 2020

Stephen Mack (USA)

Histone mutant gliomas in 2020

Nada Jabado (Canada)

How molecular biology impacts on clinical practice in 2020

Frederick Boop (USA)

Radiomics in Medulloblastoma

Tejpal Gupta (India)

Endoscopic vs open surgery for third ventricle tumors: Anatomical perspective

Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas (Brazil)

Endoscopic vs open surgery for third ventricle tumors: Where is technology taking us?

Sergey Gorelyshev (Russia)

Break (20′)

16:40-17:30

CRANIOFACIAL

Chairs: Marie-Lise van Veelen (the Netherlands), Guirish Solanki (UK)

Distractors for craniofacial surgery in 2020

Jesse A. Taylor (USA)

Cognitive outcomes in non-syndromic craniosynostoses. What do we know in 2020?

Daniela Chieffo (Italy)

Is surgical treatment justified in children with metopic synostosis?

Irene M.J. Mathijssen (the Netherlands)

17:30-17:35

Farewell message

ISPN President José Francisco Salomão (Brazil)

Wan Tew Seow (Singapore)

Francesco Sala (Italy)