MASTERS OF BRAIN

ULTRASOUND IN

NEUROSURGERY

17th & 18th APRIL, 2025

HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT PAU BARCELONA

FACULTY

Dr. Geirmund Unsgård
Neurosurgeon
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Norway

Dr. Francesco Dimeco
Neurosurgeon
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S.
Instituto Neurológico Carlos Besta
Milan, Italy

Dr. Aliasgar Moiyadi
Neurosurgeon
Tata Memorial Centre
Bombai, India

Dr. Llewellyn Padayachy
Neurosurgeon
University of Pretoria Steve Biko
Pretoria, South Africa

Dr. Francesco Prada
Neurosurgeon
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Milan, Italy

Dr. Alessandro Perin
Neurosurgeon
Fondazione I.R.C.C.S.
Instituto Neurológico Carlos Besta
Milan, Italy

Dr. Juan Ángel Aibar Durán
Neurosurgeon
H.U. Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Brian Nahed
Neurosurgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA

Dr. Berta Freixer
Neurosurgeon
H.U. Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain

DIRECTOR

Dr. Cristian De Quintana
Neurosurgeon
Hospital Universitari Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain

COURSE

“The course has been granted 7.5 European CME credits by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)””

There is a growing interest in intraoperative images in the neurosurgery field. In Neuro-Oncology this interest becomes a necessity to evaluate the grade of resection and the possibility of residual tumor.

In this aspect, neuronavigated ultrasound is an excellent tool because having a very high-quality image, quick acquisition (you do not need to stop the surgery to use it), cost-effectiveness, portability, and reproducibility (as many times as you need).

However, sometimes neurosurgeons do not use ultrasound because there is a learning curve to the spatial orientation and interpretation of images. The reason for this course, eminently practical, is teaching the necessary skills to use intraoperative ultrasound in Neuro-Oncology.

The main difference between this course and other ones related to ultrasound is that not only it provides the participants with the theoretical knowledge, but specially highlights the practical side of it.

This is achieved thanks to the expert faculty invited for a maximum number of 20 participants. Moreover, the attendants will have at their disposal a few ultrasound equipments and practical phantoms which will allow them to train image orientation and interpretation.

OBJECTIVES

Enhance the understanding of the basic principles of ultrasound.

• Apply these principles to the reduction of common artifacts and the improvement of high-quality diagnostic ultrasound images.

• Orientation in neuronavigated ultrasound.

• Differentiation between the most common subtypes of brain tumors.

• Coregistration of images (MRI-US…), tractography and segmentation in neuronavigated ultrasound.

• Evaluation of residual tumor in the operating room.

• Application of ultrasound contrast and elastography in brain tumors.

• Guided puncture with neuronavigated ultrasound (biopsies, ventricular punctures (slid ventricles),…).

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 17th April

16:00 – 16:15  Introduction of the course
Dr. De Quintana

16:15 – 16:30  Introduction to basics of ultrasound (online)
Dr. Padayachy

16:30 – 17:00  Simulation training in IOUS (Part 1)
Dr. Perin

17:00 – 17:30  Mastering IOUS – Skill required – practical guidelines
Dr. Moiyadi

17:30 – 18:00  2D ultrasound in resection of brain tumors (image interpretations and anatomical landmarks
Dr. DiMeco

18:00 – 18:15  Coffee break

18:15 – 18:45  Neuronavigated ultrasound in Neuro-Oncology
Dr. De Quintana

18:45 – 19:15  Experiences from everyday use of navigated 3D ultrasound in brain tumor surgeries (tricks and tips, use in LGG)
Dr. Unsgård

19:15 – 19:45 Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, elastography
Dr. Prada

19:45 – 20:15  Ultrasound guidance in hydrochepalus, endoscopy and Chiari I decompression (online)
Dr. Padayachy

20:15 – 20:45  Advantages for intraoperative ultrasound vs other imaging, other technology? (online)
Dr. Nahed

21:15 Dinner (included)

Friday, 18th April

10:00 – 10:15  Presentation of the case (live surgery) 
Dr. Aibar / Dr. Freixer

10:15 – 10:45  Prediction of histologic tumor in the operating room using iUS and Gliolan (5-ALA)
Dr. Aibar

10:45 – 11:15  Simulation training in IOUS (Part 2)
Dr. Perin

11:15 – 11:30  Resection of the tumor (live surgery)
Dr. Aibar / Dr. De Quintana

11:45 – 12:15  Coffee break

12:15 – 14:15  Hands on

                                a) Module 1: Setup ultrasound machine

                                b) Module 2: Special ultrasound skills

INFORMATION

REGISTRATION

Registration fee: —*

*EANS Members 10% discount on the registration fee

*Please note that it is necessary to register in advance on the online simulation platform NeuroStream Academy in order to participate and fully enjoy the simulation session on IOUS in the link https://neurostream.academy/auth/register

It is also necessary to bring your own laptop and smartphone in order to simulate IOUS during the course.

COURSE VENUE

Sala Polivalente

Hospital Universitari Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona
C/ de Sant Quintí, 89, Horta-Guinardó, 08025

CONTACT

Aventik Medical S.L.U.
Tel. 685265622
info@aventik.es

SPONSORS