Scientific Program
Preliminary scientific program – updates in progress.
| Wednesday, 17th of September 2025 Pre-Congress Course: Cours Francophone de Neurochirurgie |
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| Time | Session |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Session 1 Chairmen: Carmine Mottolese, Bogdan Costăchescu |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Rachis cervical traumatique sous-axial (C3-C7) - les approches anterior vs posterior vs 360° Bogdan Costăchescu |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Jeu de rôle - annonce d’une mauvaise nouvelle en neurochirurgie, à la famille et a l’enfant Jean-Pierre Kahn |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | L'hydrocéphalie – traitement endoscopique Horațiu Stan |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Tumeurs intraventriculaires chez l'enfant Carmine Mottolese |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Les complications mécaniques et infectieuses de la dérivation ventriculo péritonéale Alexandru Szathmari |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Medulloblastome de l’enfant Olivier Klein |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:20 - 18:00 | Session 2 Chairmen: Nicolaie Dobrin, Olivier Klein |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Craniostenoses: évolution depuis 20 ans et prospectives futures Carmine Mottolese |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Malformations de la charnière chez l'enfant Carmine Mottolese |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Neuroendoscopie: procédures ciblées pour indications moins fréquentes Daniel Rotariu |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Les moelles attachées hors lipomes. Le diagnostic et la prise en charge Alexandru Szathmari |
| 17:40- 18:00 | Syndrome du bébé secoué Olivier Klein |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | Neurochirurgie vasculaire: entre précision et urgence Nicolaie Dobrin |
| 20:00 - 22:00 | Presidential Dinner |
Day 1 - Thursday, 18th of September 2025 LAURENȚIU HODOROG MAIN HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 08:15 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Main Session 1 - Varia Chairmen: Ioan Ștefan Florian, Joachim Oertel, Torstein R. Meling |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Romanian Society of Neurosurgery – A Milestone Jubilee Alexandru Vlad Ciurea |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Evolution of skull base approaches Torstein R. Meling |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Neurosurgery in the era of fiber tracking, navigation and neuromonitoring: Does it change our surgical protocol? Joachim Oertel |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Surgery in and around Meckel’s cave Miguel Arraez |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Sporadic and von Hippel-Lindau - associated central nervous system hemangioblastomas Adrian Bălașa |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | 75 years of Neurosurgery in Cluj - What's next? Ioan Ștefan Florian |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 13:05 | Main Session 3 - Varia Chairmen: Adrian Bălașa, Miguel Arraez, Hakan Emmez |
| 11:20 - 11:35 | Vascular complications in skull base surgery Miguel Arraez |
| 11:35 - 11:50 | Microsurgical Treatment of CNS Hemangioblastomas Hakan Emmez |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Management of Vestibular Schwannomas: Functional Preservation Strategies Samy Youssef |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | Tumors of the Orbit—Is Lateral Orbitotomy (Always) Necessary? Ioan Alexandru Florian |
| 12:20 - 12:45 | Craniopharyngiomas in children: the surgical pendulum again for a complete resection? Our experience in Lyon Carmine Mottolese |
| 12:45 - 13:05 | Complications and avoidance in tumor surgery Manas Panigrahi |
| 13:05 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Special Lectures 1 - Varia Chairmen: Lukas Rasulic, Claudiu Matei, Nicolas Foroglou |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | The Impact of Global Collaboration in Advancing Peripheral Nerve Surgery Lukas Rasulic |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Hybrid anterior clinoidectomy in aneurysms and tumors Manas Panigrahi |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | The 12 Steps of aneurysm surgery Fady Charbel |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Pituitary Surgery: Experience acquired since 1985 to date Christian Raftopoulos |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Current trends and future perspectives in the treatment of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Claudio Yampolski |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Anterior versus posterior: what is the best approach for cervical myelopathy? Jesus Lafuente |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:20 - 18:20 | Main Session 5 - Aneurysms + AVMs Chairmen: Kresimir Rotim, Alexandru Szathmari |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Hybrid treatment of MCA aneurysms: Personal experience Kresmir Rotim |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Microsurgery of complex AVMs Victor Volovici |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Microsurgical Treatment of Giant Intracranial Aneurysms Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Junior |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Endovascular treatment of broad neck bifurcation anerysms: how far we are? Istvan Szikora |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Endovascular treatment of Posterior circulation aneursm Erhan Turkoglu |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | Interest, management and limits of the awake surgery for brain AVM in children Alexandru Szathmari |
| 20:00 | Welcome Cocktail |
Day 1 - Thursday, 18th of September 2025 EUROPA HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 08:15 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony (Laurențiu Hodorog Main Hall) |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Main Session 2 - Varia Chairmen: Vladimir Benes, Konstantinos Fountas, Kantha Rasalingam |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Minimal drilling in Ophthalmic Aneurysms Clipping Vladimír Beneš, Adela Bubeníková |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | 30 years of personal experience in surgical treatment of Spinal dysraphism Aleksandar Chaparoski |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Various modalities in treatment of spine pathologies Dato' Dr. Kantha Rasalingam |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Awake craniotomy for eloquent area tumor: case presentation. Technique, outcome and challenges Grigore Zapuhlih |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Temporal lobectomy for medically intractable epilepsy: A European Perspective of Associated Complications Konstantinos Fountas |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Supplementary motor area mapping during left frontal tumor resection- technical note Claudiu Matei |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 13:05 | Main Session 4 - Vascular Chairmen: Jair Raso, Victor Volovici, Nicolas Foroglou |
| 11:20 - 11:35 | Unruptured cerebral aneurysm Jair Raso |
| 11:35- 11:50 | Current uses of bypass surgery Victor Volovici |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Shifting vascular neurosurgery (training and perspectives) Nicolas Foroglou |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | The Role of Microsurgical Revascularization in the Endovascular Era Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Junior |
| 12:20 - 12:45 | Our initial experience using intraoperative angiography in cerebrovascular neurosurgery Ales Hejcl |
| 12:45 - 13:05 | ISAT and BRAT 20 Years Later: Current State of Practice Jagos Golubovic |
| 13:05 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Special Lecture - Neurooncology 2 Chairmen: Ihsan Solaroglu, Carmine Mottolese, Laszlo Sipos |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Cerebellar mapping in neurosurgical practice Carmine Mottolese |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Frontal sublateral approach to anterior skull base tumors Jair Raso |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Intraventricular Tumors Tomislav Sajko |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Multimodal treatment of pineal region tumors Laszlo Sipos |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Liquid Biopsy and Artificial Intelligence as Tools to Detect Signatures of CNS Malignancies Ihsan Solaroglu |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Anatomy-Driven Decision Making in Vascular and Tumor Neurosurgery Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Junior |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:20 - 18:20 | Main Session 6 - Stroke Chairmen: Vicențiu Săceleanu, Jiri Fiedler |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Does Adding Decompressive Craniectomy to Hematoma Evacuation Improve the Outcome for Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Hematoma? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Mohamed Aly |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | The Effect of Antiplatelet and/or Anticoagulant Therapy on Outcomes in Patients with Evacuated Traumatic Intracranial Haematomas Djula Djilvesi |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Acute Surgery For Ischaemic Stroke-Indications And Results Vladimir Priban |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Emergency Carotid Endarterectomy - 12 Years Single Unit Experience Jiří Fiedler |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Minimally invasive treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (MISTIE trial) Claudio Yampolsky |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | Efficacy and Limitations of Chemical Angioplasty in Cerebral Vasospasm: A Comparative Analysis of Therapeutic Outcomes Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Vicențiu Săceleanu |
| 20:00 | Welcome Cocktail |
| Day 1 - Thursday, 18th of September 2025 32 HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 11:20 - 13:05 | AO SPINE Session |
| 11:20 - 11:35 | Decision making and treatment options in OF: non-surgical treatment, cement augmentation Mohamed Aly |
| 11:35 - 11:50 | OF fractures: epidemiology, pathophysiology, classification, scoring Bogdan Costăchescu |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Challenges of osteoporotic patients undergoing spine surgery and medical optimization options Marcel Ivanov |
| 12:05 - 12:20 | Surgical strategies for OF: from decompression to fixation Cezar Popescu |
| 12:20 - 12:45 | A Machine Learning Algorithm to predict MRI-Driven Change in the Decision-making for Thoracolumbar Fractures Without Neurological Deficit: A Multicenter Ambispective Study Mohamed Aly |
| 12:45 - 13:05 | Complication avoidance and management of complications in OF Ulrich Spiegel |
| 13:05 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Session Chairmen: Daniel Teleanu, Ioan Alexandru Florian |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | The middle fossa approach: the Cinderella of Neurosurgery Stefano Ferraresi |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Technical advances in microneurosurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas (400 cases) Luciano Mastronardi |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Management of ICA injury in endoscopic endonasal approach to sella and parasellar space Roman Bosnjak |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Purely endoscopic supracerebellar-infratentorial approach to lesions in pineal and posterior third ventricle regions Roman Bosnjak |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Microsurgical Management of Complex Aneurysms Mustafa Baskaya |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Surgical Principles in AVM Microsurgery Mustafa Baskaya |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:20 - 18:20 | Main Session 7 - Neurooncology Chairmen: Daniel Rotariu, Martin Smrčka |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | The Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Deep-Seated Lesions of the Brain Fery Stoica |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Hemangioblastoma of the CNS - current concepts Martin Smrčka |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Navigating adult craniopharyngiomas: from initial symptoms to surgical decision-making Daniel Teleanu |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Challenges in the treatment of ACTH secreting PitNETs Daniel Rotariu |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: current approaches, controversies, and perspectives Ligia Tătăranu |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | The Next Frontier: Perspectives on Neurovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery Robert Iorga |
| 20:00 | Welcome Cocktail |
Day 2 - Friday, 19th of September 2025 LAURENȚIU HODOROG MAIN HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Main Session 8 - Neurooncology Chairmen: Bogdan Iliescu, Jeyaretna Sanjeeva |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Diffusion Tractography in Neurosurgery: Emerging Evidence and Future Directions Bogdan Iliescu |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Surgery for tentorial meningioma Manas Panigrahi |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Surgical treatment of trigonal meningiomas Vladimir Priban |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Low and lower grade gliomas in adult Adrian Bălașa |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Endoscopic skull base surgery - The coronal plane Jeyaretna Sanjeeva |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Rare and Unusual nerve lesion Lukas Rasulic |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 13:10 | Plenary Session 1 - Varia Chairmen: Andre Grotenhuis, Helmut Bertalanffy |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Surgical management of spinal tumors Madjid Samii |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Innovation in neurosurgery; personal experience in implementing new techniques Andre Grotenhuis |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | New aspects of microsurgical treatment of intrinsic brainstem cavernous malformations Helmut Bertalanffy |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Make it simple Vladimir Benes |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Pineal Cysts- Decision Making and surgical treatment Ioan Ștefan Florian |
| 13:10 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Special Lectures 3 Chairmen: Gabor Nagy, Samy Youssef |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Anterior skull base meningiomas: The neglected sense Samy Youssef |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Endoscopic skull base surgery: Changing paradigms in the treatment of sellar region tumors and paranasal sinuses Gabor Nagy |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Management of Vestibular Schwannoma following failed treatment Amir Samii |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Microsurgery of brainstem gliomas Helmut Bertalanffy |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | The Flow-based evolution of Bypass surgery Fady Charbel |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Experiences in pituitary surgery Rudolf Fahlbusch |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Combined petrosal approach to the antero-lateral brainstem Jeyaretna Sanjeeva |
| 17:00 | Romanian Society of Neurosurgery (RSN) General Assembly |
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner |
| Day 2 - Friday, 19th of September 2025 EUROPA HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Main Session 9 - Spine Chairmen: Peter Banczerowski, Andreas Demetriades |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Surgery of intradural extramedullary spinal tumors - current MIS approach and our experience Jelaca Bojan |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Thoracic Disc Herniation: Navigating the Transdural Approach – Advantages and Challenges Marcel Ivanov |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis and disc herniation with unilateral biportal endoscopic technique: clinical experience and results. Peter Banczerowski |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Surgery for spinal metastasis: evaluation and decision making; separation surgery and multimodal treatment Cezar Popescu |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Resource based guidelines for Spinal Cord Injury Andreas Demetriades |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | It's Time to Change the Strategy of the Spine Surgeries Michael Spyrou |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 12:20 | Sonopet & Craniotom: cranial & spinal applications Workshop organized with the support of Stryker |
| 13:05 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Special Lectures 4 - EMN Session Chairmen: Alexandru Vlad Ciurea, Wolf Ingo Steudel |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Management of postoperative pain in spinal surgery Rareș Chinezu |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Controversies in Trauma of Peripheral Nerve Surgery - Problems and Solutions Lukas Rasulic |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Negative Cerebral Effect of CSF Michael Spyrou |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Historical Aspects of Neurosurgery in Germany Wolf Ingo Steudel |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Einstein Syndrome - Speech Disorders In Genius Minds (From Lucian Blaga Through Albert Einstein) Alexandru Vlad Ciurea |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | New Insights on Secondary Ischemia in TBI Larisa Șerban |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Electrical modulation of pain in failed back surgery syndrome Claudio Yampolski |
| 17:00 | Romanian Society of Neurosurgery (RSN) General Assembly |
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner |
| Day 3 - Saturday, 20th of September 2025 LAURENȚIU HODOROG MAIN HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Plenary Session 2 - Varia Chairmen: Alexandru Vlad Ciurea, Ihsan Solaroglu |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Pudendal Neuralgia. Surgical treatment. Robotic approach Gabriel Mitroi |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Onco-functional Outcome in Glioma Surgery: the “gold standard” Ihsan Solaroglu |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Skull base meningiomas: contemporary perspectives and surgical challenges Daniel Teleanu |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Socioeconomic gradients in Neurotrauma Andreas Demetriades |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Management of anterior choroidal artery aneurysms Martin Sames |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts In Children (ACS) Experience Of 517 Cases. Conservative Neurosurgical Concept Alexandru Vlad Ciurea |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 13:40 | Special Lectures 5 - Varia Chairmans: Ioan Ștefan Florian, Adrian Bălașa |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Multimodality treatment of arteriovenous malformations Gabor Nagy |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Therapeutic strategies for pediatric sylvian arachnoid cysts Claudiu Matei |
| 12:10 - 12:40 | Surgery of Cranio Vertebral Junction Tumors. Simplicity Trumps Complexity Mario Ammirati |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Spinal Vascular Lesions: Clinical Insights and Surgical Decision-Making Marcel Ivanov |
| 13:00 - 13:20 | MIS in Thoracic Disc herniation - My last 10 years experience Ștefan Mindea |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | From Vision to Reality: A Comprehensive Journey of Innovation, Growth, and Clinical Leadership at Our Neurovascular Intervention Center Vicențiu Săceleanu |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Closing Ceremony and YNC Awards |
| Day 3 - Saturday, 20th of September 2025 EUROPA HALL |
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| Time | Session |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Young Neurosurgeons' Corner |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Closing Ceremony and YNC Awards Laurențiu Hodorog Main Hall |
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