5th Hands-on Course: Microsurgical Anatomy of Grooves, Gyros, Ventricles, and White Fibers Applied to Glioma, Aneurysm, and Epilepsy Surgeries

The course aims to provide an update on the microsurgical anatomy of the brain with an emphasis on its application to glioma, aneurysm and epilepsy surgeries.

There are 22 participants, distributed in 11 pairs occupying 11 workstations (1 double per station); each workstation will have a desktop microscope, lamp with magnifying glass and microinstruments for dissection. Each pair will have 2 brains fixed throughout the course (one for each stage). The first stage consists of dissection of the superficial and deep structures of a normally fixed brain, starting with the lateral surface, followed by the dissection of the same structures by the basal surface and finally dissection by the medial surface, so that the same structures are viewed from 3 different perspectives. The second stage of the course will consist of dissection of white fibers from a brain specially prepared using the Klingler method

Each stage of the dissection will be preceded by a brief theoretical lecture (3D or 2D) and demonstrative dissection by the instructor. During the dissection, participants will have individualized guidance at the stations (there will be 8 instructors in

Throughout the course, clinical cases and respective videos of the surgeries will be demonstrated, which will exemplify the practical application of the anatomy being studied.