THE MODENA LATERAL SKULL BASE SUMMER SCHOOL:
ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE WITH LIVE SURGERY, HANDS-ON DISSECTION AND INTERACTIVE CLINICAL CASES
THE MODENA LATERAL SKULL BASE SUMMER SCHOOL
ONE WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE WITH LIVE SURGERY, HANDS-ON DISSECTION AND INTERACTIVE CLINICAL CASES
INTRODUCTION
We welcome you in Modena (Italy) for this exclusive event, designed only for 5 participants. You will get the chance to spend a whole week alongside our skullbase team, learning from clinical cases, from live surgery sessions and step by step cadaver dissections. Each of you will be endowed with a single cadaveric specimen head so as to practice almost every lateral skull base surgical approach. You will also take part in the pre and post operative evaluations of the patients affected by lateral skull base lesions and attend the multidisciplinary meetings with our team of ENTs, neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons. Social events and dinner lectures are also an integral part of our program, in order to enjoy our traditional food in our historic city. We hope
you will enjoy this immersive experience, our staff is looking forward to meet you!
FACULTY
Matteo Alicandri-Ciufelli – UNIMORE
Mohamed Badr-El-Dine – Egypt
Nicola Bisi AOU – Modena
Marco Bonali AOU – Modena
Federico Calvaruso AOU – Modena
Simona Cesari Patrone AOU – Modena
Gaia Federici AOU – Modena
Paolo Garofalo AOU – Modena
Elisabetta Genovese – UNIMORE
Maria Consolazione Guarnaccia AOU – Modena
Daniele Marchioni – UNIMORE
Francesco Mattioli – UNIMORE
In Seok Moon – Republic of Korea
Giacomo Pavesi – UNIMORE
Livio Presutti – UNIBO
Alessia Rubini AOU – Modena
Giuseppe Setti AOU – Modena
Davide Soloperto – UNIMORE
Stefano Vallone AOU – Modena
21 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
08.00 am – 08.30 am
Registration
08.30 am – 09.00 am
Welcome in Modena, introduction to the course
09.00 am – 01.00 pm
LIVE SURGERY
Moderators: I.S. Moon, D. Soloperto, M. Badr-El-Dine
Surgeons: D. Marchioni, M. Alicandri-Ciufelli
PLANNED SURGERY
Transpromontorial approach for acoustic neuroma
KEYNOTE
Transpromontorial approach:
indications and contraindication F. Calvaruso
KEYNOTE
Transpromontorial approach:
the Seoul experience I.S. Moon
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm
Lunch
02.00 pm – 06.00 pm
LIVE SURGERY
Moderators: I.S. Moon, A. Rubini, N. Bisi
Surgeons: D. Marchioni, D. Soloperto
PLANNED SURGERY
Middle cranial fossa approach
for a facial nerve hemangioma
KEYNOTE
Middle cranial fossa anatomy M. Alicandri-Ciufelli
21 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
09.00 am – 01.00 pm
LIVE SURGERY
Moderators: M. Alicandri-Ciufelli, F. Mattioli, M. Badr-El-Dine
Surgeons: D. Marchioni, F. Calvaruso
PLANNED SURGERY
Part I:
Type A Infratemporal fossa approach
for a C2Di1 paraganglioma
KEYNOTE
Relevant head & neck anatomy
for lateral skull base approaches F. Mattioli
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm
Lunch
22 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
02.00 pm – 06.00 pm
LIVE SURGERY
Moderators: M. Alicandri-Ciufelli, M. Bonali, I.S. Moon
Surgeons: D. Marchioni, M. Miglio, G. Pavesi
PART II
Type A infratemporal fossa approach
for a C2Di1 paraganglioma
KEYNOTE
Single stage versus double stage procedures
in Di tympano-jugular paragangliomas N. Bisi
22 JULY 2025
ENT Room
09.00 am – 09.30 am
SPECIAL LECTURE
Lateral Skull Base Surgery: When not to operate L. Presutti
PART I
LATERAL SKULL BASE PATHOLOGY SESSION
09.30 am – 10.00 am
Update on Lateral skull base infections M. Alicandri-Ciufelli
10.00 am – 10.30 am
Intratemporal Facial nerve tumors N. Bisi
10.30 am – 11.00 am
Coffe break
11.00 am – 11.30 am
Petrous apex cholesterol granuloma A. Rubini
11.30 am – 12.00 pm
Temporal bone cholesteatoma D. Soloperto
12.00 pm – 12.30 pm
Temporal Bone malignancy F. Calvaruso
12.30 pm – 02.00 pm
Lunch
02.00 pm – 02.30 pm
KEYNOTE LECTURE
How I learned Lateral Skull Base Surgery I.S.Moon
02.30 pm – 03.00 pm
NEURO-RADIOLOGICAL CORNER
Lateral skull base neuroradiological anatomy
and pathology P. Garofalo
03.00 pm – 03.30 pm
Neuroradiological vascular management:
stenting, balloon test occlusion and embolization
S. Vallone
03.30 pm
Final remarks for the day
04.30 pm – 07.00 pm
Social event: visit Ferrari Museum in Modena
08.00 pm
Dinner in a typical Modena restaurant
22 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
09.00 am – 01.00 pm
LIVE SURGERY
Moderators: D. Soloperto, G. Federici, M. Badr-El-Dine
Surgeons: D. Marchioni, A. Rubini
PLANNED SURGERY
Translabyrinthine approach with simultaneous CI
placement for acoustic neuroma
KEYNOTE
Key concepts on facial nerve management,
hearing preservations and rehabilitation
in acoustic neuroma surgery D. Soloperto
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm
Lunch
02.00 pm – 02.30 pm
Group picture with the faculty
02.30 pm – 04.00 pm
LIVE SURGERY
Moderators: D. Soloperto, G. Federici
04.00 pm
Free time in the city
22 JULY 2025
ENT Room
09.00 am – 09.30 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Cranial base (neuro)surgery
G. Pavesi
PART II
LATERAL SKULL BASE PATHOLOGY SESSION
09.30 am – 10.00 am
Type C-D Tympano-jugular paraganglioma
M. Alicandri-Ciufelli
10.00 am – 10.30 am
30 years of lateral skull base surgery:
tips and tricks in the management of complications
M. Badr-El-Dine
10.30 am – 11.00 am
Management guidelines for acoustic neuromas:
wait & scan; gammaknife; surgical excision G. Federici
11.00 am – 11.30 am
Coffee break
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
FOCUS ON SURGICAL ANATOMY
The transcanal endoscopic anatomy
of the Internal Auditory Canal A. Rubini, D. Marchioni
12.30 pm – 02.00 pm
Lunch
22 JULY 2025
ENT Room
02.00 pm – 05.00 pm
The 3D lateral skull base dissection:
a preparatory step to the hands-on course
D. Marchioni, M. Alicandri-Ciufelli, D. Soloperto
05.00 pm
Final remarks for the day
07.00 pm
Social event: Happy hour in the countryside
22 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
09.00 am – 09.30 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE
My experience in Type A infratemporal fossa approach
M. Badr-El-Dine
09.30 am – 05.00 pm
HANDS ON DISSECTION LAB:
Retrolabyrinthine approach;
Translabyrinthine approach;
Transotic approach
5.00 pm
Final remarks for the day
22 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
09.00 am – 05.00 pm
HANDS ON DISSECTION LAB:
Transcanal transpromontorial approach;
Middle cranial fossa approach
5.00 pm
Final remarks for the day
08.00 pm
Final dinner: Pizza with the faculty
22 JULY 2025
CUSME – Dissection Lab
09.00 am – 09.30 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Facial nerve palsy after lateral skull base surgery:
how to manage? M. Bonali
09.30 am – 12.00 pm
Interactive clinical cases in lateral skull base
D. Marchioni, M. Miglio, C. Liberale
12.00 pm – 12.30 pm
Final remarks and certificate of attendance handover
GENERAL INFORMATION
COURSE VENUES
CUSME, Entrance 3 – 2nd floor
Policlinico di Modena
Via del Pozzo 71 – 41125 Modena (Mo)
REGISTRATION
The Course is limited to 5 participants.
For registration, please use the online registration form available on
www.nordestcongressi.it
Registration Fees (22% VAT included)
Registration Fee € 1.700,00
The registration fee entitles to scientific sessions, conference kit and certificate of attendance.
Cancellation policy
Cancellations made in writing and received by the Organization Secretariat before
31st May 2025 will be eligible for a 50% refund.
Cancellations received after such date will not be eligible for refund.
COURSE DIRECTOR
Daniele Marchioni
Matteo Alicandri Ciufelli
Marco Bonali
Alessia Rubini
Davide Soloperto
GUEST SPEAKER
In Seok Moon (Korea)
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Nicola Bisi
Federico Calvaruso
COURSE VENUE
CUSME, Entrance 3 – 2nd floor
Policlinico di Modena
Via del Pozzo 71
41125 Modena (Mo)
COURSE ORGANIZER
Via Portanuova 3 – 33100 Udine – Italy
Tel. +39 0432 21391
Fax +39 0432 506687
www.nordestcongressi.it
mail@nordestcongressi.it
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