PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
BREAKFAST CONFERENCE
MONDAY, 28
SIMULTANEOUS PROGRAM BY SECTIONS
TOPIC: DEEP CAVERNOUS MALFORMATIONS
Moderator: Dr. Mario Flores and Dr. José Antonio Uehara
Venue: MIP / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
Surgical anatomy of the insula and brainstem in relation to CM
Dr. Manuel Moreno Hernández
7:15-7:30 AM
Microsurgical anatomy of the brainstem. Safe entry zones for CM resection
Dr. Leonardo Serrato Ávila
7:30-7:45 HRS
6 surgical approaches to thalamic CM
Dr. Leonardo Rangel Castilla
7:45-8:00 HRS
Cavernous malformations of the brain and spinal cord: novel insights
Dr. Giuseppe Lanzino
8:15-8:30 HRS
Cavernous malformations in eloquent areas
Dr. Feres Chaddad
TOPIC: PINEAL REGION TUMORS
Moderator: Dr. Armando Guerrero Guerrero and Dr. Luis Eduardo Zambrano Velarde
Venue: MUEBLE II / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
Microsurgical anatomy of the pineal región
Dr. Alejandro Monroy Sosa
7:15-7:30 HRS
Pineal región surgery ¿sitting position still necessary?
Dr. José Luis Hernández García
7:30-7:45 HRS
Microsurgery approaches to pineal tumors
Dr. Fernando González Gallo
7:45-8:00 HRS
Endoscopic apporaches to pineal region tumors – how I do it?
Dr. Peter Nakaji (Phoenix, AZ)
8:00-8:15 HRS
Combined supra/infratentorial in large pineal region lessions
Dr. Ulises García González
8:15-8:30 HRS
Discussion and Comments
TOPIC: HYDROCEPHALUS
Moderators: Dr. Francisco Guerrero Jasso and Dra. Lorelay Gutiérrez Oliva
Venue: COMERCIO / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
Gliolymphatic and hydrodynamics
Dra. Alma Griselda Ramírez Reyes
7:15-7:30 HRS
Trapped fourth ventricle surgical treatment
Dr. Monzerrat Almaguer Asencio
7:30-7:45 HRS
Hydrocephalus treatment in posterior fossa tumors
Dra. Mayra Arce Lozoya
7:45-8:00 HRS
Shunt selection based on patients age
Dr. Fernando Agustín Aguilar
8:00-8:15 HRS
Shunt or endoscopy – patient selection guide
Dr. Miguel Ángel Vaca Ruíz
8:15-8:30 HRS
Dr. José Alberto Ocón
TOPIC: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LUMBAR SPINE
Moderators: Dra. Teresa López Estopellan and Dr. José Antonio Uehara Jr.
Venue: MODA I / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
TLIF: pros and cons
Dr. Raúl López Serna
7:15-7:30 HRS
ALIF: pros and cons
Dr. Emilia Villavicencio Buckovecs
7:30-7:45 HRS
PLIF: pros and cons
Dr. Raúl Moran Martínez
7:45-8:00 HRS
LLIF: pros and cons
Dr. Alberto Ramírez Moreno
8:00-8:15 HRS
Endoscópica disectomy – conventional microsurgery or tubular
Dr. José Ubaldo Velázquez
8:15-8:30 HRS
XLIF: pros and cons
Dr. Juan Ponce
TOPIC: NEUROMODULATION IN EPILEPSY
Moderators: Dra. Mario Alonso Vanegas and Dr. Antonio Guapo Mendoza
Venue: CONSTRUCCIÓN / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
Principles of neuromodulación in epilepsy
Dr. Fiacro Jiménez Ponce
7:15-7:30 HRS
Thalamic central median nucleus connectivity and neuromodulation in epilepsy
Dra. Lizbeth Sandoval
7:30-7:45 HRS
Thalamic intermediate ventral nucleus connectivity and neuromodulation in epilepsy
Dra. Daruni Vázquez
7:45-8:00 HRS
The updates on the thalamic stimulation in the surgical treatment of epilepsy
Dr. Hai Sun
8:00-8:15 HRS
Anterior thalamic connectivity and neuromodulation in epilepsy
Dr. Daruni Vázquez
8:15-8:30 HRS
VNS principles
Dr. Samuel Pérez Cárdenas
TOPIC: PAIN AND SPASTICITY
Moderators: Dr. Luis Alberto Everardo Pérez and Dr. Gregorio Octavio Macías Robles
Venue: CALZADO 2 / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
Spinal stimulator for persistent back pain: selection, techniques, and optimization
Dr. Oscar Pérez Sánchez
7:15-7:30 HRS
Spinal cord stimulator facilitating neurorehabilitation on chronic spinal cord injury
Dr. Rodrigo Mercado Pimentel
7:30-7:45 HRS
Severe spasticity surgery: selective dorsal rizothomy and other techniques
Dr. Juan Camilo Covaleda
7:45-8:00 HRS
Drezotomy: indications, techniques and results on neuropathic pain and spasticity
Dr. José Damián Carrillo Ruíz
8:00-8:15 HRS
Intrathecal baclofen pump: implantation technique for spasticity
Dr. José Armando Díaz Martínez
8:15-8:30 HRS
Thalamic Nuclei and related functional network loops”
Dr. Vanessa Milanese
TOPIC: CRANIAL AND CERVICAL NERVES 2
Moderator: Dr. José Ávila Ramírez y Dr. Rubén Gijón Mitre
Venue: JOYA I / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
C2 neurotomy for severe cervicalgia
Dr. Ulises García González
7:15-7:30 HRS
Ptosis reconstruction due to third cranial nerve lesion
Dr. Alexander Cárdenas
7:30-7:45 HRS
Spinal accesory nerve lesions
Dr. Jorge Francisco Clifton Correa
7:45-8:00 HRS
IX neurotomy for facial pain
Dr. José Damián Carrillo Ruíz
8:00-8:15 HRS
Vagal nerve tumors management
Dr. Marco A. Ascencio Montiel
8:15-8:30 HRS
Surgical treatment for cubital nerve compression syndromes
Dr. Ildefonso Muñoz Romero.
TEMA: SELECTED TOPICS IN VASCULAR NEUROSURGERY
Moderador: Dr. Blas López Félix y Dr. Arturo Molina Plascencia
Lugar: Salón CALZADO I
7:00-7:15 HRS
Early cerebral lesion and late ischemia in aneurysmal SAH
Dr. Leónidas Quintana (Chile)
7:15-7:30 HRS
Surgical treatment of giant cerebral aneurysms
Dr. Francisco Mannara (Argentina)
7:30 -7:45 HRS
Surgical treatment of pediatric cerebrovascular diseases
Dr. Jorge Bustamante (Argentina)
7:45-8:00 HRS
Pacemaker-induced hipotensión in cerebrovascular surgery – ¿Is it effective?
Dr. Francisco Mery (Chile)
8:00-8:15 HRS
Thalamic cavernous malformations treatment
Dr. Alejandro Monroy Sosa
8:15-8:30 HRS
Ergonomics for cerebrovascular microsurgical
Dr. Matteo Baccanelli. (Argentina)
TEMA: BYPASS SURGERY
Moderators: Dr. Fernando Ng Fing and Dr. Salvador Mejía Crisantos
Lugar: Salón JOYA II
7:00-7:15 HRS
Value of biostatistics and evidence-based medicine in neurosurgery
Dr. Francisco Revilla Pacheco
7:15-7:30 HRS
Epidural hematomas
Dr. Marcelo Zenteno (Bolivia)

7:30 -7:45 HRS
Consideration in bypass selections
Dr. Javier Degollado
7:45-8:00 HRS
Imax-M2 cerebral bypass cerebral with internal mammary artery graft in the management of Flow diverter occlusion
Dr. Juan J. Ramírez Andrade
8:00-8:15 HRS
Bypass in chronic occlusive disease
Dr. Edgar Nathal
8:15-8:30 HRS
Fluorescence technique in bypass surgery
Dr. Alejandro Serrano
TOPIC: SKULL BASE ENDOSCOPY
Moderator: Dr. José Antonio Candelas and Dr. Xycotencatl Pérez Sánchez
Venue: MUEBLE I / Second floor
7:00-7:15 HRS
Endoscopy for non-functional pituitary adenoma
Dr. Ángel Adrián Sotopolendo
7:15-7:30 HRS
Cranio-orbital approach and decompression of optic nerves via 2 stage, 4 by 4 step approach to improve vision in sellar/parasellar lesions
Dr. Kenan I. Arnautovic
7:30-7:45 HRS
Clival cordoma surgery management
Dr. Jesús Martínez Manrique
7:45-8:00 HRS
Surgical reconstruction in skull base endoscopic procedures
Dr. Jesús Martínez Anda
8:00-8:15 HRS
Craniopharyngioma endoscopic management
Dr. Jair Palacios
8:15-8:30 HRS
Tuber sella meningiomas endoscopic transnasal approach
Dr. Samuel Romano Feinzhold