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3rdGerman-SouthAmerican(GERSAM)MeetingonPeripheralNerveSurgery

15th-16thNovember2019-Berlin,Germany

Program

Friday,15thNovember08:00–08:15WelcomePeterVajkoczyNoraDenglerSESSIONIChair:KonradScheglmann MirkoPham08:15–08:30NovelandapprovedaspectsofelectrophysiologicaldiagnosticsinperipheralnervedisordersKatrinHahn(Berlin)08:30–08:45NeurophysiologicalexaminationandhighresolutionultrasoundaftertraumaticnerveinjuryKonradScheglmann(Zurich)08:45–09:00SonographybythoracicoutletsyndromeJosefBoehm(Berlin)09:00–09:15AdvancingthediagnosticmanagementofplexusdisordersbyMR-NeurographyMirkoPham(Wuerzburg)09:15–09:30Useofafascicularnervetransferfortheaxillarynerve:anatomicalstudy

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RicardoGonzalezEstrada(Bogota)09:30–10:00Discussion10:00–10:15CoffeebreakSessionIIChair:ChristianHeinen WalterDemmel10:15–10:30PeripheralneurectomyforthetreatmentofpainMarceloMagalhães(BeloHorizonte)10:30–10:45PeripheralnervestimulationforthetreatmentofulnarnervelesionsWalterDemmel(Munich,Fuerstenfeldbruck,Vogtareuth)10:45-11:00Treatmentofneuropathicpaininbrachialplexusavulsion:DREZorspinalcordstimulation?JoseAugustoMalheiros(BeloHorizonte)11:00-11:15Managingchronickneepainusingselectivedenervationguidedbyhigh-resolutionnerveultrasound–TreatmentalgorithmandtypicalclinicalcasesVeitMoser(Vienna)11:15–11:45Discussion11:45–12:00CoffeebreakSessionIIIChair:GregorAntoniadis

EricZager12:00–12:15Neurogenicthoracicoutletsyndrome:ApersonalseriesEricZager(Philadelphia)12:15–12:30Surgicalindicationinthoracicoutletsyndrome:Thedecision-makingprocesssyndromesLeandroPrettoFlores(Brasilia)12:30–12:45Pudendalneuralgia:asurgicalcondition?GldadiMasi(BuenosAires)12:45–13:00Suprascapularnerveentrapment-Ourexperiencewith105patientsoveraperiodofthirtythreeyearsGregorAntoniadis(Guenzburg)13:00-13:30Discussion

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13:30–14:30LunchSessionIVChair:NoraDengler CordulaMatthies14:30–14:45Wherenervemeetsspine-extensibleapproachestotumor.ThomasKretschmer(Klagenfurt)14:45-15:00Peripheralnervetumors–ongoingchallengesCordulaMatthies(Wuezburg)15:00-15:15Peripheralnervetumorregistry-AninternationalapproachNoraDengler(Berlin)15:15–15:30Geneticaspectofnervetumors-sporadic,mosaicandhereditaryLanKluwe(Hamburg)15:30–16:00Discussion16:00–16:15CoffeebreakSessionVChair:MarianoSocolovsky KirstenHaastert-Talini16:15–16:30ExperimentalstudiesonmodificationsofchitosannerveguidesforincreasingtheirapplicabilityfordiversenervelesionsKirstenHaastert-Talini(Hannover)16:30–16:45BioartificialnerveconduitsFranzLassner(Aachen)16:45–17:00Geography,aforgottenfactorMarianoSocolovsky(BuenosAires)17:00–17:15AcomparisonstudyofhypoglossalnervestimulationinOSAusingtwodifferentimplantablesystems–Aura6000andInspireMartinDaniel(Dresden)17:15-17:45Discussion18:30Socialprogram

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Saturday,16thNovemberSessionVIChair:LukasRasulic FranzLassner08:00-08:15Sutureinflexion:goingbacktothebeginnings?GonzaloBonilla(BuenosAires)08:15-08:30NeurolysisandreconstructionofneuralglidingtissueFranzLassner(Aachen) 08:30–08:45ComplicationsrelatedtotheperipheralnervesurgeryLukasRasulic(Belgrade)08:45–09:00QuantitativehighresolutionneurosonographyintraumaticnervelesionsChristianHeinen(Oldenburg)09:00–09:30DiscussionCoffeeBreak09:30-09:45SessionVIIChair:KartikKrishnan ThomasKretschmer09:45-10:00FacialnervedecompressionafterRamsayHuntsyndrome:isitindicated?CarlosRodriguez(CiudaddeMexico)10:00-10:15Massetericnervetransfertofacialnerve:surgicaloutcomesandcorrelationwithpatientsatisfactionWilsonFaglioniJr(BeloHorizonte)10:15-10:30Neurologicaldisordersofthehumanfaceandtheirtreatmentalgorithms-anupdateKartikKrishnan(BadSoden)10:30–11:00DiscussionCoffeeBreak11:00-11:15

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SessionVIIIChair:MichaelBecker LyndaYang11:15-11:30Shouldweuseancillarystudies(EDXandMRI)todeterminetreatment/surgeryforNBPPornot?LyndaYang(Michigan)11:30–11:45Nervecoaptationandtensionissues:aboutobstetricbrachialplexusreconstructionwithdirectsuturerepairJoergBahm(Aachen)11:45-12:00Brachialplexusinjuryinchildrennotrelatedtobirth:etiologies,treatmentandresultsRicardoGepp(Brazilia)12:00–12:15SurgicalproceduresinshoulderjointcontracturesMichaelBecker(Aachen)12:15-12:45Discussion12:45-14:00LunchSessionIXChair:RobertSchmidhammer MarioSiqueira14:00–14:15Long-termevaluationofhandfunctioninchildrensubmittedtotheOberlinprocedureMarioSiqueira(SaoPaulo)14:15–14:30RetrospectivecohortstudycomparingintercostalnervesandphrenicnervetransferstothemusculocutaneousnerveinpatientswithcompletebrachialplexusinjuryMarcioCardoso(Brasilia)14:30-14:45Itispossibletoimprovetheresultsofbicepsreinnervation?LucianoForoni(SaoPaulo)14:45–15:00Gracilisfreefunctioningmuscletransfersinbrachialplexusinjuries:thesingle-surgeonapproachAndrésA.Maldonado(Frankfurt)15:00–15:30DiscussionCoffeeBreak15:30-15:45

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SessionXChair:FlávioLeitãoFilho JoergBahm15:45–16:00NervegraftingversusnervefibertransferRobertSchmidhammer(Vienna)16:00–16:15Inter-andtransdisciplinarystrategyinseverebrachialplexuspalsyJoergBahm(Aachen)16:15–16:30Analysisoftheepineuriuminlatebrachialplexusrepair:Anyfindingsuggestingabetteroutcome?FlávioLeitãoFilho(Fortaleza) 16:30–17:00DiscussionAnnouncementofthe4thGERSAMin2021–MarianoSocolovskyClosingremarks