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The 6th Liverpool Paediatric Neurosurgery Masterclass

Thursday 24th and Friday 25th November 2016

Liverpool

Course OrganisersDepartment of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation TrustMrs Dawn HenniganMr Ajay SinhaMr Conor L MallucciMiss Benedetta Pettorini

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Speakers

Mr Chris ChandlerConsultant Adult and Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Neurosurgery (Sub specialities - Brain surgery, cancer surgery, neck surgery, paediatric brain surgery, paediatric spinal surgery, spinal surgery)King’s College Hospital

Mr Paul ChumasConsultant Neurosurgeon (Adults and Paediatric) Specialities: Paediatric Neurosurgery, Craniofacial Surgery, Brain Tumours and Epilepsy surgeryThe Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Mr Darach CrimminsConsultant Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: TBCChildren’s University Hospital Temple Street and Beaumont Hospital Dublin

Mr Richard EdwardsConsultant Paediatric and Adult NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Paediatric neurosurgery, brain tumours in adults and children, hydrocephalus and neuroendoscopy, surgery for spasticity including Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) and spinal surgery including paediatriccraniocervical surgeryBristol Royal Hospital for Children and North Bristol NHS Trust

Mrs Dawn HenniganAdvanced Nurse Practitioner – NeurosurgeryAlder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Donald MacarthurHonorary Clinical Associate Professor in Neurosurgery/Consultant Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Brain tumours, paediatric neurosurgery, neuroendoscopyThe University of Nottingham/Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr Conor MallucciConsultant Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Hydrocephalus and neuro-oncology - Brain tumours, spina bifida, neuroendoscopy, advanced navigation and intra-operative MRI for brain tumoursAlder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Roy McConnellConsultant NeurosurgeonSpecialities: TBCDepartments of Neurosurgery and 2Neuroradiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom

Mr Chris ParksConsultant NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Neuro-oncology surgery, craniofacial surgery, paediatric spine surgery, neuroendoscopyAlder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Miss Benedetta PettoriniConsultant Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Neuro-oncology, hydrocephalus, neuronavigation, endoscopy and spasticity (including selective dorsal rhizotomy)Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Barry PizerConsultant Paediatric OncologistSpecialities: Tumours of the central nervous systemAlder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Andrew SelbyPaediatric IntensivistSpecialities: TBCAlder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Mr Ajay SinhaConsultant Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Cranofacial surgery, pituitary surgery, paediatric head injury, skull base surgery and paediatric neurosurgeryAlder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Stavros StivarosNIHR Clinician Scientist and Senior LecturerSpecialities: Assessment of hydrocephalus, developing paediatric brain imagingUniversity of Manchester

Mr Dominic ThompsonHonorary Senior Lecturer/Consultant Paediatric NeurosurgeonSpecialities: Spinal dysraphism, craniovertebral anomalies, Moyamoya diseaseInstitute of Child Health/Great Ormond Street Hospital

PD Dr med Ulrich-Wilhelm ThomaleHead of Paediatric NeurosurgerySpecialities: Brain tumours, neuroendoscopy, hydrocephalusCharité Hospital, Berlin

Dr Grace VassalloNeurology ConsultantSpecialities: Acquired brain injury, neurovascular disease and NF 1 and 2Central Manchester University Hospitals

Thursday 24th November 2016

09.00 Registration, refreshments and exhibition Merchant Suite

09.30 Welcome and introduction Conor Mallucci

Session 1 Spina bifida – Foetus to teen Chairs: Donald Macarthur Sandip Chatterjee

Antenatal

09.35 Spina bifida - Prenatal considerations Roy McConnell

Foetal surgery

From birth

09.55 Endocrine issues Mohammed Didi

10.10 Respiratory issues Andrew Selby

10.25 Surgical closure techniques Darach Crimmins

10.35 Do you need a plastic surgeon to close? Adel Fattah

10.50 Hydrocephalus management – Shunt and ETV in spina bifida Paul Chumas

11.05 Chiari II Richard Edwards

11.20 Orthopaedic issues TBC

To teen

11.35 SHINE? Neurocognitive, work life, employment, psychological issues Liz Potts

11.50 The developing world experience of spina bifida Sandip Chatterjee

12.05 Closing remarks Donald Macarthur Sandip Chatterjee

12.10 Lunch Restaurant

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Session 2 Complex hydrocephalus Chairs: Paul Chumas Uli Thomale

13.00 Complex hydrocephalus, endoscopy and 4th ventricular stents Conor Mallucci

13.15 Post fossa cyst Uli Thomale

13.25 ETV for shunt malfunction Donald Macarthur

13.35 Hydrocephalus and craniofacial syndromes Chris Parks

13.50 The big head Benedetta Pettorini

14.05 Post infective/TB hydrocephalus Sandip Chatterjee

14.20 Case reports • TBC Chris Chandler • Slit ventrical syndrome and decompressive craniectomy Roy McConnell • TBC Chris Parks

14.50 Closing remarks Paul Chumas Uli Thomale

15.00 Refreshments and exhibition Merchant Suite

Session 3 Spasticity Chairs: Benedetta Pettorini Richard Edwards

15.30 Cause and diagnosis of cerebral palsy including medical management TBC - Mike Griffiths

15.50 Who are surgical candidates - ITB Benedetta Pettorini

16.00 Who are surgical candidates - SDR Kristian Aquilina

16.10 Orthopaedic issues in spasticity David Emery

16.30 Botulinum toxin Chris Sneade

16.40 Closing remarks Benedetta Pettorini Richard Edwards

16.50 Sponsored refreshments (to be taken into session)

Session 4 Wow! Chairs: Chris Parks Darach Crimmins

17.00 The weird, the wonderful, the absolutely bizarre and the downright stupid! All attendees All faculty invited to bring their strangest cases 3 minutes per case (maximum 2 slides, 1 must be an image or photo)

Friday 25th November 2016

08.30 Registration, refreshments and exhibition Merchant Suite

Session 5 Tumours Chairs: Barry Pizer Chris Chandler

09.00 Radiology – Novel techniques in tumour imaging Stavros Stivaros

09.30 Pathology – New WHO classifications and molecular techniques Federico Roncaroli

10.00 Molecular therapy Darren Hargrave

10.30 Closing remarks Barry Pizer Chris Chandler

10.40 Refreshments

Session 6 NF2 Chairs: Roy McConnell Andy King

11.10 Radiology Stavros Stivaros

11.30 Neurology Grace Vassallo

11.50 Surgery Andy King

12.10 Intramedullary tumours Dominic Thompson

12.30 Closing remarks Roy McConnell Andy King

12.40 Lunch Restaurant

13.30 Brain tumours in infants Invited speaker Sandip Chatterjee

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Session 7 Suprasellar tumours Chairs: Conor Mallucci Ajay Sinha

14.00 Differential diagnosis of suprasellar tumours, routine investigation and work up Richard Edwards

14.20 Pre/post endocrine management to include hypothalamic obesity Mohammed Didi

14.35 Surgical management of optic pathway gliomas Uli Thomale

14.50 Novel medical therapies for optic pathway gliomas Darren Hargrave

15.05 Craniopharyngioma – Surgical management, pitfalls and controversies, Kristian Aquilina plus update on UK consensus guidelines

15.25 Transphenoidal surgery for suprasellar region tumours Ajay Sinha

15.40 Case reports • Crookes Cella Adenoma Sandip Chatterjee • TBC Chris Chandler • TBC Darach Crimmins • Diabolically badly behaved craniopharyngioma Donald MacArthur

16.20 Close of 2016 masterclass Ajay Sinha

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