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Newsletter
N e u r o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y o f I n d i a
Table of Contents Secretary’s Message ................................................................ 02
Executive Council .................................................................... 02
Congratulations ....................................................................... 03
General Body Meeting ............................................................ 03
Future NSICONs ....................................................................... 03
Imporatant Announcements ................................................... 04
GBM Agenda ........................................................................... 05
Scientific Programme, NSICON 2013 ....................................... 06
Membership Information ........................................................ 34
Tariff for Advertisement in Newsletter ................................... 35
Secretariat
2/4Ab, Swadeshi Bima Nagar
Civil Lines, Agra – 282002 (UP)
India
Email: [email protected]
November 2013 Vol XII, No. 3
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NSI NSI NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER From the Secretary’s pen…….
Dear Colleagues
Dear Members
It is a matter of great satisfaction that entire EC of NSI has been busy along with organizing committee for making NSICON 2013, a landmark conference. It is apparent with ongoing preparation reaching final stages much before time. A path breaking scientific programme of yester years has been uplifted this time by active contribution of Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons (AASAN) and Association of Indian Neurologists of America (AINA). This year, Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society (PANS) our friend society is leaving no stone unturned to deliver most contemporary scientific feast. The whole program in immersed with cosmopolitan colour of Mumbai and punctuated by pluralistic exposition of everyone’s delight Bollywood.
Daylong Simulation workshop is being organised first time in India as prefix event on 11th December from 8 AM at Hotel Trident - the headquarter hotel for NSICON 2013. This will be unique experience for young neurosurgeons and residents.
Be ready for Being Mumbaiker in December 2013.
With best wishes Prof R C Mishra Hon Secretary, NSI
Executive Committee – 2013 President Dr. C. E. Deopujari,
E-Mail: [email protected] President Elect Dr. V Rajshekhar Email: [email protected] Secretary (2012-2014) Dr. R. C. Mishra,
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer (2012-2014) Dr. Deepu Banerji,
Email: [email protected]
Editor (2009-2014) Dr. J.M.K. Murthy,
Email: [email protected]
Secretariat 2/4Ab, Swadeshi Bima Nagar Civil Lines, Agra – 282002 (UP)
Email: [email protected]
Executive Committee Members (2012-2014)
Neurosurgery Dr. P. Sarat Chandra,
Email: [email protected] Dr. Manas Panigrahi,
Email: [email protected] Dr. V. P. Singh,
Email: [email protected]
Neurology Dr. Muralidharan Nair,
Email:[email protected] Dr. A. Panagariya,
Email:[email protected]
Allied Specialities Dr. Vani Santhosh,
EMail: [email protected]
Past Presidents Dr. K. E. Turel,
E-mail: [email protected] Dr. V. K. Jain
E-mail: [email protected] Org. Secretary NSICON 2013 Dr. Suresh Sankhla
E-mail: [email protected]
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CONGRATULATIONS
Dr C E Deopujari was chosen, President Elect International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons.
Dr. Malla Bhaskar Rao from NIMHANS, Bangalore was awarded FRCS by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
NSI congratulates them on their achievements.
GENERAL BODY MEETING 2013 NSICON 2013 wil l be held from 12th to 15th December at NCPA Mumbai. During this conference the General body meeting wil l take place at 6 pm on 13th December 2013 in Hall B. Al l members are requested to attend.
Activities of the NSI can be accessed on the Internet
Rules of the Society and application forms can be downloaded from our website: http://www.neurosocietyindia.org. Members are encouraged to visit the site.
Members desirous of having items included in the website / newsletter may please contact: The Secretary, NSI at [email protected]. Information should be sent by e mail.
Future NSICONS
2013 – Mumbai 2014 – Coimbatore 2015 – Hyderabad
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NSI Office during the Annual Conference at Mumbai
All delegates attending the Annual Conference at Mumbai are kindly requested to report to the NSI office as soon as possible after their registration process.
They are requested to re-verify their membership numbers and addresses so that the same can be updated in the records as well as in the Membership Directory.
The office shall remain open throughout the conference. - Honorary Secretary
Website www.neurosocietyindia.org
NSI website is in the process of being revamped and made more functional & appealing. All members, institutions may forward their URL identity & emails immediately to the secretary at [email protected] so that data may be updated.
Travelling Fellowships – NSI
Travelling fellowships are available for members of the Society to attend conferences and also to visit different centres in the country. For eligibility please visit the website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) or write to the Treasurer, NSI.
Travelling Fellowships – WFNS (I) TRUST
Travelling fellowships are available from the WFNS (I) trust to attend conferences both within India and outside. Please write to Dr. A. K. Banerji, A – 3, Sector – 26, NOIDA – 201301 Email: [email protected]. Forms are available on the NSI website (Download Forms section)
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NSI NSI NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER
GBM MEETING AGENDA 13th December 2013 Mumbai
Call to order
Obituary
Congratulations
Ratification of the Minutes of EC Meetings
Secretary’s Report o Proposed substitution of word ‘Oldest’ by ‘Premier’
o New NSI Logo
o Fellowships for SAARC Members
o NSI – CNS Collaboration Elections Results & Awards Felicitations
Education Cell Report
Website Report
Treasurer’s Report
CME Convenor Report
Editor’s Report
NEUROCON 2013 Mumbai
Orations for NEUROCON 2014
Any other matter with the permission of the chair
Vote of Thanks
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CME PROGRAM
Date : 12.12.2013
Venue : Neurosurgery CME – Hall A. (DR.R.G. GINDE HALL)
Neurology CME – Hall B. (DR. JACOB CHANDY HALL)
Inauguration President, CME convener & Co convener 08:30 – 08:40
Common Session 08:40 – 10:40 (25 + 5)
Sunil Pandya The relevance of clinical examination today 08:40 – 09:10
Urvashi Shah Finding the Silver Lining...Inspiring Hope while 09:10 – 09:40
Delivering Bad News
Abhay Bhave Neurosurgery in a patient on blood thinners 09:40 – 10:10
Ratnavalli Perceptive disorders in vision 10:10 – 10:40
Tea Break 10:40 – 11:00
Concurrent Neurosurgery Session
Advances In Neurosurgery : 11:00 – 12:40 (20 + 5)
Nelson Oyesiku What’s new with pituitary adenomas? 11:00 – 11:25
Siddharth Ghosh Controversies in management of low grade gliomas 11:25 – 11:50
H S Bhatoe Traumatic brain injury: future directions 11:50 – 12:15
Amar Saxena Simulation in neurosurgery 12:15 – 12:40
Lunch Symposium : 13:00 – 14:00
Dilemmas in gliomas – case based with panel of specialists 13:00 – 14:00
Evidence Based Neurosurgery : 14:00 – 15:15 (20 + 5)
Navanil Barua Steroid usage in spinal trauma 14:00 – 14:25
Husam al Habib Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty 14:25 – 14:50
Manas Panigrahi Petroclival tumors - outcomes with skull base approaches 14:50 – 15:15
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Controversies In Neurosurgery : 15:15 – 16:45
Muralidhar Pai Single surgically accessible brain metastasis : surgery 15:15 – 15:30
Aditya Gupta Single surgically accessible brain metastasis : radiosurgery 15:30 – 15:45
Discussion Single surgically accessible brain metastasis 15:45 – 16:00
Aadil Chagla Colloid cysts : microsurgery 16:00 – 16:15
Hemant Bhartiya Colloid cysts : endoscopic surgery 16.15 – 16.30
Discussion Colloid cysts management 16.30 – 16.45
Concurrent Neurology Session
Advances in Neurology : 11:00 – 13:00 (25 +5)
C.Rathore Recent Advances in Epilepsy Source Localization 11:00 – 11:30
B Raghunath An Update on the Pathogenesis and evolving therapeutics of
Alzheimer’s Disease 11:30 – 12:00
Sankar VH Molecular Advances in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) 12:00 – 12:30
Nirmal Surya Advances in Rehabilitation after Stroke 12:30 – 13:00
Muscle and Nerve Symposia : 14:00 – 15:15 (20 + 5)
V.K. Mustare Electrodiagnosis in Nerve injuries 14:00 – 14:25
S V Khadilkar Calpainopathies: A review with special reference to
calpainopathies in the Indian Agarwal community 14:25 – 14:50
Thomas Iype Recent trends in Myasthenia gravis 14:50 – 15:15
Clinical Diagnosis and Management : 15:15 – 16:45 (25 + 5)
Siddharama Pawate Systematic Approach to Myelopathy 15:15 – 15:45
S.R.Chandra Metabolic encephalopathy diagnosis and management 15:45 – 16:15
Bobby Varkey Critical care management of encephalitis in the Indian scenario 16:15 – 16:45
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NSI NSI NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER
Scientific Program for NSICON 2013 12th – 15th December 2013
Detailed Scientific Programme
Day 1 – 13 December 2013 (Friday)
Time Hall A [DR. R.G. GINDE HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium: Neurosurgery: Cranial Topics Chairpersons: Sanjay Behari, BK Misra, SK Gupta Evolution of the management of petroclival meningioma - Basant Misra Management of clival chordomas - Ibrahim Sbeih Don't burn your fingers! Do medicolegal issues help or hinder neurosurgical practice? - Ahmed Ammar
09:00 – 11:15 Hall: A Sessions: Award Papers Chairpersons: V Rajshekhar, MD Nair, Vani Santosh
Allied Neurosciences Award
09:00 – 09:12 Microsurgical anatomy of the superior sagittal sinus and draining veins J Mariano Anto Bruno-Mascarenhas
09:12 – 09:24
Correlation of pre-operative cranial nerve diffusion tensor tractography and anatomic magnetic resonance imaging with intra-operative findings in surgery of cerebellopontine angle tumours: A preliminary study Omkar Narayan Churi
09:24 – 09:36 Role of CT perfusion in predicting delayed cerebral ischemia and outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage Sudheesh Ramachandran
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Neurosurgery Award Paper
09:36 – 09:48 Three dimensional computed tomography angiographic study of the vertebral artery in patients with craniovertebral junction anomalies Laxminadh Sivaraju
09:48 – 10:00 Role of joint morphometry and cranio-cervical tilt in determining the severity of basilar invagination and atlanto axial dislocation Nishant Goyal
10:00 – 10:12 Cortical reorganization in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy following surgery - A fMRI study Praveen Kumar F Saligoudara
Award Paper - Epilepsy Award
10:12 – 10:24 Multi-lobar resection for extensive epileptogenic lesions in pediatric patients Bhaumik Prabhatsinh Thakor
10:24 – 10:36 Role of concordance between ictal subtracted SPECT and PET in predicting the long term surgical outcome Gaurangkumar M Vaghani
Award Paper - Neuro-oncology Award
10:36 – 10:48 Immunohistochemical expression of novel astrocytoma molecular markers - value in aiding histopathological grading and prognosis Arun H S
Award Paper - Cost Effective Management
10:48 – 11:00 Use of Viber app: a fast, easy and cost effective method of communication in neurosurgery Amit Thapa
Award Paper – NSI - AASAN Award Paper
11:00 – 11:12 Seizure control following intracranial grids and depth electrode monitoring and surgery for seizure focus resection: An institutional experience 2003- 2012 Madineni
1115 – 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 – 12:10
B Ramamurthi Oration Chairpersons: CE Deopujari, AK Singh, BS Das Topic: “Neurosurgery”: The life and times of the Editor in Chief- A 5 year review Orator: Nelson Oyesiku Introducer: Deepu Banerji
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12:10 – 13:00
Presidential Oration Chairpersons: V Rajshekhar, KE Turel Topic: Organized Neurosurgery Orator: CE Deopujari Introducer: Suresh Sankhla
13:00 – 14:00
Luncheon Seminar Chairpersons: Russell Lonser, Subodh Raju Sponsored by Codman ICP and Hydrocephalus
14:00 – 14:30
Special Lecture Chairpersons: R C Mishra, CE Deopujari Topic: Reflections on a humane education in the digital age Speaker: Dr. Homi Bhabha Introducer: NE Bharucha
14:30 – 14:55
Special Lecture Chairpersons: SR Dharker, Atul Goel Topic: Design and implementation of guidelines in spine surgery Speaker: Daniel Resnick
14:55 – 16:55 Free Paper Session: Spine 1 - Cervical Spine Chairpersons: VG Ramesh, Sanjeev Sinha, Suneel Shah
14:55 – 15:10 Total cervical disc replacement: local experience and overview Hesham Aborahma
15:10 – 15:25 Three level corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy Vedantam Rajshekhar
15:20 – 15:35 Withdrawn
15:40 – 15:50 Bone morphogenetic protein in cervical spine procedures: Analysis of the Marketscan longitudinal database Anand Veeravagu
15:50 – 16:00 The Madras Institute of Neurology Prognostic Scale: A new simple practical prognostic scale for cervical spondylotic myelopathy VG Ramesh
16:00 – 16:10 Cervical Laminoforaminotomy - A comparative study between open versus minimally invasive approach Nirmala S
16:10 – 16:15
Evaluation of hand function in healthy individuals and patients undergoing uninstrumented central corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) using Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT) Sanil John
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16:15 – 16:20 Clinicoradiological analysis of cervical disc replacement - Our experience Vemula Venkata Ramesh Chandra
16:20 – 16:25 Cervical laminoplasty: Modifications in technique for enhanced success and safety Anita Jagetia
16:25 – 16:30 Role of diffusion tensor imaging in surgical management of intramedullary spinal cord lesions and their neurological outcome Lakshmana Rao Chittem
16:30 – 16:35
Impact of tumor histology, respectability and preoperative neurological status on post operative neurological outcome in primary intramedullary spinal cord tumor: BIN experience in 21 cases Safi Ikbal Siddique
16:35 – 16:40 Spinal intramedullary tumors: an analysis based on 52 cases Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal
16:40 – 16:45 Evaluation and microsurgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord tumours (IMSCT): Our experience K Naresh Kumar
16:45 – 16:55 Discussion
16:55 – 17:15 Tea Break
17:15 – 18:15
Clinico-pathological conference Chairpersons: Suresh Nair, SV Khadlikar Convener: Geeta Chacko Participants: Ramakrishna Easwaran, Sona Pungavkar, Geeta Chacko,
Time Hall B [DR. JACOB CHANDY HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium – Neurosurgery: Spinal Topics Chairpersons: Atul Goel, P Sarat Chandra, Satyendra Desai Atlanto axial joints in atlanto axial dislocation - V K Jain The spine in achondroplasia: a case based update – N. Muthukumar Odontoid fractures - Ashwini Sharan
14:50 – 16:55 Free Paper Session: Vascular Chairpersons: SN Mathuriya, A P Karapurkar
14:50 – 15:05 Clip reconstruction of complex intracranial aneurysms: surgical nuances pertinent to the 21st century Kishor Choudhry
15:05 – 15:20 Management of intra-operative aneurysmal rupture - Is there a way to practice & simulate it in the lab? Firas Hammadi
15:20 – 15:35 Is ligation and division of anterior third of superior sagittal sinus really safe? Pravin Salunke
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15:35 – 15:45 Neurocognitive outcome following coiling and clipping of aneurysms Aditya Pandey
15:45 – 15:55 Status of intraoperative ICG angiography for safe surgery of intracranial aneurysms S N Mathuriya
15:55 – 16:05 Carotid microendarterectomy: Our results B K Mishra
16:05 – 16:15 Surgery for arteriovenous malformations Atul Goel
16:15 – 16:20 Extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysms: Case series and literature review of endovascular therapy Christopher Seward
16:20 – 16:25 Microsurgical strategy in giant intracranial aneurysms Warade Abhilit Gajanan Rao
16:25 – 16:30 Surgical management of paraclinoid aneurysms: Last four years experience at Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt Maneet Gill
16:30 – 16:35 Assessment of factors predicting the outcome in poor grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients Rahul Jain
16:35 – 16:40 Role of intraoperative ICG-videoangiography in intracranial aneurysm surgery Sathyanarayana L D
16:40 – 16:45 Single center outcome of microsurgical excision of brain and spinal cord cavernoma Dattaraj Paramanand Sawarkar
16:45 – 16:55 Discussion
16:55 – 17:15 Tea Break
18:15 onwards General Body Meeting
Time Hall C [DR. B. RAMAMURTHI HALL]
08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium: Neurology Critical Care Chairpersons: Pravina Shah, A. Pauranik, Vineeta Singh
08:00 – 08:20 Contemporary management of subarachnoid hemorrhage: Neuro-critical care Vineeta Singh
08:20 – 08:40 Neurological complications of critical illness Chitra Venkat
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08:40 – 09:00 Neuromonitoring : Options and possibilities in Indian ICUs Roop Gursahani
14:50 – 16:55 Free Paper Session: Skull Base 1 - Anterior Fossa Chairpersons: S Sampath, TD Nadkarni, Ravi Mohan Rao
14:50 – 15:05 Evolution of cerebrovascular/skull base surgery from technique based to disease based in the microsurgical/endovascular era Ketan Bulsara
15:05 – 15:20 Tuberculum sellae meningioma - Need for optic canal decompression Deepu Banerji
15:20 – 15:30 Management of malignant and invasive lesions of the anterior skull base S Sampath
15:30 – 15:40 Long term outcome in surgically treated posterior fossa epidermoid Ansari Khursheed Ahmad E
15:40 – 15:50 Craniopharyngiomas: A personal series of 144 cases from 1998 to 2012- Lessons learnt Aadil S Chagla
15:50 – 16:00 Surgical management of Rathke’s cleft cysts C E Deopujari
16:00 – 16:10 Orbital tumors: Our experience Pravin Tukaram Survashe
16:10 – 16:20 Orbital tumors through neurosurgeon’s vision - Study of clinicopathological profile and surgical management Vishakha Basavraj Karpe
16:20 – 16:25 Spheno-orbital meningiomas Dhaval Shukla
16:25 – 16:30 Surgical management of hypophysitis: Our experience Vishwaraj P Ratha
16:30 – 16:35 Reshaping the zygomatic complex to enhance the pterional exposure Shashwat Mishra
16:35 – 16:40 Spectrum of intracranial fungal masses – NIMHANS experience A R Prabu Raj
16:40 – 16:55 Discussion
16:55-17:15 Tea Break
Time Hall D [DR. BALDEV SINGH HALL]
08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium - Neurology Session Chairpersons: NE Bharucha, Ashok Panagariya, Urvashi Shah
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08:00 – 08:20 The grand challenges for global mental health and its implications for the clinical neurosciences Vikram Patel
08:20 – 08:35 Brain death - Amna Goswami
08:35 – 09:00 Transcranial motor evoked potential monitoring outcome in the high-risk brain and spine surgeries: Correlation of clinical and neurophysiological data- An Indian perspective Poornima Shah
14:30 – 14:55
Special Lecture Chairpersons: Nirmal Surya, Datta Muzumdar, Vrajesh Udani Topic: Syncope masquerading as seizures Speaker: Chandrashekhar Meshram
14:55 – 16:45 Autoimmune disorders and Stroke Chairpersons: Shirish Hastak, PP Ashok, Ashok Sirsat
14:55 – 15:15 Diet and Multiple sclerosis Vijayshree Yadav
15:15 – 15:25 IV thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours in the Indian population: Results from the ongoing safe implementation of treatments in stroke - India Registry Dheeraj Khurana
15:25 – 15:35 Descriptive analysis of childhood stroke in a tertiary care centre Maya Mary Thomas
15:35 – 15:45 Risk factors for non-puerperal cerebral venous-sinus thrombosis and role of plasma Factor VIII & fibrinogen in thrombophilia – A prospective case-control study Ravi Anadure
15:45 – 15:55 Clinical characterization of headache in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Ravi Yadav
15:55 – 16:45 Session: Autoimmune disorders Chairpersons: SV Khadilkar, J M K Murthy, MD Nair
15:55 – 16:15 Autoimmune disorders and myelitis - Siddharama Pawate
16:15 – 16:25 Clinico radiological correlation in multiple sclerosis : A pilot study from tertiary centre form south India Muralidharan Nair
16:25 – 16:35 Comparison of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica in tamilian population: Gender, relapse, vitamin D level and disability profile differ Sunil K Narayan
16:35 – 16:45 Rationale use of new antiepileptic drugs Navneet Kumar
16:45 – 17:15 Tea Break
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Day 2 – 14 December 2013 (Saturday)
Time Hall A [DR. R.G. GINDE HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium - Cranial Topics Chairpersons: Manas Panigrahi, Kishor Choudhari The effect of carotid revascularization (endarterectomy versus stenting) on cognitive outcome: Zoher Goghawala Neurologic manifestations of VHL: Russel Lonser Surgery of brainstem lesions (Cavernoma): Mahmoud Al Yamany
09:00 – 09:40
P N Tandon Oration Chairpersons: Vani Santosh, A K Banerji Topic: From morphology to molecules – a journey Speaker: Chitra Sarkar Introducer: Vani Santosh
09:40 – 10:05
Special Lecture Chairpersons: Suresh Sankhla, BS Sharma Topic: Biomarkers for spinal cord injury Speaker: Shekar Kurpad
10:05 – 10:30
Special Lecture Chairpersons: Rajan Shah, Malla Bhaskar Rao, Yusuf al Awadi Topic: Management of trigeminal neuralgia Speaker: Abdennabi Beneasa
10:30 – 10:50 Tea Break
10:50 – 12:50
Neurosurgery Symposium Chairpersons: P S Ramani, Michael Fehlings Degenerative Cervical Spine Convener: Deepu Banerji
10:50 – 10:55 Introduction to the symposium Deepu Banerji
10:55 – 11:10 Natural history, disability assessment and QOL V Rajshekhar
11:10 – 11:25 Management of mono-radiculopathy - Anterior/Post foraminotomy A K Singh
11:25 – 11:40 Multilevel cervical myelopathy: Anterior vs posterior: Rationale of approach K Sridhar
11:40 – 12:00 Current concepts in patho-physiology and treatment of CSM Michael Fehlings
12:00 – 12:15 Adjacent segment degeneration and arthroplasty SS Kale
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12:15 – 12:30 Comparative effectiveness research for cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Zoher Ghogawala
12:30 – 12:45 Discussion
12:50 – 13:15
Presidential Lecture Chairpersons: Shekar Kurpad, R N Bhattacharya, Deepu Banerji Topic: Endoscopic neurosurgery: Technical advance or changing concepts Speaker: C E Deopujari
13:15 – 14:15
Luncheon Seminar Sponsored by Biosurgery Chairpersons: Jogi Pattisapu, Ashish Suri Advancements in haemostasis solutions in neurosurgery – A. Bhave and others
14:15 – 16:20 Free Paper Session: Spine 2: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Chairpersons: M. Muthukumar, SM Rohidas, SS Kale
14:15 – 14:30 Effectiveness of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion - Early outcome observations Mansoorali Sitabkhan
14:30 – 14:45 Minimally invasive deformity correction Anurag Sharma
14:45 – 15:00 Minimally invasive surgery for lumbar degenerative deformity Beejal Amin
15:00 – 15:10 Ossification of the ligamentum flavum: Aetiology, radiology, surgical features and outcome N. Muthukumar
15:10 – 15:20 High grade spondylolysthesis management: our experience with speed technique Naga Raju Reddycherla
15:20 – 15:30 Tuberculosis as a cause of lumbar prolapsed intervertebral disc (PIVD) : A prospective study Puneet Gulati
15:30 – 15:40 Fluoro guided navigation in lumbar pedicle screw placement Santhosh R
15:40 – 15:45 Complete anatomic reduction and monosegmental fusion for spondylolisthesis using minimal access technique Akshay Hari
15:45 – 15:50 Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in treatment of thoracic and lumbar fractures Rahul Prasad
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15:50 – 15:55 Lumbar microdiscectomy/microdecompression using tubular retractor system: Experience with first 200 cases Abhaya Kumar
15:55 – 16:00
To study clinical and radiological presentation in patients with degenerative lumbar canal stenosis and management with bilateral minimally invasive laminotomy-foraminotomy: An experience of 60 cases Amit Kapoor
16:00 – 16:05 Ozone nucleolysis for management of lumbar and lumbosacral disc prolapse Kuldeep Yadav
16:05 – 16:10 Epidural blood patch: A study on an experimental model Sudipkumar Sengupta
16:10 – 16:15 MR localization with cod-liver oil capsules for minimally invasive approach to intradural tumors of the thoraco-lumbar spine Mazda Keki Turel
16:15 – 16:20 Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion(AxiaLIF)-An analysis of minimally invasive presacral approach for lumbar fusion Sundaravadhanan Shashivadhanan
16:20 – 17:15 Tea and Poster Viewing (Poster Viewing Area)
16:20 – 17:15 NSI Executive Committee Meeting: TBA
17:15 – 18:15 Video Session (7 minutes per presenter) Moderators: BK Misra, VP Singh, B A Chandramouli
17:15 – 17:22 Modified anterior transpetrosal rhomboid: 3D anatomy demo Ashish Suri
17:22 – 17:29 Intramedullary tumour excision V P Singh
17:29 – 17:36 Surgery for SCM type 1 Ramakrishna Easwaran
17:36 – 17:43 Radiofrequency rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia Paresh Doshi
17:43 – 17:50 Ring graft technique for microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia Daljit Singh
17:50 – 17:57 Surgery for cerebral AVMs Atul Goel
17:57 – 18:04 Surgery for craniopharyngioma Ari Chacko
18:04 – 18:11 Ventral ICA aneurysms S N Mathuriya
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16:20 – 17:15 POSTER SESSIONS
Poster Session 1 (Award Posters) – 2 minutes per poster Chairpersons: VN Jindal, Indira Devi, DA Palande
Effect of reduction of antiepileptic drugs in patients with drug resistant epilepsy Deepa Dash
Giant neurocysticercosis A Rajesh
Molecular genetics analysis of developmental craniovertebral junction anomalies in association with three rare syndromes Avnish Kumar Chauhan
A rare case report of intraventricular schwannoma D R Shankar
Quantitative analysis Of “Kawase’s Triangle” versus “Modified Anterior Petrosectomy (MAP) Rhomboid” approach for extended middle cranial fossa lesions extending into posterior cranial fossa Manjul Tripathi
Intraoperative brain shift in intrinsic brain tumor surgery – a quantitative analysis using diffusion tensor imaging in brain suite Manoj Phalak
C1-C2 polyaxial screw rod fixation for atlantoaxial dislocation due to Morquio’s disease Pragadhees R
Nasal paraganglioma with orbital and cranial extension: a rare case report Praveen Kumar
Salmonella typhi subdural empyema in a post operative patient: case report Rajneesh Gour
A rare case of post electrocution osteonecrosis Ramkumar R R
Clinical spectrum of spinal dural AV fistula - Case series Rohit Ninan Benjamin
Rare case of skull base tumor Sarit Pravin Shah
Minimally invasive procedure for a rare clival lesion K Madhu Suthan
Post operative hematoma following intracranial neurosurgery: risk factors and outcome analysis Manish Ranjan
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Microsurgical anatomy of the middle cerebral artery in Indian cadavers Rakshith Srinivasa
Primary intra-diploic meningioma : An uncommon entity Shameem Ahmed
A study of post cervical fusion arthroplasty Akshay Hari
An unusual case of lumbar canal stenosis Akshay Hari
Comparison of incidence, clinical profile, prognosis and outcome of supratentorial and infratentorial compartment head injury Himanshu Kumar
Bone Scalpel – A cutting edge technology - Our experience Hrushikesh Umakant Kharosekar
Role of silicon pattie in neurosurgery Jasmit Singh
Quest for better quality of life in a rare disease Mansoorali Sitabkhan
Traumatic fracture dislocation L5-S1 closed reduction technique and stabilisation –A case report Naga Raju Reddycherla
Rare primary malignant melanoma in cerebellopontine angle mimicking a petrosal meningioma - case report and review of literature Nirmala S
An unusual case of a giant sphenoid sinus mucocele with severe intracranial extension Rajput Jivansing Bhawlal
Tubercular meningitis with hydrocephalus with HIV co-infection – Role of CSF diversion procedure Raman Mohan Sharma
Pediatric supratentorial SOL: A diagnostic dilemma Safi Ikbal Siddique
Minimally invasive TLIF using cannulated and fenestrated augmented pedicle screws for lumbar spondylolisthesis in patients with osteoporosis Vemula Venkata Ramesh Chandra
Intrventricular hemorrhage in a patient of chronic myeloid leukemia, masquadering as a ruptured ACom artery aneurysm Ashish Aggarwal
Pseudomeningiomas: Lesion mimicking meningioma Chandranath Tiwari
Analysis of visual outcome in 50 cases of giant pituitary adenomas Sunil Kumar Singh
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Papez circuit and adjoining limbic system: Analysis of anatomy by fiber dissection technique A H Shah
Facio-lingual epilepsia partialis continua : A therapeutic challenge Sathwik R Shetty
Aneurysm surgery : a beginner's perspective Shashwat Mishra
Neurosurgery and pregnancy - Our experience Sarit Pravin Shah
A rare case report of spinal cord GBM D R Shankar
Component based computer evaluation versus apprenticeship method based evaluation of neurosurgery skills training: Stages for skills acquisition towards virtual reality Britty Baby
Autologous iliac crest bone marrow mononuclear cells in enhancing bone fusion following spinal surgeries Lakshmi Prasad G
16:20 – 17:15 Tea and Poster Viewing (Poster Viewing Area) Poster Session 2 (Free Posters) Chairpersons: Muralidhar Pai, Milind Sankhe
Role of thromboelastography in reducing blood component transfusion in neurosurgery ICU Deepak Agarwal
Design and development of multifunctional neurosurgical instruments for microscopic and endoscopic procedures Ramandeep Singh
Prevalence of fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis and its effect on the quality of life Anupam Gupta
Multidisciplinary approach to enchapalocoeles Vernon Leo Velho
Development of interactive e-learning platform by integration of web based technologies to supplement neurosurgery and neurotechnology education and training Vinkle Kumar Srivastav
Thoracic spinal intramedullary metastasis from carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of submandibular salivary gland-case report and review of literature Abhaya Kumar
Extended epidural blood patch for treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension Shibu Pillai
Autologus bone marrow stem cell therapy in traumatic spinal cord injury Pradipta Tripathy
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A randomized placebo controlled trial of progesterone with or without hypothermia in patients with severe traumatic brain injury Sumit Sinha
Holocord abscess in a child secondary to infected dermoid KV Karthikeyan
Paediatric neurosurgery - Our experience at MIND Priyamvadha K
A rare case report of multicentric anaplastic oligodendroglioma Atul Vats
Elevated skull fFractures: An under-recognized entity Rakesh Gupta
Multiple ICSOL : The enigma and its axiom Arun Oommen
Rare anterior fontanelle swellings: Dermoids and epidermoids Pradeep Bharti
C1/C2 fixation and occipito-cervico fusion: Our experience in Medica Superspecialty Hospital Sunandan Basu
Lumbar intradural epidermoids – Unusual tumours Krishan Kumar Yadav
A retrospective study of brain biopsy by frameless image guided system Vikram Sudhir Karmarkar
Bilateral secondary decompressive craniectomy (with intact dura) in severe traumatic brain injury Krishan Kumar Sharma
Large extra dural hematoma and massive brain compression- surgical problem and management Sanjay Sharma
A study of the socio-demographic profile of patients of traumatic brain injury and the associated risk factors affecting outcome in a government hospital Sunil Kumar Singh
Monitoring of stress level in healthcare workers in the emergency department Deepak Agarwal
A case of benign oncocytic left frontal convexity meningioma-an extremely rare presentation Akhil Prakash
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in patients with triventricular hydrocephalus - our instituitional experience S Rajkumar
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Time Hall B [DR. JACOB CHANDY HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium - Spinal Topics Chairpersons: A K Singh, BS Sharma, Santosh Lad Complication avoidance in intramedullary tumors - B S Sharma Endoscopic approaches to cervical spine – S M Rohidas Surgical management of degenerative lumbar canal stenosis: a dilemma – P S Ramani
13:15 – 14:15
Luncheon Seminar Sponsored by Surgiwear Chairpersons: Rajendra Prasad, Krishna Reddy, Laxmi Tripathy Hypertension epidemic: How to get rid of it - G.D. Agrawal
14:15 – 16:20 Free Paper Session: Skull Base 2 - CP angle and Meningiomas Chairpersons: K V R Sastry, Vernon Velho, S K Gupta
14:15 – 14:30 Petroclival meningiomas Ibrahim Sbeih
14:30 – 14:45 Operative technical pearls in vestibular schwannoma surgery Suresh Nair
14:45 – 14:55 Our experience in cerebello pontine angle tumors surgery & utility of diffusion tensor imaging in facial nerve mapping M. Manoranjitha Kumari
14:55 – 15:05 Facial nerve preservation in large vestibular schwanomas microsurgical excision at a peripheral centre - From aspiration to realization RC Mishra
15:05 – 15:15 Evaluation of molecular alterations in recurrent meningiomas Vaishali S Suri
15:15 – 15:25 Withdrawn
15:25 – 15:30 SCTIMST experience in managing bilateral vestibular schwannoma with an ongoing effort to define the management strategies Shivshankar Marajakke
15:30 – 15:35 Bilateral large to giant vestibular schwannomas with significant bilateral brain stem compression: Surgical considerations and postoperative dilemmas Rajan Kumar
15:35 – 15:40 Trigeminal neurinomas with extracranial extension: Analysis of 27 surgically treated cases A H Shah
15:40 – 15:45 Surgical strategies in multicompartmental trigeminal schwannomas Dwarakanath Srinivas
15:45 – 15:50 Surgical management of ventrally located foramen magnum meningioma Krishna Prabhu
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15:50 – 15:55 Endoscope Assisted Microsurgery (EAM) for resection of intracranial epidermoid tumor of skull base Ishwar Singh
15:55 – 16:00 Management of intracranial meningiomas: Our experience at Ibn Sina Hospital Muhammad Doghaim
16:00 – 16:05 Giant supratentorial meningioma : Operative management issues and outcome Rakesh Ranjan
16:05 – 16:10 Meningiomas: An institutional overview Vernon Leo Velho
16:10 – 16:20 Discussion
16:20 – 17:15 MCQ Test
18:15 – 19:15
Young Neurosurgeons Forum Convener: Manas Panigrahi Topic: Mentoring in Neurosurgery S. Kurpad, BK Misra, V. Rajshekhar, Ahmed Ammar
18:15-19:15 Alumni Get Togethers (Halls to be announced)
Time Hall C [DR. B. RAMAMURTHI HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium: Vascular Surgery Chairpersons: A. Raja, TD Nadkarni, R. Kachchara Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases in children - A single center study in Egypt - Alaa Fakhr Decompressive craniectomy for malignant cerebral ischemia - Ahmed Gamal Azab Cerebral vasospasm: The ongoing dilemma – Ketan Bulsara
13:15 – 14:15
Luncheon Seminar Sponsored by Covidien & Vascular Chairpersons: A K Gupta, A P Karapurkar Introduction to DSA and complication avoidance - Nitin Dange Stent assisted coiling in ruptured aneurysms - Anand Alulkar Management of cranial dural AVFs - Anil P Karapurkar
14:15 – 16:20 Free Paper Session: Skull Base 3 - Sellar Lesions and Intraventricular Tumours Chairpersons: Sudhir Dubey, Aadil Chagla, Mahesh Choudhari
14:15 – 14:30 Colloid cyst: Endoscopic vs transcallosal approach Ishaq Ghanin
14:30 – 14:45 Role of intraoperative lumbar CSF drainage in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma Gandham Edmond Jonathan
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14:45 – 14:55 Analysis of surgical outcomes of the extended endoscopic transsphenoidal approach for pituitary macroadenomas Mohammed Suheel A
14:55 – 15:05 Role of navigation and intraop MRI in endoscopic endonasal surgery of pituitary adenomas Sudhir Dubey
15:05 – 15:15 Study of endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to sellar and suprasellar tumours over 10 years Bhaskar Kendre
15:15 – 15:25 Surgical management of 81 cases of Cushing’s disease Ashish Suri
15:25 – 15:35 Requirement of perioperative steroid supplementation in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas- A clinical trial Ramya L
15:35 – 15:45 Surgery for intraventricular lesions Mayur Kamath V.
15:45 – 15:55 Interhemispheric transcallosal approach to intraventricular tumors: Surgical technique and results Arvind Kumar Srivastava
15:55 – 16:00 Role of early post operative spiral CT sella after trans-sphenoidal resection of pituitary macro adenoma Sumanth Kumar N
16:00 – 16:05 Invasiveness of gonadotrophic pituitary adenomas Shabari Girishan K V
16:05 – 16:10 Transphenoidal surgery for sellar tumors Pradipta Tripathy
16:10 – 16:15 ICA infarct following surgery for pituitary adenoma. A rare fatal complication – Proposal of new mechanism for its cause Kannepalli Venkata Laxmi Narasinga Rao
16:15 – 16:20 Discussion
16:20 – 17:15 Tea and Poster Viewing
18:15 – 19:15
Practicing Neurosurgeons and Neurologists Forum Convener: V P Singh Topic: How to avoid litigation in practice? Convenor: VP Singh, New Delhi Speakers: RC Mishra, Agra Raj Kamal, Amritsar Maloy Chakravarty, Siliguri Uday Andar, Mumbai Mahesh Karandikar, Nashik
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Time Hall D [DR. BALDEV SINGH HALL]
08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium - Neurology Chairpersons: SM Katrak, Vinay Goyal, MD Nair
08:00 – 08:20 Management of Herpes encephalitis - Beyond medical treatment Birinder Singh Paul
08:20 – 08:40 Role of steroids in CNS infection - Vinay Goyal
08:40 – 09:00 Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) intracranial pressure abnormalities and the challenges Bhawna Sharma
10:45 – 12:45 Neurology Symposium: Evidence Informed Healthcare Chairpersons: M. Mehnidiratta, Siddharama Pawate Convener: R. Sridharan
10:45 – 11:05 Introduction to Evidence informed health care R. Sridharan
11:05 – 11:25 Evidence informed treatment of cerebrovascular diseases Kameshwar Prasad
11:25 – 11:45 Evidence informed treatment of neuromuscular disorders M Mehndiratta
11:45 – 12:05 Evidence informed treatment of CNS infections Lakshmi Narasimhan
12:05 – 12:25 Evidence informed treatment of Parkinson’s disease Charu Sankhla
12:25 – 12:45 Discussion
13:15- 14:15
Luncheon seminar
Sponsored by Biogen Idec
Chairpersons : J.S. Kathpal, Nirmal Surya 13:15 - 13:50 - Making timely decisions – Key to preserving functional ability in MS - B S Singhal 13:50 - 14:05 - Patient case presentation – Nasli Ichaporia 14:05 -14:15 – Discussion
14:15 – 16:15 Neurology Session Epilepsy/Epilepsy Surgery Chairpersons: Pravina Shah, P Saratchandra, Sangeeta Rawat
14:15 – 14:30 Outcome of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy Prof. Saleh Baeesa
14:30 – 14:45 Stereotactic thermal ablation for surgical treatment of epilepsy Ashwini Sharan
14:45 – 15:00 Guidelines for pediatric epilepsy surgery- Recommendations of ILAE subcommision for pediatric epilepsy P Saratchandra
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15:00 – 15:15 Pediatric epilepsy surgery - Update and our experience Vrajesh Udani
15:15 – 15:30 Status epilepticus: the limitations of current guidelines in Indian context UK Misra
15:30 – 15:45 Epilepsiapartialis continua Sangeeta Ravat
15:45 – 16:00 Pediatric epilepsy – encephalopathies, comorbidities (case based management) Anaita Hegde
16:00 – 16:10 Surgical outcome in patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy : MTLE) Sathwik R Shetty
16:10 – 16:20 Why epilepsy surgery could fail? The surgeon's perspective George C Vilanilam
16:20 – 16:30 How to establish epilepsy surgery programmes in India? M Bhaskara Rao
16:30 – 16:40 Outcome of surgery for refractory epilepsy with focal cortical dysplasia - Role of multimodality evaluation S Sita Jayalakshmi
16:40 – 16:55 Tea Break
16:55 – 18:35 Movement Disorders Session Chairpersons: Charu Sankhla, Rupam B, Neeta Mehta
16:55 – 17:10 Approach to vertigo Sudhir Kothari
17:10 – 17:25 Relationship between body weight - levodopa and dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease Jagdish Sharma
17:25 – 17:40 Young onset movement disorders Hrishikesh Kumar
17:40 – 17:55 A series of task specific oromandibular dystonia associated with chewing 'Khat' Pettarusp Wadia
17:55 – 18:05 Clinical spectrum of dystonia in a tertiary care centre Anil Kumar Patil
18:05 – 18:15 Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 in Indian population: TBP- CAG/CAA intermediate repeat alleles and diagnostic threshold dilemma Achal K Srivastava
18:15 – 18:25 Clinical, genetic, epidemiological profile and predictors of severity in an Indian cohort with autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia. Ajith Sivadasan
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18:25 – 18:35 Non-Wilsonian hepatolenticular degeneration: Clinical and MRI observations in five families from India Madhu N
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Day 3 – 15 December 2013 (Sunday)
Time Hall A [DR. R.G. GINDE HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium: Cranial Topics Chairpersons: Laxmi Tripathy, Ketan Desai, Hemant Bhartiya The utility of intrathecal fluorescein for endoscopic repair of CSF leaks -Bharat Guthikonda Minimally invasive approach for management of suprasellar lesions - Ali Ayyad Role of interventional radiology in management of dural arteriovenous malformations - AK Gupta
09:00 – 09:25
Special Lecture Chairpersons: V.S. Mehta, R.C. Mishra, Ashwini Sharan Topic: AASAN-NSI partnership Speaker: Jogi Pattisapu
09:25 – 10:40 Free Paper Session: History of Neurosciences Chairpersons: S K Pandya, K Sridhar, Thimmappa Hegde
09:25 – 09:40 History of neurosurgery in Western India Aadil S Chagla
09:40 – 09:50 Paul Harrington- Father of modern spinal fusion surgery Sundaravadhanan Shashivadhanan
09:50 – 10:00 Mentors and Dementors -The sacred calling of mentoring the next generation of neurosurgeons Anil Pande
10:00 – 10:10 Seat belts – An innovation that saved million lives Krishan Kumar Yadav
10:10 – 10:20 Who was Prof B Ramamurthi? A recap K. Sridhar
10:20 – 10:30 Ethics in neurosurgery Jenny Jasbir Multani
10:30 – 10:35 Haemostasis in neurosurgery - History and future Deepak Agarwal
10:35 – 10:40 Brain injuries in battle - A historical vignette Khalil Issac Mathai
10:40 – 10:55 Tea Break
10:55 – 12:45 Free Paper Session: Trauma Chairpersons: Alok Sharma, H.S. Bhatoe, V.D. Sinha
10:55 – 11:10 Design of NIH guidelines Russell Lonser
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11:10 – 11:25 Extra- erythropoietic effects of rhEpo in traumatic brain injury Neelima Chauhan
11:25 – 11:35 Hippocampal volume as a marker of persistent vegetative state after severe traumatic brain injury Khalil Issac Mathai
11:35 – 11:45 Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in neurosurgery: Our experience D A Palande
11:45 – 11:55 Adult brachial plexus injuries - a personal experience Ketan Ishwarlal Desai
11:55 – 12:00 Brachial plexus Injury in children – A study of 33 patients Kanwaljeet Garg
12:00 – 12:05
A comparison of single burr hole with closed external drainage system vs double burr hole with closed external drainage system in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma – A series of 230 cases P R Rajkumar
12:05 – 12:10 Clinico radiological study of diffuse axonal injury and outcome analysis after management Himanshu Kumar
12:10 – 12:15 To determine usefulness of serum NT proBNP in directing treatment of hyponatremia with natriuresis in postoperative neurosurgical patients Tobin George
12:15 – 12:20 Withdrawn
12:20 – 12:25 Utility of thromboelastometry (TEG) in diagnosing of infection in neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU) as compared to established biomarkers Deepak Agarwal
12:25 – 12:30 The role of Human Umbilical Cord Blood (HUCB) and Neuronal Stem Cells (NSC) in recovery of hind limb function after spinal cord injury in SD rats - An experimental study Sumit Sinha
12:30 – 12:45 Discussion
12:45 – 13:00 Valedictory function
13:00 onwards Lunch
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Time Hall B [DR. JACOB CHANDY HALL]
08:00 – 09:00
Morning Symposium – Neurosurgery: Spinal Topics Chairpersons: Abhay Kumar, Deepu Banerji Minimally invasive approaches for interbody fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis - Sudhir Dubey Management of traumatic thoraco lumbar fractures – Sampath Somanna Mild cervical spondylotic myelopathy: To operate or not - Michael Fehlings
09:25 – 10:40 Free Paper Session: Pediatrics Chairpersons: Mazhar Hussain, Daljit Singh, Uday Andar
09:25 – 09:40 Ultrasound guidance in pediatric neurosurgery Llewellyn Padayachy
09:40 – 09:50 Improvement in intraoperative transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials in tethered cord surgery: an analysis of forty five cases V Rajshekhar
09:50 – 10:00 Is there a role of aqueductoplasty in the treatment of hydrocephalus Daljit Singh
10:00 – 10:10 Surgical treatment of Moyamoya disease by encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosis (EDAS). A study of 72 pediatric cases Trimurti D Nadkarni
10:10 – 10:20 Tethered Cord Syndrome: The Narayana Institute of Neurosciences experience Pillai Shibu Vasudevan
10:20 – 10:25 Tethered Cord Syndrome : An Institutional experience Chandranath Tiwari
10:25 – 10:30 Initial learning curve in neuroendoscopy Vijay Singh Parihar
10:30 – 10:35 ETV outcomes in cases of hydrocephalus and role of redo ETV in cases of failure Amit Gupta
10:35 – 10:40 Discussion
10:40 – 10:55 Tea Break
10:55 – 12:45 Free Paper Session: Spine 3: CVJ and Spine Miscellaneous Chairpersons: Anil Pande, Atul Goel, Harman Singh
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10:55 – 11:10 Minimally invasive treatment for metastatic spine tumours Brian Ragel
11:10 – 11:25 State-of-the-art: role of surgical simulation in current neurosurgical residency training Harman Singh
11:25 – 11:40 Syndromic versus non-syndromic atlantoaxial dislocation: Do clinicoradiological differences have a bearing on management? Jayesh C. Sardhara
11:40 – 11:50 Surgical interventions in spinal arteriovenous malformations Sanjay Behari
11:50 – 12:00 C1-C2 Joint re-alignment, distraction and fusion for basilar invagination Snighda Saha
12:00 – 12:05 Withdrawn
12:05– 12:10 The role of MRI and PET-CT combined in differentiating benign from malignant lesions vertebral compression fractures Ashish Aggarwal
12:10 – 12:15 Surgical management of vertebral body tumours Natesan D
12:15 – 12:20 Minimally Invasive thoraco-lumbar corpectomies Puneet Rana
12:20 – 12:25 The ventral unlocking technique in perched facets Anil Pande
12:25 – 12:45 Discussion
Time Hall C [DR. B. RAMAMURTHI HALL]
09:25 – 10:40 Free Paper Session: Stereotaxy Chairpersons: Paresh Doshi, Milind Sankhe, A. Chand
09:25 – 09:40 Radiosurgery for AVMs V P Singh
09:40 – 09:55 DBS for psychiatric disorders Milind Deogaonkar
09:55-10:10 Bilateral pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Srinivas Botla
10:10 – 10:20 Diagnostic value and complications of CT guided stereotactic biopsy in neurosurgery Bhavani Prasad Ganji
10:20 – 10:30 Evaluation of safety and efficacy of stereotactic biopsy in intracranial space occupying lesions Divya Jyoti Sharma
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10:30 – 10:40 Discussion
10:40 – 10:55 Tea Break
10:55 – 12:45 Free Paper Session: Tumours – Gliomas Chairpersons: B. Anandh, Rakesh Jalali, Datta Muzumdar
10:55 – 11:10 Long term survival in GBM patients following RT and Temozolomide – Results from the largest prospective cohort treated with standard uniform adjuvant therapy from India Arivazhagan
11:10 – 11:20 ATRX gene mutation: a key molecular alteration in low grade astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas Chitra Sarkar
11:20 – 11:30 Surgical Outcomes Of DTI and fMRI In intra-axial brain lesions Keki E. Turel
11:30 – 11:40 Impact of intraoperative MR and image guidance in glioma resection Anandh Balasubramaniam
11:40 – 11:50 Encouraging results with three-dimensional navigable ultrasound in resection of malignant gliomas Aliasgar Moiyadi
11:50 – 12:00 Intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery - Our experience Hrushikesh Umakant Kharosekar
12:00 – 12:10 Burrhole versus trephination (2.5-10cm) craniotomy-Our Experience Rajput Jivansing Bhawlal
12:10 – 12:20 Visual pathway gliomas: Management implications of fluid and electrolyte disturbances Devesh Kumar Singh
12:20 – 12:25 Infratentorial hemangioblastomas: An analysis of 60 cases Jasmit Singh
12:25 – 12:30 Neuronavigation guided resection of deep seated tumors of brain using (Stryker cart 2) system for near complete excision – Our experience Nilesh Agrawal
12:30 – 12:35 Assessment of usefulness of intraoperative fluorescence using 5 ALA in radical excision of malignant glioma Ankit Mathur
12:35 – 12:40 Awake craniotomy in brain tumors with clinical monitoring: A single centre experience Prakash M Shetty
12:40 – 12:45 Discussion
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Time Hall D [DR. BALDEV SINGH HALL]
08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium: Neurology Chairpersons: S. Prabhakar, Vinay Chaudhry, Satish Khadilkar
08:00 – 08:20 Headache, the Indian scenario Debashish
08:20 – 08:40 Headache and the eye signs, neurologists and the neurosurgeons face Vivek Lal
08:40 – 09:00 Amitriptyline and pregabalin in chronic low backache: A randomized controlled trial Jayantee Kalita
09:00 – 11:20 Cognitive Neurology and Miscellaneous Chairpersons: Nirmal Surya, Pravina Shah, Vinay Chaudhry
09:00 – 09:20 The distributed nature of language representations in the brain K Sathian
09:20 – 09:40 Aphasia beyond traditional syndromes Apoorva Pauranik
09:40 – 10:00 Immune neuropathies Vinay Chaudhry
10:00 – 10:15 Status of Thymectomy and updating in surgical advancements Arvind Kumar
10:15 – 10:30 Statins in stroke Sudesh Prabhakar
10:30 – 10:45 TBA Ravindra Garg
10:45 – 11:00 TBA Rajesh Verma
11:00 – 11:10 Study of natural history of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – An experience of 10 years Varun Kataria
11:10 – 11:20 Prevalence of polyneuropathy in diabetes is associated with stroke and its outcome Sidharth Shankar Anand
11:20 - 11:30 Clinical profile and outcome in spontaneous intracranial hypotension Sanjeev Kumar
Tea Break
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