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Curriculum Vitae of C. Raftopoulos, 1

CURRICULUM VITAE

of

Pr. Christian Raftopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.

Neurosurgeon Head of the Department of Neurosurgery

of University St-Luc Hospital Professor of Neurosurgery

at the Catholic University of Louvain

February 2008


Table of Contents

Identity _______________________________________________________3

Military service _________________________________________________3

Languages_____________________________________________________3

Special Skills ___________________________________________________3

Interests ______________________________________________________3

Education and training ___________________________________________4

Ph.D. _________________________________________________________5

Positions ______________________________________________________5

1996 - Creation and Development of the New Department of Neurosurgery of the Catholic University of Louvain ________________________________6

World Première_________________________________________________6

April 2002 Congress opening presentation at the Plenary Session of the AANS – Chicago_________________________________________________6

October 2003 – Named Master Neurosurgeron at the Congress of Neurosurgeons _________________________________________________6

Publications ___________________________________________________6

Communications _______________________________________________19

Posters ______________________________________________________29

Invited speaker________________________________________________31

Humanitarian activities__________________________________________40

Television invitations et Newspaper Interview________________________40

Awards ______________________________________________________40

Organized Meetings ____________________________________________41

Grants _______________________________________________________41

Membership in scientific societies _________________________________41

Membership in non scientific societies ______________________________42

Offices held in scientific societies__________________________________42

Editorial Board ________________________________________________42

Advisory board ________________________________________________42


Identity

Name: Raftopoulos First name: Christian Born: 24th Augustus, 1958, République du Congo Nationality: Belgian

Address: Rue de l'Aqueduc, 126, 1050 Brussels. Belgium

Military service

Year 1992-1993

The first of my promotion

Lieutenant

Languages

French: mother tongue

English: very fluent

Nederlands: basic

Special Skills

Conversant with many softwares and particularly Windows NT, 2000, XP and Microsoft Office XP. Administrator of the neurosurgical intranet.

Administrator of the neuronavigation systems of Zeiss – Leibinger

Administrator of the neuronavigation system of Radionics – USA

Administrator of the neuronavigation system of BrainLab - Munich

Interests

Cinema, Informatic, Physics, History, Phylosophy

Sports: Badmington, Snowski, Windsurfing, Table tennis, climbing of the "Mont Blanc" in July 1999.


Education and training

♦ 1975 - Latin-mathematic section, cum laude, Collège Saint-Julien à Ath.

♦ 1983 - Medical Degree, cum laude, Université de Liège.

♦ 1984 - Training in Neurology, Université libre de Bruxelles.

♦ 1985 - Training in General Surgery, magna maxima cum laude, Université libre de Bruxelles.

♦ 1989 – Training in neurosurgery, Université libre de Bruxelles.

♦ 1991 - Certification of the Second International Post-Graduate Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery held in 1) Bonn (Germany), May 1989, Director: W. Entzian, 2) Madrid (Spain), May 1990, Director: F. Villarejo, 3) Birmingham (U.K.), May 1991, Director: A. Hockley. European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery

♦ 1992 - Workshop on Transoral and cervical stabilization (Alan Crockard), University College of London, Department of Anatomy, Rockfeller building, England. First prize at the two examinations

♦ 1992 - Workshop on Skull Base Surgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington, USA.

♦ 1994 - International "Hands-On" workshop: Midas Rex Instructional Course and Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus and CP Angle, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, University College of London, England. First prize

♦ 2000 - Workshop on vertebral body replacement, Clinikum Scherin, trauma and tumor treatment reference center, Dietmar Salger, Stryker Spine, Schwerin, Germany, October 17th 2000

♦ 2001 – Post-graduate course Advance Techniques in Image Guided Brain & Spine Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA, December

♦ 2003 – 2nd Annual Dynamic Spine Stabilization Training, Texas Health Research Institute, Dallas, USA

♦ 2004 – Workshop on Tumors of the Central Nervous System – Brain Tumor Management – Harvard Medical School, Boston-Massachusetts, USA, November 29-30.

♦ 2006 – Workshop on Sports Related Conference on Concussion & Spine Injury - Harvard Medical School, Boston-Massachusetts, USA, May 19, 2006.

♦ 2007 – Posterior Lumbar Minimal Access Spinal Technologies (MAST) – Metronic - London, UK, January 12-13, 2007.

♦ 2007 – Couplage de l’Ultrason à la navigation – BrainLAB – CHP Saint Martin, Paris, France, March 26-27, 2007.


Ph.D.

• 1994 - Doctor of Philosophy in Neurosurgery at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Hydrocéphalie idiopathique à pression normale. Analyse des ondes de pression intracrânienne permettant l’évaluation de l’amélioration clinique après dérivation, définition de l’amélioration des fonctions cognitives et signification de l’augmentation de l’espace sous-dural en post-opératoire.

Positions

• 1978 - 1981: Student Researcher in the department of Neuro-anatomy of Prf M. Gerebtzoff, Institut Auguste Swaen, Universite de Liège, Belgium. Two other posts of assistant, one in the department of Anatomy (Prf de Scoville) and one in the department of General and Compared Biochemistry (Prf Schoffeniels) were proposed to me.

• 1987 - Neurosurgeon, neurosurgical department, hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

• 1993 - Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Centre Inter Universitaire Hôpital Ambroise Paré

• June 1993 - Chef de Clinique Adjoint in the Neurosurgical Department, hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

• June 1995 - Academic member of the Medical Faculty of ULB

• February 1996 - Head of the Neurosurgical Department of “Cliniques Universitaires de St-Luc” with the title of Clinical Professor in Neurosurgery - Catholic University of Louvain

• January 1997 - “Maître de stage” for a full training in Neurosurgery

• September 1998 – Full Academic Professor in Neurosurgery at the Catholic University of Louvain

• December 1999 - Member of the Scientific and Directory Board of the French Speaking Society of Neurosurgery

• October 2000 – Professor “Ordinaire” of neurosurgery at Catholic University of Louvain

• December 2000 – Elected General Secretary of the French Speaking Society of Neurosurgery

• April 2001 – Permanent member of the Informatic Council of St-Luc Hospital

• January 2002 – Member of the Benelux Neuromodulation Society.

• July 2005 – Conseiller Scientifique à l’Association Parkinson.

• September 2007 - Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Congress of Neurosurgery.


1996 - Creation and Development of the New Department of Neurosurgery of the Catholic University of Louvain

1996 - Computerized image guided surgery

Deep brain stimulation in Movement Disorders, especially Parkinson disease

Vascular neurosurgery

2001 - Center of treatment for Chronic Refractory Epilespy

World Première

Electrode implantation on an optic nerve in human (February 1998)

Veraart C, Raftopoulos C, Mortimer J.T., Delbeke J., Pins D., Michaux G., Vanlierde A., Parrini S., Wanet-Defalque M.C. Visual sensations produced by optic nerve stimulation using an implanted self-sizing spiral cuff electrode. Brain Research 1998 Nov 30; 813 (1): 181-6.

Opening of a new neurosurgical complex with an intraoperative MRI of 3.0 T (January 2006)

April 2002 Congress opening presentation at the Plenary Session of the

AANS – Chicago

Surgical clipping may give better results than coil embolization on a series of 101 consecutive unruptured intracranial aneurysms

October 2003 – Named Master Neurosurgeron

at the Congress of Neurosurgeons

Lecture on Intracranial Aneurysm Reshaping

Publications

International publications with peer review

First two author or last one

Full paper

1. Raftopoulos C, Salmon E, Timmermans L. Nature de la barrière hémato-tissulaire au niveau de la vessie et du testicule. Etude chez le rat en microscopie de fluorescence et au microscope électronique. Acta Urol Belg 1981; 49:469-501.

2. Salmon E, Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. Premiers éléments de comparaison entre les barrières hémato-tissulaires au niveau cérébral, génital et urinaire. C R Soc Biol 1981; 175:259-265.


3. Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. Observations on the fine structure of the

Sertoli cells and spermatids in the human and rat testis. Arch Biol 1983; 94:87-97.

4. Flament-Durand J, Surmont J, Noterman J, Raftopoulos C. Un cas Rwandais de Blastomycose Nord Américaine. Bull Soc Franc Myc Med 1984; 13:367-371.

5. Surmont D, Raftopoulos C. 111-In-Ca-DTPA cisternography and intracranial arachnoidal cysts. Eur J Nucl Med 1984; 9:192-196.

6. Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Surmont J, Noterman J. Intracerebellar blastomycosis abscess in an African man. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1986; 88:209-212.

7. Surmont D, Raftopoulos C. Diagnosis of communicating intracranial arachnoidal cysts by 111-In-Ca-DTPA cisternography. Acta Neurol Belg 1986; 86:20-27.

8. Brotchi J, Raftopoulos C, Levivier M, Balériaux D. Progrès récents dans le traitement neurochirurgical des tumeurs intramédullaires. Chirurgie 1987; 113:117-121.

9. Jacobs F, Delecluse F, Raftopoulos C, Thys JP. Intraventricular Vancomycin in CSF shunt infections. Neurosurgery 1987; 21:112-113.

10. Noterman J, Depierreux M, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Les métastases de méningiomes. A propos de deux cas. Neurochirurgie 1987; 33:184-189.

11. Brotchi J, Noterman J, Levivier M, D'Haens J, Raftopoulos C. Intérêt et limites de l'utilisation du bistouri à ultrasons dans les neurinomes de l'accoustique. In: Fraysse B, Lazorthes Y, eds. Neurinomes de l'acoustique. Acquisitions et controverses. Editions Médicales Pierre Fabre, 1988:237-244.

12. Brotchi J, Noterman J, Levivier M, D'Haens J, Raftopoulos C. La voie d'abord sous-occipital rétrosigmoïdienne en décubitus latéral. In: Fraysse B, Lazorthes Y, eds. Neurinomes de l'accoustique. Acquisitions et controverses. Editions Médicales Pierre Fabre, 1988:157-164.

13. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Brotchi J, Voordecker P. The traumatic aspect of ventricular catheterization demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1988; 90:47-52.

14. Brotchi J, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Noterman J. Utilisation d'un greffon synthétique, le biocopolymère B.O.P. dans les abords antérieurs du rachis cervical. Expérience de 100 cas. Rachis 1989; 5:367-372.

15. Delecluse F, Voordecker P, Raftopoulos C. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency revealed by Xenon-133 inhalation SPECT. Stroke 1989; 20:952-956.

16. Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Brucher JM, Stroobandt G, Chaskis C, Brotchi J. Paraganglioma of the cauda equina. Report of two cases and review of 59 cases from the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1990; 92:263-270.

17. Raftopoulos C, Reuse C, Chaskis C, Brotchi J. Acute subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa. A case report and a review of the relevant literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1990; 92:57-62.

18. Brotchi J, Raftopoulos C, Levivier M, Dewitte O, Pirotte B, Vandesteene A, Balériaux D, Noterman J. Lésions de la région pinéale et falco-tentorielle.


Abord occipito-pariétal en trois-quarts ventral avec volet infra-sagittal. Neurochirurgie 1991; 37:410-415.

19. Brotchi J, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Noterman J. Invading meningiomas of sphenoid wing. What must we know before surgery? Acta Neurochir Wien 1991; 53:98-100.

20. Brotchi J, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Dewitte O, Pirotte B, Noterman J. Three-quarter prone approach to the pineal-tentorial region. Report of seven cases. Acta Neurochir Suppl Wien 1991; 53:144-147.

21. Brotchi O, Dewitte O, Levivier M, Balériaux D, Vandesteene A, Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Noterman J. A survey of 65 tumors within the spinal cord: surgical results and the importance of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurgery 1991; 29:651-657.

22. Marliani A, Delberghe X, Balériaux D, Segebarth C, Metens T, Rétif C, Raftopoulos C, Grand C. Cervical neurinoma associated with multiple intracranial arachnoid cysts: case report. Neuroradiology 1991; 34:449-450.

23. Chaskis C, Raftopoulos C, Noterman J, Flament-Durand J, Brotchi J. Meningioma associated with subdural hematoma: report of two cases and review of the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1992; 94:269-274.

24. Moussa Z, Raftopoulos C, Przedborski S, Hildebrand J. Lack of changes in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of homovalinic acid following acute challenge with levodopa. Ann Neurol 1992; 31:113-114.

25. Raftopoulos C, Vandesteene A. Ventriculoatrial distal catheter placement using transesophageal echocardiography: technical note. Neurosurgery, 1992; 31:1136.

26. Raftopoulos C, Pierard GE, Retif C, Braude P, Brotchi J. Endoscopic cure of a giant sacral meningocele associated with Marfan's syndrome: case report. Neurosurgery 1992; 30:765-768.

27. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Chaskis C, Delecluse F, Brotchi J. Traumatic brain edema induced by ventricular puncture. A study by magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurg Rev 1992; 15:199-201.

28. Raftopoulos C, Chaskis C, Delecluse F, Cantraine F, Bidaut L, Brotchi J. Morphological quantitative analysis of intracranial pressure waves in normal pressure hydrocephalus. Neurol Res 1992; 14:389-396.

29. Hildebrand J, Moussa Z, Raftopoulos C, Vanhouche J, Laute MA, Przedborski S. Variations of homovalinic acid levels in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid. Acta Neurol Scand 1992; 85:340-342.

30. Marliani AF, Delberghe X, Baleriaux D, Segebarth C, Metens T, Retif C, Raftopoulos C, Grand C Cervical neuroma associated with multiple intracranial arachnoid cysts. Neuroradiology 1992;34: 449-450.

31. Raftopoulos C, Delecluse F, Braude P, Rodesch C, Brotchi J. Anterior sacral meningocele and Marfan syndrome: a review. Act Chirurg Belg 1993; 93:1-7.

32. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Flament-Durand J, Delecluse F, Brotchi J. Cylindrical spinal meningioma. A case report. Surg Neurol 1993; 40:411-413.


33. Raftopoulos C, Jeoffroy F. Place de la neurochirurgie dans le traitement de la

douleur. In: AMUB, ed. Bruxelles: Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 1993:

34. Raftopoulos C, Sanchez A, Matos C, Balériaux D, Bank WO, Brotchi J. Hydrosyringomyelia-Chiari I Complex. Prospective Evaluation of a Modified Foramen Magnum Decompression Procedure: Preliminary Results. Surg Neurol 1993; 39:163-169.

35. Raftopoulos C, Braude P. Endoscopic cure of a giant sacral meningocele associated with Marfan's syndrome: Case report. Neurosurgery 1993; 33:534-535.

36. Raftopoulos C, Chaskis C, Bidaut L, Cantraine F, Balériaux D, Matos C, Delecluse F, Brotchi J. Brain Edema Induced by Ventricular Puncture. A Study by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In: Avezaat CJJ, van Eijndoven JHM, Maas AIR, Tans JTJ, eds. Intracranial Pressure VIII. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1993:797-801.

37. Raftopoulos C. Surgical treatment of syringomyelia based on magnetic resonance imaging criteria. Neurosurgery; 1993, 33: 535

38. Wayenberg J-L, Raftopoulos C, Vermeylen D, Pardou A. Non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure in the newborn and the infant: The Rotterdam teletransducer. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal 1993; 69:493-497.

39. Wayenberg JL, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Detemmerman D, Müller MF, Pardou A. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring in neonates and infants. Evaluation of a new fontanometer, normal values and clinical usefulness. Rev Méd Brux 1993; 14:209-215.

40. Chritophe C, Flament-Durand J, Hanquinet S, Heinrich C, Raftopoulos C, Sariban E, Segebarth C, Perlemutter N. MRI in 7 cases of Rathke's cleft cysts in infants and children. Pediatr Radiol 1993; 23:79-82.

41. Robberecht P, Vertongen P, Velkeniers B, De Neef P, Vergani P, Raftopoulos C, Hooghe-Peters EL, Christophe J. Receptors for pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptides in human pituitary adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1993; 77:1235-1239.

42. Raftopoulos C, Bidaut L, Chaskis C, Cantraine F, Clarysse S, Balériaux D. Brain edema induced by ventricular puncture. A study by Magnetic Resonance on a series of forty-one normo-pressure hydrocephalus patients. Acta Neurochir Wien 1994; 129:177-180.

43. Raftopoulos C, Deleval J, Chaskis C, Leonard A, Cantraine F, Desmyttere F, Clarysse S, Brotchi J. Idiopathic normo-pressure hydrocephalus: a prospective study in 23 consecutive patients. In: Nagai H, Kamiya K, Ishii S, eds. ICP IX. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1994:478-479.

44. Raftopoulos C, David P, Allard S, Ickx B, Balériaux D. Endoscopic cure of an oral cephalocele. Case report. J Neurosurg 1994;308-312.

45. Raftopoulos C, Deleval J, Chaskis C, Leonard A, Cantraine F, Desmyttere F, Clarysse S, Brotchi J. Cognitive recovery in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. A prospective study. Neurosurgery 1994; 35:397-405.


46. Benitah S, Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Levivier M, Dedeire S. Upper cervical

spinal cord compression due to bony canalar stenosis. Neuroradiology 1994; 36:231-233.

47. Gérard JM, Bouton R, Herbaut AG, Delecluse F, Raftopoulos C. Le syndrome parétique du canal lombaire étroit. Rev Neurol Paris 1994; 150:248-251.

48. Wayenberg J-L, Massager N, Valente F, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Franco P, Detemmerman D. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring in hydrocephalus and normal infants. In: Nagai H, Kamiya K, Ishii S, eds. Intracranial pressure IX. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1994:454-455.

49. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Hancq S, Closset J, David P, Brotchi J. Evaluation of endoscopy in the treatment of rare meningoceles. Preliminary results. Surg Neurol 1995;44:308-18.

50. Przedborski S, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Naini AB, Hildebrand J. Peripheral and central pharmacokinetics of apomorphine and its effect on dopamine metabolism in humans. Movement Disorders 1995; 10:28-36.

51. Noterman J, Dewitte O, Baleriaux D, Vandesteene A, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients over 65 years of age. Retrospective study of 72 patients including 65 cases of aneurysmal origin Neurochirurgie 1995;41: 51-57.

52. Raftopoulos C, Dethy S, Laute A, Przedborski S, Hildebrand J. Slow increase of HVA in cerebrospinal fluid after levodopa administration. Movement Disorders 1996; 11:59-62.

53. Raftopoulos C, Massager N, Balériaux D, Cantraine F, Clarysse S, Brotchi J. Prospective analysis by computed tomography and long term outcome of 23 adult patients with chronic idiopathic hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 1996; 38:51-59.

54. Van Bogaert P, Raftopoulos C, Cordonnier M, Chaskis C, Szliwowski HB. Cranial disjunction and visual failure in a slit ventricle syndrome with patent shunt. Child’s Nervous System 1996, 12:276-279.

55. Massager N, Wayenberg J.L., Raftopoulos C., Christophe C., Vermeylen D., Franco P. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring for the evaluation of asymptomatic infants with increased head growth rate. Child’s Nervous System 1996, 12:38-42.

56. Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Scordidis V, Janah M, Duprez Th, Cosnar G. La neuronavigation avec le système MKM de Zeiss. Neurone 1997, 2: 241-3.

57. Raftopoulos C. Les nouvelles thechniques en Neurochirurgie. La Revue de la Médecine Générale 1997, 143: 28-32.

58. Raftopoulos C. Management of severe head injury. JEUR, 1997, 4, 197-201.

59. Duprez T, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Cosnard G. Magnetic resonance (MR) evaluation of a modified surgical technique in hydrosyringomyelia-Chiari complex. A case report. Acta Neurol Belg. 1997 Mar; 97(1): 50-1.

60. Selvais Ph, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, Duprez Th, Thauvoy C, Buysschaert M and Maiter D. Pre- and peroperative misdiagnosed sellar tumour. Acta Clinica Belgica 1998, 53:203-5.


61. Prigogine T, Stoffels G, Fauville-Dufaux M, Trolin C, Raftopoulos C. Primary

Psoas Muscle Abscess Due to Mycobacterium xenopi. Clin Infect Dis 1998; 26:221-2

62. Veraart C, Raftopoulos C, Mortimer J.T., Delbeke J., Pins D., Michaux G., Vanlierde A., Parrini S., Wanet-Defalque M.C. Visual sensations produced by optic nerve stimulation using an implanted self-sizing spiral cuff electrode. Brain Research 1998, 813: 181-6 .

63. Raftopoulos C, Fomekong E, Van Boven M. Le traitement neurochirurgical des adénomes hypophysaires. Louvain Med. 1999, 118:

64. Dechambre S.; Duprez,T.; Lecouvet,F.; Raftopoulos,C.; Gosnard,G. Diffusion-weighted MRI postoperative assessment of an epidermoid tumour in the cerebellopontine angle. Neuroradiology 1999, 41: 829-31

65. Verhelst J, Abs R, Maiter D, Vandenbruel A, Vandeweghe M, Velkeniers B, Mockel J, Lamberigts G, Stevenaert A, Verlooy J, Raftopoulos C, Coremans C, Petrossians P, Mahler Ch, Beckers A. Cabergoline in the treatment of hyperprolactinomia : a clinical study in 455 patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999, 84: 2518-22.

66. Raftopoulos C, Mathurin P, Boscherini D, Billa RF, Van Boven M, Hantson P. Prospective analysis of aneurysm treatment in a series of 103 consecutive patients when endovascular embolization is considered the first option. J Neurosurg. 2000 Aug; 93(2): 175-82.

67. Picard G, Raftopoulos C, Barbath I, Fomekong E, Thauvoy C. Cause rare d'une affection sévère de la conscience après exérèse partielle d'une tumeur suprasellaire. Neurone 2000, 5: 16-18.

68. Picard G, Raftopoulos C, Fomekong E, Thauvoy C. La névralgie du trijumeau. Médisphère 2000, 113:23-5

69. Guzman P, Saint-Martin Chr, Boscherini D, Clapuyt Ph, Godfrin C, Cosnard G, Raftopoulos C, Sébire G. Infantile neurenteric cyst revealed by an acute myelopathy: case report and review of the literature. Neurology, 2000, 54:54

70. Raftopoulos C, Goffette P, Billa R, Mathurin P. Transvascular coil hooking procedure to retrieve an uraveled Guglielmi detachable coil: technical note. Neurosurgery 2002 Apr, 50 (4): 912-4; discussion 914-5.

71. Raftopoulos C, Goffette P, Vaz G, Ramzi N, Scholtes JL, Wittebole X, and Mathurin P: Surgical clipping may lead to better results than coil embolization: results from a series of 101 consecutive unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery 2003 Jun; 52 (6): 1280-1287; discussion 1287-1290.

72. Dufrane D, Marchal C, Cornu O, Raftopoulos C, and Delloye C: Clinical application of a physically and chemically processed human substitute for dura mater. J Neurosurg 2003 Jun; 98 (6): 1198-1202.

73. Bruneau M, Duprez T, Rommel D, and Raftopoulos C: Surgical treatment of a syringomyelia associated with an idiopathic arachnoid malformation disclosed by preoperative MRI. Surg Neurol 2004 Dec; 62 (6) : 552-555 discussion 555.

74. Claus E, Rutgers M, Sindic C, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, and Duprez T: Remitting/relapsing idiopathic hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitidis:


comprehensive imaging work-up and MR monitoring. Eur Radiol 2005 Jan; 15 (1) : 53-8.

75. Vaz G, Hantson, P Goffette P, Raftopoulos C. Anévrismes cérébraux rompus : approche endovasculaire ou chirurgicale Réanimation, Volume 13, Issue 5, July 2004, Pages 362-367.

76. Duprez TP, Serieh BA, Raftopoulos C. Absence of memory dysfunction after bilateral mammillary body and mammillothalamic tract electrode implantation: preliminary experience in three patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Jan; 26 (1): 195-7; author reply 197-8.

77. Raftopoulos C. Is surgical clipping becoming underused? Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2005 Feb; 147 (2): 117-23; discussion 123-124.

78. van Rijckevorsel K., Abu Serieh B, de Tourtchaninoff M, Raftopoulos C. Deep EEG Recordings of the Mammillary Body in Epilepsy Patients. Epilepsia 2005 May; 46 (5): 781-785.

79. Liolios A, Guerit JM, Scholtes JL, Raftopoulos C, Hantson P. Propofol infusion syndrome associated with short-term large-dose infusion during surgical anesthesia in an adult. Anesth Analg. 2005 Jun; 100 (6): 1804-6.

80. Bruneau M, Goffette P, Cosnard G, Rommel D, Raftopoulos C. Lateral sacral artery aneurysm. Case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery. 2005 Jul; 57 (1).

81. Raftopoulos C, Abu Serieh B, Duprez T, Docquier MA, Guerit JM. Microsurgical results with large vestibular schwannomas with preservation of facial and cochlear nerve function as the primary aim. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2005 Jul;147(7):697-706.

82. Hmaimess G, Raftopoulos C, Kadhim H, Nassogne MC, Ghariani S, de Tourtchaninoff M, van Rijckevorsel K. Impact of early hemispherotomy in a case of Ohtahara syndrome with left parieto-occipital megalencephaly Seizure. 2005 Sep; 14 (6): 439-42.

83. Raftopoulos C, van Rijckevorsel K, Abu Serieh B, de Tourtchaninoff M, Mary G, Grandin C, Duprez T, vanoiu A. Epileptic Discharges in Mammillary Body of a Patient with Refractory Epilepsy. Neuromodulation (case report), 2005 oct; 8 (4): 236-240. (IF 2003: 0.875)

84. Jaffan I, Abu Serieh B, Duprez T, Cosnard G, Raftopoulos C. Unusual CT/MR Features of Putative Ligamentum Flavum Ossification in a North African Woman. Br J Radiol. 2006 Aug;79(944):e67-70. Review.

85. Delavallée M., Raftopoulos C. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in a patient with myotonic dystrophy: cas report with a 10-year follow-up. Neurosurgery 2006 Apr; 58(4).

86. Raftopoulos C. Surgical Management of Inadequately Embolized Intracranial Aneurysms: A series of 17 Consecutive Cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien) – in print.

87. Raftopoulos C, Vaz G, Docquier M, Goffette P; Interventional Cerebrovascular Group, Universite Catholique de Louvain. Neurosurgical management of


inadequately embolized intracranial aneurysms: a series of 17 consecutive cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Jan;149(1):11-9; discussion 18-9.

88. Fomekong E, Hernalsteen D, Godfraind C, D'Haens J, Raftopoulos C. Pituitary stalk hemangioblastoma: the fourth case report and review of the literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Apr;109(3):292-8. Epub 2006 Dec 21. Review.

89. Abu-Serieh B, Ghassempour K, Duprez T, Raftopoulos C. Stereotactic ventriculoperitoneal shunting for refractory idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jun;60(6):1039-43; discussion 1043-4.

Abstracts

1. Salmon E, Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. La barrière hémato-tissulaire au niveau du testicule, de la vessie et du cerveau. Premiers éléments de comparaison. J Urol Paris 1980; 86:801-802.(Abstract)

2. Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. Etude ultrastructurale testiculaire dans un cas de cryptochirdie. J Urol Paris 1981; 87:747.(Abstract)

3. Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. Ultrastructure normale des tissus testiculaires de l'homme et du rat adultes. Etude comparative. J Urol Paris 1981; 87:746-747.(Abstract)

4. Flament-Durand J, Depierreux M, Balériaux D, Voordecker P, Raftopoulos C, Levivier M, Brotchi J. Chordome versus chondrome: diagnostic dfférentiel difficile de ces tumeurs dans leur localisations à la base du crâne. Acta Neurol Belg 1987;(Abstract)

5. Flament-Durand J, Depierreux M, Raftopoulos C, D'Haens J, Balériaux D. Hydrocéphalie non-communicante de cause inhabituelle. Acta Neurol Belg 1987;(Abstract)

6. Raftopoulos C, Chaskis C, Delecluse F, Cantraine F, Bidaut L, Brotchi J. Morphological quantitative analysis of intracranial pressure waves in normal pressure hydrocephalus. Acta Neurol Belg 1992; 92:181(Abstract)

7. Benitah S, Balériaux D, Raftopoulos C, Dooms G, Bank W. Sténose cervicale supérieure chez un violoniste. Revue d'Imagerie Médicale 1992; 10:153(Abstract)

8. Benitah S, Balériaux D, Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Rio F, Mockel J. IRM post opératoire des adénomes hypophysaires. Revue d'Imagerie Médicale 1993; 5:(Abstract)

9. Levivier M, Naini AB, Raftopoulos C, Hildebrand J, Przedborski S. Apomorphine inhibits dopamine metabolism in humans. Neurology 1993; 43:A197(Abstract)

10. Pirotte B, Raftopoulos C, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Lipomes du tronc cérébral: à propos de 2 cas. Acta Neurol Belg 1993;(Abstract)

11. Pirotte B, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Y a-t-il un place pour la chirurgie dans les gliomes du tronc cérébral? A propos de 20 cas. Acta Neurol Belg 1993;(Abstract)

12. Dewitte O, Raftopoulos C, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Cavernomes du tronc cérébral: indications opératoires à propos de 7 cas. Acta Neurol Belg 1993;(Abstract)


13. Zomosa G, Raftopoulos C, Salmon I, Jacquemain C, Gerard JM, Brotchi J.

Subpial spinal meningioma. Acta Neurol Belg 1993;(Abstract)

14. Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Zomosa G, Chaskis C, Vandesteene A, Brotchi J. Hydrosyringomyelia-Chiari I Complex. Prospective evaluation of a modified foramen magnum decompression procedure. A series of 13 cases. Acta Neurol Belgica 1993;78-79.(Abstract)

15. Massager N, Wayenberg JL, Vermeylen D, Franco P, Raftopoulos C. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring for the evaluation of infants with increased head growth rate. Childs Nerv Syst 1994; 10:478(Abstract)

16. Raftopoulos C, Hurrel A, Ticket L, Szliwowski H, Brotchi J. Total recuperation of a sudden total paraplegia due to an aneurysmal bone cyst of the thoracic spine. Childs Nerv Syst 1994; 10:464-467.(Abstract)

17. Raftopoulos C, Allard S, David P, Ickx B, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Endoscopic cure of a rare cephalocele involving the oral cavity. Acta Neurol Belg 1994;(Abstract)

18. Raftopoulos C, Zomosa G, Matos C, Balériaux D, Vandesteene A, Brotchi J. Chiari I related hydrosyringomyelia. A prospective evaluation of a modified foramen magnum decompression procedure. Acta Neurol Belg 1994;(Abstract)

19. Raftopoulos C, David P, Allard S, Hancq S, Vandesteene A, Ickx B, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Treatment of meningoceles by endosurgery. Acta Neurol Belg 1994.(Abstract)

20. Balériaux D, Brotchi J, Raftopoulos C. Spinal cord tumors. Neuroradiological and surgical considerations. Neuroradiology 1995;(Abstract)

21. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Thys JP, Quintin J, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Lumbar mycobacterium Xenopi osteomyelitis: case report. Acta Neurol Belgica 1995;95:108 (Abstract)

22. Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Balériaux D, Salmon I, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Giant aneurysm of the distal PICA associated with right carotid and left sylvian aneurysm Acta Neurol Belgica 1995;95:113.(Abstract)

23. Chaskis C, Raftopoulos C, Leproux F, Bauherz G, Brotchi J. Primary frontal intrasinusale encephalocele: a rare cause of spontaneous rhinorrhea: case report and revue of the literature Acta Neurol Belgica 1995;95:120-1. (Abstract)

24. Raftopoulos C, Lubansu A, Balériaux D, Fieschbach P. Prospective Evaluation of an Ellipsoidal Coral Graft in Cloward Technique. Acta Neurol Belgica 1996;96:158-9. (Abstract)

25. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, David Ph, Salmon I, Brotchi J. Enterogenous Cyst in the Thoracic Spinal Canal: Case Report. Acta Neurol Belgica 1996;96:161-2. (Abstract)

26. Pirotte B, Noterman J, Dewitte O, Raftopoulos C, Baleriaux D, Brotchi J. Posterolateral Transcondylar Approach for Intra- and Extradural Lesions of the Foramen Magnum (9 cases). Acta Neurol Belgica 1996; 96:162-3. (Abstract)


27. Hancq S, Raftopoulos C, Van Bogaert P, Baurain M, Vandesteene A. A Modified

Surgical Procedure for Sagittal Synostosis in Ten Consecutive Patients. Acta Neurol Belgica 1996; 96:163-4. (Abstract)

28. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Janah M, Mathurin P. Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms Refused for Endovascular Treatment. Acta Neurol Belgica 1997; 97:137

29. Scordidis V, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Rectem D, Cosnard G. Delta Valve Shunting Procedure in Surgical Treatment of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Acta Neurol Belgica 1997; 97:140

30. Goka S, Raftopoulos C, Janah M, Peeters A. Reversible Temporal Brain Herniation Syndrome due to Valproic Acid. Acta Neurol Belgica 1997; 97:142

31. Janah M, Raftopoulos C, Peeters A, Boscherini D, Thauvoy C, Duprez T. Hernie Médullaire Thoracique: A Propos d’une Observation. Acta Neurol Belgica 1997; 97:142

32. Thauvoy C, Boscherini D, Papadopoulos J, Godfraind C, Raftopoulos C. An Unusual Presentation of a Posterior Fossa Pilocytic Astrocytoma. Acta Neurol Belgica 1997; 97:143

33. Scordidis V, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Nassogne MC, Godfraind C. Neurenteric Cyst: about Three Cases. Acta Neurol Belgica

34. Capron I, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Mathurin P. Extravasation of contrast medium during angiography. Acta Neurol Belgica

35. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, Cosnard G. Cystic vestibular schwannomas: a neuroimaging and clinicopathological study of five cases. Acta Neurol Belgica

36. Capron I, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Mathurin P. Extravasation of contrast medium during angiography. Acta Neurol Belgica 1998

37. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, Cosnard G. Cystic vestibular schwannomas: a neuroimaging and clinicopathological study of five cases. Acta Neurol Belgica 1998

38. Raftopoulos C, Mathurin P, Boscherini D, Billa F, Van Boven M, Antson Ph. Prospective Analysis of aneurysmal treatment in a series of 103 consecutive patients when endovascular embolization is considered as first option. J. Neurosurg 92: 203, 2000

39. Raftopoulos C, Gofette P, Ramzi N, Wittebole X, Scholtes JL, Mathurin P. Surgical clipping may give better results than coil embolization in a series of 84 consecutive unruptured intracranial aneurysms. J. Neurosurg. 2002, 96: 413

40. Deep brain stimulation in subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: Clinical results of a simplified technique Jeanjean AP, Collard A, Guerit JM, Raftopoulos C. Movement Disorders 17: P608 Suppl. 5 2002

41. 1p/19q deleted oligodendroglioma is a distinct histological tumour. Godfraind C, Rousseau E, Raftopoulos C, Ruchoux M, Scaravalli F, Vikkula M American Journal of Human Genetics 69 (4): 347 Suppl. 1 oct 2001


42. Raftopoulos C, Jeanjean A, Collard A, Abu Serieh B, Duprez T, Guerit JM,

Cosnard G, Thauvoy C. Subthalamic nucleus stimulation using a simplified anatomic clinical guided electrode implantation in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Stereotact Funct neurosurg 77:141; 2001

43. Jeanjean AP, Collard A, Guerit JM, Raftopoulos C. Deep brain stimulation in subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: Clinical results of a simplified technique Movement Disorders 17: P608 Suppl. 5 2002

44. Hmaismess G, Raftopoulos C, Nassogne MC, de Tourtchaninoff M, van Rijckevorsel K. Electro-Clinical Evolution after Hemispherotomy in an 8 month old child with Othahara syndrome. Epilepsia, 44, sup.8, 96-97, 2003.

45. Hmaismess G, Raftopoulos C, Nassogne MC, de Tourtchaninoff M, van Rijckevorsel K The impact of Hemispherotomy in a case of Ohtahara syndrome with left parietooccipital megalencephaly. Epilepsia, 44, sup.9, 323, 2003.

46. Fomekong F, Maiter D, Lawson M, Raftopoulos C. Transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing disease : results of our experience in 39 consecutive patients. Surgical Neurology, 68: 192-204, 2007.

47. Delavallée M, Raftopoulos C. First report on long-term safety and efficacy of subdural motor cortex stimulation in treating refractory neuropathic pain. Surgical Neurology, 68: 192-204, 2007.

48. Jankovski A, Vaz G, Fomekong E, Duprez T, Docquier MA, Van Boven M, Hermoye L, Cosnard G, Raftopoulos C. Intraoperative MRI at 3.0 T: feasibility, safety, and preliminary results. Surgical Neurology, 68: 192-204, 2007.

49. Vaz G, Goffette P, Docquier MA, Raftopoulos R. Surgical management of intracranial aneurysms inadequately embolized. A prospective study. Surgical Neurology, 68: 192-204, 2007.

50. Raftopoulos C, Jankovski A, Vaz G, Fomekong E, Duprez T, Docquier MA, Van Boven M, Francotte F, Hermoye L, Cosnard G. Intraoperative MRI at 3.0 T: Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Results. Acta Neurochirurgica, XVI, 2007.

Letters or Comments

1. Salmon E, Raftopoulos C, Timmerrmans L. A comparison of tissue barriers in the choroid plexus and in the urogenital organ. An ultrastructural investigation in the rat. Neurosci Letter 1981; 7:398

2. Raftopoulos C, Vandesteene A. Ventriculoatrial shunt distal catheter placement using transesophageal echocardiography: technical note. Neurosurgery 1992; 31:1136

3. Raftopoulos C. Méningocèle sacrée antérieure et syndrome de Marfan. Rachis 1993; 5:207-208.

4. Raftopoulos C, Bidaut L, Chaskis C, Cantraine F, Clarysse S, Balériaux D. Brain oedema induced by ventricular puncture. A study by magnetic resonance on a series of forty-one normal-pressure hydrocephalic patients. Neurochirurgie 1994; 40:327

5. Raftopoulos C. I can’t sort my IRQ’s out. What Personnal Computer. 1995; 78:95.


6. Raftopoulos C. Surgical treatment of syringomyelia based on magnetic

resonance imaging criteria. Neurosurgery 1993; 33:535-536.

7. Raftopoulos C, Brucher JM. Hemodynamic activity associated with a paraganglioma of the cauda equina. J Neurosurg 1995; 82:704-705.

8. Raftopoulos C. Hemifacial spasm. A multidisciplinary Approach. Neurophysiol Clin 1998, 28:279-80.

9. Raftopoulos C. In the theatre of consciousness. The workspace of mind. Neurophysiol Clin. 2000, 30:55

10. Raftopoulos C. Anterior endoscopic treatment of a huge anterior sacral meningocele: Technical case report – Comments Neurosurgery 52 (5): 1233-1234 May 2003

Co-author

1. Brotchi J, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Dewitte O, Pirotte B, Noterman J. Three-quarter prone approach to the pineal-tentorial region. Report of seven cases. Acta Neurochir Suppl Wien 1991; 53:144-147.

2. Brotchi O, Dewitte O, Levivier M, Balériaux D, Vandesteene A, Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Noterman J. A survey of 65 tumors within the spinal cord: surgical results and the importance of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurgery 1991; 29:651-657.

3. Benitah S, Balériaux D, Raftopoulos C, Dooms G, Bank W. Sténose cervicale supérieure chez un violoniste. Revue d'Imagerie Médicale 1992; 10:153(Abstract)

4. Marliani AF, Delberghe X, Baleriaux D, Segebarth C, Metens T, Retif C, Raftopoulos C, Grand C Cervical neuroma associated with multiple intracranial arachnoid cysts. Neuroradiology 1992;34: 449-450.

5. Hildebrand J, Moussa Z, Raftopoulos C, Vanhouche J, Laute MA, Przedborski S. Variations of homovalinic acid levels in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid. Acta Neurol Scand 1992; 85:340-342.

6. Jacobs F, Delecluse F, Raftopoulos C, Thys JP. Intraventricular Vancomycin in CSF shunt infections. Neurosurgery 1987; 21:112-113.

7. Noterman J, Depierreux M, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Les métastases de méningiomes. A propos de deux cas. Neurochirurgie 1987; 33:184-189.

8. Chritophe C, Flament-Durand J, Hanquinet S, Heinrich C, Raftopoulos C, Sariban E, Segebarth C, Perlemutter N. MRI in 7 cases of Rathke's cleft cysts in infants and children. Pediatr Radiol 1993; 23:79-82.

9. Robberecht P, Vertongen P, Velkeniers B, De Neef P, Vergani P, Raftopoulos C, Hooghe-Peters EL, Christophe J. Receptors for pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptides in human pituitary adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1993; 77:1235-1239.

10. Wayenberg JL, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Detemmerman D, Müller MF, Pardou A. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring in neonates and infants.


Evaluation of a new fontanometer, normal values and clinical usefulness. Rev Méd Brux 1993; 14:209-215.

11. Wayenberg J-L, Massager N, Valente F, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Franco P, Detemmerman D. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring in hydrocephalus and normal infants. In: Nagai H, Kamiya K, Ishii S, eds. Intracranial pressure IX. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1994:454-455.

12. Przedborski S, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, Naini AB, Hildebrand J. Peripheral and central pharmacokinetics of apomorphine and its effect on dopamine metabolism in humans. Movement Disorders 1995; 10:28-36.

13. Noterman J, Dewitte O, Baleriaux D, Vandesteene A, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients over 65 years of age. Retrospective study of 72 patients including 65 cases of aneurysmal origin Neurochirurgie 1995;41: 51-57.

14. Massager N, Wayenberg J.L., Raftopoulos C., Christophe C., Vermeylen D., Franco P. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring for the evaluation of asymptomatic infants with increased head growth rate. Child’s Nervous System 1996, 12:38-42.

15. Verhelst J, Abs R, Maiter D, Vandenbruel A, Vandeweghe M, Velkeniers B, Mockel J, Lamberigts G, Stevenaert A, Verlooy J, Raftopoulos C, Coremans C, Petrossians P, Mahler Ch, Beckers A. Cabergoline in the treatment of hyperprolactinomia : a clinical study in 455 patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 Jul, 84 (7): 2518-22.

16. Dechambre S.; Duprez,T.; Lecouvet,F.; Raftopoulos,C.; Gosnard,G. Diffusion-weighted MRI postoperative assessment of an epidermoid tumour in the cerebellopontine angle. Neuroradiology 1999 Nov, 41 (11): 829-31

17. Guzman P, Saint-Martin Chr, Boscherini D, Clapuyt Ph, Godfrin C, Cosnard G, Raftopoulos C, Sébire G. Infantile neurenteric cyst revealed by an acute myelopathy: case report and review of the literature. Neurology, 2000, 54:54

18. Kadhim H, Proano PG, Saint Martin C, Boscherini D, Clapuyt P, Godfraind C,Duprez T, Raftopoulos C, Sebire G. Spinal neurenteric cyst presenting in infancy with chronic fever and acute myelopathy. Neurology. 2000 May 23;54(10):2011-5. (IF 5.678)

19. Dufrane D, Marchal C, Cornu O, C .Raftopoulos et al. Clinical application of a physically and chemically processed human substitute for dura mater J Neurosurg 98 (6): 1198-1202 JUN 2003

National publications

1. Raftopoulos C, Salmon E, Timmermans L. Nature de la barrière hémato-tissulaire au niveau de la vessie et du testicule. Etude chez le rat en microscopie de fluorescence et au microscope électronique. Acta Urol Belg 1981; 49:469-501.

2. Salmon E, Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. Premiers éléments de comparaison entre les barrières hémato-tissulaires au niveau cérébral, génital et urinaire. C R Soc Biol 1981; 175:259-265.


3. Surmont D, Raftopoulos

4. C. Diagnosis of communicating intracranial arachnoidal cysts by 111-In-Ca-DTPA cisternography. Acta Neurol Belg 1986; 86:20-27.

5. Duprez T, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Cosnard G. Magnetic resonance (MR) evaluation of a modified surgical technique in hydrosyringomyelia-Chiari complex. A case report. Acta Neurol Belg 1997,1:50-51

6. Raftopoulos C. Les nouvelles thechniques en Neurochirurgie. La Revue de la Médecine Générale 1997, 143: 28-32.

7. Selvais Ph, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, Duprez Th, Thauvoy C, Buysschaert M and Maiter D. Pre- and peroperative misdiagnosed sellar tumour. Acta Clinica Belgica 1998, 53 (3): 203-5.

8. Raftopoulos C, Fomekong E, Van Boven M. Le traitement neurochirurgical des adénomes hypophysaires. Louvain Med. 1999, 118:

9. Picard G, Raftopoulos C, Barbath I, Fomekong E, Thauvoy C. Cause rare d'une affection sévère de la conscience après exérèse partielle d'une tumeur suprasellaire. Neurone 2000, 5: 16-18.

10. Picard G, Raftopoulos C, Fomekong E, Thauvoy C. La névralgie du trijumeau. Médisphère 2000, 113:23-5.

11. Delavallée M, Raftopoulos C. Le traitement de la maladie de Parkinson par la stimulation cérébrale profonde. Parkinson magazine 2006, 1 : 2-4.

12. Jaffan I, Abu-Serieh B, Duprez T, Cosnard G, Raftopoulos C. Unusual CT/MR features of putative ligamentum flavum ossification in a North African woman. Br J Radiol. 2006 Aug;79(944):e67-70

13. Raftopoulos C. Peut-on améliorer la sécurité de l’implantation d’électrodes profondes (DBS) chez lespaients présentant une maladie de Parkinson avancée ?. Parkinson magazine 2007, 1: 2.

14. Raftopoulos C. La maladie de Parkinson moins fréquente chez les fumeurs. Possible. Pourquoi ? Parkinson Magazine 2007, 2 :2-3.

15. Jeanjean A, Delavallée M, Raftopoulos C. Simvastatine, Isradipine et maladie de Parkinson. Parkinson Magazine Sept. 2007.

Communications

1. Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. Ultrastructure normale des tissus testiculaires de l'homme et du rat adultes. Société Belge d'Urologie, Brussels, Belgium, 1981.

2. Salmon E, Raftopoulos C, Timmermans L. A comparison of tissue barriers in the choroid plexus and in urogenital organ. An ultrastructural investigation in the rat. European Neuroscience Congress, Liège, Belgium, 1981.

3. Surmont D., C. Raftopoulos, Schoutens A. Diagnostic de kyste arachnoidien et décision thérapeutique à l'Indium 111-IN Ca-DTPA. Société Belge de Médecine Nucléaire, Brussels, May 1984.


4. Brotchi, J. Noterman, D'Haens J., Georges P., C. Raftopoulos, Hurth M.,

Lepoire J. Notre expérience du Cavitron. Bilan d'une année d'utilisation. Société de Neurochirurge de Langue Française (Paris), 1984.

5. Raftopoulos C, D'Haens J., Balériaux D., J. Noterman, J. Brotchi. Intérêt de l'exploration par résonance magnétique dans l'évaluation du traitement chirurgical de l'hydro-syringomyielie. Société de Neurochirurge de Langue Française, Paris, 1985.

6. Noterman, J. Brotchi, D'Haens J., Georges P., C. Raftopoulos, Rodesch G., Levivier M. Bilan de trois ans de traitement chirurgical des anévrismes intracraniens. A propos de 100 cas opérés. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, January 1985.

7. Noterman, Depierreux M., C. Raftopoulos, J. Brotchi. Méningiomes récidivants et métastases. 36e Congres de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Tours, 1986.

8. Brotchi, J. Noterman, J. D'Haens, C. Raftopoulos, M. Levivier, D. Balériaux, A. Vandesteene. Bilan de deux et demi d'experience combinée de l'imagerie par résonance magnétique et du bistouri à ultrasons dans le diagnostic et le traitement des tumeurs médullaires. Société de Neurochirurge de Langue Française, Paris, 1986.

9. Jacobs, F. Delecluse, F. Durinck, C. Raftopoulos, H. Szliwowsky, J. P. Thys. Traitement topique des infections staphylococciques des valves de derivation du L.C.R. Cinétique de la Vancomycine. Réunion Interdésciplinaire de Chimiothérapie Antiinfectieuse, December 1986.

10. Brotchi, J. Noterman, M. Levivier, J. D'Haens, C. Raftopoulos. Intérêts et limites de l'utilisation du bistouri à ultrasons dans les neurinomes de l'accoustique. Société Française de Neurochirurge , Toulouse, November 1986.

11. Brotchi, J. Noterman, Levivier M., J. D'Haens, C. Raftopoulos. La voie d'abord sous-occipitale rétro-sigmoidienne en décubitus latéral. Société Française de Neurochirurgie, Toulouse, November 1986.

12. Raftopoulos C, J. Brotchi. Le traumatisé crânien pédiatrique. Journées Médico-Chirurgicales de l'Hôpital des Enfants , Brussels, October 1986.

13. Raftopoulos C, J. Brotchi. Le monitoring de la pression intracrânienne en pédiatrie. Journées Médico-Chirurgicales de l'Hôpital des Enfants, Brussels, October 1986.

14. Brotchi J, Born J, Levivier M, Remacle JM, D'Haens J, Raftopoulos C, Noterman J. Greffes cervicales antérieures avec le 'Biocopolymère BOP'. Résultats préliminaires à propos de 62 cas. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, France, December 1986.

15. Brotchi, C. Raftopoulos, M. Levivier, Balériaux D. Progrès récents dans le traitement neurochirurgical des tumeurs intramédullaires. Académie de Chirurgie, Paris, France, January 1987.

16. Raftopoulos C, J. Brotchi. Analyse des ondes de pression intracraniennes chez l'hydrocéphale dit normotensif. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, March 1987.


17. Raftopoulos C, Detemmerman D, Szliwowski H, Balériaux D, Brotchi J.

Traitement chirurgical des kystes arachnoïdiens de l'enfant. Association Belge de Neurologie Infantile, April 1987.

18. Raftopoulos C, D. Detemmerman, H. Szliwowski, D. Balériaux, J. Brotchi. Traitement chirurgical des kystes arachnoidiens de l'enfant. Association Belge de Neurologie Infantile, Brussels, April 1987.

19. Raftopoulos C, D. Balériaux, J. Brotchi, Ph. Voordecker. Démonstration par l'I.R.M. du caractère traumatique des ponctions ventriculaires. Société Française de Neurochirurgie, Péronne, April 1987.

20. Flamend-Durand, M. Depierreux, D. Balériaux, Ph. Voordecker, C. Raftopoulos, M. Levivier, J. Brotchi. Chordome versus chondrome: diagnostic différentiel difficile de ces tumeurs dans leurs localisations à la base du crâne. Réunion conjointe de La Société Belge de Neurologie et du Groupement Belge de Neuropathologie, Brussels, Belgium, May 1987.

21. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Brotchi J, Voordecker Ph. Démonstration par l'IRM du caractère traumatique des ponctions ventriculaires. Société Française de Neurochirurgie, Péronne, France, April 1987

22. Brotchi J, Levivier M, Raftopoulos C, D'Haens J, Tugendhaft P. Aspects neurochirurgicaux et résultats opératoires de 6 cas d'épilepsie partielle complexe incontrôlable médicalement. Société Belge de Neurologie, Brussels, Belgium, December 1987.

23. Flamend-Durand, M. Depierreux, C. Raftopoulos, J. D'Haens, D. Balériaux. Hydrocéphalie non-communicante de cause inhabituelle. Réunion conjointe de La Société Belge de Neurologie et du Groupement Belge de Neuropathologie, Brussels, Belgium, May 1987.

24. Brotchi, J. Born., M. Levivier, J.M. Remacle, J. D'Haens, C. Raftopoulos, J. Noterman. Greffes cervicales anterieures avec le Biocopolymère BOP. Résultats préliminaires à propos de 62 cas. Société de Neurochirurge de Langue Française, Paris, December 1987.

25. Raftopoulos C, Reuse C, Chaskis C, Brotchi J. Acute subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa. A case report and a review of the relevant literature. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, Belgium, March, 1988.

26. Brotchi J, Noterman J, D'Haens J, Raftopoulos C, Levivier M, Dewitte O. Diagnostic et traitement des tumeurs intramédullaires. A propos de 35 cas. Réunion Commune des Sociétés Belges de Neurologie et de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, Belgium, November 1988.

27. Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Stroobandt G, Brucher JM. Unusual tumor of the cauda equina. Réunion Commune des Sociétés Belges de Neurologie et de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, Belgium, November 1988.

28. Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Elargissement de la classification des ondes de pression intra-crânienne de Lundberg. Société Française de Neurochirurgie, Péronne, France, October 1988.

29. Raftopoulos C, Reuse C, Chaskis C, Brotchi J. L'hématome sous-dural aigu de la fosse postérieure. A propos d'un cas et revue de la littérature. Société Française de Neurochirurgie, Péronne, France, October 1998.


30. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Chaskis C, Brotchi J. Prospective study by MRI

concerning the traumatic aspect of ventricular puncture. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1989.

31. Detemmerman D, Rodesch G, Lasjaunias P, Raftopoulos C, Cordonnier M, Szliwowski H. Fistule carotido-caverneuse post-traumatique. A propos de deux cas pédiatriques. IVème Congrès de la Société Européenne de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Paris, June 1989.

32. Brotchi J, Raftopoulos C, Levivier M, Balériaux D, Vandesteene A, Noterman J. Tumeurs intra-médullaires (47 cas). Pièges diagnostiques. Plaidoyer en faveur de la nécessité d'une confirmation histologique. Société de Neurochirurge de Langue Française, Paris, December 1989.

33. Quintin J, Raftopoulos C, Noorbergen M. Deux cas d'ostéomyélite vertébrale à Mycobactérie Atypique. SOFCOT, Gent, Belgium, January 1990.

34. Chaskis C, Raftopoulos C, Flament-Durand J, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Hématomes sous-duraux et méningiomes. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1990.

35. Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Chaskis C, Delecluse F, Brotchi J. Traumatic brain edema induced by ventricular puncture. A prospective study by magnetic resonance imaging. 41st Annual Meeting of Deutsche Gesellchaft für Neurochirurgie, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 1990.

36. Brotchi J, Raftopoulos C, Levivier M, Noterman J. Three quarter prone approach to the pineal-tentorial region. Experience with seven cases. International Symposium on Processes of the Cranial Midline, Vienna, Austria, May 1990.

37. Hassid S, Choufani G, Jacobs F, Raftopoulos C, Detemerman D, Dubois M. Intracranial complications of pansinusitis in children and adolescents. International Congress of Pediatric Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Ghent, Belgium, April 1990.

38. Lemaître A, Philippart P, Godart PA, Magremane M, Dhaens J, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J, Daelemans Ph. Tumeurs bénignes des confins cranio-faciaux: principes d'éxerèse et de reconstruction. European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 10th Congress, Brussels, September 1990.

39. Raftopoulos, M. Baurain, A. Pardou, J. Brotchi. Une basiocraniosténose exceptionnelle. Société Royale Belge de Chirurgie (Bruxelles), December 1990.

40. Raftopoulos, G. Pierard, C. Rétif, Ph. Brodet, C. Rodesch, J. Brotchi. Méningocèle sacrée antérieure et syndrome de Marfan: pièges, traitement et pathogénie. A propos d'un cas. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, December 1990.

41. Brotchi, C. Raftopoulos, M. Levivier, O. Dewitte, B. Pirotte, J. Noterman. Lésions de la région pinéale: abord occipito-pariétale trans-tentoriel en décubitus latéral avec volet infra-sagittal. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, December 1990.

42. Lemaître A, Philippart P, Godart PA, Magremane M, Dhaens J, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J, Daelemans Ph. Tumeurs bénignes des confins cranio-faciaux:


principes d'éxerèse et de reconstruction. European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 10th Congress, Brussels, September 1990.

43. Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Analyse morphologique des ondes de pression intra-crânienne et applications. 40è Congrés de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Dijon, June 1990.

44. Raftopoulos C, G. Pierard, C. Retif, Ph. Brodet, C. Rodesch, J. Brotchi. Méningocèle sacrée antérieure et syndrome de Marfan: pièges, traitement et pathogénie. A propos d'un cas. Société Royale Belge de Chirurgie, Brussels, December 1991.

45. Raftopoulos C, A. Sanchez, C. Matos, D. Balériaux, C. Chaskis, J. Brotchi. Association syringohydromyélie et malformation de Chiari type I. Traitement chirurgical et résultats. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, December 1991.

46. Raftopoulos C, C. Chaskis, F. Delecluse, F. Cantraine, L. Bidaut, J. Brotchi. Morphological quantitative analysis of intracranial pressure waves in normo-pressure hydrocephalus. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1992.

47. Benitah S, Balériaux D, Raftopoulos C, Dooms G, Bank W. Sténose cervicale supérieure chez un violoniste. Société Françaisee de Radiologie. ? 1992.

48. Raftopoulos C, D. Balériaux, S., M Levivier, J. Brotchi. Deux cas de compression médullaire sur malformation morphologique de l'atlas. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Amiens, France, June 1992.

49. Raftopoulos C, A. Matos, D. Balériaux, A. Vandesteene, J. Brotchi. Evaluation d'une procédure chirurgicale standardisée dans le traitement du complexe Hydrosyringomyélie-Chiari type I. A propos d'une série consécutive de 11 patients. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, December 1992

50. Raftopoulos C, David Ph, Allard S, Ickx B, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Cure par endoscopie d'une forme rare d'encéphalocèle comblant la cavité orale. Société Française de Neurochirurgie, l'Alpe d'Huez, January 1993.

51. Detemmerman D, Raftopoulos C, Kahn RJ, Askenasi R, Szliwowski HB, Bouton JM. L'enfant traumatisé crânien grave: Experience du réseau ULB. 2ème Réunion de Formation Post-Universitaire en Médecine d'Urgence et Soins Intensifs Pédiatriques, Brussels, Februrary 1993.

52. Zomosa G, Raftopoulos C, Salmon I, Jacquemain Cl, Gerard JM, Brotchi J. Subpial spinal meningioma. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Anvers, March 1993

53. Raftopoulos C, Allard S, David Ph, Ickx B, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Endoscopic cure of a rare cephalocele involving the oral cavity. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Anvers, March 1993

54. David Ph, Van Bogaert P, Raftopoulos C, Christophe C, Bellemans M, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Kyste épidermoide iatrogène du rachis: diagnostic myélographique et IRM. Société de Radiologie de Langue Française, Paris, 1993


55. Raftopoulos C, Zomosa G, Matos C, Balériaux D, Vandesteene A, Brotchi J.

Chiari I related Hydrosyringomyelia. A prospective evaluation of a modified foramen magnum decompression procedure. Société Belge de Neurologie, Brussels, May 1993.

56. Raftopoulos C, David P, Allard S, Chaskis C, Hancq S, Vandesteene A, Ickx B, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Endosurgery and meningoceles. A series of five cases. First International Congress on Minimal Invasive Techniques in Neurosurgery. Wiesbaden, Germany, June 1993.

57. Allard S, Raftopoulos C. Cure de céphalocèle par endoscopie. Journée Luxembourgeoise de Pédiatrie, Mondorf-les-Bains, June 1993.

58. Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Zomosa G, Chaskis C, Vandesteene A, Brotchi J. Hydrosyringomyelia-Chiari I complex. Prospective evaluation of a modified foramen magnum decompression procedure. A series of 13 cases. First Congress of the European Skull Base Society, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 1993.

59. Raftopoulos C, David Ph, Allard S, Chaskis C, Hancq S, Vandesteene A, Balériaux D. Endosurgery and meningoceles. A series of five cases. Royal Belgian Society of Surgery, Bruxelles, October 1993

60. Noorbergen M, Raftopoulos C. Lyse d'une épaule dans un cas d'hydrosyringomyelie. Société Belge d'Orthopédie, Brussels, November 1993.

61. Raftopoulos C, Deleval J., Chaskis C, Leonard A., Cantraine F., Desmyttere F., Clarysse S., Brotchi J.Amélioration des Fonctions Cognitives et Pouvoir Prédictif de l'Enregistrement de Pression intracrânienne dans l'Hydrocéphalie Normotensive Idiopathique. tude Prospective. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, November 1993

62. David Ph., Van Bogaert P., Raftopoulos C., Christophe C., Bellemans M., Balériaux D., Brotchi J. Kyste épidermoide iatrogéne du rachis: diagnostic myélographique et IRM. Société Française de Neuroradiologie, Paris, December 1993.

63. Raftopoulos C, David Ph., Chaskis C., Vandesteene A., Noterman J., Brotchi J. Transoral surgery for bulbar compression by odontoid apophysis. Royal Belgian Society of Surgery, December 1993

64. Raftopoulos C, Chraenhals A, David Ph, Regnier R, Boscherrini D, Brotchi J. Right hemiparesis and segmental loss of pain and temperature. Problems with the management of its cause. Réunion Commune de la Société Francaise de Neurochirurgie avec la Société Australienne de Neurochirurgie, Val D'Isère, January 1994.

65. Wayenber JL, Massager N, Valente F, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Franco P, Detemmerman D. Utilité de la mesure continue de la pression fontanellaire dans l'évaluation des hydrocéphalies infantiles. XXIIièmes Journées Annuelles de Pédiatrie, Anvers, March 1994.

66. Raftopoulos C, David P, Allard S, Chaskis C, Hancq S, Vandesteene A, Ickx B, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Treatment of Meningoceles by endosurgery. Société Belge de Neurologie, Brussels, March 1994.


67. Raftopoulos C, Deleval J., Chaskis C, Leonard A., Cantraine F., Desmyttere F.,

Clarysse S., Brotchi J. Mental recovery in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. A prospective study. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, March 1994

68. Noterman J, De Witte O, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Etude rétrospective de 68 cas d'HSA anévrysmale de grade V (WFNS). Définition de 2 catégories. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, March, 1994.

69. Wayenber JL, Massager N, Valente F, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Franco P, Detemmerman D. Utilité de la mesure continue de la pression fontanellaire dans l'évaluation des hydrocéphalies infantiles. XXIIèmes Journées Annuelles de Pédiatrie, Anvers, March, 1994.

70. Patay Z, Van Bogaert P, Balériaux D, David Ph, Leproux F, Raftopoulos C, Szliwowski H. MR angiographic evaluation of the intracranial basal venous ciruclation in achondronplasia. 17th Congress of the society of Hungarian Radiologists, Miskolc, September, 1994.

71. Massager N, Wayenberg JL, Vermeylen D, Franco P, Raftopoulos C. Anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring for the evaluation of infants with increased growth rate. 14th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lyon, France, September 1994.

72. Wetzburger C, Patay Z, Van Bogaert P, Raftopoulos C, Szliwowski H. Is widening of the jugular foramen useful in the management of hydrocephalus in achondroplasia? 1994 Conjoint Meeting of the International Child Neurology Association and the Child Neurology Society, San Francisco, October, 1994.

73. Pirotte B, Raftopoulos C, Baurain M, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Surgery of basiocraniosynostosis. A series of 60 cases. Collegium Chirurgicum Belgicum. Leuven, November 1994.

74. Raftopoulos C, Pirotte B, Baurain M, Noterman J, Brotchi J. A modified surgical procedure for treatment of dolichocephaly. A series of 8 cases. Collegium Chirurgicum Belgicum. Leuven, November 1994.

75. Raftopoulos C. Troubles cognitifs dans l’Hydrocéphalie Idiopathique à Pression Normale. Société Française de Neurochirurgie. Les Saisies, January 1995.

76. Raftopoulos C, Boscherrini D, Leproux F. Key-hoyle surgery pour une fistule artério-veineuse frontale alimentée par une artère éthmoidale antérieure. Société Française de Neurochirurgie. Les Saisies, January 1995.

77. Noterman J, Dewitte O, Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Aneurysmal surgery in old patients. Société Française de Neurochirurgie. Les Saisies, January 1995.

78. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Thys JP, Quintin J, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Lumbar mycobacterium Xenopi osteomyelitis: case report. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, March 1995.

79. Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Balériaux D, Salmon I, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Giant aneurysm of the distal PICA associated with right carotid and left sylvian aneurysm. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, March 1995.


80. Chaskis C, Raftopoulos C, Leproux F, Bauherz G, Brotchi J. Primary frontal

intrasinusale encephalocele: a rare cause of spontaneous rhinorrhea: case report and revue of the literature. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Leuven, March 1995.

81. Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Balériaux D, Salmon I, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Anévrysme géant de la portion distale de l’ACPI assoicié à deux anévrismes antérieurs opposés. Traitement chirurgical en deux temps. A propos d’un cas. 45ème Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de la Langue Française, Buenos Aires, September 1995.

82. Raftopoulos C. Evalaution prospective d’un nouveau modèle de greffon corail dans la technique d’arthrodèse cervicale selon Cloward. 45ème Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de la Langue Française, Buenos Aires, September 1995.

83. Goldschmidt D, Van Geertruyden J, de Fontaine S, Szliwowski H, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Reconstructions inhabituelles de défects majeurs de la voûte crânienne par greffes osseuses autologues. Société Belge de Chirurgie Plastique, Brussels, November 1995.

84. Raftopoulos C, Lubansu A, Balériaux D, Fieschbach P. Prospective Evaluation of an Ellipsoidal Coral Graft in Cloward Technique. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1996.

85. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, David Ph., Salmon I, Brotchi J. Enterogenous cyst in the thoracic spinal canal: case report. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1996.

86. Pirotte B, Noterman J, Dewitte O, Raftopoulos C, Balériaux D, Brotchi J. Posterolateral Transcondylar Approach for Intra-and Extradural lesions of the Foramen Magnum. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1996.

87. Hancq S, Raftopoulos C, Van Bogaert P, Baurain M, Vandesteene A. A Modified Surgical Procedure for Sagittal Synostosis in Ten Consecutive Patients. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 1996.

88. Raftopoulos C, Lubansu A, Balériaux D, Fieschbach P. Prospective Evaluation of an Ellipsoidal Coral Graft in Cloward Technique. Joint Meeting of the Belgian Hellenic & Swiss Neurosurgical Societies, Athens, May, 1996.

89. Raftopoulos C, Matos C, Balériaux D, Salmon I, Noterman J, Brotchi J. Giant aneurysm of the distal PICA associated with right carotid and left sylvian aneurysm. Joint Meeting of the Belgian Hellenic & Swiss Neurosurgical Societies, Athens, May, 1996.

90. Godfrain C, Scaralli F, Raftopoulos C, Thauvoy C, Cosnard G. A propos de gliosarcome. Société Belge de Neurologie, Brussels, June 1996.

91. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Janah M, Mathurin P. Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms Refused for Endovascular Treatment. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1997.

92. Scordidis V, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Rectem D, Cosnard G. Delta Valve Shunting Procedure in Surgical Treatment of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1997.


93. Goka S, Raftopoulos C, Janah M, Peeters A. Reversible Temporal Brain

Herniation Syndrome due to Valproic Acid. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1997.

94. Janah M, Raftopoulos C, Peeters A, Boscherini D, Thauvoy C, Duprez T. Hernie Médullaire Thoracique: A Propos d’une Observation. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1997.

95. Thauvoy C, Boscherini D, Papadopoulos J, Godfraind C, Raftopoulos C. An Unusual Presentation of a Posterior Fossa Pilocytic Astrocytoma. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1997.

96. Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Capron I, Mathurin P. Treatment and prognosis of cerebral aneurysms showing contrast extravasation during angiography. Joint Winter Meeting of the French Society of Neurosurgery, Val Thorens, January 1998.

97. Scordidis V, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Nassogne MC, Godfraind C. Neurenteric cyst : about three cases. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, March 1998.

98. Capron I, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Mathurin P. Extravasation of contrast medium during angiography. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, March 1998.

99. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, Cosnard G. Cystic vestibular schwannomas : a neuroimaging and clinicopathological study of five cases. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, March 1998.

100. Prigogine Th, Stoffels G, Fauville-Dufaux M, Trolin Ch, Raftopoulos C. Primary psoas muscle abscess due to Mycobacterium xenopi. 8th International Congress of Infectious Diseases, Boston, USA, May 1998.

101. Raftopoulos C, Hurrell A, Boscherini D. Morbidité de l’ouverture de la vallée sylvienne gauche. SNCLF, June 1998, Nantes, France.

102. Scordidis V, Raftopoulos C, Boscherini D, Nassogne MC, Godfraind C. Les kystes neurentériques: à propos de quatre cas. SNCLF, June 1998, Nantes, France.

103. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Mathurin P, Van Boven M, Scholtes JL. Traitement des anévrysmes récusés pour l’embolisation. SNCLF, December 1998, Paris.

104. Mathy I, Raftopoulos C, Rizzo M, Duprez T, Laterre C. Spontaneous resolution of syringomyelia. Case report and review of the literature. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1999.

105. Thauvoy C, Godfraind C, Raftopoulos C. Primitive neuroepithelial tumor of the sciatic nerve: a case report. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1999.

106. Thauvoy C, Boscherini D, Collard A, Godfraind C, Raftopoulos C. Convexity meningioma and glioblastoma collision. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1999.


107. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Godfraind C, Collard A, Gosnard G, Gersdorff

M. Meningeal melanocytomas: report of two cases. Société Royale Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, 1999.

108. Dechambre S, Duprez T, Grandin C, Raftopoulos C, Cosnard G. Dégénérescence olivaire hypertrophique. Société Royale Belge de Radiologie. April 1999, Leuven.

109. Verhelst J, Maiter D, Van Den Bruel, Vandeweghe M, Velkeniers B, Mockel J, Lamberigts G, Petrossians P, Coremans P, Mahler C, Stevenaert A, Verlooy J, Raftopoulos C, Beckers A. Cabergoline in the treatment of hyperprolactinoma: a study in 455 patients. European Endocrine Association, September 1999.

110. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Mathurin P et al. Administration par voie lombaire de tPA dans les hémorragies sous-arachnoidiennes sur rupture anévrysmale et traitées par embolisation. Sociéte de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, December 1999

111. Raftopoulos C, Mathurin P, Boscherini D, Billa F, Van Boven M. Evolution de traitement neurochirurgical des anévrismes intracrâniens lorsque l'embolisation par spires de Guglielmi est envisagé en première intention. Sociéte de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, December 1999.

112. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, MathurinP, et al. Effects of intraventricular/intratechal tPA administration on subarachnoid hemorrhage following aneurysm rupture treated by embolisation. Société Belge de Neurochirurgie, Brussels, March 2000.

113. Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, Thauvoy C, Saint-Martin C, Sebire G. Hydrocéphalie chez l’enfant achondroplase traitée par décompression du foramen jugulaire. 50e Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Françcaise, Reims, June 2000.

114. Ribeiro Vaz J G, Raftopoulos C, Cosnard G, Godfraind C, Vanthuyne V. Prise en charge d’une lésion infracentimétrique du gyrus d’Heschl gauche. 50e Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Françcaise, Reims, June 2000.

115. Billa R F, Raftopoulos C, Goffette P, Mathurin P. Extraction chirurgicale par microincision d’un coil de Gulglielmi de la communicante antérieure jusqu’à la bifurcation sylvienne gauche. 50e Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Françcaise, Reims, June 2000.

116. C. Thauvoy, D. Boscherini, C. Raftopoulos, T. Duprez, C. Godfraind, G. Sebire. Infantile intracranial meningioma associated with cortical dysplasia : case report and review. XXVIII Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Istanbul, October 2000.

117. C. Raftopoulos, D. Boscherini, P. Mathurin, Ph. Hantson, J-L Scholtes. Effect of rt-PA administration on subarachnoid hemorrhage following aneurysm rupture treated by embolysation: preliminary results. Joint American Japanese Meeting for surgical and endovascular tretament of cerebrovascular disorders, Hawai, February, 2001.


118. A. Collard, C. Raftopoulos, A. Jeanjean, B. Abu Serieh, T. Duprez, M.

Guerit, G. Cosnard, C. Thauvoy. Procédure simplifiée d‘implantation de microélectrode pour stimulation du noyau sous-thalamique dans la maladie de Parkinson. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, Novembre 2001.

119. C. Raftopoulos, P. Goffette, N. Ramzi, X. Wittebole, J.L. Scholtes, P. Mathurin. Le clippage chirurgical est supérieur à l’embolisation par coils dans le traitement des anévrismes intracrâniens non rompus : à propos d’une série de 84 cas consécutifs. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, Novembre 2001.

120. March 17 th 2007 – Transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing’s disease – Société Belge de NeuroChirurgie – Provinciehuis – Leuven, Belgique.

121. March 17 th 2007 – Surgical management of intracranial aneurysms inadequately embolized. – Société Belge de NeuroChirurgie – Provinciehuis – Leuven, Belgique.

122. Th. Duprez, G. Vaz, A. Jankovski, MA Docquier, M. Van Boven, L. Hermoye, C. Grandin, G. Cosnard, Ch. Raftopoulos. Intraoperative MRI at 3T using an originally designed neurosurgical-MR suite for combining clinical, research, and intraoperative purposes. – Congrès annuel de l’European Society of Neuroradiology.

123. September 2-7, 2007 – Raftopoulos C, Jankovski A, Vaz G, Fomekong E, Duprez T, Docquier MA, Van Boven M, Francotte F, Hermoye L, Cosnard G. Intraoperative MRI at 3.0 T: Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Results. European Congress of Neurosurgery.

Posters

1. Raftopoulos, D. Casanova, C. Chaskis, F. Delecluse, J. Brotchi. Broadened intracranial pressure waves classification. Joint meeting of the Neurosurgical societies of Belgium, Netherlands and Germany (Dusseldorf), 1990.

2. Raftopoulos, C. Chaskis, L. Bidaut, D. Balériaux, C. Matos, F. Delecluse, J. Brotchi. Traumatic brain edema induced by ventricular puncture. A prospective study by magnetic resonance imaging. Eighth International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 1991.

3. Raftopoulos, C. Chaskis, L. Bidaut, D. Balériaux, C. Matos, F. Delecluse, J. Brotchi. Traumatic brain edema induced by ventricular puncture. A prospective study by magnetic resonance imaging. Congress of the Collegium Chirurgicum Belgicum (Anvers), 1991.

4. Raftopoulos, Hurrel A, Ticket L, Szliwowski H, Brotchi J. Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Berlin, 1991

5. Brotchi J, Raftopoulos C, Dewitte O, Pirotte B, Noterman J. Pineal-tentorial and posterior falcine lesions: operated side-down approach. A series of 21 cases.American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, 1993.


6. Pirotte B, Noterman J, Raftopoulos C, Brotchi J. Joint meeting of the Neurosurgical societies of Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, Maastricht, 1993

7. Wayenberg JL, Massager N, Valente F, Vermeylen D, Raftopoulos C, Franco P, Detemmerman D. Anterior fontanelle pressure (AFP) monitoring in hydrocephalic and normal infants. Ninth international symposium on Intracranial Pressure and its related problems, Nagoya, Japan, 1994

8. Raftopoulos C, Deleval J, Chaskis C, Leonard A, Cantraine F, Desmyttere F, Clarysse S, Brotchi J. Anterior fontanelle pressure (AFP) monitoring in hydrocephalic and normal infants. Ninth international symposium on Intracranial Pressure and its related problems, Nagoya, Japan, 1994

9. Patay Z, Balériaux D, Van Bogaert P, David Ph, Leproux F, Raftopoulos C, Szliwowski H. MR angiographic evaluation of intracranial basal venous circulation in achondroplasia. 20th Congress of the European Society of Neuroradiology, Nancy, France, 1994

10.Wayenber JL, Raftopoulos C, Pardou A. Plateau waves as a normal feature of anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring in infants. European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lyon, France, 1994.

11.Janah M, Raftopoulos C, Peeters A, Boscherini D, Thauvoy C, Duprez T. Hernie Médullaire Thoracique: A Propos d’une Observation. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Marakech, Maroc, 1997

12.Prigogine Th, Stoffels G, Fauville-Dufaux M, Trolin Ch, Raftopoulos C. Primary psoas muscle abscess due to Mycobacterium xenopi. 8th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Boston, USA, May 1998.

13.Fomekong E, Raftopoulos C, Cosnard G, Jomin P. Hémangioblastome de la tige pituitaire. SNLF, Paris, France, December 1998.

14.Coppens J, Boscherini D, Raftopoulos C, et al. Infantile intracranial meningioma associated to cortical dysplasia: case report and review. Belgium Society of neurosurgery, Brussels, March, 2000.

15.Fomekong E, Thauvoy C, Godfraind C, Raftopoulos C. Tumeur neuroépithéliale primitive du nerf sciatique. A propos d’une observation et revue de la littérature. 50e Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Reims, France, June 2000.

16.Collard A, Fomekong E, Saint-Martin Ch, Godfraind C, Sebire G, Raftopoulos C. Tumeur tératoïde/rhabdoïde atypique : rapport de deux cas et revue de la littérature. 50e Congrès de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Reims, France, June 2000.

17.C. Raftopoulos, A. Jeanjean, A. Collard, B. Abu Serieh, T. Duprez , J.M. Guerit , G. Cosnard, C. Thauvoy. Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation Using a Simplified Anatomic Clinical Guided Electrode Implantation in Patients with Parkinson Disease. World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Adelaïde, Australia,September 2001.

18.C. Raftopoulos. Complications Associated with the Transsylvian Approach of Dominant Hemispheres. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 2001.


19.M. Delavallée, O. Lambert, C. Raftopoulos. Hydrocéphalie à pression normale et

maladie de Steinert : à propos d’un cas. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, Novembre 2001.

20.V. Scordidis, C. Thauvoy, G. Vaz, C. Godfraind, C. Raftopoulos. Plasmocytome isolé de la base du crâne révélant un myélome. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, Novembre 2001. Prix du meilleur poster.

21.A.Collard, C. Raftopoulos, C. Godfraind, N. Ramzi, G. Cosnard. Cavernome dural à développement intra et supratentoriel : rapport d’un cas et revue de la littérature. Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Paris, Novembre 2001.

22.A.P. Jeanjean, A. Collard, J.-M. Guerit, C. Raftopoulos .Deep brain stimulation in subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's Disease: clinical results of a simplified technique. The Movement Disorder Society's International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, November 12, 2002.

23.Raftopoulos C, Jankovski A, Vaz G, Fomekong E, Duprez T, Docquier MA, Van Boven M, Francotte F, Hermoye L, Cosnard G. Intraoperative MRI at 3.0 T: Feasibility, Safety, and Preliminary Results. The Society for Neuro-Oncology’s 12th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day, Dallas, Texas, USA, November 15-18, 2007.

24.van Rijckevorsel K, Nassogne MC,Christiaens F ,Ribeiro-Vaz G, Raftopoulos C. Occipital seizures after complete hemispherotomy : a EEG-video case evolution, European Pediatric Neurology Society, Kusadasi, Turkey, 26-29 September, 2007.

Invited speaker

1. June 1986 - Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.

2. January 1987 - Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.

3. Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, June 1987.

4. Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, December 1987.

5. Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, December 1988.

6. La prise en charge du traumatisé crânien. Fédération Nationale Neutre des Infirmier(ière)s de Belgique, Mons, Belgium, November 1988.

7. Traumatisme crânien et du rachis: attitudes de terrain. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, February 1989.

8. Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, November 1989.


9. January 1990 - Traumatisme crânien et du rachis: attitudes de terrain. Ecole

de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.

10. Traumatologie neurochirurgicale et mesure de la pression intra-crânienne. Centre d'Enseignement Supérieur Economique, Paramédical et Technique, Tournai, Belgium, January 1990.

11. February 1990 - La prise en charge des patients traumatisés neurochirurgicaux dans le service des urgences et en intervention SAMU. L'Association Francophone des Infirmiers d'Urgences, Brussels, Belgium.

12. Juin 1990 - La neurochirurgie de reconstruction crânienne chez le nourrisson. Fondation Erasme, Séminaire Pluridisciplinaires, Brussels, Belgium.

13. November 1990 - Pathologie Vaculaire Intra-crânienne, Ecole de cadres de kinésitherapie respiratoire cardiaque et vasculaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

14. January 1991 - Neurochirurgie du rachis. University Hospital Ambroise-Paré, Mons, Belgium, .

15. Juin 1991 - Pathologie Vaculaire Intra-crânienne, Ecole de cadres de kinésitherapie respiratoire cardiaque et vasculaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

16. November 1991 - Urgences neurologiques chez le polytraumatisé, Licence en Orthopédie Traumatologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

17. March 1992 - Traumatismes crâniens. Hypertension Intracrânienne, Licence en Orthopédie Traumatologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

18. Mars 1992 - L'hydrocéphalie normotensive de l'adulte, the Belgium Association of the Neurosurgical Nurses, Brussels, Belgium.

19. May 1992 - Les Traumatismes Crâniens et du Rachis, Enseignement de Médecine Catastrophe, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

20. December 1992 - Zraumatic brain edema. Convegno Di Neuroradiologia Geriatrica. Italian Association of Neuroradiology, Ancona, Italy, .

21. April 1991 - Course about the Anatomy of the skull base and the orbit, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

22. September 1993 - Neurosurgical treatment of the chronic pain, Medical Association of Physicians of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

23. October 1993 - Benign intracranial hypertension. NOC Neuro-Ophtalmology Club, CHU de Montigny-Le-Tilleul.

24. January 1993 - Les urgences neuro-chirurgicales. 11è Cycle de Formation Intensive en Soins Infirmiers d'Urgences, Ecole de Santé Publique, Service des Urgences de l'Hôpital Erasme, Ecole des Infrimières de l'ULB, Brussels, Belgium.

25. February 1994 - Conduite à tenir devant la dilatation des ventricules cérébraux. Aspects physiopathologiques, diagnostiques, radiologiques et thérapeutiques. Les Services Universitaires de Neurologie et de Neurochirurgie de l'Hôpital de la Citadelle, Liège.


26. Avril 1994 - Neurochirurgie de la colonne cervicale. Organisation

Pluridisciplinaire du Traitement des Pathologies de la Colonne Vertébrale, Bruxelles.

27. Mai 1994 - Imagerie des affections vasculaires cérébrales. Aspects chirurgicaux. Cours du Pont d'Oye 1994. Sous l'égide du CEPUR. Habay-la-Neuve (Arlon).

28. September 1994 - Spinal cord tumors: the clinician’s opinion. Erasmus Course on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brussels.

29. September 1994 - Les troubles de la circulation du LCR. OP Forum Ethicon, Château de la Rocq, Arquennes.

30. October 1994 -Kystes colloïdes du troisième ventricule. Traitement neurochirurgical. Journées Méditerranéennes de Neurochirurgie, Marseilles.

31. Janvier 1995 - Les Urgences Neurochirurgicales. 12è Cycle de Formation Intensive en Soins Infirmiers d’Urgences, Ecole de Santé Publique, Service des Urgences de l'Hôpital Erasme, Ecole des Infrimières de l'ULB, Brussels, Belgium.

32. Janvier 1995 - Les Complications Infectieuses Méningo-Encéphaliques d’origine ORL. Licence Spéciale en ORL, Brussels, Belgium.

33. Février 1995 - Anatomie Chirurgicale du Système Nerveux Central. Licence Spéciale en Chirurgie, Brussels, Belgium.

34. October 1995 - Anévrysme géant de la portion distale de la PICA associé à un anévrysme sylvien guauche et un carotidien droit. Traitement chirurgical en deux temps. A propos d’un cas. Journées Méditerranéennes de Neurochirurgie, Marseilles, France.

35. December 1995 - Les Lombalgies: Approche Pluridisciplinaire. A. Huybrechts, M. Lafontaine, C. Raftopoulos. Séminaire de Médecine Interne du Centre Hospitalier Cesar de Paepe 2000, Bruxelles.

36. Janvier 1995 - Technical Management of Intracranial Aneurysms: Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms. Acute Surgery for Concommitant Intracerebral Hematoma. Joint Winter Meeting of the French Society of Neurosurgery, The Israelian Society of Neurosurgery, Satellite Symposium with Japanese Neurosurgeons and Veterinary Neurologists, Tignes, France.

37. Mai 1996 - Neuronavigation. Programme d’Enseignement Post-Universitaire en Neurologie Pédiatrique, UCL, Brussels

38. May 1996 - Urgences Neuro-Traumatiques. Séminaire d’Urgence et de Soins Intensifs du CH New Paul Brien, Bruxelles.

39. October 1996 - Glioblastomes et Résections chirurgicales répétées: à propos de deux cas rares. Journées Méditerranéennes de Neurochirurgie, Marseilles, France.

40. November 1996 - Traitement Actuel des Hémorragies Méningées. Réunion du Département de Médecine Intensive et de Médecine d’Urgence - CHU-St-Luc, Bruxelles


41. November 1996 - La Place de la Neurochirurgie dans le Traitement des

Adénomes Hypophysaires - Séminaire d’Endocrinologie et Nutrition, CHU-St-Luc. Bruxelles

42. November 1996 - Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique. XIX Journée de l’A.I.G.P. Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles

43. December 1996 - Les Nouvelles Techniques Neurochirurgicales. VIII Journée Médicale Vervietoise. Salon de l’Harmonie, Verviers

44. April 1997 - Neurosurgery, Parkinson, Psychiatric Disease and Conscience - Kyklos Conference. Brussels

45. November 1997 - Invited participant of the Freedox Advisory Meeting SAH Roundtable. The Cumberland Hotel, London

46. February 1998 - Invited to a debate about memory and death penalty by RTL-TVI- Balle au Centre. RTL, Brussels

47. February 1998 - Diagnostic et Prise en Charge Thérapeutique des Tumeurs Cérébrales. Département de Médecine Interne - UCL - Diplôme d’Etudes Spécialisées en Médecine Interne Cancérologique. St-Luc Hospital, Brussels.

48. October 1998 – Management of Severe Cranial Trauma. Belgium Emergency Society. Brussels 1998

49. November 1998 – Evolution of neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders. Applications in Parkinson disease. International College of Surgeons, Genval

50. February 1999 - Subject to be precised. Symposium on Interdisciplinary Neurosurgical Aspects. Department of Neurosurgery of Ibn Sina Hospital, University of Kuwait, State of Kuwait.

51. Novemver 1999 - Le traitement neurochirurgical des tumeurs hypophysaires. Congres de Médecine Générale. Commission d'Enseignement Continu. UCL. Brussels.

52. November 1999 - Vasospasm prevention after subarachnoidal hemorrhage by intracisternal and lumbar administration of tissue plasminogen activator. 19th Annual Meeting of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Brussels

53. December 1999 - Neuroenteric Cysts. World Conference on Pediatric Neurosurgery. State-of-the-Art and Perspectives for the Third Millennium, Port de France, France.

54. January 2000 - Neuronavigation. Grandes Journées - SSMG et ECU UCL, Charleroi

55. March 2000 – Maxilloconfines of Neurosurgery – 100 Anniversary of the Belgian Royal Society of Stomatology and Maxillofacialsurgery. Belgian Royal Society of Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.

56. April 2000 - Syringomelia Surgical Treatment- American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Annual Meeting, San Francisco.


57. April 2000- Adult hydrocephalus – Service de Neurochirurgie de Valence,

Pr A. Ley Vallee, Spain. Refused

58. Mai 2000 – Place de la Neurochirurgie dans le traitement des anévrysmes cérébraux. 3è Journées de Neuroradiologie de Langue Française et XXVIIIè congrès de la Société Française de Neuroradiologie. Brussels.

59. Mai 2000 – Embriologie des kystes neurentériques. Congrès de la Société Française de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique. Stes-Maries de la Mer, France

60. Mai 2000- New thechnologies in Neurosurgery. Sociétée de Médecine du Tournaisie. Tournai , Belgium.

61. Juin 2000 – Les kystes méningés du sacrum. 50e Congrès de la Socitété de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française. Reims, France.

62. November 2000 – DBS dans la Maladie de Parkinson. Excerpta Medica. Holiday Inn. Brussels, Belgium.

63. January 2001 – Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Société Française de Neurochirurgie. Les Arcs, France.

64. January 2001 – Post Subarachnoidal Hemorragia Hydrocephalus. Société Française de Neurochirurgie. Les Arcs, France.

65. February 2001 – La Neurochirurgie au confin de la conscience. Institut des Hautes Etudes de Belgique. Brussels, Belgium.

66. April 2001 – Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Management. American Association of Neurosurgeons. Toronto, Canada

67. October 2001 – La Conscience approchée par un neurochirurgien. Connaissance et Vie d’aujourd’hui. Ottignies – Louvaine-La-Neuve

68. February 2002 – Les aires cérébrales du langage – Conseil de l’Education Permanente de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles – Brussels, Belgium

69. March 2002 – Craniofacial Malformations – Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum – U.Z. GENT, Belgium

70. April 2002 – Microsurgical vs Endosvascular treatment – SNCLF & AANS – Chicago

71. April 2002 – Cost benefits of intraoperative and interventional MRI – AANS, Chicago

72. April 2002 – Surgical clipping may give better results than CE on a series of 101 consecutive unruptured intracranial aneurysm – AANS, Chicago

73. May 2002 – L’hydrocéphalie normotensive – Conférences de Médecine, CHU, Brussels, Belgium.

74. November 2001 – Cycle d’enseignement en Neurochirurgie aux Médecins du Vietnam – Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Perfectionnement des Professionnels de Santé de Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam.

75. April 2002 – Management of Intracranial Aneurysms – Centre Hospitalier Peltzer – La Tourelle, Verviers, Belgique.

76. June 2002 – Surgical Management of Chiari Malformation. Pr M Samii. Anniversary Symposium. Hannover. Germany.


77. June 2002 – Traitement de la maladie de Parkinson réfractaire, par microlésion

ou stimulation électrique – Société Algérienne de Neurochirurgie, Alger.

78. October 2002 – Les aires cérébrales du langage – Conseil de l’Education Permanente de l’ULB, Brussels, Belgium.

79. October 2002 – Opening lecture : Normal pressure hydrocephalus. The role of ICP in the patients selection for shunting – Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

80. March 2003 – The future of Neurosurgery. 2003 Codman Nexus Meeting, Mijas, Spain

81. Avril 2003 - Opening lecture: “The management of posttraumatic hydrocephalus”. Secondo corso di perfezionamento sulla gestione del paziente traumatizzato cranico. Ospedale Sacro Cuore – Don Calabria Servizio di Riabilitazione Unita gravi Cerebrolesi, Verone, Italy

82. May 2003 – Official guess of the Mexican Society of Neurosurgery - 4 lectures: 1. Managment of paraclinoid Aneurysms 2. Amygdalohypocamppectomy through transsylvien approach 3. Results of microsurgery in large vestibulary schwannome 4. A simplified procedure for DBS in Parkinson – Monterey – Mexique.

83. May 2003 – Two lectures: 1) Neurochirurgie of Large Vestibulom Schwannas. 2) Selective Amygdalo-Hippocampectome. Annual Meeting of the Romanian Society of Neurosurgery – Crowne Plaza Hotel – Bucurest, Romania

84. October 2003 – Surgical Management of Intro Cranial Anevrysm – Digital Masters Video Symposium – 53rd Annual Meeting: Congress of Neurological Surgeons – Denver, Colorado, United States.

85. November 2003 – Raftopoulos C, K van Kijckevorsel. Electrical stimulation of corpus mammilare in the treatment of refractory epilepsy – First Symposium of the Benelux Neuromodulation Society – Leuven.

86. January 2004 – Curso de Actualización en Neurocirugía 2004 – Santo Domingo, DN, República Dominicana.

87. February 2004 – State of the art treatment of aneurysms : Clip or coil? Why could we still clip aneurysm? – EANS Wintermeeting 2004 – Budapest, Hungary.

88. April 30th, 2004 – Surgical Management of ACM, Surgical Management of Syringomyelia – 2d Neurol. Hydrodynamics – Stanford, California, United States.

89. May 28th, 2004 – DBS of Mammillary Bodies and Mammilo-Thalamic Tracts – 1st European Epilepsy Working Group meeting – Brussels, Belgium.

90. September 25th, 2004 – Attitude toward VIII Schwannomas Grade 4 to 4+ - The 2004 Vesalius Course: Facial Palsy – Brussels, Belgium.

91. October 18th, 2004 – Intracranial Aneurysms: Coil or Clip? – 54th Annual Meeting : Congress of Neurological Surgeons – San Francisco, California, United States.


92. October 20th, 2004 – Surgical Problems when Dealing with Recanalized

Embolized Aneurysms – Digital Masters Video Symphosium - 54th Annual Meeting : Congress of Neurological Surgeons – San Francisco, California, United States.

93. October 2004 XIV Congreso de la Sociedad Boliviana de Neurocirujanos – 2 lectures: 1. Clipage quirurgico de los aneurismas intracraneanos 2. Tratamiento quirurgico de los schwanomas –– Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

94. October 27th, 2004 – Amigdalo-Hipocampectomia para el tratmiento de la Epilepsia Cronica Refractaria – XXXI Congreso Latinoamericano de Neurocirugia – San Francisco, Ciudad de Panama, Panama.

95. November 24th, 2004 – Hydrocéphalie: une meilleure compréhension de la physiopathologie: la physiopathologie modifie-t-elle les indications des traitements? – 6e rencontres de Neurologies – Paris, France.

96. Décembre 2004 – Président de séance : “Thérapeutique assistée par l’image et systèmes de navigation rachidienne” – Réunion Annuelle du G.I.E.D.A. Inter Rachis – Paris, France.

97. Décembre 10th, 2004 – Evaluation du placement des vis pédiculaires assistées par le Système VectoVision de Brainlab lors d’ostéosynthèse lombaire – Réunion Annuelle du G.I.E.D.A. Inter Rachis – Paris, France.

98. Décembre 2004 – Fondation de la Société Cambodgienne de Neurochirurgie sous l’égide de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française (S.N.C.L.F.) – 1er Symposium de Neurochirurgie – Université des Sciences de la Santé – Phnom Penh, Royaume du Cambodge.

99. Décembre 13th, 2004 – Traitement des anévrysmes intracrâniens: clip ou coil? – 1er Symposium de Neurochirurgie – Université des Sciences de la Santé – Phnom Penh, Royaume du Cambodge.

100. March 9th, 2005 – 2 lectures: 1. Does neuronavigation Increase Precision For Pedicular Screw Placement and Its Clinical Relevance 2. Using Neuronavigation for Selective Amydalo-Hippocampectomy – Advanced Neuronavigation Workshop – Neuro Spinal Hospital Dubai – Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

101. March 10th, 2005 – Impact of A Navigational System on Pedicular Screw Placement in the Lumbar Spine – 3rd Dubai Spine Conference - Möevenpick Hotel – Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

102. April 22th, 2005 – Surgical management of chronic refractory epilepsy – Association Belge de Neurologie Pédiatrique – Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique.

103. June 22th, 2005 – Aneurysm Clipping: Temporary Occlusion/Circulatory Arrest – 13th World Congress of Neurological Surgery – Congress Palace – Marrakesh – Morocco.

104. July 20th, 2005 – Management of Inadequately Embolised Aneurysms. – Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik – Erlangen – Deutschland (Prof. Fahlbusch).


105. November 5th, 2005 – Traitement moderne du tassement vertébral –

Congrès de Médecine Générale – Faculté de Médecine de l’UCL – Bruxelles, Belgique.

106. January 19th, 2006 – Découverte au Coeur du cerveau. Les progrès de la chirurgie du cerveau – Université des Ainés – Louvain-la-Neuve – Belgique.

107. February 18th, 2006 – USC 128 Intrathecal tPA Therapiy after Coil Embolization or Surgical Clipping for Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms : A prospective Study – 9th Joint Annual Meeting – AANS_CNS and ASITN – Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

108. March 18th, 2006 – Traitement neurochirurgical moderne des tumeurs hypophysaires – 3ème Congrès UCL d’Endocrino-diabétologie – Bruxelles, Belgique.

109. June 8th, 2006 – Prise en charge neurochirurgicale des anévrismes intracrâniens inadéquatement embolisés : à propos d’une série consécutive de 16 cas – 56ème Congrès de la SNCLF – Grand Palais – Lille, France.

110. June 25-28 th, 2006 – 1°) Chirurgie Hypophysaire Sous Neuronavigation, 2°) Intrathecal TPA therapy after coil ambolization or surgical clipping for ruptured intracranial aneurysms : potential positive effects, Comparaison beween Clinical Results ans Surgical Extension in Patients Treated by Selective Amygdalohyppocampectomy for Mesiotemporal Epilepsy - World Association of Lebanese Neurosurgeons and Lebanese Society of Neurological Surgery - Mövenpick Hotel and Resort – Beirut – Lebanon.

111. November 26th, 2006 – Prise en charge des anévrysmes artériels intracrâniens – Société de NeuroChirurgie de Langue Française – Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche – Paris, France.

112. January 18 th, 2007 - La Conscience au 21ème siècle - L'Association des Journalistes scientifiques de Belgique.

113. February 2007 –La Conscience – Service de Neurochirurgie - Université de Rouen, Rouen, France.

114. March 5th, 2007 – Découverte au coeur du cerveau. Les progrès de la chirurgie au cerveau. Université des Ainés – Louvain-la-Neuve – Belgique.

115. March 8-11, 2007 – - Cerebral aneurysms treatment : surgery versus endovascular - The First WFNS Foundation Course for Young African Neurosurgeons – World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies – Hôpital des Spécialités – Rabat, Morocco (Grant from the Commissariat Général aux Relations internationales).

116. March 16 th 2007 – Traitement neurochirurgical de la maladie de Parkinson – Séminaires organisés par l’Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique Albert Lespagnol et l’Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique.

117. July 2-6, 2007 – Interventional and surgical treatment of intracranial Aneurysms – Easculap Akademie, Mainz, Germany


118. July 6-8, 2007 –Neurosurgery and Intra-Operative MRI to University

Hospital St-Luc - International Symposium on Intra-Operative MRI in Neurosurgery, Houston, USA.

119. 2-7 September, 2007 – Président de séance: “Aneurysms” – European Congress of Neurosurgery – Glasgow, United Kingdom.

120. September 29th, 2007 – Multi-modal imaging in epilepsy – Royal Belgian Society of Radiology – Bruxelles, Belgique.

121. October 23th, 2007 – Découverte au Coeur du cerveau. Les progrès de la chirurgie au cerveau. Centre Marius Staquet, Mouscron, Belgique.

122. November 24th; 2007 – Traitement neurochirurgical de l’épilepsie – Academie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgique.

123. January 28th, 2008 – La prise en charge des anévrysmes intracrâniens. – Séminaire de Neurosciences. Bruxelles, Belgique.


Humanitarian activities

October 2001 - La Chaîne de l’Espoir – Hô Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam.

December 2004 - La Chaîne de l’Espoir - Phnom Penh, Cambodge.

October 2006 – Sieria.

Television invitations et Newspaper Interview

1995 – RTBF – Pulsations – La Neurochirurgie

1996 – RTBF – Pulsations – La maladie de Parkinson

1997 – RTL-TVI – Balle au Centre – La mémoire

1998 – Le Vif-Express – La Neurochirurgie et les Nouvelles Techniques

2000 – Le Vif-Express – Prise en charge des anévrysmes cérébraux

2003 – Le Vif-Express – Nouvelle voie possible dans la maladie d’Alzeimer

2004 – Press Conference : Introduction of three neurosurgical techniques for Chronic Refractory Epilepsy in Belgium

Awards

1989 - Prize of neurosurgery Docteurs Paul et Philippe Martin for the study “Monitoring de la Pression Intracrânienne dans l'hydrocéphalie normotensive”.

1991 - Prize of the Belgium Society of Neurosurgery for the paper “ Traumatic brain edema. A prospective study “.

1992 - First prize at the two examinations of the Workshop on Transoral and cervical stabilisation (Alan Crockard), University College of London, Department of Anatomy, Rockfeller building, England.

1994 - First prize at the examination of the International "Hands-On" workshop: Midas Rex Instructional Course and Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus and CP Angle, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, University College of London, England.

1994 - Prize René Kiekens of the Belgium Royal Society of Surgery for “Contributions to the Surgical Treatment of Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation Disorders: Hydrocephalus, Syringomyelia and Meningoceles”.

2001 - Prix du meilleur Poster de la Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française, Congrès Novembre 2001, Paris. “Plasmocytome isolé de la base du crâne révélant un myélome.” V. Scordidis, C. Thauvoy, G. Vaz, C. Godfraind, C. Raftopoulos.


Organized Meetings

1. First Meeting of Neurosurgery of University St-Luc Hospital (MNSLH), March 1996. Invited Speakers: Pr Choux (France; President of the French Speaking Society of Neurosurgery), Pr Crocard (UK), Pr Georges (France; Vice-President of the European Society of Neurosurgery), Prf Samii (Allemagne); President of the World Society of Neurosurgery)

2. Second MNSLH, March 1997. Invited Speakers: Pr Peragut (Allemagne), Pr Sindou (France), Pr Pernezcki (Allemagne), Pr Fahlbush (Allemagne)

3. Third MNSLH, March 1998. Invited Speakers: Pr Burger (USA), Changeux (France), Lena (France), Maquet, Missa, Sebire, Seron.

4. Table ronde sur la Chirurgie de l'Epilepsie. Dans le cadre du 57e Congrès de la SNCLF. République Dominicaine. Juin 2007.

Participants: B. Devaux, M. Guenot, AL Benabid, G. Dorfmuller, C. Raftopoulos

Grants

1. Grant from the 'Patrimoine de l'Université de Liège' for the '74è Congrès Français d'Urologie', Paris, France, October 1980.

2. Grant from the 'Patrimoine de l'Université de Liège' for the '75è Congrès Français d'Urologie', Paris, France, October 1981.

5. Grant from FNRS for the XIIIth congress of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Berlin, Germany, April 1992.

6. Grant from FNRS in 1993 for a research project on intracranial pressure and electroencephalography.

7. Grant from the European Community in 1997 for a research project in Micro Visual Prothesis Project (MIVIP).

8. Grant from FNRS 1998 – FRSM 3.4584.98 – in association with “Génie de la Réhabilitation Neurale” (GREN).

9. Grant from the Belgium Government 1999 for a project releated to the deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease

Membership in scientific societies

• Belgium Royal Society of Surgery

• Belgium Society of Neurosurgery

• Société de Neurochirurgie de Langue Française

• Société Française de Neurochirurgie

• 1999 - Congress of Neurological Surgeons

• 2004 – International neuromodulation Society


Membership in non scientific societies

1. Member of the board of directors of Harvey Cushing Center, Brussels, Belgium since 1986.

2. Representative of the temporary staff at the 'Union Professionnelle des Médecins des Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles' 1989-1991

3. Member of the board of management of the Erasme University Hospital from 1989-1991

4. Member of the board of directors of the IMPS 'Le Domaine' 1991-1992

5. Belgium representative at the Permanent Working Group of European Junior Hospital Doctors since September 1992 to September 1993.

6. Member of the disciplinary commission for the students 1992-1993

7. Member of the Federal Monospecialized Commission of Neurosurgery since 1993

8. Member of the National Board of Hospitals 1993-1996

9. Member of the Medical Council of the Erasme hospital 1994-1996

10. Member of the board of management of the “Centre Neurologique William Lennox” since January 1998

11. Member of the Board of CRN since May 2006.

Offices held in scientific societies

Board member of the Collegium Chirurgicum Belgicum 1993 – 1996

Editorial Board

Editorial Board member of International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery since January 2006.

Advisory board

Member of the Advisory Board of Acta Neurologica Belgica from 1994

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