XI International Facial Nerve Symposium
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Pre-Congress Courses
Participants will be given the opportunity for a 2 hours dissection of the temporal bone; a brief survey of techniques for facial nerve exposure and decompression will be lectured.
| 09.30 - 11.30 | Temporal Bone Dissection (Policlinico Umberto I) |
| 12.00 - 14.00 | Temporal Bone Dissection (Policlinico Umberto I) |
Only 8 participants will be approved for each Pre-Congress Courses.
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| 15.00 - 16.00 | Instructional Courses * |
| 18,00 | Opening Ceremony |
| OPENING LECTURE Nobel Prize Lecture R. Levi Montalcini - Neural Growth Factors |
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Morning
| 08,00 - 09,00 | Registration |
| 09,00 - 10,00 | Epidemiology Natural history |
| 10,00 - 11,30 | Genetic & Research |
| 11,30 - 12,00 | Coffee break |
| 12,00 - 13,30 | Free papers |
| 13,30 - 15,00 | Lunch symposium (Bell Society) |
Afternoon
| 15,00 - 16,00 | Electrodiagnosis & monitoring |
| 16,00 - 17,30 | Free papers |
| 17,30 - 18,00 | Coffee break |
| 18,00 - 19,00 | Imaging |
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Morning
| 08,00 - 09,00 | Instructional Courses * |
| 09,00 - 10,30 | Bell’s Palsy |
| 10,30 - 11,00 | Coffee break |
| 11,00 - 12,30 | Free papers |
| 12,30 - 13,30 | ME Surgery-related issues |
| 13,30 - 15,00 | Lunch symposium |
Afternoon
| 15,00 - 16,30 | C.I. & Skull Base Surgery |
| 16,30 - 18,00 | Free papers |
| 18,00 - 18,30 | Coffee break |
| 18,30 - 19,30 | Rehabilitation |
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Morning
| 08,00 - 09,00 | Instructional Courses * |
| 09,00 - 10,30 | Interdisciplinary Approach |
| 10,30 - 11,00 | Coffee break |
| 11,00 - 12,30 | Free papers |
| 12,30 - 13,30 | TBD |
| 13,30 - 15,00 | Closing Ceremony |
KEYNOTE LECTURES
| 40 years of Facial nerve Symposia N. Yanagihara |
| Imaging of the Facial Nerve J Casselmann |
| Hemangioma of the geniculate ganglion D. Brackmann |
| Facial nerve in ear malformations A. De La Cruz |
PANELS
| FACIAL REHANIMATION |
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| MODERATOR | |
| Julia Terzis | |
| PARTICIPANTS | |
| Manfred Frey | "The Vienna Approach to Eye Rehanimation" |
| Tomaz Nassif | "My Experience with Neurotized Platysma Graft in Eye Rehanimation" |
| Ashok Gupta | "Experience with Temporalis Transfer for Eye Closure" |
| Daniel Labbe | "Lengthening Temporalis Myoplasty With and Without CFNG (VII – V)" |
| Adrian Grobbelaar | "Evolution in the Use of Free Muscle Transfer for Smile Restoration" |
| David Chuang | "My Approach to the Treatment of Synkinesis" |
| Grazia Salimbeni | "Reconstruction of the Smile by Segmental Latissimus Dorsi Transfer" |
| Julia Terzis | "A Global Rehanimation Approach to the Paralyzed Face" |
** INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES (Preliminary list)
| Facial Nerve disorders in cochlear implantation. Management and prevention A. Ramos |
| Cochlear implant surgery and facial nerve, the risks and how to avoid it T. Nikolopoulos |
| Endoscopy-assisted microvascular decompression in hemifacial spam J. Magnan |
| Facial Nerve in lateral skull base approaches U. Fisch; |
| Facial Nerve anastomosis R. Bento |
| Surgical rehabilitation for ancient facial paralysis A. Takushima |
| Traumatic facial palsy- State of the art - 30 years experience of Bordeaux School J.P. Bebear |
| Viral facial palsy: present ant future M. Manos-Pujol |
| Childhood Facial Paralysis S S Musheer Hussain |
| Finding the facial nerve at surgery – Validating the incus guide A. Gadre |
| Prevention and management of facial palsy G. Magliulo |
| Botulinum toxin application to the face R. Laskawi |
| Reversibile tympanoplasty in middle ear surgery of the facial nerve G. Babighian |
| Surgical rehabilitation for recent paralysis F. Biglioli |
| Parotid surgery and facial nerve: the risks and how to avoid it T.Nikolopoulos |
| Management of facial nerve in Glomus Jugularis Tumour Surgery F. Memari |
| 20-year experience of facial nerve disorders including a review of 1200 cases G. Croxson |
| The facial nerve in skull base surgery V. Darrouzet |
| Management of iatrogenic and traumatic facial nerve injuries T. Linder |
| Facial Paralysis in Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery: A Multidisciplinary Approach J. Gavilan Bouzas, L. Lassalletta |
| The facial nerve function in retrolabyrinthine approach of skull base tumors V. Darrouzet |
| Surgical treatment of severe lesions of the facial nerve F. Antoli-Candela, A. Harguindey |
| Decision making in surgery for facial rehanimation G. Salimbeni |
| Topographic diagnosis in facial nerve palsy G. Ralli |
| Facial Nerve risks mapping and management in Ear Surgery R. Urquiza de La Rosa |
| Management of the facial nerve in translabyrinthine surgery D. Moffat |
| Facial Nerve reconstruction in extra and intracranial lesions G. Danesi |
| Lengthening temporalis myoplasty and smile reanimation, 15 years experience D.Labbè |
| The attempt to move from good to great in facial nerve rehabilitation: what is inside the black box? One Center's approach to growth and development. T. Hadlock, M. Cheney |