NEUROVASCULAR MICROSURGICAL COURSE

NOVARA, 28TH AND 29TH MAY 2025

ANEURYSMS CLIPPING AND VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS ON PLACENTA MODELS

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The wide range of modalities available today for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms places the clinical
neurosurgeon in front of a decision-making process, shared with the “neuro vascular team” and with the
patient, which needs constantly evolving knowledge.
The vascular neurosurgeon is now called to deal with a lower number of cases of cerebral aneurysm than
in previous decades, but more complex and for which microsurgery sometimes represents the best
therapeutic option. The clipping of a cerebral aneurysm requires a deep knowledge of the anatomy as well as excellent surgical skills. In a time where a substantial number of aneurysms is treated by endovascular methods, it becomes more challenging to gain and to improve the surgical skills necessary to clip an aneurysm.
The idea of this Course comes out of the necessity to find new ways to train Young Neurosurgeons in
vascular pathologies. Therefore hands-on training on surgical models becomes even more important to
learn the safe application of clips and to perform by-passes.
This course will provide a great opportunity to get both theoretical knowledge and practical training on
the safe application of clips and to perform a by-pass. Innovative surgical models such as perfused placentas will be used to train the microdissection of vessels, of arachnoid, the safe clip application in a very realistic way and the execution of by-pass.
The continuous exchange of experiences, the discussion of cases and surgical videos, the specific microsurgical training together with permanent “training” paths on laboratory preparations, represent the
virtuous path through which to train the new generation of vascular neurosurgeons.