● Recent advances in technology and skull base techniques have raised the level of complexity that both neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons are able to deal with ● As a continuously evolving field, skull base surgery represents a challenge for those who practice it, urging for constant training ● Along with expertise, a key element for successful skull base surgery is acknowledging ongoing developments in conventional microscopy, skull base endoscopy, exoscopic techniques, and robotic-assisted visualization ● This armamentarium provides an extended selection of techniques that can be tailored for each individualized case in the surgical field ● This three-day course, led by neurosurgeons and ENT surgeons, exposes the theoretical basis of traditional skull base microsurgical techniques along with a detailed insight on expanded endoscopic techniques and robotic-assisted exoscopic visualization. Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills through hands-on workshop sessions in which key skull base procedures are recreated using preserved and injected cadaveric specimens ● Course attendees will benefit from lectures provided by experts on the field as they review cases and discuss technique selection as well as complication avoidance and management ● Attendees will be able to challenge themselves with a cadaveric real-life internal carotid artery injury model during endoscopic endonasal surgery ● The model will be running during the whole course therefore attendees will be able to perform several attempts of repair and practice the ‘best’ technique to cope with this dreadful complication ● The model employs a real-life scenario where the OR environment is reproduced so as to test the stress and emotional burden that this unexpected complication can produce. In addition to the technical skills, the attendee will learn and refine the proper ICA injury intraoperative management ● To allow the greatest educational experience, maximum enrollment in this course will be limited to 20 participants ●
