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Morning Seminars

Location:	Hotel Metropolitan Sendai Room MA–MF

MS2-1Surgical Principles of AcomA Aneurysms

Room MA

Moderator:

Tadayoshi Nakagomi (Teikyo University, Tokyo）

1．Pterional Approach for the Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms (20 min.)
Yuhei Yoshimoto (Gunma University, Gunma)
2．Advantages and Disadvantages in Interhemispheric Approach for Acom Aneurysms (20 min.)
Toru Iwama (Gifu University, Gifu)
3．Basic Technique of Operation in Acom Aneurysm (20 min.)
Yoko Kato (Fujita Health University, Aichi)

MS2-2Modern Management of Neurotrauma based on Guideline

Room MB

Moderator:

Mitsunori Matsumae (Tokai University, Kanagawa)

1．Overview of the Revised Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury (20 min.)
Takeki Ogawa (Department of Emergency Medicine, The Jikei University, Tokyo)
2．JSNT Guideline for the Management of Head Injury in Children (20 min.)
Tamotsu Miki (Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo)
3．Guideline for Management of Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries (20 min.)
Izumi Koyanagi (Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido)

MS2-3Basic Approaches of Skull Base Surgery

Room MC

Moderator:

Jyo Haraoka (Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo)

1．Transcondylar Approach for Tumors in the Posterior Fossa (20 min.)
Nobutaka Kawahara (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo)
2．Anterior Petrosal Approach (20 min.)
Kazunari Yoshida (Keio University, Tokyo)
3．Posterior Petrosal Approch:Its Surgical Anatomy and Technical Aspect (20 min.)
Katsumi Sakata (Yokohama City University, Kanagawa)

MS2-4Therapeutic Standard of Malignant Brain Tumors

Room MD

Moderator:

Takanori Onishi (Ehime University, Ehime)

1．Photodynamic Diagnosis and Glioma Surgery (20 min.)
Toshihiko Kuroiwa (Osaka Medical College, Osaka)
2．Standard Therapy for Malignant Glioma (20 min.)
Soichiro Shibui (National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo)
3．Review of the Treatment for Medulloblastoma―Past, Present, Future― (20 min.)
Kazuhiko Sugiyama (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima)

MS2-5Idiopathic NPH:Diagnosis and Management

Room ME

Moderator:

Katsuyoshi Mineura (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto)

1．Clinical and Image Diagnosis of iNPH (20 min.)
Satoru Mori (Department of Neurology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka)
2．Treatment of iNPH―Complication and Management― (20 min.)
Hiroji Miyake (Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, Hyogo)
3．Result of the Prospective Multicenter Trial for iNPH (20 min.)
Akihiko Wachi (Tama Southern Regional Hospital, Tokyo)

MS2-6Current Strategies in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Room MF

Moderator:

Kozo Moritake (Shimane University, Shimane)

1．Surgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism (20 min.)
Hajime Arai (Juntendo University, Tokyo)
2．Surgical Treatment of Craniosynostosis (20 min.)
Hiroaki Sakamoto (Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka)
3．The Most-advanced Treatment Modalities for Hydrocephalus with Various Patterns of CSF Dynamics (20 min.)
Shizuo Oi (The Jikei University Hospital Women's & Children's Medical Center, Tokyo)

MS3-1Surgical Principle of Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms

Room MA

Moderator:

Hiroki Okuma (Hirosaki University, Aomori)

1．Surgical Treatment of Paraclinoid Aneurysms-Pearls and Pitfalls (20 min.)
Koji Iihara (National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka)
2．Basic Techniques for Clipping of IC－PC Aneurysms (20 min.)
Shinji Nagata (Kyushu University, Fukuoka)
3．Surgical Techniques for Aneterior Choroidal Artery Aneurysm (20 min.)
Tatsuya Ishikawa (Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels, Akita)

MS3-2Management of Pituitary Adenoma

Room MB

Moderator:

Naokatsu Saeki (Chiba University, Chiba)

1．Management of Pituitary Deficiency in Hypothalamo－Pituitary Tumors (20 min.)
Kazunori Arita (Kagoshima University, Kagoshima)
2．The Standard of Transsphenoidal Surgery (20 min.)
Takumi Abe (Showa University, Tokyo)
3．Surgical Treatment for Giant Pituitary Adenomas (20 min.)
Shozo Yamada (Endocrine Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo)

MS3-3Degenerative Spinal Disorders/Surgical Management

Room MC

Moderator:

Toshihiko Kubota (University of Fukui, Fukui)

1．Anterior Approach for the Degenerative Cervical Lesions (20 min.)
Hiroyuki Nakase (Nara Medical University, Nara)
2．Indication and Practice of Posterior Decompression and Fixation Surgery for Cervical Degenerative Diseases (20 min.)
Yasunobu Itoh (Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Fukushima)
3．Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Disease (20 min.)
Motoi Shoda (Fujita Health University, Aichi)

MS3-4Epilepsy Surgery:Fundamentals and Applications

Room MD

Moderator:

Tatsuya Tanaka (Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido)

1．Use of Subdural Electrodes for Epilepsy Surgery (20 min.)
Nobuhiro Mikuni (Kyoto University, Kyoto)
2．Surgical Techniques for Pediatric Intractable Epilepsy (20 min.)
Amami Kato (Osaka University, Osaka)
3．Gradient Magnetic Field Topography and its Clinical Application (20 min.)
Kaoru Kurisu (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima)

MS3-5Neurosurgical Management of Pain Disorders

Room ME

Moderator:

Kikuo Ohno (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo)

1．Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia (20 min.)
Yutaka Takusagawa (Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo)
2．Surgical Treatment for Central Pain after Stroke based on the Neural Mechanism (20 min.)
Masafumi Hirato (Gunma University, Gunma)
3．Neurosurgical Treatment of the Intractable Pain due to Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve (20 min.)
Youichi Saitoh (Osaka University, Osaka)

MS3-6Current status of SPECT:Update

Room MF

Moderator:

Keiji Shimizu (Kochi Medical School, Kochi)

1．The Introduction of Recent Advances in SPECT Image Analysis (20 min.)
Sunao Mizumura (The Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo)
2．Diagnosis of Epilepsy Foci with IMZ SPECT (20 min.)
Hiroshi Masuda (Nishi-Niigata Chuo National Hospital, Niigata)
3．Evaluation of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Patients with Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus by SPECT (20 min.)
Chia-cheng Chang (Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa)