SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
June 22-25, 2003
Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
Big Sky, Montana
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2003
MODERATOR: Jon White, M.D.
7:00-7:55 am Breakfast
7:55-8:00 am Introductory Remarks & Welcome
Albert H. Capanna, M.D.
President Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
8:00-9:20 am SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
Cranial Microsurgery
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
9:20-9:30 am Questions & Answers
9:30-9:45 am The “Denver Corridor”, a Minimally Invasive Device for Access to Deep-seated Intracranial Tumors
Kevin O. Lillehei, M.D.
9:45-10:00 am Percutaneous Intraspinal Navigation (PIN) – A New Surgical Approach to the Brain and Spine: Endoscopy of the Subarachnoid Cisterns
Robert E. Replogle, M.D., Phil Purdy, M.D.; George Rappard,
M.D.; Susan Miller; Christina Adams, B.S.; Glenn L. Pride, M.D.
10:00-10:05 am Questions & Answers
10:05-10:35 am Break
10:35-10:50 am Posterior Atlantoaxial Stabilization: A New Alternative to C1-2 Transarticular Screws
J. Patrick Johnson, M.D.; Carl Lauryssen, M.D.
10:50-11:05 am Treatment of Recurrent Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Spine, Guided with MR/CT Image Navigation: Case Report andLiterature Review
Sean E. Markey, M.D.
11:05-11:10 am Questions & Answers
11:10-12:00 am Firing Line
BRING YOUR PROBLEMATIC AND INTERESING CASES
MONDAY, 23 JUNE 2003
MODERATOR: Howard Morgan, M.D.
7:00-7:55 am Breakfast
8:00-9:20 am SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
Artifical Lumbar Discs
Kevin Foley, M.D.
9:20-9:30 am Questions & Answers
9:30-9:45 am Thoracopleural Flap for Thoracic Discectomy
S.N. Misra, M.D.; Howard Morgan, M.D.; Michael Wait, M.D.
9:45-10:00 am Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Outcome Treated by Intraspinal Transplantation of Olfactory Ensheathing Cells: The Impact by Age
Hongyun Huang, M.D., Ph.D.; Lin Chen, M.D.; Hongmei Wang, B.S.; Bo Xiu, M.D., Ph.D.; Binchen Li, M.D.
10:00-10:05 am Questions & Answers
10:05-10:35 am Break
10:35-10:50 am Gliasite Radiation Therapy System for Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas and Metastatic Brain Tumors. University of Utah Experience
Randy Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.; Dennis Shrieve, M.D., Ph.D.; Daniel Fults, M.D.; Gordon Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
10:50-11:05 am Some Ethical Aspects of Expert Witness Testimony
Howard Morgan, M.D.
11:05-11:10 am Questions & Answers
11:10-12:00 am Firing Line
BRING YOUR PROBLEMATIC AND INTERESTING CASES
TUESDAY, 24 JUNE 2003
Moderator: Albert H. Capanna, M.D.
7:00-7:30 am Breakfast
7:30-8:00 am ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
8:00-9:20 am SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
History of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D.
9:20-9:30 am Questions & Answers
9:30-9:45 am Hypertension is an Independent Risk Factor for SAH from Very Small Aneurysms
Christopher L. Taylor, M.D.; Debra Steele, M.D.; Jonathan White, M.D.; Thomas A. Kopitnik, Jr., M.D.; Duke S. Samson, M.D.
9:45-10:00 am Cervical Stenosis and Associated Syringomyelia
Matthew Y. Chang, M.D.; Glenn W. Kindt, M.D.
10:00-10:05 am Questions & Answers
10:05-10:35 am Break
10:35-10:50 am Endoscopic Management of Supratentorial Ventricular Neurocysticercosis: Case Series and Review of the Literature
Jeffrey J. Drees, M.D.; Tom Psarros, M.D.; Jon Krumerman,
M.D., Caetano Coimbra, M.D.
10:50-11:05 am Postsurgical Adjuvant Treatment with Stem Cell Rescue for Infants with Malignant Brain Tumors
S.N. Misra, M.D.; P. Steinbok, M.D.; A. Misra, M.D.; J. Davis,
M.D.
11:05-11:20 am Management of the Decompensated Dysplastic Spine in Spinal Dysraphism
S.N. Misra, M.D.; C. Reilly, M.D.
11:20-11:25 Questions & Answers
11:25-12:00 Firing Line
BRING YOUR PROBLEMATIC AND INTERESTING CASES
WEDNESDAY, 25 JUNE 2003
MODERATOR: John McVicker, M .D.
8:00-9:20 am SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Kevin Foley, M.D.
9:20-9:30 am Questions & Answers
9:30-9:45 am Thoracic Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
J. Patrick Johnson, M.D.
9:45-10:00 am Gracilis Muscle, Free Flap, and Old Facial Nerve Reconstruction
Foad ElahI, M.D.
10:00-10:05 am Questions & Answers
10:05-10:35 am Break
10:35-10:50 am Intraoperative Administration of Intraventricular Antiobiotics Decreases the Incidence of Shunt Infections
Brian T. Ragel, M.D.; Richard H. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
10:50-11:05 am Helmets for Skiers and Snowboarders: An Injury Prevention Program and Analysis of Protective Effect
Stewart Levy, M.D.; Allison P. Hawkes, M.D., M.S.; Kathy Shaver, R.N.
11:05-11:20 am Direct Percutaneous Trans-Facial Vein Embolization of an Indirect Cavernous Carotid Fistula
Robert E. Replogle, M.D.; Glenn L. Pride, M.D.; Shelley Josephs, M.D.; George Rappard, M.D.
11:20-11:35 am Direct Transvenous NBCA Embolization of a Carotid-Cavernous Fistual via the Superior Petrosal Sinus with Angiographic Obliteration and Clinical Resolution
Shawn P. Moore, M.D.; Robert E. Replogle, M.D.; George Rappard, M.D.; G. Lee Pride, Jr., M.D.; Thomas A. Kopitnik, M.D.
11:35-11:45 am Questions & Answers
11:45-12:00 noon Firing Line
BRING YOUR PROBLEMATIC AND INTERESTING CASES
12:00 noon Adjourn until June 200