WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2010

  • 14:00 - 15:39 Conference Session

    • Presidents: Sebastião Eurico Melo Souza (BRA)
    •                       Joaquim da Costa (BRA)
  • 14:00 - 14:19  Nucleus Accumbens DBS for the Treatment of Ethilism.
    • Jürgen Voges (GER)
  • 14:20 - 14:39  Surgical Approach for Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy.
    • Beatriz Mantese (ARG)
  • 14:40 - 14:59  Spinal Cord Stimulation for Arterial Vasospasm Secondary to Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
    • Konstantin Slavin (USA)
  • 15:00 - 15:19  Gene-based Neuromodulation.
    • Chalonda Handy (USA)

  • 15:20 - 15:39  Motor Cortex Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Pain.

    • Manoel Teixeira (BRA)
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  • 15:40 - 15:59 Coffee-break

  • 16:00 - 16:59 Oral Presentations

    • Moderators: Eduardo Barreto (BRA)

    •                        Pablo Graff (ARG)
  • 16:00 - 16:09
  • 16:09 - 16:14   Discussion
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  • 16:24 - 16:29   Discussion
  • 16:30 - 16:39
  • 16:39 - 16:44   Discussion
  • 16:45 - 16:54
  • 16:54 - 16:59   Discussion
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  • 17:00 - 17:37 Pros and Cons Session: Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors, AVMs and Functional Disorders.

    • Moderator: Sérgio Dantas (BRA)

  • 17:00 - 17:10  Gamma-knife

    • Julio Antico (ARG)

  • 17:11 - 17:21   LINAC

    • Salomon Benabou (BRA)

  • 17:21 - 17:37  Debate

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  • 17:38 - 18:15 Pros and Cons Session: Long-term Standing Unilateral Tremor.

    • Moderator: Camilo Giambiaggi (ARG)

  • 17:38 - 17:48   Deep Brain Stimulation

    • Andrew Parrent (CAN)

  • 17:49 - 17:59   Lesioning

    • Constantine Constantoyannis (GRE)

  • 17:59 - 18:15   Debate

 

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2010

  • 08:30 - 09:29 Conference Session

    • Presidents: Ruy Carneiro (BRA)

    •                       João Arruda (BRA)

  • 08:30 - 08:49  Surgical Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: Overview.

    • Benjamin Greenberg (USA)

  • 08:50 - 09:09  STN Versus GPi-DBS for Parkinson’s Disease.

    • Soledad Navarro (FRA)

  • 09:10 - 09:29  Focal Spasticity: Surgical Strategy.

    • Juan Carlos Andreani (ARG)
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  • 09:30 - 10:29 Oral Presentations

    • Moderators: Cláudio Corrêa (BRA)
    •                        Telmo Nicola (ARG)

  • 09:30 - 09:39  

  • 09:39 - 09:44   Discussion

  • 09:45 - 09:54  

  • 09:54 - 09:59   Discussion

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  • 10:09 - 10:14   Discussion

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  • 10:24 - 10:29   Discussion

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  • 10:30 - 10:49 Coffee-break

  • 10:50 - 12:00 Spicy Session:   Cluster Headache and Migraine.

  • 10:50 - 11:00  Hypothalamus-DBS

    • Angelo Franzini (ITA)
  • 11:01 - 11:11  Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
    • Konstantin Slavin (USA)
  • 11:12 - 11:22   Ablative Surgery
    • Alexandre Francisco (BRA)
  • 11:23 - 11:33   Moderator: Oscar Stella (ARG)
  • 11:33 - 12:00   Debate
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  • 12:01 - 14:00 Lunch

  • 14:00 - 15:39 Conference Session

    • Presidents: Henrique Lobo (BRA)
    •                       Paulo Sérgio Faria (BRA)

  • 14:00 - 14:19  GPi DBS/Lesioning for the Treatment of Dystonia.

    • Fabián Piedimonte (ARG)
  • 14:20 - 14:39  Spinal Cord and Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Neuropathic Pain.
    • Andrew Parrent (CAN)
  • 14:40 - 14:59  PPTg-DBS for Parkinson’s Disease: Can it be Used Alone or Only as a Combined Target?
    • Paolo Mazzone (ITA)
  • 15:00 - 15:19  VNS for the Management of Refractory Depression  and Epilepsy.
    • Angelo Franzini (ITA)
  • 15:20 - 15:39  Cochlear and Brainstem Implant Devices for  Profound Neurosensorial Deafness.
    • Rubens de Brito (BRA)
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  • 15:40 - 15:59 Coffee-break

    16:00 - 16:59 Oral Presentations

    • Moderators: Carlos Telles (BRA)
    •                        Enrique Brichetti (ARG)

  • 16:00 - 16:09  

  • 16:09 - 16:14   Discussion

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  • 16:24 - 16:29   Discussion

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  • 16:39 - 16:44   Discussion

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  • 16:54 - 16:59   Discussion

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  • 17:00 - 18:10 Spicy Session:  Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

  • 17:00 - 17:10  Stereotactic Amygdalohippocampectomy

    • Andrew Parrent (CAN)
  • 17:11 - 17:21  Hippocampus-DBS
    • Francisco Velasco (MEX)
  • 17:22 - 17:32  Ressective Surgery
    • Arthur Cukiert (BRA)
  • 17:33 - 17:43  Moderator: Hugo Pomata (ARG)
  • 17:43 - 18:10   Debate

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  • 08:30 - 09:29 Conference Session

    • Presidents: Valter da Costa (BRA)
    •                       Paulo Ronaldo Ribeiro (BRA)
  • 08:30 - 08:49  Nucleus Accumbens as a Target for Anorexia Nervosa and Drug Addiction.
    • Bomin Sun (CHI)
  • 08:50 - 09:09  DBS for Minimally Conscious State.
    • Constantine Constantoyannis (GRE)
  • 09:10 - 09:29  Bilateral GPe-DBS for Tourette Syndrome.
    • Osvaldo Vilela Filho (BRA)
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  • 09:30 - 10:29 Oral Presentations

    • Moderators: Jorge Pagura (BRA)
    •                        Victor Chavez (ARG)

  • 09:30 - 09:39  

  • 09:39 - 09:44   Discussion

  • 09:45 - 09:54  

  • 09:54 - 09:59   Discussion

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  • 10:09 - 10:14   Discussion

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  • 10:24 - 10:29   Discussion

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  • 10:30 - 10:49 Coffee-break

  • 10:50 - 11:27 Pros and Cons Session:   Microrecording.

    • Moderator: José Oswaldo Oliveira Jr (BRA)

  • 10:50 - 11:00  Yes

    • William Hutchison (CAN)
  • 11:01 - 11:11  No
    • Paolo Mazzone (ITA)
  • 11:11 - 11:27  Debate
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  • 11:28 - 12:05 Pros and Cons Session:   Failed Back Syndrome.

    • Moderator: Roberto Rodriguez (ARG)
  • 11:28 - 11:38  Neuromodulation
    • Konstantin Slavin (USA)
  • 11:39 - 11:49  Reoperation
    • Aluizio Arantes (BRA)
  • 11:49 - 12:05  Debate
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  • 12:06 - 14:00 Lunch

  • 14:00 - 15:39 Conference Session

    • Presidents: Paulo Guimarães (BRA)
    •                       Francisco Arruda (BRA)
  • 14:00 - 14:19  Establishing Criteria for Non-ressective Surgery in Refractory Epilepsy.
    • Paulo Ragazzo (BRA)
  • 14:20 - 14:39  Spinal Cord Stem Cell Transplantation.
    • Chalonda Handy (USA)
  • 14:40 - 14:59  DBS for Refractory Generalized Epilepsies.
    • Francisco Velasco (MEX)
  • 15:00 - 15:19  Sacral Stimulation for Voiding and Erectile Dysfunction.
    • Magdy Hassouna (CAN)
  • 15:20 - 15:39  Ablative Surgery for the Management of Intractable Aggressiveness.
    • Luiz Fernando Martins (BRA)
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  • 15:40 - 15:59 Coffee-break

  • 16:00 - 16:59 Oral Presentations

    • Moderators: Paulo Brainer-Lima (BRA)
    •                        Marcelo Hernandez (ARG)
  • 16:00 - 16:09  
  • 16:09 - 16:14   Discussion
  • 16:15 - 16:24  
  • 16:24 - 16:29   Discussion
  • 16:30 - 16:39  
  • 16:39 - 16:44   Discussion
  • 16:45 - 16:54  
  • 16:54 - 16:59   Discussion
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  • 17:00 - 18:10 Spicy Session:   Dystonia and Tardive Dyskinesia.

  • 17:00 - 17:10  GPi-DBS/Lesioning

    • Jürgen Voges (GER)
  • 17:11 - 17:21  STN DBS
    • Bomin Sun (CHI)
  • 17:22 - 17:32  Motor Cortex Stimulation
    • Angelo Franzini (ITA)
  • 17:33 - 17:43   Moderator: Tiago Freitas (BRA)
  • 17:43 - 18:10   Debate

 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2010

  • 08:30 - 10:29 Conference Session

    • Presidents: Delson José Silva (BRA)
    •                       Francisco Bastos (BRA)

  • 08:30 - 08:49  Magnetoencephalography: Possible Applications in Functional Neurosurgery Research.

    • Gérson Ballester (BRA)
  • 08:50 - 09:09  Selecting Patients and Targets for the Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.
    • Elena Moro (CAN)
  • 09:10 - 09:29  Mechanisms of DBS in Movement Disorders.
    • William Hutchison (CAN)
  • 09:30 - 09:49  Nucleus Accumbens Septi: an Animal Model of Anxiety and its Implications for Neuromodulation.
    • Fabián Cremaschi (ARG)
  • 09:50 - 10:29  Optimizing DBS Programming in the Treatment of Movement Disorders.
    • Elena Moro (CAN)
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  • 10:30 - 10:39 Ronald Tasker Award

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  • 10:40 - 10:59 Coffee-break

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Spicy Session:   Surgical Treatment of OCD.

  • 11:00 - 11:10   STN-DBS

    • Soledad Navarro
  • 11:11 - 11:21   ITP-DBS
    • Francisco Velasco (MEX)
  • 11:22 - 11:32   Ventral Striatum / Anterior Capsule DBS
    • Benjamin Greenberg (USA)
  • 11:33 - 11:43   Moderator: Gervásio Carvalho (BRA)
  • 11:43 - 12:10   Debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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