EANS Crash Course in Trauma Neurosurgery & Neurocritical care - Acute neurotrauma essentials
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Hall F
| Wednesday, September 30, 2026 |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
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Elham Rostami
Speakers & Chairs
Dr. Elham Rostami
Consultant
Uppsala
Welcome & aims of the crash course
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Prof Niklas Marklund
Professor, Neurosurgeon
Lund University
Severe TBI – current guidelines and priorities – Core BTF style principles, ICP/CPP targets, first tier and second tier therapy
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Prof. Bart Depreitere
Staff Neurosurgeon, Full Professor
KU Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven
Pediatric TBI for neurosurgeons – Age specific issues, different haemodynamics, surgery thresholds
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Dr. Parmenion Tsitsopoulos
Department Of Neurosurgery
Hippokration General Hospital
Spinal cord injury – assessment and imaging – Initial exam, classification basics
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Dr Ondra Petr
Faculty / Staff / Senior Consultant
Medical University Innsbruck
Acute intracranial surgery II – contusions & TICH – When to resect, staged surgery, repeat CT strategy
9:40 AM - 9:50 AM
Prof Andrii Sirko
Head of The Department for Cerebral Neurosurgery
Mechnikov Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital
Decompressive craniectomy – who, when, and how?
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM
Dr. Jussi Posti
Head Of Department, Associate Professor
Turku University Hospital, University Of Turku
Complications I wish I had understood earlier in neurotrauma surgery
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Dr. Peter Toth
Senior Lecturer
University Of Pécs
CSF leaks after trauma – causes, diagnostics and treatment – Skull base and temporal bone leaks, imaging, indications for surgery
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
Prof Teemu Luoto
Consultant
Tampere University Hospital
Beyond GCS: Modern risk stratification in mild TBI
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Dr. Thomas Van Essen
Consultant neurosurgeon
University Neurosurgical Center Holland, Leiden (lumc) & The Hague (haga, Hmc)
Acute intracranial surgery I – ASDH and EDH – Indications, timing, key technical points, pitfalls
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Discussion
Q&A and brief discussion
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Dr. Elham Rostami
Consultant
Uppsala
Chair
