{"id":99,"date":"2026-01-29T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espnworkshop.org\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:36:02","slug":"scientific-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/espnworkshop.org\/index.php\/scientific-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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14.00- 14:20<\/td>Introduction to the Course and precourse survey<\/td><\/tr>
14:20-16:00<\/strong><\/td>

SESSION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE CVJ<\/strong><\/p>
14:20-14:50<\/td>Embryology of posterior fossa and foramen magnum <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14:50-15:00<\/td>Role of FGFR in the growth of the posterior fossa and foramen magnum <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:00-15:20<\/td>Radiological analysis of posterior fossa and foramen magnum and\u00a0 growth changes<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:20-15:40<\/td>Normal growth of CVJ in children and growth related modifications<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:40-16:00<\/td>Essential surgical landmarks of posterior fossa and foramen magnum<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr>
16:00-16:30<\/em><\/td>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
16:30-19:00<\/strong><\/td>

SESSION 2: CHIARI<\/strong><\/p>
16:30-16:45<\/td>Why we should stop to call it a malformation<\/em>.<\/td><\/tr>
16:45-17:00<\/td>Radiology of Chiari type 1 malformation<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
17:00-17:15<\/td>Chiari type 1: \u00a0the importance of associated anomalies<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
17:15-17:30<\/td>Chiari type 1, spectrum of surgical techniques<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
17:30-17:45<\/td>Complications after Chiari malformation type 1 surgery and their avoidance<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
17:45-18:00<\/td>Chiari type 1: surgical algorithm in adults<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
18:00-18:15<\/td>Evaluation of the results in Chiari type 1 surgery<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
18:15-18:30<\/td>Discussion<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
08:00-10:30<\/strong><\/td>

SESSION 3: DIAGNOSIS OF CVJ INSTABILITY IN CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>
08:00-08:20<\/td>Mechanisms of CVJ trauma and indications for management<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
08:20-08:40<\/td>Imaging in pediatric CVJ trauma (acute phase and follow-up)<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
08:40-09:00<\/td>Introduction to the CVJ stability in children <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
09:00-09:20<\/td>Criteria for CVJ instability at the clinical examination: what to ask, what to search for <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
09:20-09:40<\/td>\u00a0Criteria for CVJ instability at the radiological examination: what to ask, what to search for<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
9:40-10:00<\/td>Clinical cases discussion on CVJ instability \/ How I evaluate it<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
10:00-10:30<\/td>Discussion<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr>
10:30-11:00<\/em><\/td>Break <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
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SESSION 4 : MANAGING CVJ INSTABILITY IN CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>
11:00-11:20<\/td>Principles of CVJ stabilization: indications, biomechanics, long term results<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
11:20-11:30<\/td>Principles of non surgical stabilization: when, how and how long<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
11:30-11:45<\/td>Occipito-cervical stabilisation \u2013 when and how<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
11:45-12:05<\/td>Clinical cases of s<\/em>urgical stabilization<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12:05-12:30<\/td>Discussion<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr>
12:30-14:00<\/em><\/td>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
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SESSION 5: CVJ CONGENITAL PATHOLOGIES<\/strong><\/p>
14:00-14:15<\/td>CVJ in ACH (indications for surgery and surgical principles)<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14:15-14:30<\/td>ACH case discussion<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14:30-14:45<\/td>CVJ in MPS (indications for surgery and surgical principles)<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14:45-15:00<\/td>MPS and other malformations case discussion<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr>
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SESSION 6: CRANIO-VERTEBRAL JUNCTION TRAUMA<\/strong><\/p>
15:05-15:25<\/td>Atlanto-Axial Dislocations<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:25-15:40<\/td>Fractures of the CVJ in children. Diagnosis, management and indications for surgery (anterior or posterior) <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:40-16:00<\/td>CVJ trauma case discussion <\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr>
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SESSION 7: \u00a0CVJ TUMORAL LESIONS MANAGEMENT<\/strong><\/p>
16:00-16:25<\/td>Spectrum of Cervical spine tumoral lesions<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
16:25-16:40<\/td>Spinal tumor removal in children at the cervical level, pitfalls and tricks for reconstruction and stabilization <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
16:40-17:20<\/td>CVJ tumors case discussion<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr>
17:20-17:45 <\/em><\/td>Break<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
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SESSION 8: MAMANGEMENT AND OUTCOME<\/strong><\/p>
17:45-18:00<\/td>IOM monitoring in CVJ surgery: When and why<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
18:00-18:15<\/td>Long-term results in terms of ossification, stability and clinical results <\/em><\/td><\/tr>
18:15-18:30<\/td>Redo surgeries for CVJ pathologies, why and when.<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
18:30-19:00<\/td>What happens after surgery: Spine evolution after CVJ fixation. <\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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08:00-12:00 <\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION 9 : Surgical techniques <\/strong>\u2013 Part 1: Posterior approach to the CVJ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
08:00-08:15<\/td>\nHow I do it: posterior instrumentation in children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08:15-08:30<\/td>\nPractical\naspects: How I chose my plate and my screws and where I put it:\nocciput, C1 lateral mass, C2 pedicle, C2 lamina, C2 pars, C1-C2\u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08:30-09:00<\/td>\nDiscussion<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09:00-12:00<\/strong><\/td>\nHANDS-ON WORKSHOP<\/span><\/strong>: <\/strong>C0-C2; C1-C2 fixation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00-13:00<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00-18:30 <\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION 9: Surgical techniques<\/strong> \u2013 Part 2: Approach to the subaxial spine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
13:00-13:15<\/td>\nSurgical landmarks of the anterior cervical spine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:15-13:45<\/td>\nWhen to approach to the cervical and subaxial spine anteriorly in children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:45-14:00<\/td>\nAnterior and anterolateral approach of the subaxial spine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00-14:10<\/td>\nDiscussion<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
14:15-17:00<\/td>\nHANDS-ON WORKSHOP<\/span><\/strong>: <\/strong>Anterior approach of the subaxial spine (C3) and C3 posterior fixation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
17:20-17:35<\/td>\nComplications of CVJ fixation and how to avoid them<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:35-17.50<\/td>\nShort-term risks of posterior instrumentation in children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:50-18.05<\/td>\nLong-term risks of posterior instrumentation in children <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:05-18:30<\/td>\nPANEL DISCUSSION<\/strong>: Indications for lateral mass screw, C2 pedicle screw, pars screw, lamina screw, C1-C2 transarticular screw, plates\u2026How to choose<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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08:00-09:00 <\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION 9: Surgical techniques<\/strong> \u2013 Part 3: transoral approach\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
08:00-08:15<\/td>\nAnatomy for the transoral approach<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08:15-08:30<\/td>\nHow I do a transoral decompression: principles and indications<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08:30-08:45<\/td>\nComplications of transoral decompression and their avoidance<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08:45-09:00<\/td>\nDiscussion<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a009:00-12:30<\/td>\n\u00a0HANDS-ON WORKSHOP<\/span><\/strong>: <\/strong>Transoral decompression<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30-13:30<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:30-14:30<\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION 9: Surgical techniques<\/strong> \u2013 Part 4: Occipito-cervical decompression\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
13:30-13:45<\/td>\nPosterior fossa decompression and posterior vault expansion principles and techniques<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:45-14:00<\/td>\nChiari Type 1:  Surgical algorithm in children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00-14:15<\/td>\nAll about duraplasty<\/em>: when, why and how I perform it<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:15-14:30<\/td>\nTricks and tips of dural opening\u00a0 and tonsils\u2019<\/em> management<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30-16:30<\/td>\nHANDS-ON WORKSHOP<\/span><\/strong>: Occipito-cervical decompression<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:30-17:00<\/strong><\/td>\nSESSION 10: PER OPERATIVE SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
16:30-16:40<\/td>\nSpecific problems in managing the CVJ in very young children<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:40-16:50<\/td>\nWhat can go wrong during CVJ surgery and how to anticipate?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:50-17:00<\/td>\nLessons learned by complex cases<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:00-17:15<\/strong><\/td>\nPost course survey <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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