17th Yaşargil School Hands-on Course on Microneurosurgery and White Matter Anatomy

Hands-On Cadaver Course

Hands-on microneurosurgery and white matter anatomy in brain tumors, epilepsy and AVM: the Zurich School

Location

Hybrid event

Anatomical Institute of the University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
Building 42/Floor G
Room no. 53
CH-8057 Zurich

Credits

SGNC requested

08.06.2026 8.00 - 18.00
09.06.2026 8.00 - 18.00
10.06.2026 08.00 - 17.00

Hands-On Cadaver Course

This event is part of the series Hands-On Cadaver Course.
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Monday's program

08:00 Welcome and reception
Regli / Krayenbühl / Serra
08:15 History and principles of Microneurosurgery of the brain
Krayenbühl
08:45 Relevance of Intraparenchimal Neuroanatomy
Serra
09:15 Fiber dissection technique: dissection of the lateral aspect of the brain
Serra
09:30 Hands-on dissection of the lateral aspect of the brain
All Faculty
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Microneurosurgery of Insular Tumors
Baskaya
14:00 Hands-on lateral aspect of the brain
All Faculty
17:00 Glioma Growth Pattern
Rauch
17:30 Growth pattern of paralimbic gliomas
Bi

Tuesday's program

08:00 Microneurosurgery in Epilepsy Surgery
Schaller
08:45 Anatomy of the limbic and paralimbic system
Kadri
09:30 Fibers dissection technique: dissection of the medial aspect of the brain
Serra
10:00 Hands-on dissection of the medial aspect of the brain
All Faculty
12:30 Siemens Lunch seminar Intraoperative MRI in Microneurosurgery
Voglis
13:30 Microneurosurgery of limbic and paralimbic tumors
Krayenbühl
14:00 Microneurosurgery of thalamic tumors
Türe
14:30 Hands-on medial aspect of the brain
All Faculty

Wednesday's program

08:00 Foundation of DTI
Forkel
08:30 White matter tracts and putative functional role
Forkel
09:00 Fiber dissection of Deep Cerebellar Nuclei and cerebellar peduncles
Pruthi
09:30 Fibers dissection technique: dissection of the brainstem
Serra
10:00 Hands on dissection of cerebellum and brainstem
All Faculty
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Microsurgical Vascular Anatomy
Quilis Quesada
14:00 Microneurosurgery of Brainstem Cavernoma
Regli
14:30 Hands-on dissection of cerebellum and brainstem
All Faculty

Registration

Hands-on Participants
max. 14 participants
CHF 1’500.-
CHF 1’300.- SGNC, EANS, SINCH, DGNC, TNS
Registration link follows

Observer
max. 20 participants
CHF 200
Registration link follows

Online via Zoom
free of charge
Registration link follows

Course Directors

Luca Regli, Prof. Dr. med.

Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 29 92

Niklaus Krayenbühl, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 86

Carlo Serra, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Vice Director of Department, Department of Neurosurgery

Tel. +41 44 255 26 85
Specialties: Microneurosurgery of brain tumors, Pituitary and skull base surgery, Neurovascular surgery

Responsible Department