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Newsletter

N e u r o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y o f I n d i a

Table of Contents Secretary’s Message ................................................................ 02

Executive Council .................................................................... 02

Congratulations ....................................................................... 03

General Body Meeting ............................................................ 03

Future NSICONs ....................................................................... 03

Imporatant Announcements ................................................... 04

GBM Agenda ........................................................................... 05

Scientific Programme, NSICON 2013 ....................................... 06

Membership Information ........................................................ 34

Tariff for Advertisement in Newsletter ................................... 35

Secretariat

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November 2013 Vol XII, No. 3

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NSI NSI NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER From the Secretary’s pen…….

Dear Colleagues

Dear Members

It is a matter of great satisfaction that entire EC of NSI has been busy along with organizing committee for making NSICON 2013, a landmark conference. It is apparent with ongoing preparation reaching final stages much before time. A path breaking scientific programme of yester years has been uplifted this time by active contribution of Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons (AASAN) and Association of Indian Neurologists of America (AINA). This year, Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society (PANS) our friend society is leaving no stone unturned to deliver most contemporary scientific feast. The whole program in immersed with cosmopolitan colour of Mumbai and punctuated by pluralistic exposition of everyone’s delight Bollywood.

Daylong Simulation workshop is being organised first time in India as prefix event on 11th December from 8 AM at Hotel Trident - the headquarter hotel for NSICON 2013. This will be unique experience for young neurosurgeons and residents.

Be ready for Being Mumbaiker in December 2013.

With best wishes Prof R C Mishra Hon Secretary, NSI

Executive Committee – 2013 President Dr. C. E. Deopujari,

E-Mail: [email protected] President Elect Dr. V Rajshekhar Email: [email protected] Secretary (2012-2014) Dr. R. C. Mishra,


Treasurer (2012-2014) Dr. Deepu Banerji,


Editor (2009-2014) Dr. J.M.K. Murthy,


Secretariat 2/4Ab, Swadeshi Bima Nagar Civil Lines, Agra – 282002 (UP)


Executive Committee Members (2012-2014)

Neurosurgery Dr. P. Sarat Chandra,

Email: [email protected] Dr. Manas Panigrahi,

Email: [email protected] Dr. V. P. Singh,


Neurology Dr. Muralidharan Nair,

Email:[email protected] Dr. A. Panagariya,

Email:[email protected]

Allied Specialities Dr. Vani Santhosh,

EMail: [email protected]

Past Presidents Dr. K. E. Turel,

E-mail: [email protected] Dr. V. K. Jain

E-mail: [email protected] Org. Secretary NSICON 2013 Dr. Suresh Sankhla

E-mail: [email protected]

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NSI NSI NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER

CONGRATULATIONS

Dr C E Deopujari was chosen, President Elect International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons.

Dr. Malla Bhaskar Rao from NIMHANS, Bangalore was awarded FRCS by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

NSI congratulates them on their achievements.

GENERAL BODY MEETING 2013 NSICON 2013 wil l be held from 12th to 15th December at NCPA Mumbai. During this conference the General body meeting wil l take place at 6 pm on 13th December 2013 in Hall B. Al l members are requested to attend.

Activities of the NSI can be accessed on the Internet

Rules of the Society and application forms can be downloaded from our website: http://www.neurosocietyindia.org. Members are encouraged to visit the site.

Members desirous of having items included in the website / newsletter may please contact: The Secretary, NSI at [email protected]. Information should be sent by e mail.

Future NSICONS

2013 – Mumbai 2014 – Coimbatore 2015 – Hyderabad


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NSI Office during the Annual Conference at Mumbai

All delegates attending the Annual Conference at Mumbai are kindly requested to report to the NSI office as soon as possible after their registration process.

They are requested to re-verify their membership numbers and addresses so that the same can be updated in the records as well as in the Membership Directory.

The office shall remain open throughout the conference. - Honorary Secretary

Website www.neurosocietyindia.org

NSI website is in the process of being revamped and made more functional & appealing. All members, institutions may forward their URL identity & emails immediately to the secretary at [email protected] so that data may be updated.

Travelling Fellowships – NSI

Travelling fellowships are available for members of the Society to attend conferences and also to visit different centres in the country. For eligibility please visit the website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) or write to the Treasurer, NSI.

Travelling Fellowships – WFNS (I) TRUST

Travelling fellowships are available from the WFNS (I) trust to attend conferences both within India and outside. Please write to Dr. A. K. Banerji, A – 3, Sector – 26, NOIDA – 201301 Email: [email protected]. Forms are available on the NSI website (Download Forms section)

http://www.neurosocietyindia.org/


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GBM MEETING AGENDA 13th December 2013 Mumbai

Call to order

Obituary

Congratulations

Ratification of the Minutes of EC Meetings

Secretary’s Report o Proposed substitution of word ‘Oldest’ by ‘Premier’

o New NSI Logo

o Fellowships for SAARC Members

o NSI – CNS Collaboration Elections Results & Awards Felicitations

Education Cell Report

Website Report

Treasurer’s Report

CME Convenor Report

Editor’s Report

NEUROCON 2013 Mumbai

Orations for NEUROCON 2014

Any other matter with the permission of the chair

Vote of Thanks

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CME PROGRAM

Date : 12.12.2013

Venue : Neurosurgery CME – Hall A. (DR.R.G. GINDE HALL)

Neurology CME – Hall B. (DR. JACOB CHANDY HALL)

Inauguration President, CME convener & Co convener 08:30 – 08:40

Common Session 08:40 – 10:40 (25 + 5)

Sunil Pandya The relevance of clinical examination today 08:40 – 09:10

Urvashi Shah Finding the Silver Lining...Inspiring Hope while 09:10 – 09:40

Delivering Bad News

Abhay Bhave Neurosurgery in a patient on blood thinners 09:40 – 10:10

Ratnavalli Perceptive disorders in vision 10:10 – 10:40

Tea Break 10:40 – 11:00

Concurrent Neurosurgery Session

Advances In Neurosurgery : 11:00 – 12:40 (20 + 5)

Nelson Oyesiku What’s new with pituitary adenomas? 11:00 – 11:25

Siddharth Ghosh Controversies in management of low grade gliomas 11:25 – 11:50

H S Bhatoe Traumatic brain injury: future directions 11:50 – 12:15

Amar Saxena Simulation in neurosurgery 12:15 – 12:40

Lunch Symposium : 13:00 – 14:00

Dilemmas in gliomas – case based with panel of specialists 13:00 – 14:00

Evidence Based Neurosurgery : 14:00 – 15:15 (20 + 5)

Navanil Barua Steroid usage in spinal trauma 14:00 – 14:25

Husam al Habib Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty 14:25 – 14:50

Manas Panigrahi Petroclival tumors - outcomes with skull base approaches 14:50 – 15:15

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Controversies In Neurosurgery : 15:15 – 16:45

Muralidhar Pai Single surgically accessible brain metastasis : surgery 15:15 – 15:30

Aditya Gupta Single surgically accessible brain metastasis : radiosurgery 15:30 – 15:45

Discussion Single surgically accessible brain metastasis 15:45 – 16:00

Aadil Chagla Colloid cysts : microsurgery 16:00 – 16:15

Hemant Bhartiya Colloid cysts : endoscopic surgery 16.15 – 16.30

Discussion Colloid cysts management 16.30 – 16.45

Concurrent Neurology Session

Advances in Neurology : 11:00 – 13:00 (25 +5)

C.Rathore Recent Advances in Epilepsy Source Localization 11:00 – 11:30

B Raghunath An Update on the Pathogenesis and evolving therapeutics of

Alzheimer’s Disease 11:30 – 12:00

Sankar VH Molecular Advances in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) 12:00 – 12:30

Nirmal Surya Advances in Rehabilitation after Stroke 12:30 – 13:00

Muscle and Nerve Symposia : 14:00 – 15:15 (20 + 5)

V.K. Mustare Electrodiagnosis in Nerve injuries 14:00 – 14:25

S V Khadilkar Calpainopathies: A review with special reference to

calpainopathies in the Indian Agarwal community 14:25 – 14:50

Thomas Iype Recent trends in Myasthenia gravis 14:50 – 15:15

Clinical Diagnosis and Management : 15:15 – 16:45 (25 + 5)

Siddharama Pawate Systematic Approach to Myelopathy 15:15 – 15:45

S.R.Chandra Metabolic encephalopathy diagnosis and management 15:45 – 16:15

Bobby Varkey Critical care management of encephalitis in the Indian scenario 16:15 – 16:45

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Scientific Program for NSICON 2013 12th – 15th December 2013

Detailed Scientific Programme

Day 1 – 13 December 2013 (Friday)

Time Hall A [DR. R.G. GINDE HALL]

08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium: Neurosurgery: Cranial Topics Chairpersons: Sanjay Behari, BK Misra, SK Gupta Evolution of the management of petroclival meningioma - Basant Misra Management of clival chordomas - Ibrahim Sbeih Don't burn your fingers! Do medicolegal issues help or hinder neurosurgical practice? - Ahmed Ammar

09:00 – 11:15 Hall: A Sessions: Award Papers Chairpersons: V Rajshekhar, MD Nair, Vani Santosh

Allied Neurosciences Award

09:00 – 09:12 Microsurgical anatomy of the superior sagittal sinus and draining veins J Mariano Anto Bruno-Mascarenhas

09:12 – 09:24

Correlation of pre-operative cranial nerve diffusion tensor tractography and anatomic magnetic resonance imaging with intra-operative findings in surgery of cerebellopontine angle tumours: A preliminary study Omkar Narayan Churi

09:24 – 09:36 Role of CT perfusion in predicting delayed cerebral ischemia and outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage Sudheesh Ramachandran

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Neurosurgery Award Paper

09:36 – 09:48 Three dimensional computed tomography angiographic study of the vertebral artery in patients with craniovertebral junction anomalies Laxminadh Sivaraju

09:48 – 10:00 Role of joint morphometry and cranio-cervical tilt in determining the severity of basilar invagination and atlanto axial dislocation Nishant Goyal

10:00 – 10:12 Cortical reorganization in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy following surgery - A fMRI study Praveen Kumar F Saligoudara

Award Paper - Epilepsy Award

10:12 – 10:24 Multi-lobar resection for extensive epileptogenic lesions in pediatric patients Bhaumik Prabhatsinh Thakor

10:24 – 10:36 Role of concordance between ictal subtracted SPECT and PET in predicting the long term surgical outcome Gaurangkumar M Vaghani

Award Paper - Neuro-oncology Award

10:36 – 10:48 Immunohistochemical expression of novel astrocytoma molecular markers - value in aiding histopathological grading and prognosis Arun H S

Award Paper - Cost Effective Management

10:48 – 11:00 Use of Viber app: a fast, easy and cost effective method of communication in neurosurgery Amit Thapa

Award Paper – NSI - AASAN Award Paper

11:00 – 11:12 Seizure control following intracranial grids and depth electrode monitoring and surgery for seizure focus resection: An institutional experience 2003- 2012 Madineni

1115 – 11:30 Tea Break

11:30 – 12:10

B Ramamurthi Oration Chairpersons: CE Deopujari, AK Singh, BS Das Topic: “Neurosurgery”: The life and times of the Editor in Chief- A 5 year review Orator: Nelson Oyesiku Introducer: Deepu Banerji

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12:10 – 13:00

Presidential Oration Chairpersons: V Rajshekhar, KE Turel Topic: Organized Neurosurgery Orator: CE Deopujari Introducer: Suresh Sankhla

13:00 – 14:00

Luncheon Seminar Chairpersons: Russell Lonser, Subodh Raju Sponsored by Codman ICP and Hydrocephalus

14:00 – 14:30

Special Lecture Chairpersons: R C Mishra, CE Deopujari Topic: Reflections on a humane education in the digital age Speaker: Dr. Homi Bhabha Introducer: NE Bharucha

14:30 – 14:55

Special Lecture Chairpersons: SR Dharker, Atul Goel Topic: Design and implementation of guidelines in spine surgery Speaker: Daniel Resnick

14:55 – 16:55 Free Paper Session: Spine 1 - Cervical Spine Chairpersons: VG Ramesh, Sanjeev Sinha, Suneel Shah

14:55 – 15:10 Total cervical disc replacement: local experience and overview Hesham Aborahma

15:10 – 15:25 Three level corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy Vedantam Rajshekhar

15:20 – 15:35 Withdrawn

15:40 – 15:50 Bone morphogenetic protein in cervical spine procedures: Analysis of the Marketscan longitudinal database Anand Veeravagu

15:50 – 16:00 The Madras Institute of Neurology Prognostic Scale: A new simple practical prognostic scale for cervical spondylotic myelopathy VG Ramesh

16:00 – 16:10 Cervical Laminoforaminotomy - A comparative study between open versus minimally invasive approach Nirmala S

16:10 – 16:15

Evaluation of hand function in healthy individuals and patients undergoing uninstrumented central corpectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) using Nine Hole Peg Test (NHPT) Sanil John

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16:15 – 16:20 Clinicoradiological analysis of cervical disc replacement - Our experience Vemula Venkata Ramesh Chandra

16:20 – 16:25 Cervical laminoplasty: Modifications in technique for enhanced success and safety Anita Jagetia

16:25 – 16:30 Role of diffusion tensor imaging in surgical management of intramedullary spinal cord lesions and their neurological outcome Lakshmana Rao Chittem

16:30 – 16:35

Impact of tumor histology, respectability and preoperative neurological status on post operative neurological outcome in primary intramedullary spinal cord tumor: BIN experience in 21 cases Safi Ikbal Siddique

16:35 – 16:40 Spinal intramedullary tumors: an analysis based on 52 cases Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal

16:40 – 16:45 Evaluation and microsurgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord tumours (IMSCT): Our experience K Naresh Kumar

16:45 – 16:55 Discussion

16:55 – 17:15 Tea Break

17:15 – 18:15

Clinico-pathological conference Chairpersons: Suresh Nair, SV Khadlikar Convener: Geeta Chacko Participants: Ramakrishna Easwaran, Sona Pungavkar, Geeta Chacko,

Time Hall B [DR. JACOB CHANDY HALL]

08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium – Neurosurgery: Spinal Topics Chairpersons: Atul Goel, P Sarat Chandra, Satyendra Desai Atlanto axial joints in atlanto axial dislocation - V K Jain The spine in achondroplasia: a case based update – N. Muthukumar Odontoid fractures - Ashwini Sharan

14:50 – 16:55 Free Paper Session: Vascular Chairpersons: SN Mathuriya, A P Karapurkar

14:50 – 15:05 Clip reconstruction of complex intracranial aneurysms: surgical nuances pertinent to the 21st century Kishor Choudhry

15:05 – 15:20 Management of intra-operative aneurysmal rupture - Is there a way to practice & simulate it in the lab? Firas Hammadi

15:20 – 15:35 Is ligation and division of anterior third of superior sagittal sinus really safe? Pravin Salunke

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15:35 – 15:45 Neurocognitive outcome following coiling and clipping of aneurysms Aditya Pandey

15:45 – 15:55 Status of intraoperative ICG angiography for safe surgery of intracranial aneurysms S N Mathuriya

15:55 – 16:05 Carotid microendarterectomy: Our results B K Mishra

16:05 – 16:15 Surgery for arteriovenous malformations Atul Goel

16:15 – 16:20 Extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysms: Case series and literature review of endovascular therapy Christopher Seward

16:20 – 16:25 Microsurgical strategy in giant intracranial aneurysms Warade Abhilit Gajanan Rao

16:25 – 16:30 Surgical management of paraclinoid aneurysms: Last four years experience at Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt Maneet Gill

16:30 – 16:35 Assessment of factors predicting the outcome in poor grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients Rahul Jain

16:35 – 16:40 Role of intraoperative ICG-videoangiography in intracranial aneurysm surgery Sathyanarayana L D

16:40 – 16:45 Single center outcome of microsurgical excision of brain and spinal cord cavernoma Dattaraj Paramanand Sawarkar


16:55 – 17:15 Tea Break

18:15 onwards General Body Meeting

Time Hall C [DR. B. RAMAMURTHI HALL]

08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium: Neurology Critical Care Chairpersons: Pravina Shah, A. Pauranik, Vineeta Singh

08:00 – 08:20 Contemporary management of subarachnoid hemorrhage: Neuro-critical care Vineeta Singh

08:20 – 08:40 Neurological complications of critical illness Chitra Venkat

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08:40 – 09:00 Neuromonitoring : Options and possibilities in Indian ICUs Roop Gursahani

14:50 – 16:55 Free Paper Session: Skull Base 1 - Anterior Fossa Chairpersons: S Sampath, TD Nadkarni, Ravi Mohan Rao

14:50 – 15:05 Evolution of cerebrovascular/skull base surgery from technique based to disease based in the microsurgical/endovascular era Ketan Bulsara

15:05 – 15:20 Tuberculum sellae meningioma - Need for optic canal decompression Deepu Banerji

15:20 – 15:30 Management of malignant and invasive lesions of the anterior skull base S Sampath

15:30 – 15:40 Long term outcome in surgically treated posterior fossa epidermoid Ansari Khursheed Ahmad E

15:40 – 15:50 Craniopharyngiomas: A personal series of 144 cases from 1998 to 2012- Lessons learnt Aadil S Chagla

15:50 – 16:00 Surgical management of Rathke’s cleft cysts C E Deopujari

16:00 – 16:10 Orbital tumors: Our experience Pravin Tukaram Survashe

16:10 – 16:20 Orbital tumors through neurosurgeon’s vision - Study of clinicopathological profile and surgical management Vishakha Basavraj Karpe

16:20 – 16:25 Spheno-orbital meningiomas Dhaval Shukla

16:25 – 16:30 Surgical management of hypophysitis: Our experience Vishwaraj P Ratha

16:30 – 16:35 Reshaping the zygomatic complex to enhance the pterional exposure Shashwat Mishra

16:35 – 16:40 Spectrum of intracranial fungal masses – NIMHANS experience A R Prabu Raj


16:55-17:15 Tea Break

Time Hall D [DR. BALDEV SINGH HALL]

08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium - Neurology Session Chairpersons: NE Bharucha, Ashok Panagariya, Urvashi Shah

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08:00 – 08:20 The grand challenges for global mental health and its implications for the clinical neurosciences Vikram Patel

08:20 – 08:35 Brain death - Amna Goswami

08:35 – 09:00 Transcranial motor evoked potential monitoring outcome in the high-risk brain and spine surgeries: Correlation of clinical and neurophysiological data- An Indian perspective Poornima Shah

14:30 – 14:55

Special Lecture Chairpersons: Nirmal Surya, Datta Muzumdar, Vrajesh Udani Topic: Syncope masquerading as seizures Speaker: Chandrashekhar Meshram

14:55 – 16:45 Autoimmune disorders and Stroke Chairpersons: Shirish Hastak, PP Ashok, Ashok Sirsat

14:55 – 15:15 Diet and Multiple sclerosis Vijayshree Yadav

15:15 – 15:25 IV thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours in the Indian population: Results from the ongoing safe implementation of treatments in stroke - India Registry Dheeraj Khurana

15:25 – 15:35 Descriptive analysis of childhood stroke in a tertiary care centre Maya Mary Thomas

15:35 – 15:45 Risk factors for non-puerperal cerebral venous-sinus thrombosis and role of plasma Factor VIII & fibrinogen in thrombophilia – A prospective case-control study Ravi Anadure

15:45 – 15:55 Clinical characterization of headache in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Ravi Yadav

15:55 – 16:45 Session: Autoimmune disorders Chairpersons: SV Khadilkar, J M K Murthy, MD Nair

15:55 – 16:15 Autoimmune disorders and myelitis - Siddharama Pawate

16:15 – 16:25 Clinico radiological correlation in multiple sclerosis : A pilot study from tertiary centre form south India Muralidharan Nair

16:25 – 16:35 Comparison of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica in tamilian population: Gender, relapse, vitamin D level and disability profile differ Sunil K Narayan

16:35 – 16:45 Rationale use of new antiepileptic drugs Navneet Kumar

16:45 – 17:15 Tea Break

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Day 2 – 14 December 2013 (Saturday)


08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium - Cranial Topics Chairpersons: Manas Panigrahi, Kishor Choudhari The effect of carotid revascularization (endarterectomy versus stenting) on cognitive outcome: Zoher Goghawala Neurologic manifestations of VHL: Russel Lonser Surgery of brainstem lesions (Cavernoma): Mahmoud Al Yamany

09:00 – 09:40

P N Tandon Oration Chairpersons: Vani Santosh, A K Banerji Topic: From morphology to molecules – a journey Speaker: Chitra Sarkar Introducer: Vani Santosh

09:40 – 10:05

Special Lecture Chairpersons: Suresh Sankhla, BS Sharma Topic: Biomarkers for spinal cord injury Speaker: Shekar Kurpad

10:05 – 10:30

Special Lecture Chairpersons: Rajan Shah, Malla Bhaskar Rao, Yusuf al Awadi Topic: Management of trigeminal neuralgia Speaker: Abdennabi Beneasa

10:30 – 10:50 Tea Break

10:50 – 12:50

Neurosurgery Symposium Chairpersons: P S Ramani, Michael Fehlings Degenerative Cervical Spine Convener: Deepu Banerji

10:50 – 10:55 Introduction to the symposium Deepu Banerji

10:55 – 11:10 Natural history, disability assessment and QOL V Rajshekhar

11:10 – 11:25 Management of mono-radiculopathy - Anterior/Post foraminotomy A K Singh

11:25 – 11:40 Multilevel cervical myelopathy: Anterior vs posterior: Rationale of approach K Sridhar

11:40 – 12:00 Current concepts in patho-physiology and treatment of CSM Michael Fehlings

12:00 – 12:15 Adjacent segment degeneration and arthroplasty SS Kale

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12:15 – 12:30 Comparative effectiveness research for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Zoher Ghogawala


12:50 – 13:15

Presidential Lecture Chairpersons: Shekar Kurpad, R N Bhattacharya, Deepu Banerji Topic: Endoscopic neurosurgery: Technical advance or changing concepts Speaker: C E Deopujari

13:15 – 14:15

Luncheon Seminar Sponsored by Biosurgery Chairpersons: Jogi Pattisapu, Ashish Suri Advancements in haemostasis solutions in neurosurgery – A. Bhave and others

14:15 – 16:20 Free Paper Session: Spine 2: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Chairpersons: M. Muthukumar, SM Rohidas, SS Kale

14:15 – 14:30 Effectiveness of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion - Early outcome observations Mansoorali Sitabkhan

14:30 – 14:45 Minimally invasive deformity correction Anurag Sharma

14:45 – 15:00 Minimally invasive surgery for lumbar degenerative deformity Beejal Amin

15:00 – 15:10 Ossification of the ligamentum flavum: Aetiology, radiology, surgical features and outcome N. Muthukumar

15:10 – 15:20 High grade spondylolysthesis management: our experience with speed technique Naga Raju Reddycherla

15:20 – 15:30 Tuberculosis as a cause of lumbar prolapsed intervertebral disc (PIVD) : A prospective study Puneet Gulati

15:30 – 15:40 Fluoro guided navigation in lumbar pedicle screw placement Santhosh R

15:40 – 15:45 Complete anatomic reduction and monosegmental fusion for spondylolisthesis using minimal access technique Akshay Hari

15:45 – 15:50 Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in treatment of thoracic and lumbar fractures Rahul Prasad

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15:50 – 15:55 Lumbar microdiscectomy/microdecompression using tubular retractor system: Experience with first 200 cases Abhaya Kumar

15:55 – 16:00

To study clinical and radiological presentation in patients with degenerative lumbar canal stenosis and management with bilateral minimally invasive laminotomy-foraminotomy: An experience of 60 cases Amit Kapoor

16:00 – 16:05 Ozone nucleolysis for management of lumbar and lumbosacral disc prolapse Kuldeep Yadav

16:05 – 16:10 Epidural blood patch: A study on an experimental model Sudipkumar Sengupta

16:10 – 16:15 MR localization with cod-liver oil capsules for minimally invasive approach to intradural tumors of the thoraco-lumbar spine Mazda Keki Turel

16:15 – 16:20 Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion(AxiaLIF)-An analysis of minimally invasive presacral approach for lumbar fusion Sundaravadhanan Shashivadhanan

16:20 – 17:15 Tea and Poster Viewing (Poster Viewing Area)

16:20 – 17:15 NSI Executive Committee Meeting: TBA

17:15 – 18:15 Video Session (7 minutes per presenter) Moderators: BK Misra, VP Singh, B A Chandramouli

17:15 – 17:22 Modified anterior transpetrosal rhomboid: 3D anatomy demo Ashish Suri

17:22 – 17:29 Intramedullary tumour excision V P Singh

17:29 – 17:36 Surgery for SCM type 1 Ramakrishna Easwaran

17:36 – 17:43 Radiofrequency rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia Paresh Doshi

17:43 – 17:50 Ring graft technique for microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia Daljit Singh

17:50 – 17:57 Surgery for cerebral AVMs Atul Goel

17:57 – 18:04 Surgery for craniopharyngioma Ari Chacko

18:04 – 18:11 Ventral ICA aneurysms S N Mathuriya

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16:20 – 17:15 POSTER SESSIONS

Poster Session 1 (Award Posters) – 2 minutes per poster Chairpersons: VN Jindal, Indira Devi, DA Palande

Effect of reduction of antiepileptic drugs in patients with drug resistant epilepsy Deepa Dash

Giant neurocysticercosis A Rajesh

Molecular genetics analysis of developmental craniovertebral junction anomalies in association with three rare syndromes Avnish Kumar Chauhan

A rare case report of intraventricular schwannoma D R Shankar

Quantitative analysis Of “Kawase’s Triangle” versus “Modified Anterior Petrosectomy (MAP) Rhomboid” approach for extended middle cranial fossa lesions extending into posterior cranial fossa Manjul Tripathi

Intraoperative brain shift in intrinsic brain tumor surgery – a quantitative analysis using diffusion tensor imaging in brain suite Manoj Phalak

C1-C2 polyaxial screw rod fixation for atlantoaxial dislocation due to Morquio’s disease Pragadhees R

Nasal paraganglioma with orbital and cranial extension: a rare case report Praveen Kumar

Salmonella typhi subdural empyema in a post operative patient: case report Rajneesh Gour

A rare case of post electrocution osteonecrosis Ramkumar R R

Clinical spectrum of spinal dural AV fistula - Case series Rohit Ninan Benjamin

Rare case of skull base tumor Sarit Pravin Shah

Minimally invasive procedure for a rare clival lesion K Madhu Suthan

Post operative hematoma following intracranial neurosurgery: risk factors and outcome analysis Manish Ranjan

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Microsurgical anatomy of the middle cerebral artery in Indian cadavers Rakshith Srinivasa

Primary intra-diploic meningioma : An uncommon entity Shameem Ahmed

A study of post cervical fusion arthroplasty Akshay Hari

An unusual case of lumbar canal stenosis Akshay Hari

Comparison of incidence, clinical profile, prognosis and outcome of supratentorial and infratentorial compartment head injury Himanshu Kumar

Bone Scalpel – A cutting edge technology - Our experience Hrushikesh Umakant Kharosekar

Role of silicon pattie in neurosurgery Jasmit Singh

Quest for better quality of life in a rare disease Mansoorali Sitabkhan

Traumatic fracture dislocation L5-S1 closed reduction technique and stabilisation –A case report Naga Raju Reddycherla

Rare primary malignant melanoma in cerebellopontine angle mimicking a petrosal meningioma - case report and review of literature Nirmala S

An unusual case of a giant sphenoid sinus mucocele with severe intracranial extension Rajput Jivansing Bhawlal

Tubercular meningitis with hydrocephalus with HIV co-infection – Role of CSF diversion procedure Raman Mohan Sharma

Pediatric supratentorial SOL: A diagnostic dilemma Safi Ikbal Siddique

Minimally invasive TLIF using cannulated and fenestrated augmented pedicle screws for lumbar spondylolisthesis in patients with osteoporosis Vemula Venkata Ramesh Chandra

Intrventricular hemorrhage in a patient of chronic myeloid leukemia, masquadering as a ruptured ACom artery aneurysm Ashish Aggarwal

Pseudomeningiomas: Lesion mimicking meningioma Chandranath Tiwari

Analysis of visual outcome in 50 cases of giant pituitary adenomas Sunil Kumar Singh

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Papez circuit and adjoining limbic system: Analysis of anatomy by fiber dissection technique A H Shah

Facio-lingual epilepsia partialis continua : A therapeutic challenge Sathwik R Shetty

Aneurysm surgery : a beginner's perspective Shashwat Mishra

Neurosurgery and pregnancy - Our experience Sarit Pravin Shah

A rare case report of spinal cord GBM D R Shankar

Component based computer evaluation versus apprenticeship method based evaluation of neurosurgery skills training: Stages for skills acquisition towards virtual reality Britty Baby

Autologous iliac crest bone marrow mononuclear cells in enhancing bone fusion following spinal surgeries Lakshmi Prasad G

16:20 – 17:15 Tea and Poster Viewing (Poster Viewing Area) Poster Session 2 (Free Posters) Chairpersons: Muralidhar Pai, Milind Sankhe

Role of thromboelastography in reducing blood component transfusion in neurosurgery ICU Deepak Agarwal

Design and development of multifunctional neurosurgical instruments for microscopic and endoscopic procedures Ramandeep Singh

Prevalence of fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis and its effect on the quality of life Anupam Gupta

Multidisciplinary approach to enchapalocoeles Vernon Leo Velho

Development of interactive e-learning platform by integration of web based technologies to supplement neurosurgery and neurotechnology education and training Vinkle Kumar Srivastav

Thoracic spinal intramedullary metastasis from carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of submandibular salivary gland-case report and review of literature Abhaya Kumar

Extended epidural blood patch for treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension Shibu Pillai

Autologus bone marrow stem cell therapy in traumatic spinal cord injury Pradipta Tripathy

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A randomized placebo controlled trial of progesterone with or without hypothermia in patients with severe traumatic brain injury Sumit Sinha

Holocord abscess in a child secondary to infected dermoid KV Karthikeyan

Paediatric neurosurgery - Our experience at MIND Priyamvadha K

A rare case report of multicentric anaplastic oligodendroglioma Atul Vats

Elevated skull fFractures: An under-recognized entity Rakesh Gupta

Multiple ICSOL : The enigma and its axiom Arun Oommen

Rare anterior fontanelle swellings: Dermoids and epidermoids Pradeep Bharti

C1/C2 fixation and occipito-cervico fusion: Our experience in Medica Superspecialty Hospital Sunandan Basu

Lumbar intradural epidermoids – Unusual tumours Krishan Kumar Yadav

A retrospective study of brain biopsy by frameless image guided system Vikram Sudhir Karmarkar

Bilateral secondary decompressive craniectomy (with intact dura) in severe traumatic brain injury Krishan Kumar Sharma

Large extra dural hematoma and massive brain compression- surgical problem and management Sanjay Sharma

A study of the socio-demographic profile of patients of traumatic brain injury and the associated risk factors affecting outcome in a government hospital Sunil Kumar Singh

Monitoring of stress level in healthcare workers in the emergency department Deepak Agarwal

A case of benign oncocytic left frontal convexity meningioma-an extremely rare presentation Akhil Prakash

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in patients with triventricular hydrocephalus - our instituitional experience S Rajkumar

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08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium - Spinal Topics Chairpersons: A K Singh, BS Sharma, Santosh Lad Complication avoidance in intramedullary tumors - B S Sharma Endoscopic approaches to cervical spine – S M Rohidas Surgical management of degenerative lumbar canal stenosis: a dilemma – P S Ramani

13:15 – 14:15

Luncheon Seminar Sponsored by Surgiwear Chairpersons: Rajendra Prasad, Krishna Reddy, Laxmi Tripathy Hypertension epidemic: How to get rid of it - G.D. Agrawal

14:15 – 16:20 Free Paper Session: Skull Base 2 - CP angle and Meningiomas Chairpersons: K V R Sastry, Vernon Velho, S K Gupta

14:15 – 14:30 Petroclival meningiomas Ibrahim Sbeih

14:30 – 14:45 Operative technical pearls in vestibular schwannoma surgery Suresh Nair

14:45 – 14:55 Our experience in cerebello pontine angle tumors surgery & utility of diffusion tensor imaging in facial nerve mapping M. Manoranjitha Kumari

14:55 – 15:05 Facial nerve preservation in large vestibular schwanomas microsurgical excision at a peripheral centre - From aspiration to realization RC Mishra

15:05 – 15:15 Evaluation of molecular alterations in recurrent meningiomas Vaishali S Suri

15:15 – 15:25 Withdrawn

15:25 – 15:30 SCTIMST experience in managing bilateral vestibular schwannoma with an ongoing effort to define the management strategies Shivshankar Marajakke

15:30 – 15:35 Bilateral large to giant vestibular schwannomas with significant bilateral brain stem compression: Surgical considerations and postoperative dilemmas Rajan Kumar

15:35 – 15:40 Trigeminal neurinomas with extracranial extension: Analysis of 27 surgically treated cases A H Shah

15:40 – 15:45 Surgical strategies in multicompartmental trigeminal schwannomas Dwarakanath Srinivas

15:45 – 15:50 Surgical management of ventrally located foramen magnum meningioma Krishna Prabhu

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15:50 – 15:55 Endoscope Assisted Microsurgery (EAM) for resection of intracranial epidermoid tumor of skull base Ishwar Singh

15:55 – 16:00 Management of intracranial meningiomas: Our experience at Ibn Sina Hospital Muhammad Doghaim

16:00 – 16:05 Giant supratentorial meningioma : Operative management issues and outcome Rakesh Ranjan

16:05 – 16:10 Meningiomas: An institutional overview Vernon Leo Velho


16:20 – 17:15 MCQ Test

18:15 – 19:15

Young Neurosurgeons Forum Convener: Manas Panigrahi Topic: Mentoring in Neurosurgery S. Kurpad, BK Misra, V. Rajshekhar, Ahmed Ammar

18:15-19:15 Alumni Get Togethers (Halls to be announced)


08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium: Vascular Surgery Chairpersons: A. Raja, TD Nadkarni, R. Kachchara Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases in children - A single center study in Egypt - Alaa Fakhr Decompressive craniectomy for malignant cerebral ischemia - Ahmed Gamal Azab Cerebral vasospasm: The ongoing dilemma – Ketan Bulsara

13:15 – 14:15

Luncheon Seminar Sponsored by Covidien & Vascular Chairpersons: A K Gupta, A P Karapurkar Introduction to DSA and complication avoidance - Nitin Dange Stent assisted coiling in ruptured aneurysms - Anand Alulkar Management of cranial dural AVFs - Anil P Karapurkar

14:15 – 16:20 Free Paper Session: Skull Base 3 - Sellar Lesions and Intraventricular Tumours Chairpersons: Sudhir Dubey, Aadil Chagla, Mahesh Choudhari

14:15 – 14:30 Colloid cyst: Endoscopic vs transcallosal approach Ishaq Ghanin

14:30 – 14:45 Role of intraoperative lumbar CSF drainage in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma Gandham Edmond Jonathan

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14:45 – 14:55 Analysis of surgical outcomes of the extended endoscopic transsphenoidal approach for pituitary macroadenomas Mohammed Suheel A

14:55 – 15:05 Role of navigation and intraop MRI in endoscopic endonasal surgery of pituitary adenomas Sudhir Dubey

15:05 – 15:15 Study of endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to sellar and suprasellar tumours over 10 years Bhaskar Kendre

15:15 – 15:25 Surgical management of 81 cases of Cushing’s disease Ashish Suri

15:25 – 15:35 Requirement of perioperative steroid supplementation in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas- A clinical trial Ramya L

15:35 – 15:45 Surgery for intraventricular lesions Mayur Kamath V.

15:45 – 15:55 Interhemispheric transcallosal approach to intraventricular tumors: Surgical technique and results Arvind Kumar Srivastava

15:55 – 16:00 Role of early post operative spiral CT sella after trans-sphenoidal resection of pituitary macro adenoma Sumanth Kumar N

16:00 – 16:05 Invasiveness of gonadotrophic pituitary adenomas Shabari Girishan K V

16:05 – 16:10 Transphenoidal surgery for sellar tumors Pradipta Tripathy

16:10 – 16:15 ICA infarct following surgery for pituitary adenoma. A rare fatal complication – Proposal of new mechanism for its cause Kannepalli Venkata Laxmi Narasinga Rao


16:20 – 17:15 Tea and Poster Viewing

18:15 – 19:15

Practicing Neurosurgeons and Neurologists Forum Convener: V P Singh Topic: How to avoid litigation in practice? Convenor: VP Singh, New Delhi Speakers: RC Mishra, Agra Raj Kamal, Amritsar Maloy Chakravarty, Siliguri Uday Andar, Mumbai Mahesh Karandikar, Nashik

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08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium - Neurology Chairpersons: SM Katrak, Vinay Goyal, MD Nair

08:00 – 08:20 Management of Herpes encephalitis - Beyond medical treatment Birinder Singh Paul

08:20 – 08:40 Role of steroids in CNS infection - Vinay Goyal

08:40 – 09:00 Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) intracranial pressure abnormalities and the challenges Bhawna Sharma

10:45 – 12:45 Neurology Symposium: Evidence Informed Healthcare Chairpersons: M. Mehnidiratta, Siddharama Pawate Convener: R. Sridharan

10:45 – 11:05 Introduction to Evidence informed health care R. Sridharan

11:05 – 11:25 Evidence informed treatment of cerebrovascular diseases Kameshwar Prasad

11:25 – 11:45 Evidence informed treatment of neuromuscular disorders M Mehndiratta

11:45 – 12:05 Evidence informed treatment of CNS infections Lakshmi Narasimhan

12:05 – 12:25 Evidence informed treatment of Parkinson’s disease Charu Sankhla


13:15- 14:15

Luncheon seminar

Sponsored by Biogen Idec

Chairpersons : J.S. Kathpal, Nirmal Surya 13:15 - 13:50 - Making timely decisions – Key to preserving functional ability in MS - B S Singhal 13:50 - 14:05 - Patient case presentation – Nasli Ichaporia 14:05 -14:15 – Discussion

14:15 – 16:15 Neurology Session Epilepsy/Epilepsy Surgery Chairpersons: Pravina Shah, P Saratchandra, Sangeeta Rawat

14:15 – 14:30 Outcome of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy Prof. Saleh Baeesa

14:30 – 14:45 Stereotactic thermal ablation for surgical treatment of epilepsy Ashwini Sharan

14:45 – 15:00 Guidelines for pediatric epilepsy surgery- Recommendations of ILAE subcommision for pediatric epilepsy P Saratchandra

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15:00 – 15:15 Pediatric epilepsy surgery - Update and our experience Vrajesh Udani

15:15 – 15:30 Status epilepticus: the limitations of current guidelines in Indian context UK Misra

15:30 – 15:45 Epilepsiapartialis continua Sangeeta Ravat

15:45 – 16:00 Pediatric epilepsy – encephalopathies, comorbidities (case based management) Anaita Hegde

16:00 – 16:10 Surgical outcome in patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy : MTLE) Sathwik R Shetty

16:10 – 16:20 Why epilepsy surgery could fail? The surgeon's perspective George C Vilanilam

16:20 – 16:30 How to establish epilepsy surgery programmes in India? M Bhaskara Rao

16:30 – 16:40 Outcome of surgery for refractory epilepsy with focal cortical dysplasia - Role of multimodality evaluation S Sita Jayalakshmi

16:40 – 16:55 Tea Break

16:55 – 18:35 Movement Disorders Session Chairpersons: Charu Sankhla, Rupam B, Neeta Mehta

16:55 – 17:10 Approach to vertigo Sudhir Kothari

17:10 – 17:25 Relationship between body weight - levodopa and dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease Jagdish Sharma

17:25 – 17:40 Young onset movement disorders Hrishikesh Kumar

17:40 – 17:55 A series of task specific oromandibular dystonia associated with chewing 'Khat' Pettarusp Wadia

17:55 – 18:05 Clinical spectrum of dystonia in a tertiary care centre Anil Kumar Patil

18:05 – 18:15 Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 in Indian population: TBP- CAG/CAA intermediate repeat alleles and diagnostic threshold dilemma Achal K Srivastava

18:15 – 18:25 Clinical, genetic, epidemiological profile and predictors of severity in an Indian cohort with autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia. Ajith Sivadasan

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18:25 – 18:35 Non-Wilsonian hepatolenticular degeneration: Clinical and MRI observations in five families from India Madhu N

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Day 3 – 15 December 2013 (Sunday)


08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium: Cranial Topics Chairpersons: Laxmi Tripathy, Ketan Desai, Hemant Bhartiya The utility of intrathecal fluorescein for endoscopic repair of CSF leaks -Bharat Guthikonda Minimally invasive approach for management of suprasellar lesions - Ali Ayyad Role of interventional radiology in management of dural arteriovenous malformations - AK Gupta

09:00 – 09:25

Special Lecture Chairpersons: V.S. Mehta, R.C. Mishra, Ashwini Sharan Topic: AASAN-NSI partnership Speaker: Jogi Pattisapu

09:25 – 10:40 Free Paper Session: History of Neurosciences Chairpersons: S K Pandya, K Sridhar, Thimmappa Hegde

09:25 – 09:40 History of neurosurgery in Western India Aadil S Chagla

09:40 – 09:50 Paul Harrington- Father of modern spinal fusion surgery Sundaravadhanan Shashivadhanan

09:50 – 10:00 Mentors and Dementors -The sacred calling of mentoring the next generation of neurosurgeons Anil Pande

10:00 – 10:10 Seat belts – An innovation that saved million lives Krishan Kumar Yadav

10:10 – 10:20 Who was Prof B Ramamurthi? A recap K. Sridhar

10:20 – 10:30 Ethics in neurosurgery Jenny Jasbir Multani

10:30 – 10:35 Haemostasis in neurosurgery - History and future Deepak Agarwal

10:35 – 10:40 Brain injuries in battle - A historical vignette Khalil Issac Mathai

10:40 – 10:55 Tea Break

10:55 – 12:45 Free Paper Session: Trauma Chairpersons: Alok Sharma, H.S. Bhatoe, V.D. Sinha

10:55 – 11:10 Design of NIH guidelines Russell Lonser

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11:10 – 11:25 Extra- erythropoietic effects of rhEpo in traumatic brain injury Neelima Chauhan

11:25 – 11:35 Hippocampal volume as a marker of persistent vegetative state after severe traumatic brain injury Khalil Issac Mathai

11:35 – 11:45 Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in neurosurgery: Our experience D A Palande

11:45 – 11:55 Adult brachial plexus injuries - a personal experience Ketan Ishwarlal Desai

11:55 – 12:00 Brachial plexus Injury in children – A study of 33 patients Kanwaljeet Garg

12:00 – 12:05

A comparison of single burr hole with closed external drainage system vs double burr hole with closed external drainage system in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma – A series of 230 cases P R Rajkumar

12:05 – 12:10 Clinico radiological study of diffuse axonal injury and outcome analysis after management Himanshu Kumar

12:10 – 12:15 To determine usefulness of serum NT proBNP in directing treatment of hyponatremia with natriuresis in postoperative neurosurgical patients Tobin George

12:15 – 12:20 Withdrawn

12:20 – 12:25 Utility of thromboelastometry (TEG) in diagnosing of infection in neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU) as compared to established biomarkers Deepak Agarwal

12:25 – 12:30 The role of Human Umbilical Cord Blood (HUCB) and Neuronal Stem Cells (NSC) in recovery of hind limb function after spinal cord injury in SD rats - An experimental study Sumit Sinha


12:45 – 13:00 Valedictory function

13:00 onwards Lunch

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08:00 – 09:00

Morning Symposium – Neurosurgery: Spinal Topics Chairpersons: Abhay Kumar, Deepu Banerji Minimally invasive approaches for interbody fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis - Sudhir Dubey Management of traumatic thoraco lumbar fractures – Sampath Somanna Mild cervical spondylotic myelopathy: To operate or not - Michael Fehlings

09:25 – 10:40 Free Paper Session: Pediatrics Chairpersons: Mazhar Hussain, Daljit Singh, Uday Andar

09:25 – 09:40 Ultrasound guidance in pediatric neurosurgery Llewellyn Padayachy

09:40 – 09:50 Improvement in intraoperative transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials in tethered cord surgery: an analysis of forty five cases V Rajshekhar

09:50 – 10:00 Is there a role of aqueductoplasty in the treatment of hydrocephalus Daljit Singh

10:00 – 10:10 Surgical treatment of Moyamoya disease by encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosis (EDAS). A study of 72 pediatric cases Trimurti D Nadkarni

10:10 – 10:20 Tethered Cord Syndrome: The Narayana Institute of Neurosciences experience Pillai Shibu Vasudevan

10:20 – 10:25 Tethered Cord Syndrome : An Institutional experience Chandranath Tiwari

10:25 – 10:30 Initial learning curve in neuroendoscopy Vijay Singh Parihar

10:30 – 10:35 ETV outcomes in cases of hydrocephalus and role of redo ETV in cases of failure Amit Gupta


10:40 – 10:55 Tea Break

10:55 – 12:45 Free Paper Session: Spine 3: CVJ and Spine Miscellaneous Chairpersons: Anil Pande, Atul Goel, Harman Singh

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10:55 – 11:10 Minimally invasive treatment for metastatic spine tumours Brian Ragel

11:10 – 11:25 State-of-the-art: role of surgical simulation in current neurosurgical residency training Harman Singh

11:25 – 11:40 Syndromic versus non-syndromic atlantoaxial dislocation: Do clinicoradiological differences have a bearing on management? Jayesh C. Sardhara

11:40 – 11:50 Surgical interventions in spinal arteriovenous malformations Sanjay Behari

11:50 – 12:00 C1-C2 Joint re-alignment, distraction and fusion for basilar invagination Snighda Saha

12:00 – 12:05 Withdrawn

12:05– 12:10 The role of MRI and PET-CT combined in differentiating benign from malignant lesions vertebral compression fractures Ashish Aggarwal

12:10 – 12:15 Surgical management of vertebral body tumours Natesan D

12:15 – 12:20 Minimally Invasive thoraco-lumbar corpectomies Puneet Rana

12:20 – 12:25 The ventral unlocking technique in perched facets Anil Pande



09:25 – 10:40 Free Paper Session: Stereotaxy Chairpersons: Paresh Doshi, Milind Sankhe, A. Chand

09:25 – 09:40 Radiosurgery for AVMs V P Singh

09:40 – 09:55 DBS for psychiatric disorders Milind Deogaonkar

09:55-10:10 Bilateral pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Srinivas Botla

10:10 – 10:20 Diagnostic value and complications of CT guided stereotactic biopsy in neurosurgery Bhavani Prasad Ganji

10:20 – 10:30 Evaluation of safety and efficacy of stereotactic biopsy in intracranial space occupying lesions Divya Jyoti Sharma

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10:40 – 10:55 Tea Break

10:55 – 12:45 Free Paper Session: Tumours – Gliomas Chairpersons: B. Anandh, Rakesh Jalali, Datta Muzumdar

10:55 – 11:10 Long term survival in GBM patients following RT and Temozolomide – Results from the largest prospective cohort treated with standard uniform adjuvant therapy from India Arivazhagan

11:10 – 11:20 ATRX gene mutation: a key molecular alteration in low grade astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas Chitra Sarkar

11:20 – 11:30 Surgical Outcomes Of DTI and fMRI In intra-axial brain lesions Keki E. Turel

11:30 – 11:40 Impact of intraoperative MR and image guidance in glioma resection Anandh Balasubramaniam

11:40 – 11:50 Encouraging results with three-dimensional navigable ultrasound in resection of malignant gliomas Aliasgar Moiyadi

11:50 – 12:00 Intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery - Our experience Hrushikesh Umakant Kharosekar

12:00 – 12:10 Burrhole versus trephination (2.5-10cm) craniotomy-Our Experience Rajput Jivansing Bhawlal

12:10 – 12:20 Visual pathway gliomas: Management implications of fluid and electrolyte disturbances Devesh Kumar Singh

12:20 – 12:25 Infratentorial hemangioblastomas: An analysis of 60 cases Jasmit Singh

12:25 – 12:30 Neuronavigation guided resection of deep seated tumors of brain using (Stryker cart 2) system for near complete excision – Our experience Nilesh Agrawal

12:30 – 12:35 Assessment of usefulness of intraoperative fluorescence using 5 ALA in radical excision of malignant glioma Ankit Mathur

12:35 – 12:40 Awake craniotomy in brain tumors with clinical monitoring: A single centre experience Prakash M Shetty


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08:00 – 09:00 Morning Symposium: Neurology Chairpersons: S. Prabhakar, Vinay Chaudhry, Satish Khadilkar

08:00 – 08:20 Headache, the Indian scenario Debashish

08:20 – 08:40 Headache and the eye signs, neurologists and the neurosurgeons face Vivek Lal

08:40 – 09:00 Amitriptyline and pregabalin in chronic low backache: A randomized controlled trial Jayantee Kalita

09:00 – 11:20 Cognitive Neurology and Miscellaneous Chairpersons: Nirmal Surya, Pravina Shah, Vinay Chaudhry

09:00 – 09:20 The distributed nature of language representations in the brain K Sathian

09:20 – 09:40 Aphasia beyond traditional syndromes Apoorva Pauranik

09:40 – 10:00 Immune neuropathies Vinay Chaudhry

10:00 – 10:15 Status of Thymectomy and updating in surgical advancements Arvind Kumar

10:15 – 10:30 Statins in stroke Sudesh Prabhakar

10:30 – 10:45 TBA Ravindra Garg

10:45 – 11:00 TBA Rajesh Verma

11:00 – 11:10 Study of natural history of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – An experience of 10 years Varun Kataria

11:10 – 11:20 Prevalence of polyneuropathy in diabetes is associated with stroke and its outcome Sidharth Shankar Anand

11:20 - 11:30 Clinical profile and outcome in spontaneous intracranial hypotension Sanjeev Kumar

Tea Break

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