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Welcome to the unique event in Romania – The Neurosurgical Masterclass!

Reaching its eight edition, this year’s Neurosurgical Masterclass will mainly focus on the extensive topic of „Pediatric Neurosurgery”.

The practice of pediatric neurosurgery is one of the most remarkable and rewarding endeavors in all of medicine. The ability to help alleviate suffering and restore health to an ailing, sometimes gravely stricken child, is an extraordinary privilege granted to a limited few. It is this special privilege that makes the many arduous years of training in pediatric neurosurgery bearable.

Pediatric neurosurgery is a difficult field. Surgical disorders of the developing nervous system are often complex and present exceptional challenges to the pediatric neurosurgeon, who must learn to master a broad field, in depth, over a limited time. It is essential for the pediatric neurosurgeon to acquire a detailed understanding of a vast amount of specialized anatomy, pathology, and pathophysiology, that is constantly changing throughout childhood. The explosion of knowledge in the last decade about the molecular and genetic bases for neurosurgical disorders is overwhelming and will form the basis for more effective, tailored treatments for patients. At the same time, advances in neurodiagnostic imaging and improvements in surgical instrumentation are occurring at a rapid pace. The field is becoming so complex that it is sometimes difficult to comprehend.

The course will contain fundamental information – from essential anatomy and physiology, to neurosurgery basics of patient positioning and usual approaches. The theoretical lectures delivered by our elite invited speakers will cover many topics including disorders of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, congenital cranial and spinal malformations, tumors, vascular congenital and acquired disorders and neuroanesthetic considerations.

In addition to the theoretical part, participants will be able to engage in one of our workshops: „Live Surgery” – performed by professor Ioan Ștefan Florian, „Introduction to Microsurgery” – under the guidance of doctor Victor Volovici and the Students’ Surgical Society from Romania, “Basic Surgical Skills” or “Neuroanatomical Dissection”.

One major key to success, we believe, is learning from masters’ experiences to improve our own abilities. Surgical judgment develops over time. Practitioners learn much from their own mistakes and from the mistakes of others. Elite performance is the result of patience, practice, and perseverance.

Caring for the pediatric patient requires doctors who understand the specific challenges and possess specialized knowledge. A solid knowledge base of not only diseases, but also developmental milestones, is critical in the delivery of care to these young patients and their families.

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