THEMES AND HIGHLIGHTS
The meeting of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) will feature talks and invited lectures on the following general topics:
a. Technology in Stereotactic Surgery
- Frameless Stereotactic Instrumentation
- Robotics
- Intraoperative Imaging
- Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation
- Computer applications
b. Restorative Neurosurgery
- Neurotransplantation
- Neuroaugmentative Surgery
c. Stereotactic Tumor Surgery
d. Stereotactic Radiosurgery
e. Functional Neurosurgery
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Pain Surgery
- Psychiatric Surgery
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TARGET AUDIENCE
This international meeting will be of interest to neurosurgeons, neuropathologists, neuroradiologists, biomedical engineers, neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, radiation oncologists, radiation physicists, neuroscientists, transplantation scientists, surgical instrument manufacturers and representatives and other health care professionals interested in this field.
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EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
a. To present the state of the art, circa 2003, of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.
b. To enable synergistic discussions between basic scientists, neurosurgeons, engineers and instrument manufacturers.
c. To present the clinical results of various surgical procedures and therapies.
d. To acquaint the audience with new therapies and technologies
on the horizon.
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EXPECTED OUTCOME
a. Registrants should be familiar with the current procedures and practice of stereotactic surgery.
b. The meeting will provide registrants with benchmarks from which to evaluate their own clinical results.
c. Registrants will get new ideas, which may help them expand the field further.
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