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Welcome by the Presidents

Minimal Invasive NeuroSurgery is a new philosophy to treat Nervous System diseases.

Next world congress of the ISMINS, that will be held in Florence in 2012, will pave the way for this new therapeutical approach. The aim of this congress will be the perfect setting for presenting the up-to-date treatments, operative procedures, clinical and technological advances.

Minimally Invasive NeuroSurgery is a methodology requiring smaller opening and less brain retraction when compared with the conventional surgery, with the intent of reaching different pathologies through natural openings, like a nostril or small incisions with minimal or no brain retraction. The purpose is to get to target the pathology while minimizing the trauma to the surrounding healthy nervous system and other tissues.

The program, with invited outstanding speakers from all around the world and oral presentations, will cover all the fields of neurosurgery and degenerative neurological diseases, and will be the ground for an open discussion.

It will be planned in different sections:

Functional and Stereotactic NeuroSurgery
Neuroendoscopy
Pediatric Craniopharyngioma
Peri-operative Management and Complications
Peripheral Nerve
Radiosurgery
Recent Neuroimaging Modalities
Spine
Surgical Anatomy
Tip and Pitfalls in Minimally Invasive NeuroSurgery
Vascular and Endovascular

The Mininvasive NeuroSurgery philosophy is to deliver the highest-quality and most technologically advanced neurosurgical care as possible, in a humanistic and personal manner, to shorten the hospital stay with better quality of life of the patient to whom the operative procedures are tailored. It is our personal pleasure to invite you in Florence, a place where Culture, Art, and Science lived together in the Renaissance and, with its cultural flavor and climate, will help us today in this project.

Giovanni Broggi, M.D.
President of the Congress

Yoko Kato, M.D.
President of ISMINS