Surgery of the Cranio-Vertebral Junction

I Introduction.- Relevant anatomy.- Anatomy of the VA at CVJ- Radiological assessment of CVJ.- Biomechanics of CVJ.- Sagittal balance concept applied to CVJ.- II General principles of CVJ surgery.- Surgical positioning.- Anesthesiological considerations.- Perioperative management.- III Surgical techniques.- Anterior approaches.- Posterior approaches.- Posterolateral approaches.- Transfacial approaches.- Transcranial approaches.- Transpetrosal approaches.- MIS techniques for CVJ.- Image-guidance and navigation.- Spinal fusion and bone harvesting.- Endovascular procedures.- IV Management of CVJ lesions.- Trauma of the CVJ.- Tumors of the CVJ.- Vascular pathologies of the CVJ.- Malformations of the CVJ.- Infections and metabolic diseases.

Enrico Tessitore, MD, PD, is the Deputy Chairman of the Neurosurgical Unit at the Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland, and he is Privat Docent at the Medical School of the University of Geneva. He is Co-Director of the Cancer Center of Geneva University Hospital and responsible for bone metastasis Tumor Board. He's been trained in Naples (Italy) and then moved to Geneva, where he completed the residency program. Dr. Tessitore has significant clinical expertise in performing spinal surgical procedures for degenerative diseases, tumors, deformity, infection and trauma.

Dr. Tessitore has published over 80 papers and has given more than 120 lectures at different national and international meetings on topics relevant to spine diseases.

He is Member of the Educational Committee (EduCom) of the Eurospine society. He affiliated at the following societies: Eurospine, EANS, EANS spine section, AO Spine, Italian Neurosurgical Society (SINCH), SINCH Spine Section, Swiss Neurosurgical Society, Swiss Spine Society, and he is also advisory board member of the Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences and European Spine Journal. His main clinical research areas are the Cranio-vertebral junction surgery, Minimally invasive spine surgery, Robotic spine surgery, Thoracoscopic spine surgery, Spine deformity and spinal tumor surgery.

Amir R. Dehdashti, MD, FACS, FMH is the Director of Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery Research at North Shore University Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Dehdashti completed his neurosurgery training under Professor de Tribolet in Geneva, Switzerland, and is board certified in neurosurgery by both the Swiss Board and the Board of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. Dr. Dehdashti completed fellowship training in both cerebrovascular and skull base surgery, including endoscopic skull base surgery, at the Toronto Western Hospital. He