Core 2

Core 2 Module - 2026


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7th -10th May,  2026  
Manila, Philippines

Program

sellar/Suprasellar tumours
  • Surgical anatomy of the sella and suprasellar region
  • Optic nerve and chiasmatic-hypothalamic gliomas
  • Craniopharyngiomas
  • Suprasellar approaches - frontal
  • Suprasellar approaches - pterional
  • Transphenoidal approaches
  • Orbital approaches


Supratentorial tumours
  • Hemispheric anatomy
  • Benign hemispheric tumours
  • Malignant hemispheric tumours
  • Intraventricular tumours
  • Basal ganglia tumours
  • Supratentorial intraventricular approaches
  • Surgery in functional areas in children

Posterior fossa tumours
  • Latest trends in paediatric neurooncology
  • Cerebellar astrocytomas
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Ependymoma
  • Brainstem tumours
  • Chordomas
  • Midline approaches to the posterior fossa
  • Lateral approaches to the posterior fossa
  • Brainstem approaches

Pineal tumours
  • Surgical anatomy of the pineal region
  • Pineal tumours
  • Surgical approaches to the pineal region

spinal tumours
  • Classification and management of spine and spinal cord tumours

epilepsy
  • Identification of lesion based epilepsy
  • Malformations of cortical development
  • Low grade epilepsy associated tumours
  • Hypothalamic hamartoma
  • Sturge Weber syndrome
  • Acquired lesions - hippocampal sclerosis, porencephaly
  • Lesionectomy - principles, surgical technique and complications
  • Temporal lobectomy - principles, surgical techniques and complications
  • Hemispherotomy - principles, surgical technique and complications
  • Stereo EEG - principles, surgical technique and complications

movement disorders
  • Spasticity - indications and selection criteria
  • Spasticity - medical treatment
  • Spasticity - surgical treatment


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