Preliminary Program

June 27th, 2011
Part II
Postinflammtory Epilepsy
Animal models
Herpes encephalitis, Meningitis and vasculitic infarction
Rasmussens Encephalitis
Autoimmune Encephalitis

 

Part III
Tumor Associated Epilepsy
Pathopysiology of tumor related epilepsies
Correlation of MRI and pathology
Lesionectomy vs topectomy
The Role of invasive EEG/stereo encephalography
Predicting postoperative seizure outcome

 

Reception at the Castle

 

June 28th, 2011
Part IV
Post Stroke Epilepsy
Ischemic stroke

Animal models
Perinatal stroke: The relevance of lesion induced plasticity
Approach to the patient with porencephalic cysts
Dual pathology – what to operate
Tailoring by functional deficit
ICH and SAH
What to resect, scars vs hemosiderin?

 

Part V
Posttraumatic Epilepsy
Animal models
Natural history
Imaging: Role of gliosis and hemosiderin
Indications for invasive monitoring
Surgical approach

 

June 29th, 2011
Part VI
Vascular Malformations & Epilepsy
Animal models

AVM
Can interventional radiology improve the epilepsy?
The role of radiation for obliteration and seizure control
The role of surgery

 

Cavernous angioma
Concepts: Microsurgical lesionectomy vs. epilepsy surgery
Predictors of epileptogenicity and postsurgical outcome
Is Video-EEG necessary: Pro – Contra
Go for the cortical hemosiderin Pro – Contra

 

Post-Congress Symposia and Interest group meetings

 

End of the 4th IEC