Welcome
Dear friends and colleagues,
It’s my pleasure and honour to welcome you to participate in our 16nd International Workshop on Endoscopic Neurosurgery held in Ghent, Belgium, 13, 14, 15 and 16 May, 2012.
With our workshop, we offer each participant a hands-on training in the application of endoscopic instruments for a broad spectrum of indications. There will be interactive teaching videos and discussion on operative techniques. We will demonstrate the organisation of the operation theatre and the role of the instrument nurse. During the course there will be practice on anesthetized rats with full equipment of all instruments, video, laser, and bipolar coagulation. There is a complete installation per two participants.
We had in our workshop up to 50 participants per course and now a number of people have already registered for our edition of May 2012. This is the first official announcement for the 16th edition for which a large number of places are still available..
This year’s social program embraces our beautiful city by highlighting the best Ghent has to offer. Nowhere else you will find so much history per square metre in a pedestrian historical city centre. A city embedded in the Middle Ages when Ghent was, next to Paris, the second largest town north of the Alps. Here pounds the young heart of a dazzling city of culture full of music, theatre, film and visual arts. A city where cultural perspectives are constantly renewed and enlarged, where culture is a feast and where feasting is a form of culture. Also let’s not forget the people, for they undoubtedly add to the unique atmosphere in our sparkling city of culture. It’s for good reason that this year Ghent was voted third most authentic historic city center worldwide. It is a crown worn with great pride.
Looking forward to welcome you in Ghent...
Best regards,
Jaques Caemaert
Prof. Dr. J. Caemaert
Course organiser
Course organizer
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Prof. Caemaert has been active in the field of Endoscopic Neurosurgery since 1986, when he designed and developed the Caemaert Wolf Endoscope. During seven years he has been modifying the original concept and came after 5 prototypes to the actual instrument. A large number of working instruments was also developed for use through the working channels of the endoscope. From 1993, he presented the endoscope and the results on many international congresses and work-shops all over the world and the instrument is widely accepted as a dedicated very well functioning neuro-endoscope. -
He also produced a DVD as a digital users’ manual of the neuroendoscope, containing a detailed description of the instrument, its application in the theatre and a number of typical indications illustrated by video. You will receive a free copy of the DVD at this workshop
