Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes

Florian Roser, MD PhD, is Chief of the Neurological Institute and Department Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Roser is a graduate of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz/GER, and studied Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia/USA, as well as in Johannesburg/SA. He completed his residency in the Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Nordstadt, a Skullbase fellowship at the University of Tübingen/GER and a Spine fellowship at the National Institute of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Queens Square, London/UK. He is a Full Professor of Neurosurgery at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, serves as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US and is Adjunct Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Faculty at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Roser has authored over 128 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 39) and has presented more than 240 invited lectures worldwide. He is Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Elsevier since 2020. Prof. Roser has received several research grants from prestigious research institutions, for basic molecular research on meningioma tissue, clinical research on diagnostics in Syringomyelia and technical innovations in surgical anatomy. Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD, FACS is director of Brain Tumor and Pituitary Center at Cleveland Clinic Florida, education and research director of Neuroscience Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida region and an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine specializing in Brain Tumor Surgery, Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Pituitary Surgery, and Trigeminal Neuralgia. Dr. Borghei-Razavi received his medical degree from Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) and University of Lübeck (Universität zu Lübeck) in Germany. He completed his residency training at Clemens hospital, University of Münster, Germany. He performed a year of Research Fellowship in Skull base Neuroanatomy at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He then completed two Clinical Fellowships in Neurosurgical Oncology and Advanced Open and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Dr. Borghei-Razavi has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and serves as editor in several neurosurgery journals. He also received multiple national and international awards and scholarships in recognition of these accomplishments.

• Section 1: The Cranial Nerves1. History of Cranial Nerve Syndrome Management2. Anatomical nuances of cranial nerves and related vascular structures of the cerebello-pontine angle3. Pathogenesis of Cranial Nerve Syndromes4. Epidemiology of Cranial Nerve Syndromes5. Cranial Nerve Imaging6. Neuro-Monitoring in Cranial Nerve Syndromes7. VR in Cranial Nerve SyndromesSection 2: Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)8. Diagnosis of TN and Trigeminal Neuralgia mimics9. Psychological aspects of Trigeminal Neuralgia10. Trigeminal Neuralgia in dental setting: The necessity of awareness11. Non-surgical Management of TN12. Percutaneous approaches: Radiofrequency and Glycerol – rhizotomy13. Percutaneous approaches: Balloon compression14. MVD for TN: Surgical Pearls15. MVD for TN: Microscope vs. Exoscope vs. Endoscope16. MVD for TN: Decompression vs. Transposition17. The role of SRS in management of TN18. Neuromodulation for facial pain: DBS, MCS, high cervical SCS, peripheral nerve field stimulation19. Management of failed TN patients20. TN Treatment flowchart/algorithm and outcome predictionSection 3: Hemifacial Spasm (HFS)21. Diagnosis and non-surgical management in HFS22. MVD for HFS: Surgical Pearls23. HFS: Treatment flowchart/algorithm and outcome predictionsSection 4: Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia (GN)24. Diagnosis and non-surgical management in GN25. MVD for GN: Surgical Pearls26. SRS for GN27. GN: Treatment flowchart/algorithm and outcome predictionSection 5: Rare Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes28. IV - Superior Oblique Myokymia29. VI - MVD for abducens nerve palsy30. VII - Nervous intermedius neuralgia31. VIII - Surgical management of Vestibulocochlear compression syndrome32. X - Vagus neuralgia, HELPS, Vancouver syndrome33. Brain Stem compression syndrome and MVD34. Complications in microvascular decompression surgery and how to avoid them