Hands-on Workshop: Craniocervical Junction Fixation Techniques

Hands-on Workshop: Craniocervical Junction Fixation Techniques — Samarkand, 13 December 2026 — MASC 2026 Pre-Course Workshop
Interactive 3D · Built In-House

Hold the Construct in Your Hands

Not a picture — a surgical construct you can turn.

Every screw, plate and rod you will place in Samarkand, built in 3D from the anatomy up. Rehearse the fixation on your phone before you scrub in.

Drag to rotate · Pinch to zoom · Build it step by step

Bone geometry: BodyParts3D – The Database Center for Life Science – CC-BY-SA 2.1 Japan · Z-Anatomy – The libre 3D atlas of anatomy – CC-BY-SA 4.0. Instruments, implants and vertebral artery: BVS.Medya models.

Half-Day Pre-Course

Craniocervical Junction Fixation Techniques

Hands-on Workshop with UpSurgeOn

🇺🇿 Sunday, December 13, 202608:30 – 13:30Samarkand
Chairman
Massimiliano Visocchi
Co-Chairman
Onur Yaman
Honorary Chairman
Atul Goel

◆ Scientific Programme

08:30Opening Remarks
08:40Surgical Anatomy of the Craniocervical Junction
09:00Radiological Evaluation & Surgical Planning
09:20C1–C2 Fixation Techniques (Goel-Harms)
09:40Occipitocervical Fixation Techniques
10:00Discussion
10:15Coffee Break
10:30Vertebral Artery Anatomy & Complication Avoidance
10:50Basilar Invagination & CVJ Instability
11:10Surgical Video Demonstration
11:30Discussion
12:45Lunch

◆ Hands-on Workshop · 75 min

Station 1
C1 Lateral Mass Screw Placement
Entry point · trajectory planning · vertebral artery safety
Station 2
C2 Pedicle & Pars Screw Placement
Pedicle anatomy · freehand technique · fluoroscopy & navigation
Station 3
Occipital Plate Placement
Midline landmarks · occipital fixation · bicortical technique
Station 4
Construct Design
Rod contouring · C1–C2 · occipitocervical constructs

4 groups rotate · ~15 min per station

◆ Faculty

◦Oscar L. Alves
◦Francesco Costa
◦Abdufarrukh Karimov
◦Joachim Oertel
◦Massimiliano Visocchi
◦Onur Yaman
◦Mehmet Zileli

In affiliation with WFNS · CVJ Committee

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