Live Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery Course & Anatolian Course of Interventional NeuroRadiology 2010

LINNC & ACINR
3rd Joint Meeting
May 23-25, 2011
Paris, France - Carrousel du Louvre

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The 2nd Joint Meeting of LINNC & ACINR held in Istanbul was a successfull edition. We hope to see you in Paris (Carrousel du Louvre) next year for the 3rd Joint Meeting on May 23 to 25, 2011.

The LINNC has mixed, for the very first time, Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery live cases. This format has definitely stimulated free and constructive debates but also some astonishment on both sides. Many of the comments we got after the first meeting have pointed out the fact that despite the two disciplines work in close relationships, we still don't know and appreciate completely how fancy, efficient and beneficial for the patients both techniques can be.

The LINNC 2011 is still organized jointly with the Anatolian Course of Interventional Neuroradiology (ACINR) and will propose more cases, induce more debates to finally lead to progresses within Interventional Neuroradiology field.

The LINNC 2010 was a success not only because we had 850 participants, but also because the fusion between the Interventional Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery has appeared obvious and mandatory. This was the aim of the first LINNC "double N" and the goal was achieved. The LINNC-ACINR 2011 meeting will continue to make the "fusion" evolve for the best.

The goal is to stimulate as much as possible open debates on updates regarding knowledge of the diseases, and impact of long term follow up.

The live cases are the aim of the course and will remain so, just because techniques and skill are indivisible in our daily practice. The selection of the cases is always done in a way that it demonstrates either the "state of the art", or a specific indication for a given technique, or the use of a new technology. Anathema is frequently thrown on live demonstrations of technique and practical training, but one should never forget that a "surgical" act has a manual component which needs years of practice to be ethically proposed to a patient. It is often easy to speak about science; it is frequently much more difficult to apply it.
Interactivity between panellists and attendees is another major goal of the course. Discussions will be promoted as much as possible in order to give equal chance to debate on the topics of the lectures and also during live cases.