Agenda
The 3rd Joint SIH Congress will take place on 29–31 May 2026.
Friday 29th of May 2026 (Inselspital Bern)
Friday 29th of May 2026 (Inselspital Bern)
Principles & Introduction to SIH
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08:30 |
Welcome |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Introduction to SIH, etiologies, brain MRI |
Petutschnigg Thomas - Switzerland, Zander Charlotte - Germany |
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09:30 – 10:00 |
Standardized diagnostic spine work-up |
Lützen Niklas - Germany, Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland, Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Q & A |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:15 |
CSF venous fistula |
Moderators: Amrhein Timothy - USA / Zander Charlotte - Germany |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Unravelling the CSF venous fistula mystery (+diagnostic) |
Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Endovascular treatment of SIH |
Cagnazzo Federico - France |
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12:00 – 12:15 |
Q & A |
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12:15 – 13:15 |
lunch break |
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13:15 – 14:30 |
Treatment of SIH + Emergencies |
Moderators: Lützen Niklas - Germany / Cagnazzo Federico - France |
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13:45- 14:15 |
Principles of SIH treatment – percutaneous / blood patch |
Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland, Amrhein Timothy - USA |
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13:45 – 14:15 |
Principles of SIH treatment – the surgery perspective |
Schär Ralph - Switzerland |
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14:15 – 14:30 |
Emergency and SIH |
Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom |
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14:30 – 15:00 |
Coffee break |
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15:00 – 15:30 |
Group 1: Case discussion / Group 2: Setup during myelo |
Amrhein Timothy - USA, Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland, Zander Charlotte - Germany, Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland, Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom, Lützen Niklas - Germany |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Group 1: Setup during myelo / Group 2: Case discussion |
Amrhein Timothy - USA, Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland, Zander Charlotte - Germany, Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland, Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom, Lützen Niklas - Germany |
Saturday 30th of May 2026 (Kursaal Bern)
Saturday 30th of May 2026 (Kursaal Bern)
Scientific Sessions
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08:00 |
Registration |
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08:30 |
Welcome |
Beck Jürgen - Germany / Andreas Raabe - Switzerland |
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09:00 – 10:40 |
Introduction & non-invasive imaging |
Moderators: Schievink Wouter - USA / Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom |
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09:00 – 09:20 |
The 100 faces of SIH |
Scoffings Daniel - United Kingdom |
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09:20 – 09:40 |
Spine MRI, finding the leak |
Lützen Niklas - Germany |
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09:40 – 09:55 |
Spine MRI advanced – Phase Contrast MRI |
Wolf Katharina - Germany |
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09:55 – 10:10 |
Imaging Biomarker in SIH |
Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland |
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10:10 – 10:40 |
Q & A |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Dynamic imaging & probability |
Moderators: Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland / Madhavan Ajay - USA |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
The ideal setup for leak detection (battle debate) |
Kranz Peter - USA vs. Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom |
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11:30 – 11:50 |
The (un)reliable brain MRI score |
Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland |
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11:50 – 12:10 |
SIH Probability – brain imaging |
Tay Angelique - USA |
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12:10 – 12:30 |
Q & A |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 – 14:50 |
Rare presentations of SIH |
Moderators: Scoffings Daniel - United Kingdom / Wolf Katharina - Germany |
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13:30 – 13:50 |
Sacral CSF leaks – hard to find, easy to treat? |
Lützen Niklas - Germany |
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13:50 – 14:10 |
Pediatric SIH |
Madhavan Ajay - USA |
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14:10 – 14:30 |
Venous disease and SIH |
Mikkelsen Ronni - Denmark |
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14:30 – 14:50 |
Spinal venous pressure measurement |
Cagnazzo Federico - France |
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14:50 – 15:15 |
Coffee break |
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15:15 – 17:30 |
Therapy session |
Moderators: Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland / Volz Florian - Germany |
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Evidence for surgical procedures in SLEC+ |
Petutschnigg Thomas - Switzerland |
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15:30 – 15:50 |
Surgery (classic + endoscopic) for SLEC+ |
Schievink Wouter - USA |
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15:50 – 16:10 |
Patching for SLEC+ |
Amrhein Timothy - USA |
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16:10 – 16:40 |
Treatment of CSF venous fistula (case based debate) |
Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland, Carlton-Jones Lalani - United Kingdom, Cagnazzo Federico - France, Schievink Wouter - USA, Beck Jürgen - Germany |
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16:40 – 17:30 |
PDPH Session |
Moderators: Gray Linda - USA / El-Rahal Amir - Germany |
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16:40 – 16:55 |
How aggressive should we be – conservative approach |
Schyns-van den Berg Alexandra - Netherlands |
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16:55 – 17:10 |
Time to explore |
Beck Jürgen - Germany |
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17:10 – 17:30 |
Q & A |
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19:00 |
Dinner Rosengarten |
Sunday 31th of May 2026 (Kursaal Bern)
Sunday 31th of May 2026 (Kursaal Bern)
CSF the intriguing fluid
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08:30 – 09:15 |
Faculty meeting |
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09:20 – 10:50 |
CSF the intriguing fluid |
Moderators: Mark Ian - USA / Malinzak Mike - USA |
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09:20 – 09:40 |
Glymphatics in SIH |
Proulx Steven - Switzerland |
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09:40 – 10:00 |
CSFomics – new Biomarkers of SIH |
El-Rahal Amir - Germany |
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10:00 – 10:20 |
CSF dynamics (Production, resorption, infusion testing, RCSF) |
Czosnyka Sophie - United Kingdom |
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10:20 – 10:50 |
Abstract |
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10:50 – 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 – 12:30 |
Clinical outcome |
Moderators: Schyns-van den Berg Alexandra - Netherlands / Riederer - Switzerland |
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11:15 – 11:30 |
Outcome parameters, what is success |
Wolf Katharina - Germany |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Understanding and treating low and high pressure disorders as a continuum (Treatment of RHP) |
Gray Linda - USA |
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12:00 – 12:15 |
Role of beta-Trace protein as a marker |
Mark Ian - USA |
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12:15 – 12:30 |
Time matters, Economic impact of SIH |
Häni Levin - Switzerland |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 – 15:00 |
Different dimensions of SIH |
Moderators: Tay Angelique - USA / Kranz Peter - USA |
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13:30 – 13:50 |
Underlying IIH in CSF venous fistula patients – do we have sufficient proof? |
Malinzak Mike - USA |
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13:50 – 14:10 |
Chronic Subdural hematoma, look for CSFVF, don't do MMA embo! |
Volz Florian - Germany |
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14:10 – 14:30 |
How to set up a SIH service (the Porto experience) |
Miguel Lopes Miranda Andre - Portugal |
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14:30 – 15:00 |
Q & A |
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15:00 |
Closing remarks |