08:30

Welcome

09:00- 09:30

Introduction to SIH, etiologies, brain MRI

Petutschnigg Tomas - Switzerland, Zander Charlotte - Germany

09:30- 10:00

Standardized diagnostic spine work-up

Lützen Niklas - Germany, Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland, Dobrocky Tomas - Switzerland

10:00- 10:30

Q & A

10:30- 11:00

coffee break

11:00-11:30

Unravelling the CSF venous fistula mystery (+diagnostic)

Carlton-Jones Lalani - UK, Kranz Peter - USA

11:30- 12:00

Endovascular treatment of SIH

Cagnazzo Federico - France

12:00- 12:15

Q & A

12:15- 13:15

lunch break

13:15- 13:45

Principles of SIH treatment – percutaneous / blood patch

Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland, Amrhein Timothy - USA

13:45- 14:15

Principles of SIH treatment– the surgery perspective

Goldberg Johannes - Switzerland, Häni Levin - Switzerland, Volz Florian - Germany

14:15- 14:30

Emergency and SIH

Carlton-Jones Lalani - UK

14:30- 15:00

coffee break

15:00- 15:30

Group 1: Case – discussion and Group 2: Setup during myelo

15:30- 16:00

Group 1: Setup during myelo and Group 2: Case – discussion

08:30

Welcome & registration

09:00- 10:40

Introduction & non-invasive imaging

Moderators:

09:00- 09:20

The 100 faces of SIH

Scoffings Daniel - UK

09:20- 09:40

Spine MRI, finding the leak (flow void, bud on branch, SLEC distribution and leak localization)

Lützen Niklas - Germany

09:40- 09:55

Spine MRI advanced – Phase Contrast MRI

Wolf Katharina - Germany

09:55- 10:10

Imaging Biomarker in SIH (spinal volumetry, elastrography)

Piechowiak Eike - Switzerland

10:10- 10:40

Q & A

10:40- 11:00

coffee break

11:00- 12:30

Dynamic imaging & probability

Moderators:

11:00- 11:30

The ideal setup for CSFVF detection (battle debate) (straw, inspiration, Photon counting, just the filling matters, It’s all about the pressure, DSM?)

Kranz Peter - USA vs. Carlton-Jones Lalani - UK

11:30- 11:50

The (un)reliable brain MRI score

Dobrocky Tomas - Swizerland

11:50- 12:10

SIH Probability – brain imaging (Scores, optic nerve, spinal cysts)

Tay Angelique - USA

12:10- 12:30

Q & A

12:30- 13:30

Lunch break

13:30- 14:50

Rare presentations of SIH

Moderators:

13:30- 13:50

sacral CSF leaks – hard to find, easy to treat?

Lützen Niklas - Germany

13:50- 14:10

pediatric SIH

Madhavan Ajay - USA

14:10- 14:30

Venous disease and SIH (inferior vein of cava, azygos vein stenosis, nutcracker)

Mikkelsen Ronni - Denmark

14:30- 14:50

Spinal venous pressure measurement

Cagnazzo Federico - France

14:50- 15:15

coffee break

14:50- 15:15

Therapy session

Moderators:

15:15- 15:30

Evidence for surgical and percutaneous procedures in SLEC+ (how good are we?)

Petutschnigg Tomas - Switzerland

15:30- 15:50

Surgery (classic + endosopic) for SLEC+

Schievink Wouter - USA

15:50- 16:10

Patching for SLEC+ (organized / unorganized, targeted / intra SLEC / intra cyst: modern Evidence EBP)

Amrhein Timothy - USA

16:10- 16:40

Treatment of CSF venous fistula (case based debate)

Moderators: Carlton-Jones Lalani - UK, Cagnazzo Federico - France, Schievink Wouter - USA, Beck Jürgen - Germany

16:40- 17:30

PDPH Session

16:40- 16:55

How aggressive should we be Conservative approach

Schyns-van den Berg Alexandra - Netherlands

16:55- 17:10

Time to explore

Beck Jürgen - Germany

17:00- 17:30

Q & A

Dinner Rosengarten 19:00

08:30- 09:15

Faculty meeting (Delphi Consensus)

09:20- 10:50

CSF the intriguing fluid

Moderators:

09:00- 09:20

CSF dynamics (Production, resorption, infusion testing, RCSF)

Czosnyka Sophie - UK

09:20- 09:40

Glymphatics in SIH

Proulx Steven - Switzerland

09:40- 10:00

CSFomics – new Biomarkers of SIH

El-Rahal Amir - Germany

10:20- 10:50

Abstract / Q&A

10:00- 10:20

CSFomics – new Biomarkers of SIH

El-Rahal Amir - Germany

10:50- 11:15

coffee break

11:15- 11:30

Outcome parameters, what is success (for the patient or for the physician)

Wolf Katharina - Germany

11:30- 12:00

Medical therapy after successful leak closure, cervicogenic etiology of orthostatic headache

Gray Linda - USA

12:00- 12:15

Role of beta-Trace protein as a marker

Mark Ian - USA

12:15- 12:30

Time matters, Economic impact of SIH

Häni Levin - Switzerland

12:30- 13:30

lunch break

13:30- 15:00

Different dimensions of SIH

Moderators:

13:30-13:50

Underlying IIH in CSF venous fistula patients – do we have sufficient proof?

Malinzak Mike - USA

13:50- 14:10

Chronic Subdural hematoma, look for CSFVF, don’t do MMA embo!

Volz Florian - Germany

14:10- 14:30

How to setup-up a SIH service (the Porto experience)

Miguel Lopes Miranda Andre - Portugal

14:30- 15:00

Q & A

Closing remarks