McMaster Peripheral
Nerve Course
Event Overview
New in 2024!
The target audience for this event is residents and fellows from Neurosurgery and Plastic Surgery. The majority of this course is focused on hands-on learning with the cadaveric specimens, and will give learners the opportunity to examine peripheral nerve anatomy, practice decompressive techniques and collaborate with colleagues and experts in the field.
This event is chaired by Dr. Kesh Reddy and local faculty includes Dr. Almunder Algird, Dr. James Bain, Dr. Achilles Thoma and Dr. Carolyn Levis. We welcome Dr. Mariano Socolovsky, an expert from Argentina to join us for this course each year.
This non- for-profit course is offered free of charge to attendees.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this learning activity the learners will be able to:
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of peripheral nerves
- Describe the indications, steps, benefits and challenges of various decompressive procedures
- Demonstrate, through hands-on workshops, nerve decompression techniques
- Develop interpersonal skills/collaborative connections with other residents, professors and guest speakers

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Publications
Intraventricular Metastatic Melanomas: Two Case Reports
M Alhantoobi, A Algird, JQ Lu, J Provias, K Reddy | Neurosurgery Cases and Reviews, 2022 Read full article here
Image-Guided versus Freehand Ventricular Drain Insertion: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
M Aljoghaiman, B Bergen, R Takroni, B Wang, P Eangles, F Farrokhyar, S Sharma | World Neurosurgery, 2022 Read full article here
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