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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

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, 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 · Hands-on with UpSurgeOn

Craniocervical junction fixation techniques

Sunday, December 13, 2026 · 08:30–13:30 · Samarkand

Chairman: Massimiliano Visocchi
Co-Chairman: Onur Yaman
Honorary Chairman: Atul Goel
08:30Opening remarks
08:40Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction
09:00Radiological evaluation and surgical planning
09:20C1–C2 fixation techniques (Goel-Harms)
09:40Occipitocervical fixation techniques
10:00Discussion
10:15Coffee break
10:30Vertebral artery anatomy and complication avoidance
10:50Basilar invagination and CVJ instability
11:10Surgical video demonstration
11:30Discussion
11:30Hands-on workshop with UpSurgeOn (until 12:45)
12:45Lunch
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