Rules and Regulations

The Advanced Dissection Course in Lateral Skull Base Surgery is an annual event.

Consultants, Residents or Fellows in Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery are eligible to register as Dissectors.

Each year WSBF will also organise a Fellowship Course in Anterior Skull Base Surgery in a similar format.

The course includes over 70 topics, 40 hours of lectures and 40 hours of dissections and workshops.

All the courses will be organised at Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center, Bengaluru, India.

The Dissectors & Observers will be selected on a first come first serve basis. Spot registrations will be allowed only for observers to the extent of the number of seats vacant in each category.

The fees for the courses will be paid upfront. The fees excludes arrangements for travel & accommodation.

Registrations received before 90 days of the course commencement will only be eligible for CME points.

Only 20 dissectors will be registered at the Fellowship on a first come first serve basis.

All dissectors will be given a resource study kit one month before.

There will be a commitment from the dissectors to attend all lectures and dissection sessions, failing which they will not be eligible for certification as per university guidelines.

A Fellowship examination will be held at the end of the course.

The dissectors will be awarded the Diploma Fellowship Certificate after successfully clearing the examination.

There will not be a refund of the course fees if the dissector fails to appear for the course.

Dissectors who have successfully cleared the exam will be awarded the certificates at the official banquet.

The Best Dissector during the course will be awarded with an exclusive certificate.

All the dissectors who have completed the course will be inducted as permanent fellows of WSBF. This allows for a 10% discount on all future courses organised by WSBF.

Dissectors will be given a priority in the selection process of Clinical Fellowship Program offered by MAHE University & by World Skull Base Foundation.

Only 40 Observers will be registered on a first come first serve basis for each course.

The Observers are entitled to attend all the lectures and dissection demonstration. Observers will not participate in the dissection procedures.

There will be two Observers allotted for one dissection table.

The Observers will get an Observership certificate.

Spot registrations for Observerships are subject to availability of seats.

The Observers are invited to the official Banquet.

Please be in the dissection hall on time.

Please be always quiet.

The hall has 20 dissector stations, plus one Master Station.

Each of the 20 dissectors will be allotted a table.

Two Observers will be posted per Dissector Station.

Each Dissector will be given two large wet and fresh Skull Base bones involving temporal bone articulations. The second bone will be used only after the dissector has completed all the programmed steps in the first bone.

Each Dissector will then be provided with a fresh cadaver. The Dissectors will use one side of the head followed by the other.

The heads have been specially injected into both the anterior and posterior arterial system of the Circle of Willis & venous system to provide the best dissection experience. So please utilize the head well by identifying all intracranial and extracranial structures.

The cadavers have been radiologically scanned. So please take time to study the radiology of the bones before proceeding with dissections.

The demonstration by faculty will be followed by dissection by the participants in a step wise fashion. Dissectors will not attempt to overshoot the schedule without finishing the described steps in the proper manner.

No questions are allowed when the faculty is demonstrating. Observers to stay strictly at their designated stations & not crowd around the demonstrator.

Once the dissections of the day are completed, the dissectors must clean up the station and leave it as it was before the start of dissection.

Recording of the dissection by the faculty is not allowed using any audio-visual devices.

Direct photography or videography of the cadaver is not allowed.

All stations are equipped with a cadaver, microscope, high speed drill, neuronavigation & cold instruments. All dissectors to leave after cleaning the station as it was allotted, switch off the microscope & drill systems before leaving the hall.

All equipment provided to the dissector must be returned to the organising team as it was given. The dissector will bear the cost of damages or loss if any, to any of the equipment used during the dissection.

Food is not allowed inside the dissection or lecture halls.

The Advanced Dissection Course in Anterior Skull Base Surgery is an annual event.

Consultants, Residents or Fellows in Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery are eligible to register as Dissectors.

Every year WSBF will also organise a Fellowship Diploma Course in Lateral Skull Base Surgery in a similar format.

The course includes over 70 topics, 40 hours of lectures and 40 hours of dissections & workshops.

All the courses will be organised in Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center Bengaluru, India.

The Dissectors, Assistant Dissectors and Observers will be selected on a first come first serve basis.

Spot registrations will be allowed only to the extent of the number of seats, if vacant in each category.

The fees for the courses will be paid upfront. The fees excludes arrangements for travel & accommodation.

Registrations received before 90 days of the course commencement will only be eligible for CME points.

Only 20 dissectors will be registered at the Fellowship on a first come first serve basis.

All dissectors will be given a resource study kit one month before.

There will be a commitment from the dissectors to attend all lectures and dissection sessions, failing which they will not be eligible for certification as per university guidelines.

A Fellowship examination will be held at the end of the course.

The dissectors will be awarded the Diploma Fellowship Certificate after successfully clearing the exam.

There will not be a refund of the course fees if the dissector fails to appear for the course.

Dissectors who have successfully cleared the exam will be awarded the certificates at the official banquet.

The Best Dissector during the course will be awarded with an exclusive certificate.

All the dissectors who have completed the course will be inducted as permanent fellows of WSBF. This allows for a 10% discount on all future courses organised by WSBF.

Dissectors will be given a priority in the selection process of Clinical Fellowship Program offered by MAHE University & by World Skull Base Foundation.

Only 20 Assistant Dissectors will be registered on a first come first serve basis.

The Assistant Dissectors will have access to the resource study kit.

The Assistant Dissectors are entitled to attend the lectures and the dissection sessions.

The Assistant Dissector will assist the Dissector with instrumentation by standing on the opposite side of the workstation.

There will be one Assistant Dissector allotted to each dissection table.

There will be no refund of the registration fees if the Assistant Dissector fails to appear for the course.

The Assistant Dissectors will get a certificate of participation.

The Assistant Dissectors are invited to the Official Banquet.

Payment will be done upfront for the entire course.

Only 40 Observers will be registered on a first come first serve basis.

The Observers will NOT have access to the resource study kit.

The Observers are entitled to attend the lectures and observe the dissections but will NOT participate in the dissection procedures.

The Observers will get a certificate of participation.

The Observers are invited to the Official Banquet.

Payment will be done upfront for the entire course.

Please be in the Dissection hall on time.

Please be always quiet.

The hall has 20 dissector stations, plus one Master Station.

Each of the 20 dissectors will be allotted a table.

Two observers will be posted per Dissector Station.

Each Dissector will be given two large wet and fresh Skull Base bones involving temporal bone articulations. The second bone will be used only after the dissector has completed all the programmed steps in the first bone.

Each Dissector will be provided with a fresh cadaver. The Dissectors will use one side of the head followed by the other.

The heads have been specially injected into both the anterior and posterior arterial system of the Circle of Willis & venous system to provide the best dissection experience. So please utilize the head well by identifying all intracranial and extracranial structures.

The cadavers have been radiologically scanned. So please take time to study the radiology of the bones before proceeding with dissections.

The demonstration by faculty will be followed by dissection by the participants in a step wise fashion. Dissectors will not attempt to overshoot the schedule without finishing the described steps in the proper manner.

No questions are allowed when the faculty is demonstrating. Observers to stay strictly at their designated stations & not crowd around the demonstrator.

Once the dissections of the day are completed, the dissectors must clean up the station and leave it as it was before the start of dissection.

Recording of the dissection by the faculty is not allowed using any audio-visual devices.

Direct photography or videography of the cadaver is not allowed.

All stations are equipped with a cadaver, microscope, high speed drill, neuronavigation & cold instruments. All dissectors to leave after cleaning the station as it was allotted, switch off the microscope & drill systems before leaving the hall.

All equipment provided to the dissector must be returned to the organising team as it was given. The dissector will bear the cost of damages or loss if any, to any of the equipment used during the dissection.

Food is not allowed inside the dissection or lecture halls.

Five Master Dissectors will be invited as Faculty for dissections each in Lateral Skull Base Surgery and Anterior Skull Base Surgery.

Fresh frozen and injected cadavers will be provided for dissections.

First 2 days of Lateral Skull Base will comprise of dissection & followed by 2 days of Anterior Skull Base.

Dissections will proceed from 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM. Working lunch and coffee breaks will be provided.

Each Master Dissector will demonstrate a certain technique during the day.

A live commentary will be provided by the Master Dissector throughout the dissection.

A designated Q & A session will be held at specific times throughout the day.

This format does not involve any kind of lectures or other forms of demonstrations.

All Master Dissectors will be honoured with a free Fellowship of the World Skull Base Foundation with full Membership rights.

100 delegates will be taken in on first-come-first-serve basis.

All delegates will be witnessing the dissections in the auditorium via AV telecast.

Delegates will stay in the auditorium from 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM. Working lunch and coffee breaks will be provided.

First 2 days of Lateral Skull Base will comprise of dissection & followed by 2 days of Anterior Skull Base.

A live commentary will be provided by the Master Dissector throughout the dissection. A designated Q & A session will be held at specific times throughout the day.

This format does not involve any kind of lectures or other forms of demonstrations.

Delegates are not allowed inside the dissection hall except for 30 minutes at the start of the dissections every day.

Delegates are not allowed to dissect on the cadavers.

Delegates have a free entry pass for a Gala Dinner on evening of Day 3.

Delegates can purchase the dissection videos for a fee of ₹30,000 for 2 days (LSBS or ASBS), or ₹50,000 for 4 days (LSBS and ASBS). All videos will be provided postproduction, one month after the course.

A special discount of 5% will be provided to participants who also register for Hitchhikers’ Guide in Skull Base Surgery & Hearing Implantology in the same academic year.

All fellows of World Skull Base Foundation will be offered a 10% discount on first-come-first-serve basis, limited to number of seats available as per Rule 1.

Only 20 Dissectors will be registered for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Skull Base Surgery & Hearing Implantology 2024 on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Only 60 Observers will be registered for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Skull Base Surgery & Hearing Implantology 2024 on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Payment should be made upfront for the entire course.

All Dissectors will have to sign an undertaking of paying for any loss or damage of the equipment handed over to them during the Dissection.

Certificate of participation will be given from WSBF.

There will be no refund of the course fees if the Dissector/Observer fails to attend the Course.