TCNA Kurs | Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

Tübingen Course on
Neurosurgical Approaches - TCNA

The Tübingen Course for Neurosurgeons on Micorsurgical Apporaches (TCNA) focuses on advanced procedures in the posterior fossa. Live Surgery will be followed by an intensive workshop on the specimen at the Clinical Anatomy Tübingen, rounded off with practice-oriented lectures by renowned experts.

Save the date: 16.-18. July 2026

17th Tübingen Course on Neurosurgical Approaches – TCNA

Thursday, July 16th, 2026

08.00 am Welcome reception
Meeting point:
Anatomisches Institut auf dem Schnarrenberg
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 8
72076 Tübingen
08.15 am Middle suboccipital approach (M. Tatagiba)

09.00 am Live surgery
11.00 am Coffee-break
01.00 pm lunch break
02.00 pm Cadaver dissection
Middle suboccipital approach
06.30 pm get together

Friday, July 17th, 2026

08.00 am Introduction (M. Tatagiba)
Meeting point:
Anatomisches Institut auf dem Schnarrenberg
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 8
72076 Tübingen
08.05 am Neuroradiological aspects of the posterior fossa (U. Ernemann)
08.30 am Anatomy of the CPA (B. Hirt)
09.00 am Coffee-break
09.30 am Live surgery
01.00 pm Lunch break/Exhibition
02.00 pm Lateral suboccipital approach (M. Tatagiba / G. Naros)
02.20 pm Cadaver dissection
lateral suboccipital approach (with drilling IAC), RISA
04.00 pm Coffee-break
07.00 pm After work party

Saturday, July 18th, 2026

08.00 am Acoustic neuroma surgery (M. Tatagiba)
Meeting point:
Anatomisches Institut auf dem Schnarrenberg
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 8
72076 Tübingen
08.45 am Coffee-break
09.00 am Cadaver dissection
Subtemporal / presigmoid / combined approach
11.00 pm Combined subtemporal - presigmoidal approach (M. Tatagiba)
01.00 pm Lunch break/Exhibition
02.00 pm Cadaver dissection
Subtemporal / presigmoid / combined approach
04.00 pm End of TCNA