The dott. Gian Paolo Tassi, specialist in neurosurgery.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES:

 

• 1988. 12       Scientific Publication: “Anterior cervical stabilization with    autologous bone and fibrin human  glue”  on  “Rivista di Patologia dell’apparato locomotore”  
• 1990. 5   Scientific publication at the 15th Italian Society for the Surgical Research: “About a case of craniopharyngioma  developing above and below the tentorium : considerations about surgical radicality and neuroendocrine complications” (Lecce – Italy)
• 1990. 9 Poster presentation at the International Symposium on Advances in Neuro-oncology: “A case of supratentorial and posterior skull base craniopharyngioma ; radical surgery and neuroendocrine complications evaluations (Sanremo – Italy)
• 1990. 9  Scientific publication at the 39th Italian Neurosurgical Society  Congress : “ About a case of dislocation of C1-C2 with the patient alive and without neurological deficits” (Lecce – Italy)
• 1990. 9  Scientific publication at the 39th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “Surgical treatment of the basilar artery apex  giant aneurysms “ (Lecce – Italy)
• 1990. 10 Member of the organizing committee of “NEUROTRAUMA ‘90”  (Teramo, Italy) 
• 1991. 3    Speaker at the “First National Congress for the Skull Base Pathologies”  (Bergamo, Italy):  “Skull base meningiomas: our experience on 54 cases”
• 1991. 11  Member of the organizing committee of “NEUROTRAUMA ‘91” (Teramo, Italy)
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• 1991. 11   Scientific Publication on “Neurotrauma ’91” (Teramo, Italy):
•                   “Our experience about Injuries of the peripheral nerves of the arms”
• 1991. 11   Speaker at “Neurotrauma ‘91” (Teramo, Italy):
•                    “Surgery of the spinal cord injuries: Analysis and remarks on our experience”
• 1991.11    Scientific publication on “Neurotrauma ‘91” (Teramo, Italy):
•                   “ Progressive post-injury myelopathy : clinical and neuroradiological aspects”
• 1991. 11   Scientific publication on “Neurotrauma ‘91” (Teramo, Italy): “ How the intracranial different lesions influence the patient’s  outcome after a serious  head injury”
•  1991. 12         Scientific publication “ Motor and neurological lesions due to spine injuries in Abruzzo Region” (Scientific study commissioned by the Government of the  Regione Abruzzo – Italy)
• 1991. 12          Scientific publication “Cerebral contusions : correlations between CT-scan monitoring and clinical evolution” (scientific study commissioned by the Government of the Regione Abruzzo – Italy)
• 1991. 9     Speaker at 40th Italian Society of Neurosurgical Society Congress : “Fusiform giant aneurysms of P2 tract of the posterior cerebral artery: about 3 cases treated through direct surgical approach” (Perugia – Italy)
• 1991. 9      Speaker at the 40th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress : “The segmental spine stabilization at the thoracic – lumbar tract with the Hartshill method: an alternative surgical method” (Perugia – Italy)
• 1991. 9     Speaker at the 40th Italian Neurosurgical  Society Congress: “About a case of the internal auditory artery aneurysm” (Perugia – Italy)
• 1991. 11    Speaker at the 14th Congress of the Italian Microsurgical Society : “Microsurgical intracranial reconstruction of the facial nerve” (Torino – Italy)
• 1992. 3 Scientific publication on Neurobiology Review: “Cervical spine bone chondroma : a rare case of the arm pain”
• 1992. 5 Scientific publication on Neurobiology Review: “ Congenital  left facial hemiatrophy associated with the internal carotid artery aplasia and with giant fusiform aneurysm of the posterior cerebral artery”
• 1992. 6 Scientific publication on the book of proceedings of the International Conference in New Trends in Management of Cerebrovascular Malformations (Verona – Italy): “Direct microsurgical approach to giant intracranial aneurysms. Considerations, technical notes and results in a series of 47 cases”
• 1992. 9 Speaker at the 41th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “The surgical treatment of tumors involving the cavernous sinus: about 18 cases experience” (Siena – Italy)
• 1992. 10 Video presentation at the 1th National Congress of The Italian Skull Base Society: “Petroclival meningiomas: about 15 cases surgically treated” (Bergamo – Italy)
• 1993. 6 Member of the organizing committee of “NEUROTRAUMA ‘93” (Teramo – Italy)
• 1993. 9 Speaker at the First Congress of the European Skull Base Society: “Petroclival meningiomas: experience in 19 cases” (Riva del Garda – Italy)
• 1993. 9 Scientific publication at the 42th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “Direct microsurgical approach for intracranial giant aneurysms: considerations, technical notes and results in 52 consecutive cases” (Napoli – Italy)
• 1993. 9 Scientific publication at the 42th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “Microsurgical reconstruction of the intracranial nerves” (Napoli – Italy)
• 1993. 10 Scientific publication at the 10th International Congress of Neurological Surgery: “ Direct microsurgical approach of giant intracranial aneurysms; considerations, technical notes and results in a series of 50 cases” (Acapulco, Mexico)
•  1993. 11    Scientific publication on Neurobiology Review: “Histiocytosis  X of the sellar-parasellar region: a clinical case”
•             1994. 6 Partecipation at the 2th Italian National Congress of the Italian Skull Base Society (Milano – Italy)
• 1994. 10 Scientific publication at the 43th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “ The intraoperative ruptures on the intracranial aneurysms: repair with cylindrical sylastic clips” (Taormina – Italy)
• 1994. 10 Speaker at the 43th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “ The ventricular tumors: considerations about 34 case surgically treated” (Taormina – Italy)
• 1994. 10 Scientific publication at the 43th Italian Neurosurgical Society Congress: “Microsurgical removing of a cranial-spine meningioma through  a transcondylar approach” (Taormina – Italy)
• 1995. 4 Speaker at the 2th International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and 2th European Skull Base Society Congress: “Meningiomas involving the cavernous sinus: critical analysis based on our experience with 14 cases surgically treated” (Paris -  France)
• 1996. 9 Speaker at the International Conference on recent Advances in Neurotraumatology (Riccione – Italy): “Our experience in the treatment of 30 consecutive case of chronic subdural haematoma using continuous irrigation drainage”
• 1996. 9 Partecipation at the Satellite Symposium of the International Conference on recent Advances in Neurotraumatology  (Riccione – Italy) :“Traumatic Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in Clinical Parctice”
• 1997. 10 Partecipation at the 46th Italian Congress of the Italian Neurosurgical Society (Bologna – Italy)
• 1997. 11 Member of the organizing committee of the 2th Italian Course of Applied  Microneurosurgery :  1)  Surgical approaches to the cerebellopontine angle. 2) Transsphenoidal approaches (Teramo – Italy)
• 1998. 12  Member of the organizing committee of the 3th Italian Course of  Applied Microneurosurgery: The approaches to the anterior and middle skull base (Teramo – Italy)
• 2000. 12  Speaker at the 1st Course on Update of Neurosurgery (Teramo – Italy)
• 2001. 10  Partecipation at the Congress: “ Oncology and Traumatology of the Anterior Skull Base” (Cesena – Italy)
• 2001. 11  Partecipation at the Congress : “Innovations in Medicine and Healthcare” (Bari – Italy)
• 2001. 12  Partecipation at the 50th Congress of the Italian Neurosurgical Society (Rome – Italy)
• 2002. 5   Partecipation at the 32th National Congress of the Neurological and Neurosurgical Italian Society (Chianciano Terme – Italy)
• 2002. 6    Partecipation at the Congress: “Genetics and Regeneration in Neurosciences” (Narni – Italy)
• 2002. 6    Partecipation at the Symposium “ New Frontiers in Neurosurgery” (Narni – Italy)
• 2002. 11   Partecipation and “Live surgery (PLDD)  treating two patients with  lumbar disc hernia” at the Laser Florence 2002. First PLDD procedures in Italy - Prof. Daniel S.J. Choy and Dr. Gian Paolo Tassi - (Florence – Italy)
• 2003. 9   Speaker at the Congress “The Back Pain”: “ The percutaneous laser disc decompression - PLDD” (Tortoreto – Italy)
• 2004. 10 President of the meeting “1st Italian PLDD Congress” and  “Live surgery presentation on cervical and lumbar PLDD” “The minimally invasive treatments of disc hernia” (San Benedetto del Tronto / Pescara – Italy)
• 2004. 10  Scientific publication on Photomedicine and Laser Surgery : “Preliminary Italian experience of lumbar spine percutaneous laser disc decompression according to the Choy’s method”
• 2005. 9  Speaker and winner of the award for the best paper on PLDD at the 12th International Congress of the International  Musculoskeletal Laser Society  (Istanbul – Turkey)
• 2006. 6  Speaker  at the 13th International Congress of the International Musculoskeletal Laser Society : “Analysis of results based on 1400 PLDD’s  procedures and 3 years follow-up” (Barcelona – Spain)
• 2006. 12  Scientific publication on Photomedicine and Laser Surgery: “Comparison of results of 500 miicrodiscetomies  and 500 percutaneous laser disc decompression procedures for lumbar disc herniation”
• 2007. 6   Speaker at the 20th International Congress of the International  Musculoskeletal   Laser Society: “Analysis and results about PLDD in patients with failed back surgery: experience on 240 consecutive cases”  (Albi – France)
• 2007. 11  Speaker at the 20th International Congress of the International Musculoskeletal Laser Society: “Successful emergency percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) (Albi – France)
• 2007. 11  Scientific publication on American Journal of Roentgenology : “Axial Compression Frame for MRI of Thoracolumbar Spine”
• 2007. 12  Invited special lecture at the 3th Croatiam Symposium of Laser Surgery: “Lumbar laser disc decompression using 980 diode laser” (Zagreb – Croatia)
• 2008. 9    Co-Author of the chapter 78 on the UTET encyclopedia “The nucleolysis”  (UTET encyclopedia is the most important encyclopedia in Italy together the “TRECCANI” encyclopedia).
• 2009. 5  Invited Special Lecture: “Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD): personal experience and results with 2500 cases and follow-up of 6 years”  and “Live Surgery on PLDD upon 2 patients from Morocco” at the “2th International Scientific Days -  Group d’Evaluation en Lasers et Echographie Vasculaire du Maroc - GELEV” (Ouarzazate – Maroc)
• 2009. 8  Scientific Publication on Medical Laser Application – International Journal for Laser Treatment and Research: “Twenty-three years of percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD) – Sate of the Art and Future Prospects”
• 2009. 9   Scientific publication on Photomedicine and Laser Surgery: “ 23th anniversary of percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD)”
• 2009.11  Speaker at “LASER FLORENCE 2009”: “Percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD): results and experience from multiple centers – 19.980 procedures” (Firenze – Italy)
• 2010. 3  President of the Congress “Disk Hernia and Low Back Pain: A multidisciplinary approach” (San Benedetto del Tronto – Italy)
• 2012.10 Invited Special Lecture at the 8th annual Chinese conference on PLDD and other minimally invasive technology (Beijing – China): “Personal experience about 3500 PLDD procedures”
• 2014.11 Invited speaker for lecture at the “First World Congress on the Groin Pain in Athelets”, Aspetar Centre, Doha (Qatar).

• 2018. 3 Invited speaker lecturer at the First Conference of “OPERATIONS  ABROAD WORLDWIDE” that was held in Athens 20^th-22th March: “Personal experience on 4,000 PLDD procedures and long follow-up”.
• 2019.3 Invited keynote speaker at the Medical Travel International Conference that will be in held at The Marriot Hotel, Manchester (UK) , 26-28 March 2019: “The Failed Back Surgery Syndrome” , “PLDD: State of the Art”.

IN PROGRESS

• PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON PLDD USING A NEW DIODE LASER 1064 NM : 750 CONSECUTIVE CASES.

Tassi GP.

• RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON 50 PATIENTS TREATED WITH PERIRADICULAR STEROID INJECTION AND 50 PATIENTS TREATED WITH PLDD.

Tassi GP, Ren Longxi.

• PERSONAL EXPERIENCE USING A COMBINED TECHINIQUES (PLDD AND INTERSPINOSUS DEVICE) TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH DISC HERNIA OR PROTRUSION ASSOCIATED TO LATERAL SPINAL STENOSIS: 60 CONSECUTIVE CASES.

Tassi GP.

ITALY,  4  March  2019                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                             Dr.  Gian   Paolo   Tassi