CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS FOR ICCN 2023

Hello everybody. Welcome to the ‘World of Complications’. I am not referring to the banter on Corona and the Complications the world has been facing for the past year. I am talking about Complications in Neurological Surgery. Neurosurgery is an intricate field of medicine demanding exemplary surgical skills and pre, intra, and post-Op-decision making, all of which can have a great impact on the patient’s life. Complications are an unfortunate part of surgery making the consequences of treatment worse than the original disease, bringing great suffering to the patient and his family, and also tarnishing the reputation of the surgeon and, the specialty at large. Complications may arise due to numerous factors, such as inadequate preoperative clinical and radiological assessment, an error of execution; may be related to the technology or tools employed, or simply to an insurmountable disease. Most Neurosurgical Conferences in the past, and even now, lay emphasis on technical nuances, and how complex cases were tackled by the surgeon’s knowledge, skill, and innovative methods. Very few had shown the dark side of what was attempted. Success is not built on success. It’s built on failures, it’s built on frustrations, and sometimes it’s built on catastrophe. With the view to learning from our failures, we organized the 1st International Conference on Complications in Neurosurgery in 2017. This evoked an unexpected and effusive response, urging us to make this a regular 2- yearly event. 2nd ICCN in 2019 attracted similar or even greater enthusiasm. Then came 2020, and thanks to the Pandemic, we Neuro professionals have experienced an interesting year of learning and entering the new normal. The magical virtual world has dawned upon us by raising the bar of conference technology as we host the fourth edition of ICCN from 10th to 12th March 2023 bringing the world-renowned neurosurgeons closer to fire up conversations about Complications in Neurosurgery and sharing their relevant experiences and insights. This 3-day virtual conference will cover myriad subspecialties and rapidly evolving technology in the field of neurosurgery, where over 100 speakers from all parts of the globe. will have frank and open discussions about the stumbling blocks they encountered.

This unique virtual conference experience boasts four state-of-the-art interactive features, namely- 1) a lobby, 2) Auditorium, 3) Operation Theatre, 4) a Sponsor & Networking Lounge!

To wrap up the educational initiative, we will also have a special Rewards & Recognitions ceremony to felicitate inspiring & remarkable achievers.

I invite you to be a part of this exciting brain-storming opportunity where the takeaway will be significant in our respected profession.