Course Directors

Prof. B S Sharma, HOD, Dept. of Neurosurgery, AIIMS

Dr Sumit Sinha, Additional Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, JPNATC, AIIMS

Guest Faculty

Dr Arvind Kulkarni, Orthopedic Surgeon, Bombay hospital, Mumbai

Dr Rohidas Srinivas, Kolhapur, MP

Dr S C Gore, Prime Surgical Centre, Pune

AIIMS Faculty

Prof Rajinder Kumar- Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr Vivek Tandon, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr Sachin Borkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi

Dr Hitesh Gujjar- Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi

Course Overview Highlights

This comprehensive 2-day course is a presentation of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques for spinal surgery. Experts on the subject will present the anatomical and technical aspects of this procedure along with risks, benefits and outcomes.

The course features interactive lecture sessions, fresh anatomical specimen dissection (including cadaveric skills stations, anatomical models, and state-of-the-art endoscopic equipment), training videos, and case presentations. Participants will have an opportunity to enhance their knowledge regarding endoscopic surgery of the cranial base and pituitary fossa using minimally invasive techniques.

This course is sponsored by the Department of Neurological Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences.

Educational Objectives

This workshop has been designed to provide the neurosurgeons with the opportunity to enhance their own skills in a variety of minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches to spine. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Incorporate various minimally invasive techniques into their approach for cervical and lumbar spine surgery.

Identify the indications, results and potential complications for these procedures.

Who Should Attend

This advanced course is designed for neurosurgeons, orthopedicians and spine surgeons who are interested in the most recent developments in minimally invasive surgery of spine

Course Schedule- 5th August 2016 (Friday)- Level I

• 9 – 9.15 AM Course introduction and Faculty and participant introduction
• 9.15- 9.30 AM Pre Test
• 9.30 – 10.30 AM Lectures (15 min each)1. Pearls & Pit falls in Spinal endoscopy- SS
  2. Indications and technical considerations in transforaminal Lumbar endoscopic spine surgery- SCG
  3. MI Tubular Endoscopic discectomy and canal decompression- Easy Go- SS
  4. MI Endoscopic discectomy and decompression- Destandeau System- RD10.30 AM – 1 PM Demonstration of exercises (30 min each)
  1. Transforaminal Lumbar Endoscopy Discectomy- SCG
  2. Endoscopic lumbar discectomy using Destandeau’s System– RD
  3. Endoscopic lumbar discectomy & multilevel laminectomy using Easy Go system- SS
  4. Endoscopic anterior cervical discectomy using Destandeau’s system- RD
  5. Endoscopic Posterior cervical discectomy- SS

  1 – 2 PM Lunch
  2 – 5 PM Hands on Dissection on all Exercises

  Course Schedule- 6th August 2016 (Saturday)- Level II

  9.00 – 10.00 AM Lectures (20 min each)

  1. MI Percutaneous Transpedicular Fixation- Technique and Indications- SS

  2. Percutaneous Cement Augmentation Techniques- SS
  3. Mini-TLIF- Indications, techniques, outcomes- AK

  10.00-10.15 AM- Videos Short videos (5 minute each)

  MI percutaneous Transpedicular fixation- SS
  Kyphoplasty- SS
  AK

  10.15-10.30 AM- TEA BREAK
  10.30 AM – 1 PMDemonstration of exercises (50 min each)

  1. Mini- TLIF- AK
  2. Percutaneous transpedicular Screw fixation- SS
  3. Percutaneous Cement Augmentation- SS

  1 – 2 PM Lunch
  2 – 4.00 PM Hands on Dissection on all Exercises
  4.00-4.15 PM- Post-test and Valedictory