Course Overview Highlights

This comprehensive 2-day course is a presentation of simple and complex operative open approaches in 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 equipment), training videos, and case presentations.  Participants will have an opportunity to enhance their knowledge regarding simple and complex approaches to the spine.

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 orthopedic surgeons, spine surgeons and Neurosurgeons with the opportunity to enhance their own skills in a variety of surgical approaches to spine. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Incorporate various techniques into their approach for cervical, thoracic 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- Day 1- Level I/ 1^st September, 2017 (Friday)

9:00- 9:10 AM: Course introduction and Faculty and participant introduction

9:10- 9:20 AM: Pre Test

9:20- 11.15 AM: Lectures and Videos

1. 9:20- 10:00 am– Transoral Surgery for Cranio-Vertebral Junction abnormalities- DR S S KALE
2. 10:00- 10:20 am– Anterior Odontoid screw instrumentation- DR S S KALE
3. 10:20- 10:40 am– Transpedicular instrumentation of thoracolumbar spine- DR ABHAY NENE
4. 10:40- 11:00 am– Posterior and transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusion- Indications and technique – DR ABHAY NENE
5. 11:00- 11:20 am– Kyphoplasty Vs Vertebroplasty- DR DEEPAK AGARWAL

11.20 – 11.30 AM- Tea Break

11.30 AM – 1.00 PM- Surgical Demonstrations   

1. O-C1,C2 Instrumentation- DR S S KALE
2. Transpedicular instrumentation of thoracolumbar spine – DR ABHAY NENE
3. Posterior and transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusion – DR ABHAY NENE

1.00 – 1:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 – 4:30 PM:  Exercises – Hands on Dissection

Course Schedule- Day 2- Level II/ 2^nd September, 2017 (Saturday)

8:30 – 11.40 AM- Lectures and Videos 

1. 8:30- 9:00 am– Upper and lower Posterior Cervical instrumentation techniques- DR S S KALE
2. 9:00- 9:30 am– Anterior cervical discectomy/ corpectomy and fusion- DR DEEPAK AGARWAL
3. 10:00-10:20 am– DREZ Rhizotomy- Indications and technique – DR DR DEEPAK AGARWAL
4. 10:20-11:20 am– Posterior approach to Cranio-vertebral junction- C1-2 Facet distraction/ DCR Technique in AAD- DR P SARAT CHANDRA
5. 11:20- 11:40 am– Cervical disc arthroplasty- Indications and technique – DR P SARAT CHANDRA

10.40- 11.50 AM- Tea Break

11.50 AM – 1.30 PM –  Surgical Demonstrations

1. C1,2 Facet distraction and DCR technique- DR P SARAT CHANDRA
2. Discectomy for Cervical disc arthroplasty- DR P SARAT CHANDRA
3. Cervical lateral mass fixation- DR DEEPAK AGARWAL
4. Cervical pedicle Screw fixation- DR DEEPAK AGARWAL

1.30 – 2 PM : Lunch

2 – 4.30 PM: Exercises – Hands on Dissection

4.30- 4.45 PM:  Post-test and valedictory.