This will be a two-day workshop—part didactic, part hands-on—that reviews the most common complex spine techniques used in contemporary spine surgery. The intended audiences are practicing spine surgeons, senior neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery residents and fellows.
The course will start with afternoon lectures, in which internationally renowned faculty will present their experience with different techniques for complex spine pathologies. The following day, course participants will go to the Weill Cornell Anatomy Lab for the hands-on part of the course. At multiple stations, each with at least one faculty member, participants will review the procedures and then perform them on the cadavers. Tips, suggestions, and surgical pearls will be discussed during this experience.

Identified Practice Gaps / Educational Needs

Some spine pathologies require complex approaches and techniques. There can be limited exposure to these techniques in practice. It is essential to organize workshops where experts in this field are able to discuss and demonstrate these techniques in a focused fashion. Therefore, these types of educational activities are invaluable to address the gaps in most surgeons’ and trainees’ practices. Not all spine surgeons received extensive training in complex spine surgery. In this course expert faculty will show and teach participants advanced surgical techniques in a safe environment. The participants will be able to practice several different surgical techniques for the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spine that include instrumentation of the spine.

Target Audience

This course is designed for practicing spine surgeons, senior neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery residents and fellows.

Educational Objectives

To review the principles of the most common complex spine reconstruction techniques; demonstrate the technical aspects of the most common complex spine reconstruction techniques; identify the limitations and strengths of each type of complex spine reconstruction technique, and understand patient safety in the perioperative period after complex spine surgery.

Link to registration: http://www.cvent.com/d/3tqdv2