CSRS-E session during the SRS Hands-on Course on „Spinal Deformity Solutions"

The Spinal Deformity: Hands-On Course in Nijmegen expands knowledge and improves skills through training and discussions with leading spinal deformity surgeons worldwide. Small-group interaction fostered learning and hands-on work.

Participants will have hands-on experience with the following techniques:

• Thoracolumbar Open and Minimally Invasive Posterior Techniques
• Osteotomies and Pelvic Fixation
• Cervical Deformity: Indications, Approach, and Execution
• Anterior and Lateral Approach – Thoracic & Lumbar Spine

Special CSRS-E session, Saturday, June 17

08:00 - 08:15 | Welcome and Coffee in Lounge
08:15 - 09:00 | Case-Based Discussion: Cervical Complex Case Discussions Chris Shaffrey, MD, Serena Hu, MD, Ronald Bartels, MD, PhD, Michael Mayer, MD
09:00 - 10:45 | Practical Exercise: Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine and Cervicothoracic Junction; Interbody Fusion and (Oblique) Corpectomy, Sternotomy, and Approach to Upper Thoracic Spine
10:45 - 11:00 | Refreshment Break available in Lounge
11:00 - 12:30 | Practical Exercise: Posterior complex procedures in the cervical spine; Include pedicle screws, C1-2 instrumentation, C7 osteotomy
12:30 - 12:45 | Wrap up (in the lab) Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD, Kenny Kwan, BMBCh(Oxon), FRCSEd, Martin Pouw MD, PhD
12:45 | Adjourn