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Global Spine Congress Singapore | May 2 -5, 2018

www.gsc2018.org

Pre-courses programMonday, April 30–Wednesday, May 2, 2018

© 2018 AOSpine International. All rights reserved. E & OE. Image credits: Gardens by the Bay & Singapore Tourism Board

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Venue: Academia at Singapore General Hospital

Pre-courses at

Monday, April 30, 2018 Advanced Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic Guided Lumbar Spinal Procedures

Tuesday, May 01, 2018 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) and Endoscopic Techniques

Wednesday, May 02, 2018 Intensive Cadaver Workshop: Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery

Disclaimer

NASS courses are created to enhance physician understanding of the complexity of performing these procedures only. The course is not designed to certify that attendees are proficient in the procedures taught in the course. NASS strongly advises participants to continue to have proctoring, mentoring and additional experience prior to treating patients.

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NASS Pre-courses09:00-17:00 Advanced Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic Guided Lumbar Spinal Procedures

Monday, April 30, 2018

Academia, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

09:00-9:05 Welcome and Introduction Allen Chen, MD

09:05-09:20 Risks, Complications, and Radiation Safety Thomas Xu, MD

09:20-09:35 Lumbar Disc Access David O’Brien Jr., MD

09:35-09:50 Transforminal epidural steroid injections and selective nerve root blocks Scott Kreiner, MD

09:50-10:05 Radiofrequency Ablation Thomas Xu, MD

10:05-10:20 SI Joint injection, lateral branch blocks and RFA David Fish, MD

10:20-10:35 Regenerative Medicine and Biologics Allen Chen, MD

10:35-10:45 Discussion All

10:45-10:55 Break

10:55-11:10 Spinal Cord Stimulation Sunil Panchal, MD

11:10-11:20 Intrathecal pumps David Fish, MD

11:20-11:30 Vertebral Fracture Augmentation Patrick Hsieh, MD

11:30-11:45 Ultrasound vs. Fluoroscopic Techniques Allen Chen, MD

11:45-12:00 Discussion All

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-17:00 Hands-on Skills Lab All

Station 1: Lumbar Transforaminal Injections and Lumbar Disc Access Scott Kreiner, MD

Station 2: Lumbar Facet and Medial Branch InjectionsLumbar Radiofrequency Ablation

Thomas Xu, MD

Station 3: Sacroiliac Joint and Lateral Branch Injections David O'Brien, MD

Station 4: Vertebral Fracture Augmentation Patrick Hsieh, MD

Station 5: Spinal Cord Stimulator Sunil Panchal, MD

Station 6: Ultrasound-Guided Caudal, Facet, SIJ Injections Allen Chen, MD David Fish, MD

17:00 Adjourn

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NASS Pre-courses07:30-18:00 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) and Endoscopic Techniques

Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Academia, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

08:00-08:05 Welcome and Introduction Patrick Hsieh, MD Jin-Sung Kim, MD

Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD)

08:05-08:0 Percutaneous endoscopic surgery: the current evidence Alastair Gibson, MD

08:20-08:35 The history (past), present of PELD Zhen-Zhou Li, MD

08:35-08:50 Endoscopic Transforaminal approach: surgical anatomy and technical tips Verapan Kuansongtham, MD

08:50-09:05 Transforaminal PELD: technical tips to prevent complications Ralf Wagner, MD

09:05-09:20 Endoscopic Interlaminar approach: surgical anatomy and technical tips Sebastian Ruetten, MD

09:20-09:35 Percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy: possible pitfalls & surgical strategy to avoid complications

H. Kim, MD

09:35-09:50 Questions and Answers All

Advanced Endoscopic Techniques

09:50-10:05 Endoscopic strategy for migrated disc herniation Chien-Min Chen, MD

10:05-10:20 Endoscopic decompression for lumbar foraminal stenosis Jiancheng Zeng, MD

10:20-10:35 Endoscopic Interlaminar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis Martin Komp, MD

10:35-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-11:00 Bi-portal endoscopic decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis Dong-Hwa Heo, MD

11:00-11:15 Interlaminar endoscopy: the evolution of MIS decompression Christoph Hofstetter, MD, PhD

Endoscopic Procedures for Low Back Pain

11:15-11:30 Endoscopic procedure for chronic low back pain (discogenic, facet, SIJ) Richard Ibrahim, MD

11:30-11:45 Questions and Answers All

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-18:00 Hands-on Skills Lab—Bioskills Lab PSL1A, 1B, 1C All

Station 1: Full-endoscopic treatment for Facet and Sacro-Iliac-Joint therapy Full-endoscopic transforaminal decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis Full-endoscopic dorsal cervical decompression

Station 2: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with transforaminal approach Full-endoscopic ventral cervical decompression

Station 3: Full-endoscopic transforaminal decompression for lumbar spinal stenosisFull-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with interlaminar approach

Station 4: Full-endoscopic interlaminar approach for lumbar spinal stenosis

Station 5: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with transforaminal, extraforaminal and interlaminar approach

Station 6: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with transforaminal, extraforaminal and interlaminar approach

Station 7: Full-endoscopic interlaminar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis

Station 8: Full-endoscopic interlaminar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis

Station 9: Full-endoscopic interlaminar approach with high speed drill system for surgical treatments of lumbar disc herniation and stenosis

Station 10: Transforaminal endoscopic foraminoplasty with full see protective tube techniques

18:00 Adjourn

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NASS Pre-courses08:30-18:00 Intensive Cadaver Workshop: Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Academia, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

09:00-09:05 Welcome and Introduction Patrick Hsieh, MD

09:05-09:20 The Concept of Vesselplasty and Surgical Technique Bambang Darwono, MD

09:20-09:35 Ultrasonic Techniques for MIS Decompression Patrick Hsieh, MD

09:35-09:50 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Fon-Yih Tsuang, MD

09:50-10:05 Questions and Answers All

10:05-10:15 Coffee Break

10:15-10:30 MESA Deformity Spinal System JJ Abitbol, MD

10:30-10:45 Adena Screw System + Duet Duel Head Screw System + PSO Instrument Hani Mhaidli, MD

10:45-11:00 The clinical applications of Tinavi Robot in spine surgery Yajun Liu, MC

11:00-11:15 Questions and Answers All

11:15-11:30 Case 1—Robotics Case

11:30-11:45 Case 2—Deformity Case

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-18:00 Hands-on Skills Bioskills Lab PSL1A, 1B, 1C

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Station 1: The Concept of Vesselplasty and Surgical Technique Bambang Darwono, MD

Station 2: Ultrasonic Techniques in Complex Spine Patrick Hsieh, MD

Station 3: NOVA Minimal Invasive System Fon-Yih Tsuang, MD

Station 4: MESA Deformity Spinal System JJ. Abitbol, MD

Station 5: Adena Screw System + Duet Duel Head Screw System + PSO Instrument Hani Mhaidli, MD

Station 6: The clinical applications of Tinavi Robot in spine surgery Yajun Liu, MD

18:00 Adjourn

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WednesdayMay 2, 2018

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Wednesday Program Schedule

08:00-18:00 Participant Registration

09:00-18:00 AOSpine pre-course: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery—Lectures, case discussions and hands-on surgeon's cockpit course (Room 304)

09:00-09:05 PC001 Welcome Roger Härtl

09:05-09:15 Introduction to MIS Spine: What are we striving for? Roger Härtl

Session 1 Global MIS—Updates from around the worldCurrent status, strengths and challenges...

Moderator: Tanaka Masato

09:15-09:25 PC002 MIS in North America Christoph Hofstetter

09:25-09:35 PC003 MIS in Latin America Rodrigo Navarro

09:35-09:45 PC004 MIS in Europe Richard Assaker

09:45-09:55 PC005 MIS in Middle East Muhammed Assous

09:55-10:05 PC006 MIS in Asia Pacific Seang-Beng Tan

10:05-10:15 Discussion All

Session 2 The four Ts of MIS: Target, Technology, Technique, Teaching / Training Moderators:Seang-Beng TanMassimo Balsano

10:15-10:30 PC007 Target—Optimized patient selection Roger Härtl

10:30-10:45 PC008 Technology—Retractors, microscopes, endoscope, navigation, instruments and implants—What are the minimum requirements for MIS?

Avelino Parajon

10:45-11:00 PC009 Techniques—Surgical principles (unilateral approach, minimizing iatrogenic instability, indirect decompression)

Andreas Korge

11:00-11:15 PC010 Teaching and Training—How can we become the best? Bernhard Meyer

11:15-11:30 Discussion All

11:30-11:45 LUNCH BREAK

Session 3a Surgeon's cockpit practical exercises (Room 303)

Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained using the AO teaching material

11:45-12:00 PC012 Lecture on surgical technique with AO teaching material Roger Härtl

12:00-12:15 PC013 Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained Avelino Parajon

Split group in rooms for exercises

12:15-15:00 Practical exercises on stenosis, MIS over the top decompression and CSF leak repair (Room 303)

Richard Assaker, Christoph Hofstetter

12:15-15:00 Practical exercises on spondylolisthesis and MIS TLIF (Room 302) Avelino Parajon Muhammed Assous Paul Taylor

Both exercises will be accomplished on a simulated tool and not on a specimen.

Session 3b Lectures: 10 step techniques for the workhorse MIS procedures Moderators: Claudius Thomé Wai Mun Yue

11:45-11:55 PC014 MIS tubular decompression for central stenosis Andreas Korge

11:55-12:05 PC015 Endoscopic intralaminar approach L5/S1 Christoph Hofstetter

12:05-12:15 PC016 Endoscopic transforminal approach L4/5 "Luke" Kim

12:15-12:25 PC017 MIS TLIF Claudius Thomé

12:25-12:35 PC018 XLIF Massimo Balsano

12:35-12:45 PC019 OLIF Masato Tanaka

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Wednesday Program Schedule

AOSpine pre-course: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery—Lectures, case discussions and hands-on surgeon's cockpit course [continued] (Room 304)

12:45-12:55 PC020 Total 3D Navigation Roger Härtl

12:55-13:05 PC021 Robotics "Kees" Poelstra

13:05-13:15 PC022 Multilevel MIS fusion: How to put it all together (percutaneous screws, XLIF, TLIF and iliac screws in the same patient)?

Khai Lam

Session 4 Lectures: MIS deformity—opportunity or limitation? The Battle Moderator: Khai Lam

13:15-13:25 PC023 Debate—Contra: MIS has no role in deformity surgery S. Rajasekaran

13:25-13:35 PC024 Debate—Pro: MIS offers exciting opportunities to make deformity surgery safer

Richard Assaker

13:35-13:50 Discussion

13:50-14:30 BREAK

14:30-14:40 PC025 MIS deformity—opportunity or limitation; what the research shows Roger Härtl

14:40-15:00 PC026 Case discussion on deformity: How I do it! Masato Tanaka

Session 5a Surgeon's cockpit practical exercises (Room 303)

Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained using the AO teaching material

15:00-15:15 PC028 Lecture on surgical technique with AO teaching material Roger Härtl

15:15-15:30 PC029 Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained Richard Assaker

Split group in rooms for exercises

15:30-18:15 Practical exercises on stenosis, MIS over the top decompression and CSF leak repair (Room 303)

Richard Assaker Christoph Hofstetter

15:30-18:15 Practical exercises on spondylolisthesis and MIS TLIF (Room 302) Avelino Parajon Muhammed Asssous Paul Taylor

Both exercises will be accomplished on a simulated tool and not on a specimen.

Session 5b Lectures: MIS treatment for lumbar spondylolisthesis Moderator: Massimo Balsano

15:00-15:10 PC030 Case presentation: L4/5 spondylolisthesis Massimo Balsano

Debate:

15:10-15:20 PC031 MIS TLIF is the best Seang-Beng Tan

15:20-15:30 PC032 ALIF is the best Andreas Korge

15:30-15:40 PC033 XLIF is the best Paul Taylor

15:40-15:50 PC034 Decompression alone—No fusion! Richard Assaker

15:50-16:15 Discussion

Session 6 Navigation Moderator: tbd

16:15-16:35 PC035 Debate: Navigation and Robotics—Pro and con S. Rajasekaran (pro) vs Jens Chapman (con)

16:35-17:00 Discussion

Session 7 Lectures: Case presentations and discussion Moderator: Andreas Korge

17:00-17:45 PC036 Degenerative scoliosis and spondylolisthesis cases Wai Mun Yue Masato Tanaka Christoph Hofstetter

17:45-18:00 PC037 Closure Roger Härtl

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Session 5b Lectures: MIS treatment for lumbar spondylolisthesis Moderator: Massimo Balsano

15:00-15:10 PC030 Case presentation: L4/5 spondylolisthesis Massimo Balsano

Debate:

15:10-15:20 PC031 MIS TLIF is the best Seang-Beng Tan

15:20-15:30 PC032 ALIF is the best Andreas Korge

15:30-15:40 PC033 XLIF is the best Paul Taylor

15:40-15:50 PC034 Decompression alone—No fusion! Richard Assaker

15:50-16:15 Discussion

Session 6 Navigation Moderator: tbd

16:15-16:35 PC035 Debate: Navigation and Robotics—Pro and con S. Rajasekaran (pro) vs Jens Chapman (con)

16:35-17:00 Discussion

Session 7 Lectures: Case presentations and discussion Moderator: Andreas Korge

17:00-17:45 PC036 Degenerative scoliosis and spondylolisthesis cases Wai Mun Yue Masato Tanaka Christoph Hofstetter

17:45-18:00 PC037 Closure Roger Härtl

Wednesday Program Schedule

09:00-12:00 AOSpine/NASS pre-course: Failed Back Syndrome Interventional Pain Treatments Versus Surgical Options (Room 310)

Moderators: David Fish Hani Mhaidli

09:00-09:05 PC038 Welcome and Introduction David Fish Hani Mhaidli

09:05-09:15 PC039 Non-operative evaluation of Failed Back Syndrome: the BioPsychoSocial Model

Thomas Xu

09:15-09:25 PC040 Pre-treatment psychological testing and screening David O’Brien

09:25-09:35 PC041 Medication management of failed back syndrome Scott Kreiner

09:35-09:45 PC042 Interventional considerations of Failed Back Syndrome David O’Brien

09:45-09:55 PC043 Surgical evaluation of Failed Back Syndrome Norman Chutkan

09:55-10:05 PC044 Case presentation Norman Chutkan

10:05-10:15 Discussion All

10:15-10:30 BREAK

10:30-10:40 PC045 Is there a role for epidural injections in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome? Thomas Xu

10:40-10:50 PC046 Medial Branch Blockade and Radiofrequency Ablation Scott Kreiner

10:50-11:00 PC047 Intrathecal Pumps Sunil Panchal

11:00-11:10 PC048 Spinal Cord Stimulation David Fish

11:10-11:20 PC049 Proper Patient Selection in Spine Surgery: Reducing FBSS by Choosing Well Jeffrey Wang

11:20-11:30 PC050 Expert Opinion: Indications and criteria for revision surgery in FBSS John Liu

11:30-11:40 PC051 Case presentation Hani Mhaidli

11:40-11:50 Discussion and Questions All

11:50-12:00 PC052 Closing Remarks David Fish Hani Mhaidli

08:00-18:00 Participant Registration

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Wednesday Program Schedule

13:00-18:00 AOSpine/NASS/KOMISS pre-course: A to Z of Endoscopic Spine Surgery (Room 310)

Moderators: Patrick Hsieh Eung Sang Kim Jeffrey Wang

13:00-13:05 PC053 Course description and Welcoming remarks Jeffrey Wang

13:05-13:20 PC054 Introduction of endoscopic spine surgery: historical perspective, evolution, and current state of endoscopic spine surgery today

Jun Ho Lee

13:20-13:35 PC055 How should you incorporate endoscopic spine surgery in your practice: Operative room set-up: Anesthetics, positioning, fluoroscopy, and endoscope placement considerations

Chien-Min Chen

13:35-13:50 PC056 Case selection and surgical indications for endoscopic spinal decompression Zhen-Zhou Li

13:50-14:00 Discussion Jun Ho Lee Chien-Min Chen Zhen-Zhou Li

14:00-14:15 Break

Moderators: John Liu Limin Rong

14:15-14:30 PC057 Anatomic considerations and technical pearls of transforaminal endoscopic Verapan Kuansongtham

14:30-14:45 PC058 Transpedicular endoscopic surgery for excision of migrated disc herniation Guntram Krzok

14:45-15:00 PC059 Complication avoidance and management for endoscopic transforaminal decompression

Jin-Sung Kim

15:00-15:15 PC060 Video presentation on transforaminal endoscopic decompression Alastair Gibson

15:15-15:30 Discussion Verapan Kuansongtham Jin-Sung Kim Alastair Gibson Guntram Krzok

Moderators: Patrick Hsieh John Liu Eun Sang Kim

15:30-15:45 PC061 Anatomical and technical considerations for interlaminar endoscopic decompression

Martin Komp

15:45-16:00 PC062 Dural injury and nerve injury of endoscopic interlaminar decompression: What’s the occurrence rate and how to manage?

Sebastian Ruetten

16:00-16:15 PC063 Video demonstration of endoscopic interlaminar decompression for spinal stenosis

Jiancheng Zeng

16:15-16:30 PC063.1 Is Endoscopic Revision Surgery possible? Revision of decompression and arthrodesis

Christoph Hofstetter

16:30-16:45 PC064 Surgical indication and technical considerations for endoscopic spine fusion Ralf Wagner

16:45-17:00 PC065 Video presentation on endoscopic spine fusion Dong-Hwa Heo

17:00-17:15 PC066 What’s the future for endoscopic spine surgery? Hyeun Sung Kim

17:15-17:30 Panel discussion with all faculty All

17:30 Course adjourns

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Wednesday Program Schedule13:00-18:20 AOSpine Knowledge Forum Tumor pre-course:

Spine Tumor Rounds: Evidence Based Approach to Spinal Tumor Cases (Room 308)

Moderators: Charles Fisher Stefano Boriani

13:00-13:10 PC067 Introduction Charles Fisher

Metastatic spine disease

13:10-13:30 PC068 Evaluating Health Related Quality of Life in patients with spinal metastases Anne Versteeg

13:30-13:50 PC069 Lung cancer metastasis to thoracic spine Aron Lazary

13:50-14:10 PC070 Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to lumbar spine Arjun Sahgal

14:10-14:30 PC071 Thyroid cancel metastasis to thoracic spine Feng Wei

14:30-14:50 PC072 Melanoma metastasis to thoracolumbar spine Rory Goodwin

14:50-15:10 PC073 Colon cancer metastasis to thoracic spine with Bilsky grade 1c compression Naresh Kumar

15:10-15:30 PC074 Metastatic breast cancer with cord compression Ilya Laufer

15:30-15:50 PC075 Metastatic prostate cancer to cervical spine with history of prior XRT Daniel Sciubba

15:50-16:00 BREAK

Primary spine tumors

16:00-16:20 PC076 Intradural cervical schwannoma resection Chetan Bettegowda

16:20-16:40 PC077 Giant cell tumor of lumbar spine Raphaële Charest-Morin

16:40-17:00 PC078 Recurrent chordoma of mobile spine Charles Fisher

17:00-17:20 PC079 Osteoid osteoma of thoracic spine John Shin

17:20-17:40 PC080 Mobile spine chondrosarcoma of cervical spine Nicolas Dea

17:40-18:00 PC081 Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of lumbar spine Stefano Boriani

18:00-18:20 PC082 Sacral chordoma/total sacrectomy Jeremy Reynolds

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Wednesday Program Schedule13:30-18:00 AOSpine Knowledge Forum Trauma & Spinal Cord Injury

pre-course: State of the Art in Managing Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury: Controversies and Consensus (Room 311)

Moderators: Michael Fehlings Cumhur Oner

A) Controversies and Consensus in Spine Trauma Moderator: Cumhur Oner

13:30-13:35 PC083 Controversies in Spine Trauma Management Klaus Schnake

13:35-13:40 PC084 Case Presentation: Spine Trauma in the Elderly—Octagenarian with a Type 2 Odontoid Fracture

Lorin Benneker

13:40-13:55 PC085 Presentation of the Evidence—Geriatric Odontoid Fracture Management Klaus Schnake

13:55-14:10 PC086 Case Resolution Klaus Schnake

14:10-14:20 PC087 Discussion and Synthesis Klaus Schnake

14:20-14:30 Questions and Answers all

14:30-14:35 PC088 Case Presentation: A3 or A4 Fracture at the Thoracolumbar Junction without Neurology

Cumhur Oner

14:35-14:50 PC089 Presentation of the Evidence—Management of Burst Fractures at the Thoracolumbar Junction without Neurology

Marcel Dvorak

14:50-15:05 PC090 Case Resolution Marcel Dvorak

15:05-15:15 PC091 Discussion and Synthesis Marcel Dvorak

15:15-15:25 Question and Answers All

15:25-16:00 Break

B) Controversies and Consensus in Spinal Cord Injury Moderator: Michael Fehlings

16:00-16:05 PC092 Controversies in Spinal Cord Injury: The AOSpine Guidelines Facilitate Clinical Decision Making

Michael Fehlings

16:05-16:10 PC093 Case Presentation: Severe (AIS C) Central Cord Injury Bizhan Aarabi

16:10-16:20 PC094 Role and Timing of Surgical Intervention—Presentation of the Evidence Brian Kwon

16:20-16:30 PC095 Role of Methylprednisolone—Presentation of the Evidence Jefferson Wilson

16:30-16:45 PC096 Case Resolution Bizhan Aarabi

16:45-16:55 PC097 Discussion and Synthesis Michael Fehlings

16:55-17:05 Question and Answers All

17:05-17:10 PC098 Case Presentation: Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture with Neurology Brian Kwon

17:10-17:20 PC099 Optimal Surgical Approach—What is the Evidence? Jefferson Wilson

17:20-17:30 PC100 Role of MR Imaging —What is the Evidence? Shekar Kurpad

17:30-17:45 PC101 Case Resolution Brian Kwon

17:45-17:55 PC102 Discussion and Synthesis Michael Fehlings

17:55-18:00 Question and Answers All

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Wednesday Program Schedule13:30-18:00 Joint AOSpine Knowledge Forum Deformity / Scoliosis

Research Society pre-course: A global perspective on multidisciplinary spine deformity surgery (Room 309)

Moderators: Sigurd Berven Stephen Lewis Benny Dahl

Section 1: Preoperative Evaluation and Optimization Moderator: Sigurd Berven

13:30-13:35 PC103 Introduction of the Course and Case Presentation Sigurd Berven

13:35-13:45 PC104 Pediatric Deformity: Risk Stratification and Risk Reduction Banny Dahl

13:45-13:55 PC105 Adult Deformity: Risk Stratification and Risk Reduction Sigurd Berven

13:55-14:05 PC106 Adult Preoperative Planning Manabu Ito

14:05-14:15 PC107 Classifying Deformity: Impact, Natural History and Goals of Care Naresh Babu

14:15-14:25 PC108 Predictive Modelling in Deformity Surgery Christopher Ames

14:25-14:35 PC109 Preoperative Optimization Protocols: Evidence and Effect Benny Dahl

14:35-15:00 PC110 Discussion (All Speakers on the Panel) Sigurd Berven

Section 2: Intraoperative Standardization Moderator: Stephen Lewis

15:00-15:05 PC111 Introduction with Case Presentation Stephen Lewis

15:05-15:15 PC112 Pediatric Surgical Strategies: Determining levels Kenneth Cheung

15:15-15:25 PC113 Adult Deformity Strategies: Scoli-Risk1 Lessons Lawrence Lenke

15:25-15:35 PC114 The Role of Anterior Surgery in Spinal Deformity Correction Munish Gupta

15:35-15:45 PC115 Standardizing intraoperative Protocols: Neuromonitoring and blood management

Stephen Lewis

15:45-15:55 PC116 Surgical Strategies to Reduce Junctional Complications: Proximal and Distal Yong Qiu

15:55-16:25 PC117 Discussion (All Speakers on the Panel) Stephen Lewis

16:25-16:45 Break

Section 3: Post-operative Accountability Moderator: Benny Dahl

16:45-16:50 PC118 Introduction and Case Presentation Benny Dahl

16:50-17:00 PC119 Outcomes measures in Adult and Pediatric Deformity Care Marinus DeKleuver

17:00-17:10 PC120 Complication Classification- Impact Based Evaluation Sigurd Berven

17:10-17:20 PC121 Complication Prevention: Protocols including Thomboprophylaxis, Antibiotics, Bracing

Emiliano Vialle

17:20-17:30 PC122 Appropriate expectations for activity after deformity surgery in the child and the adult

Saumyajit Basu

17:30-17:40 PC123 Healthcare Policy to Optimize Quality and Safety Matsuyama Yukijhiro

17:40-18:00 PC124 Discussion (All Speakers on the Panel) Benny Dahl

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