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Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery and Navigation – Hands-on Symposium

Supported by Weill Cornell Medical College and the WORLD SPINE SOCIETY

Agenda: Friday, August 15th, 2008

7:30-45 am: Registration and Breakfast

7:45-8:00 am: Welcome Remarks

Philip E. Stieg, MD

Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery,

Weill Cornell Medical College

Session I: Operating through tubes

8:00 – 8:20 am: Microdiscectomy / Laminectomy using tubular access

Roger Härtl, MD

8:20-8:40 am: Microsurgery of acquired degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Bilateral over-the-top decompression through unilateral approach

Michael Mayer, MD

8:40-9:00 am: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Principles and Soft Tissue Anatomy

Santiago Figuereo, MD

9:00-9:30 am: Transpsoas approach and extreme lateral interbody fusion

Luiz Pimenta, MD

9:30-9:50 am: Minimally invasive spinal fusion: Technique and complication avoidance

Noel Perin, MD

9:50-10:20 am: Extreme Lateral approach for thoracic pathology

William Taylor, MD

10:20–10:40 am: Coffee break / Lasdon Corridor

Session II: Percutaneous treatment strategies

10:40-11:10 am: AxiaLIF: minimally invasive presacral approach and instrumentation technique for anterior L5-S1 intervertebral discectomy and fusion

Luiz Pimenta, MD

11:10-11:40 am: Percutaneous and mini-open pedicle screw instrumentation

Roger Härtl, MD

11:40-12:00 am: Vertebral Augmentation Procedures

Joseph Lane, MD

12:00-12:30 pm: Interspinous process technology: Overview with emphasis on new percutaneous strategies

Michael Mayer, MD

12:30-1:45 pm: Panel discussion and Lunch: Case presentations

Session III: Hands-on Lab

1:45-4:30 pm: Surgical Demonstration and Lab dissection:

Instructors: Hartl, Pimenta, Mayer, Taylor, Perin, Figuereo, Nottmeyer

7:30 pm: Faculty Dinner + Guests

Agenda: Saturday, August 16th, 2008

7:30-45 am: Registration and Breakfast / Lasdon Corridor

7:45-8:00 am: Welcome Remarks

Luis Pimenta, MD and Roger Härtl, MD

Session IV: Navigation and minimally invasive spinal surgery

8:00 – 8:20 am: 3D Navigation for spinal surgery: Technique

Eric W. Nottmeier, MD

8:20-8:40 am: AxiaLIF and minimally invasive TLIF using 3D Navigation

Roger Härtl, MD

8:40-9:00 am: Putting it all together: 3D Navigation and minimally invasive spinal surgery

Eric W. Nottmeier, MD

Session V: Complex cases

9:00-9:20 am: X-LIF challenges

Russell Huang, MD

9:20-9:40 am: Axia-LIF challenges

Luiz Pimenta, MD

9:50-10:10 am: MIS and motion preservation

Michael Mayer, MD

10:10-10:30 am TLIF challenges

Charles Goodwin, MD

10:30-10:50 am X-LIF challenges

William Taylor, MD

10:50–11:20 am: Coffee break

Session VI: Dynamic stabilization

11:20-11:50 am: Clinical outcomes of the Dynesys dynamic neutralization system: 1-year preliminary results

William Welch, MD

11:50-12:20 am: N-spine Dynamic instrumentation: Clinical results

Andrew Cappuccino, MD (?)

12:20-12:40 pm: Minimally invasive N-Spine instrumentation

Roger Härtl, MD

12:40-1:45 pm: Lunch and Panel discussion: Case presentations

Session VII: Hands-on Lab

1:45-4:30 pm: Surgical Demonstation and Lab Dissection

Instructors: Hartl, Pimenta, Mayer, Taylor, Figuereo, Nottmeyer, Goodwin, Welch, Huang

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