Programm
Dear Colleagues,
The therapy of degenerative diseases of the spine carries with it medical and socio-economic problems. After conservative measures are exhausted and where there are exacerbated pain conditions or neurological deficites, a surgical procedure may become necessary. Despite good therapy results, consecutive damage may ensue due to traumatisation. It is therefore of particular importance to optimise these procedures on a continuous basis. The goal we should strive for is the minimization of surgically induced traumatisation and negative long-term consequences, taking into account the existing quality standard.
Minimally invasive techniques can reduce tissue damage and its consequences. Endoscopic surgeries demonstrate advantages which have raised these procedures to the standard in various medical areas. On the lumbar spine, as a result of the development of the interlaminar and lateral transforaminal access, the spinal canal with its adjoining structures can be reached full-endoscopically. Technical problems have been solved by special rodlens endoscopes with a large intra-endoscopic working channel and appropriate instruments. Working under a continuous stream of liquid offers options which have proved their worth in arthroscopic surgery through long experience. In the area of the cervical spine anterior or posterior access is possible.
During the training course we intend, in a reciprocal exchange with yourselves, to try to demonstrate the current and future options as well as problems, risks and complications of full-endoscopic surgeries in the area of the spine. In an environment of practical demonstration where you perform access routines on cadavers yourself, typical practical experience for your expected learning curve or future clinical application can be gathered. Under intensive tuition by instructors, each participant will perform the various access routines on a practical level and run through special working procedures. For this reason the number of participants is limited. Nevertheless, the training course cannot replace the acquisition of the necessary extensive knowledge.
Master Class Training Course
Full-endoscopic Surgery of the Lumbar Spine and Cervical Spine
1st day: Tuesday at St. Anna Hospital, Herne
08:00 h Registration
08:15 h Welcome and introduction
M. Komp, S. Ruetten
08:45 h Clinical Consultation
Full-endoscopic surgery of the lumbar spine
M. Komp, S. Ruetten
15:00 h Final discussion
2nd day: Wednesday at Section for Clinical Anatomy, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
09:00 h Welcome and introduction
Master Class Cadaver Training - Part I:
09:15 h Full-endoscopic surgery of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine in disk herniations and spinal canal stenosis
10:00 h Practical exercises for participants
Full-endoscopic lumbar surgery: Extraforaminal / interlaminar access, bone resection
On demand: Cervical approaches
12:45 h Lunch
Master Class Cadaver Training - Part II:
13:45 h Practical exercises for participants
Full-endoscopic surgery of spinal canal stenosis
16:00 h Closing
