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