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KarachiSpine2009 Review is a comprehensive course utilizing the cadaver laboratory and didactic sessions with ample time for discussion. This intensive course emphasizes the fundamentals of spine surgery, particularly biomechanical considerations, and the surgery decision-making process.

Through intensive, hands-on sessions utilizing cadavers, participants study surgical techniques and strategies for a range of procedures including: screw, lateral mass, pedicle and wire fixation, as well as occipitocervical and cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and lid sacral surgical techniques.

Led by experienced faculty, the course examines the multiple adjuncts to surgery, including minimally invasive surgical techniques, spinal implants, and dissection tools. Non-operative strategies are also emphasized. Significant time is dedicated to operative indication discussions. The problem-based decision making process is introduced and emphasized during these very interactive discussions.

All participants are requested to bring interesting cases in Power Point format. Please do not bring unusual cases and try to stick to common yet controversial topics. Examples would be:  Bilateral jumped facets, neurologically intact thoracolumbar burst fracture, lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, neurologically intact epidural abscess.

Due to shortage of time, punctuality would be greatly appreciated. Coach will leave Marriot Hotel at 7:20 am sharp.

Karachi Spine 2009 Coordinator Salman Sharif FRCS (SN) Liaquat National Medical School Hospital Mobile 92 333 2267287/ sharifsalman73@gmail.com

Chairman Prof Rasheed Jooma Director General Health  Islamabad

Evaluation Form: Please complete the course evaluation form and return it to the registration desk at the end of the workshop.

Director
Douglar Orr MD FRCSC
Vice Chair Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Chair of Surgery
Lutheran Hospital, USA

Coordinator
 Salman Sharif FRCS (SN)
Liaquat National Medical School Hospital
Institute of Postgraduate Studies & Medical Sciences
Karachi

GUEST FACULTY

Mehmit Zileli, MD
President Turkish Neurosurgical Society
Professor of Neurosurgery
Ege University
Izmir, Turkey

Khalid Sethi, MD
Section Chief Surgery, Lourdes Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery
SUNY- Clinical Campus, Binghamton.USA

Marc E Eichler, MD
Neurosurgeon
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston Massachusetts, USA

Local Organizing Committee
Prof Ahmed Ali Shah, Karachi
Prof Tariq Salahuddin, Lahore
Prof Ahmed Irfan, Karachi
Prof Junaid Ashraf, Karachi
Prof Azhar Jawaid, Multan
Prof Tariq Khan, Peshawar
Prof Hamaeedullah Bozdar, Quetta
Dr Ejaz Aslam, Karachi
Brig Ishfaq Ahmed, Pindi
Dr Ather Enam, Karachi
Dr Mohammd Arshad, Karachi
Dr Moahammad Imran, Karachi

Proposed Agenda Karachi Spine Review 2009
3 day course
First day: didactic
2nd and 3rd day: Lab

 

Day 1

Time	Talk	Faculty
8-8:15	Opening Ceremony
8:15-30	Welcome Intro Agenda	Sharif/Orr
8:30-50	Evidenced Based Decision Making	Orr
8:50-9:10	Patient Selection for surgery	Eichler
9:10-30	Overview of Biomechanics	Orr
9:30-10:00	Intro Cases	Orr/Eichler
10:00-30	Break
10:30-50	Overview of Cervical Degenerative Disease Pathology and surgical indications	Sethi
10:50-11:10	Ventral Surgery and Stabilization Cervical Options and techniques	Zileli
11:10-30	Dorsal Surgery and Stabilization Cervical Options and Techniques	Sethi
11:30:50	Occipito-cervical Surgery Options and Techniques	Zileli
11:50-12:20	Cervical Trauma Principles	Eichler
12:20-13:00	Lunch
13:00-20	Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Indications, Technique, Evidence	Sethi
13:20-40	Overview of lumbar degenerative Disease Pathology and Surgical Indications	Sharif
13:40-14:10	Thoracolumbar instrumentation Options and indications	Orr
14:10-40	Thoracolumbar Trauma	Zileli
14:40-15:00	Interbody fusion Options and Technique	Eichler
15:00-15:20	Break
15:20-40	Thoracolumbar Motion Preservation Options and evidence	Orr
15:50-16:00	MIS Spinal Surgery: Techniques And Evidence	Sethi
	Early Finish for Social Event Boat Trip

DAY 2

8:00-8:30	Overview of Spinal Infections	Sharif
8:30-8:50	Vertebral Augmentation Indications and evidence	Zileli
8: 50-9:10	Complication: Avoidance and Treatment	Orr
9:10-9:50	Cervical and Cervicothoracic Approaches	Eichler
9:50-10:05	Intro to LAB	Orr/Sharif
10:05-10:20	Break and move to lab
10:20-12:30	Anterior Cervico-thoracic Lab
12:30-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14:00	Cases
14:00-16:00	Posterior Cervical Lab
17:00-18:00	Cases
	KarachiSpine2009  DINNER

     Day 3

8:00-45	Overview of Spinal Tumor	Zileli
8:45-9:30	Overview of Deformity	Orr
9:30-10:15	Thoracic and Lumbar approaches	Eichler
10:15-45	Break and move to Lab
10:45-13:00	Posterior Thoracolumbar Lab
13:00-13:45	Lunch
13:45-16:00	Anterior Thoracolumbar Lab
16:00-17:00	Cases
17:00-17:30	Wrap-up	Orr/ Sharif