Program

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
01.00 p.m. Arrival – registration – snack
02.00 p.m. Welcome Receipt
02.15 p.m. Lectures 1. - 3.
  • Cervical anatomy (20 min) Hirt, Tübingen
  • Neuroradiological imaging techniques (20 min) Ernemann, Tübingen
  • Surgical anatomy of different approaches (20 min) Maier, Tübingen
03.15 p.m. Break
03.30 p.m. Keynote Lecture
  • Cervical spinal cord injury – treatment, options and prevention (20 min), Schwab, Berlin
Hands-On Sawbones
  • Spine instrumentation principles
  • Navigation techniques
05.30 p.m. End – direct transport to Get together Party
07.30 p.m. Get together Party

Venue: Abbey Bebenhausen
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
07.30 a.m. Pick up at hotel Domizil
08.00 a.m. Lectures 4. - 7.
  • Cervical arthoplasty (15 min), Schönmayr, Wiesbaden
  • Odontoid stabilization, tricks and pitfalls (15 min), Meyer, Oldenburg
  • Ventral fusion techniques (15 min), Schmidt, Mannheim
  • Cervical myelopathy (15 min.), Thomè, Innsbruck
09.00 a.m. Break
09.15 a.m. Live surgery with transmission into
Anatomy lecture hall
11.00 a.m. Cadaver dissections Ventral fusion techniques:
  • Ventral plating
  • Odontoid screw
  • Corpectomy
01.00 p.m Lunch
02.00 p.m. Lectures 8. - 11.
  • Dorsal fusion techniques (15 min), Cakir, Ulm
  • Electrophysiological intraoperative monitoring (15 min), Roser, Tübingen
  • Navigation techniques cervical spine (15 min), Stoffel, Munich
  • Robotics in cervcial spine (15 min), Kim, Wiesbaden
02.45 p.m. Break
03.00 p.m Cadaver dissections
(continuing morning program)
06.30 p.m. End – transfer to Hotel
07.00 p.m. After Work Party at “Neckarmueller”, Tuebingen (in walking distance to hotel Domizil)
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
07.30 a.m. Pick up at hotel Domizil
08.00 a.m. Lectures 12. - 15.
  • Traumatic cervical spine (15 min), Badke, Tübingen
  • Tumors of the cervical spine (15 min), Tatagiba, Tübingen
  • Endoscopic techniques of the cervical spine (15 min), Oertel, Homburg
  • Management of complex cases (15 min), Woertgen, Regensburg
09.00 a.m. Break
09.15 a.m. Live surgery with transmission into
Anatomy lecture hall
11.00 a.m. Cadaver dissections
Dorsal fusion techniques:
  • Laminectomy/Laminotomy
  • Lateral mass
  • Cranio-cervical fusion
  • Transarticular fusion
  • Pedicular fusion techniques (with navigation)
01.00 p.m. Lunch
02.00 p.m. Dorsal foraminotomy by endoscopic approach
04.00 p.m. Robotics cervical spine (parallel)
06.00 p.m. End of Course