NASS 2017 Annual Meeting

Symposium: SpineConnect Presentations (Room WF1)

26 Oct 17
1:05 PM - 2:05 PM

Tracks: Allied Health, Medical, Surgical

Moderator(s): Michael Klein, MD;

Moderator: Michael R. Klein, MD

This session presents clinical cases originally posted on SpineConnect which stimulated discussion with spine care providers around the world. Faculty engage attendees to query presenters regarding management and surgical techniques. Through sharing of experience by our world-wide membership, we can appreciate that there are many ways to both diagnose and treat a patient with a developmental deformity. This session confirms NASS's commitment to teaching and education via interaction of multiple disciplines.

Upon completion of this session, participants should gain strategies to:

  • Recognize the importance of establishing the correct diagnosis before implementing treatment in elective cases;
  • Capitalize on the advantage of networking and input from the worldwide NASS members to provide state of the art spinal care for our patients and further round out knowledge and skill, sharing combined experience with cases, and avoiding pitfalls as well;
  • Provide NASS members who post the cases with alternate forms of treatment, i.e. surgical vs. nonsurgical;
  • Engage in a forum that contributes to the commitment of NASS to educating a world-wide membership and helping physicians in other countries who may not have same resources as US.

Agenda

Case 1 (Posted 2/16/2017): Persistent L5 Radiculopathy Symptoms in a 23-Year Old Male after L5-S1 Fusion for Grade I Spondylolisthesis
John Hammerstein, MD

Case 2 (Posted 6/30/2016): Management of a T12 Ligamentous Chance Fracture in a Neurologically Intact 33-Year Old Male
Jibin Francis, MD

Case 3 (Posted 4/24/2017): Is the Misplaced Pedicle Screw the Cause of the Low Back Pain after a L5-S1 Fusion?
Bhavuk Garg, MD

Case 4 (Posted 12/21/2016): Intradural Cystic Mass in a 71-Year Old Female: Femove or Observe?
Yair Barzilay, MD

Discussion