NASS 2018 Annual Meeting

Symposium: Section on Minimally Invasive Procedures: Latest Advances in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (Room Concourse Hall 151)

Moderators: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD, Michael Y. Wang, MD

 

This session will cover the latest advances in MIS surgery with case-based discussions of different procedures including TLIF, OLIF, LLIF, spinal tumor, endoscopy and trauma.

 

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

 
  • Identify the latest advances in minimally invasive spine surgery;
  • Know the risks and benefits of newer MIS approaches;
  • Determine patient selection and candidacy for MIS surgery
  • Recognize complications unique to MIS surgery
  • Be familiar with the role of MIS in trauma and tumor
 

Agenda

 

Introduction
Karthik Madhavan, MD

 

Advances in MIS Surgery
Sheeraz A. Qureshi, MD, MBA

 

Case Presentations: TLIF
Choll W. Kim, MD

 

Case Presentation: OLIF/Pre Psoas Approach
Nathaniel P. Brooks, MD

 

Case Presentation: LLIF/XLIF
Juan S. Uribe, MD

 

Spine Trauma: MIS Stabilization Options
Seth K. Williams, MD

 

Is There a Role for MIS in Tumor Resection?
Daniel M. Sciubba, MD

 

Best Five Papers on MIS Spine
Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD

 

Discussion, Questions and Answers
Faculty Panel