2013 Instructional Course
1st Annual Lumbar Spine Research Society Instructional Course Lecture
The Lumbar Spine Research Society is excited to hold our 1st Annual Instructional Course on Friday April 12, 2013 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. The course will be co-sponsored by AO Spine and promises to be a great course. There will be 3.75 CME credits will be offered for attending this course. Please go to our website:
www.lsrs.org to register for our annual meeting and/or the ICL.
James Harrop, MD
ICL Course Chair
April 12th, 2013
Bruce Darden, MD
1:00 - 2:15
Module #1 - Minimally Invasise Surgery
Moderators: Ronal Lehman, MD and Greg Trost, MD
1:00 - 1:20
Session #1 MIS TLIF
1:20 - 1:40
Session #2 Lateral Interbody Fusion
1:40 - 2:00
Session #3 MIS for Deformity Correction
2:00 - 2:15
Discussion
2:15 - 3:30
Module #2 - Degenerative Scoliosis
Moderators: Doug Orr, MD and Cliff Tribus, MD
2:15 - 2:30
Session #1 - When Does Degenerative Scoliosis Become a Deformity
Problem (Sagittal Alignment and Balance)
2:30 - 2:45
Session #2 - Fusion to the Sacrum and Degenerative Scoliosis:
What are the indications?
2:45 - 3:00
Session #3 - Interbody Fusion and the Treatment of Degenerative Scoliosis
3:00 - 3:30
DEBATE - Limited Decompression and Fusion vs. Full Deformity
Correction in the Treatment of Degenerative Scoliosis
3:30 - 3:45
BREAK
3:45 - 5:00
Module #3 - Trauma
Moderators: Tim Moore, MD and Mike Finn, MD
3:45 - 4:00
Session #1 - Classification: Does TLICS Work for Low Lumbar and
Sacral Fractures?
4:00 - 4:15
Session #2 - Thoracolumbar Fractures (T10 - L2)
4:15 - 4:30
Session #3 - Low Lumbar Fractures (L3 - Sacrum)
4:30 - 4:45
MIS and Fusionless Fracture Stabilization
4:45 - 5:00
Discussion
5:00
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