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Thursday, 23 March 2023

General programme

From 08:00 Registration
08:30 Welcome, introduction and course details
Christoph Mehren (Munich)
08:45–10:00 Introductory lectures
Moderator Christoph Mehren (Munich)
08:45 Are learning curves acceptable for our patients?
Christoph Mehren (Munich)
09:05 Biomechanics of the cervical spine
Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
09:30 Hemostasis in spinal microsurgery
Andreas Korge (Munich)
09:50 Questions and answers
10:00 Coffee break
10:20–12:00 Surgery of the posterior cervical spine:
Surgical techniques

Moderator Andreas Korge (Munich)
10:20 Keyhole foraminotomy
Bastian Storzer (Munich)
10:35 Posterior fusion techniques of the cervical spine
(incl. C0 and C1/C2)
Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
11:00 Laminoplasty (incl. pincer stenosis)
Luca Papavero (Hamburg)
11:25 Instrumentation of the cervico-thoracic junction
Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
11:45 Questions and answers
12:00 Lunch
13:00–15:00 Cervical spine – Basics
Moderator Luca Papavero (Hamburg)
13:00 Imaging of cervical pathologies
Axel Stäbler (Munich)
13:30 The rheumatoid cervical spine
(How and when to treat)
Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
14:00 7-letter-code for decision making
Luca Papavero (Hamburg)
14:30 Case discussion
Bastian Storzer (Munich)
15:00 Coffee break
15:30–17:15 Surgery of the anterior cervical spine: Surgical techniques
Moderator Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
15:30 Anterolateral uncoforaminotomy
Luca Papavero (Hamburg)
15:50 Fusion (cage and plate) Bastian Storzer (Munich)
16:10 Vertebrectomy and defect support Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
16:30 Non-Fusion (total disc replacement) + hybrid strategies Christoph Mehren (Munich)
17:00 Question and answers
17:15 Wrap up day 1 Andreas Korge (Munich)

Friday, 24 March 2023

Hands-on cadaver workshop

08:30–08:45 Instructions to microscopic set-up Zeiss et al.
08:45–12:00  
  • Posterior cervical spine
    Moderator Christoph Mehren (Munich)
  • Keyhole foraminotomy
    Bastian Storzer (Munich)
  • Laminoplasty
    Christoph Mehren (Munich)
  • Posterior fusion techniques
    Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
 
12:00 Lunch
13:00–15:30  
  • Anterior subaxial cervical spine
    Moderator Andreas Korge (Munich)
  • Anterolateral uncoforaminotomy
    Andreas Korge (Munich)
  • Fusion and non-fusion (total disc replacement)
    Christoph Mehren (Munich)
  • Vertebrectomy and defect support
    Ralph Kothe (Hamburg)
  • Decompression of vertebral artery
    Andreas Korge (Munich)
 
15:30 End of the course, certificate and farewell