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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 |
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| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00–15:30 |
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| 15:30 | End of the course, certificate and farewell |