6th Annual UCSF Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery Program

6th Annual UCSF Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery Program is organized by University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) Continuing Medical Education and would be held during Nov 04 - 05, 2016 at Vdara Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America. This cme conference has been approved with 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Objectives:
An attendee completing this course should increase skills and strategies to:
• Differentiate new techniques and treatment strategies in the management and treatment of transpedicular corpectomy, osteotomy, and spinal reconstruction;
• Examine the best available evidence and recent clinical research to improve patient assessment and treatment approaches;
• Illustrate clinical confidence through application of recent advances in spinal surgery;
• Calculate the pros and cons of implementing new “minimally invasive” surgical techniques;
• Evaluate and treat spinal pain in a cost-effective and reliable manner based on recently published guidelines;
• Categorize appropriate indications for surgery in cases of the painful, degenerated spine, spinal deformities, and tumors and to identify the appropriate surgical approach based on recently published guidelines;
• Evaluate and treat lumbar degenerative disease and deformity in a cost-effective manner and avoid perioperative complications by identifying risk factors that may predispose case to morbidity risk;
• Distinguish spinal instability related to spinal tumors and formulate surgical treatment plans to deal with neurological deficits and pain in spine oncology patients based on recently published guidelines.