OVERVIEW

Advanced Injection Procedures for Complex Pain and Functional Impairment is organized by North American Spine Society (NASS) and would be held during Jun 23 - 24, 2017 at North American Spine Society,Spine Education & Research Center, Burr Ridge, Illinos, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event basically for physicians in the following specialties only may enroll in this course: Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiology, Neurology, Orthopedic Surgery, and Neurosurgery.

This course is intended to improve the existing skills of the advanced spine interventionalist from a multi-specialty perspectiveThis CME conference has been approved with 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Course Description:
This course is intended to improve the existing skills of the advanced spine interventionalist from a multispecialty perspective. A distinguished faculty from across North America combines didactic instruction and hands-on lab-based training. Topics relate to the clinical evaluation of complex pain and functional impairment. Noninterventional rehabilitation to manage complex pain disorders combined with interventional skills also are included. Advanced management options including the role of radiofrequency rhizotomy (cervical and lumbar spine), vertebral augmentation options, neuromodulation including spinal cord stimulation, and intra-thecal therapies are presented.

Conference Objectives are :
Upon completion of this course, participants should gain strategies to
• Explain the role of advanced pain procedures in returning patients to function
• Assess functional outcome measurement and optimum benchmark;
• Comprehend the risks of advanced spinal interventions to patients
• Identify physical and psychological barriers to return patients to function
• Appreciate the value of interdisciplinary teams to maximize return to function
• Identify the role of disuse atrophy and fear-inhibition in a cascade of declining health

KEY DATES

Event Start Date
23 Jun, 2017
Event Start Date
Event End Date
24 Jun, 2017
Event End Date

SPECIALITIES

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPain Management

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CONFERENCE VENUE

LocationNorth American Spine Society,Spine Education & Research Center
7075 Veterans Blvd

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