Module 4: Adult Deformity

Module 4: Adult Deformity is organized by eccElearning.

Duration: 4 Months Access - expandable to 24 Months with subsequent Module purchases

What you will cover in this Module:
This Module covers extensively the different aspects of deformities in spinal disorders in the adult. Introductory lectures concerning epidemiology, natural history, classification as well as clinical and outcome assessment, and radiology are preparing the field.  Adult idiopathic scoliosis and degenerative scoliosis are addressed at length in terms of clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, surgical and nonsurgical treatment as well as expected outcomes.

Different surgical techniques like minimally invasive deformity surgery, the role of XLIF, ALIF, TLIF, and OLIF techniques, and the different types of spinal osteotomies with their specific indications are discussed in depth. Scheuermann’s disease and ankylosing spondylitis as a deformity equally are discussed in detail.

A whole section is dedicated to the epidemiology, etiology classification, imaging, and treatment of non-degenerative spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the etiopathogenesis and natural history of adult spinal deformities of any origin
• Be aware of and understand the different classification systems in adult deformities
• Be updated on adult spinal deformity in terms of a new understanding of the natural history and new treatment options
• Become familiar with the different imaging modalities which are used to make treatment-oriented decisions
• Understand in particular the biomechanics of the instrumented fixation of complex adult deformity correction and stabilization
• Recognise the paramount importance of balance in the adult spine and in particular, sagittal balance
• Learn to define precisely, surgical indications based on objective evaluation and diagnostic algorithms
• Recognise the limitations of conservative treatment modalities