SESSION1: SPINE THE BIGGER PICTURE

• Evidence Based Medicine
• Epidemiology & Economics
• Ergonomics & Psychosocial Aspects

SESSSION 2: THE FUNCTIONAL SPINE

• Radiology Imaging
• Biomechanics
• The Young Spine
• The Old Spine
• Case Discussion

SESSION 3: CLINICAL EVALUATION

• Case Discussion:
Recognising Serious Spine Disorders: red Flags
• Communication skill
• Consenting skills exercise
• Top Tips For Clinical Examination
• Safety & Ethics

SESSION 4: EMERGENCIES

• Evaluation. Transport
• Acute Cord Compression
• Cauda Equina Syndrome
• Case Discussion: Systemic Diseases & The Spine
• Case Discussion
• Course Evaluation

SESSION 1: CERVICAL AND LUMBAR : HEARNIATED DISC, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF RADICULAR PAIN

• Epidemiology & Natural History of Radicular Pain
• Imaging of Radicular Pain
• Effective Non-Surgical Interventions for Radicular Pain
• Surgery for Radicular Pain in the Lumbar Spine
• Surgery for Radicular Pain in the Cervical Spine
• Case Discussion

SESSION 2: LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

• Spinal Stenosis: Presentation, Natural History, Non-Surgical Treatment
• Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Stenosis
• Case Discussion

SESSION 3: CERVICAL AND THORACIC MYELOPATHY

• Imaging Myelopathy: Techniques & Prognostic Indicators
• Presentation, Causes, Natural History Cervical & Thoracic Myelopathy
• Clinical & Surgical Decision Making In Thoracic Myelopathy
• Clinical & Surgical Decision Making In Cervical Myelopathy
• Case Discussion

SESSION 4: SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS

• Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
• Spondylolysis & High-Grade Spondylolisthesis

SESSION 5: AXIAL SPINE PAIN

• Obstacles to Recovery
• Non-Surgical Treatment of Back Pain
• Fusion Surgery for Low Back Pain
• Case Discussion

SESSION 6: DEGENERATIVE ADULTE DEFORMITY

• Degenerative Lumbar Deformity
• Case Discussion

SESSION 1: PRINCIPLES OF SPINAL DEFORMITY

• Scoliosis: aetiology & prognostic factors
• Kyphosis
• Clinical Assessment
• Imaging of Deformities
• Discussion

SESSION 2:CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT

• Casting, Bracing & Role of Rehabilitation

SESSION 3:PRINCIPLES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT

• Pre-Op Assessment; how to prepare for a complex case
• Positioning the Patient
• Blood Saving
• Intra-Op Monitoring
• Pedicle Screw Guidance in Deformity
• Bone Fusion
• Discussion

SESSION 4: PRINCIPLES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT

• Congenital Spinal Cord Anomalies
• Congenital Spinal Deformities
• Neuromuscular Scoliosis
• Idiopathic Adult Deformities
• Degenerative Deformities
• Discussion

SESSION 5: TECHNIQUE AND STRATEGY

• End Limits of Fusion in Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Coronal & Sagittal Balance
• Techniques & Strategies: Posterior Approach
• Techniques & Strategies: Anterior Approach
• Discussion: Posterior/ Anterior

SESSION 6: OSTEOTOMIES

• Role & Technique of Spinal Osteotomies
• Case Discussion: Adult & Degenerative

SESSION 1: TRAUMA CERVICAL SPINE

• Imaging of Cervical Trauma
• Trauma of CO-C2: Classification & Management
• Trauma of Subaxial C-Spine: classification & management
• Case Discussion

SESSION 2:TAUMA THORACOLUMBAR SPINE

• Imaging of Thoracic/Thoracolumbar Trauma
• Trauma of TL Spine: management
• Sacral Fractures: classification & management

SESSION 3:TRAUMA TOPICS

• Trauma of Spine with Ankylosing Spondylitis: features & management
• Osteoporotic Fractures: diagnosis & management
• Paediatric Spinal Trauma: features & management
• Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Trauma
• Prevention and Management of Post- Traumatic Kyphosis
• Case Discussion

SESSION 4: BIOMATERIALS IN SPINE SURGERY

SESSION 5: SPINAL CORD INJURY

• Spinal Shock & Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes

SESSION 1: VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS

• Etiology, Pathogenesis, Routes of Spread
• Symptoms & Diagnosis
• Conservative Treatment & Indications for Surgical Treatment
• Surgical Management of Spinal Infections

SESSION 2: REUMATOID DISEASE

• Etiology, Pathogenesis, Symptoms, Diagnosis
• Stabilizing & Corrective Surgery of the TL Spine (Especially Ankylosing Spondylitis)
• Diagnosis & Treatment of the Occipito- Atlantoaxial Complex

SESSION 3: METABOLICBONE DISEASES

• Bone Disorders
• Osteoporosis (Etiology, Diagnosis, Drug Therapy)
• Surgical Considerations in Disorders of the Bone

SESSION 4: TUMOURS OF THE AXIAL SKELETON

• Benign Tumours and Tumour Like Lesions: diagnosis and management
• Primary Malignant Tumours: diagnosis and management
• Secondary Malignant Tumours: diagnosis and management

SESSION 5: TUMORS OF THE SPINAL CORD

• Intradural extra medullary Tumours
• Intramedullary Tumours