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Endoscopic Spine Surgery Essentials: Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy

Starts: Sun 8:00AM CT (Sep 01, 2024) Ends: Mon 11:59PM CT (Aug 19, 2024) OnDemand

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This course on Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy is designed to guide you through selecting the best candidates for L4-5 endoscopic discectomy, focusing on patient anatomy and multiple clinical factors. You will learn to evaluate your capabilities, understand foraminal and spinal canal anatomy, and maintain spatial orientation during surgery.

The course consists of 7 modules, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of each step involved in the procedure and will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

1. Patient Selection
2. Surgical Anatomy
3. Surgical Planning
4. OR Setup and Patient Positioning
5. Surgical Steps
6. Intra-Operative Imaging
7. Post-Operative Care

After the conclusion of the 7th module, you are encouraged to answer knowledge check questions. Answering the questions is not required to complete the course, however you are encouraged to take them to assess your retention of the material.

Chair

Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA

Faculty

Brian Kwon, MD

Ralf Wagner, MD

Contributor

Meng Huang, MD

What You Will Learn

Upon completion of this course, participants should gain strategies to:

Identify suitable candidates for transforaminal endoscopic discectomy at L4-5, including analyzing multiple patient factors such as clinical, radiographic, and anatomical ones;

Discern the foraminal anatomy, critical anatomical structures in the foramen, lateral recess, and spinal canal, and maintain clear spatial orientation of all three planes (x,y,z) during surgery;

Plan and execute the placement of instruments in the correct trajectory using intraoperative imaging, understand effective patient positioning, and provide appropriate postoperative care.

Disclaimer

NASS courses are created to enhance physician understanding of the complexity of performing these procedures only. The course is not designed to certify that attendees are proficient in the procedures taught in the course. NASS strongly advises participants to continue to have proctoring, mentoring and additional experience prior to treating patients.

Audience

All Members and Nonmembers in the medical field.

 Price LevelRegistration Fees
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Registration: General Registration

 Member$199.00
 Member In-Training$59.00
 Non-Member$349.00

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Continuing Medical Education (CME)s

The North American Spine Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The North American Spine Society designates this enduring activity for a maximum of

1.5

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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We want to make sure that your registration process is a pleasant one, so if you have any trouble or a question, please email or call us at (630) 230-3600.