Workshops


BASIC SPINE SURGERY – LUMBAR

Coordinators: Dr. Tushar Rathod, Dr. Guatam Zaveri, Dr. V. T. ingalhalikar

PART 1: VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES

Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm

Time Topic
8.55 AM - 9.00 AM WELCOME ADDRESS
9.00 AM - 9.50 AM LUMBAR SPINE 1
9.00 am - 9.20 am Technique of lumbar Pedicle Screw Insertion
9.20 am - 9.40 am Technique of Sacral Screw Insertion
9.40 am - 9.50 am Discussion
9.50 AM - 10.40 AM LUMBAR SPINE 2
9.50 am - 10.10 am How to do Lumbar Discectomy/microdiscectomy
10.10 am - 10.30 am How to do Lumbar Interbody Fusion
10.30 am - 10.40 am Discussion
10.40 AM - 11.30 AM DORSAL SPINE
10.40 am - 11.00 am How to Put Thoracic pedicle screws
11.00 am - 11.20 am How to do Transpedicular decompression
11.20 am - 11.30 am Discussion
11.30 AM - 12.40 PM CERVICAL SPINE
11.30 am - 11.50 am Technique of Lateral Mass Screw insertion
11.50 am - 12.10 pm How to do Cervical Laminoplasty/Laminectomy
12.10 pm - 12.30 pm Anterior Cervical Discectomy/ Corpectomy
12.30 pm - 12.40 pm Discussion

BASIC SPINE SURGERY – LUMBAR

Coordinators: Dr. Tushar Rathod, Dr. Guatam Zaveri, Dr. V. T. ingalhalikar

PART 2: CADAVERIC HANDS-ON SESSION

Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Venue: Anatomy Dissection Hall, KEM Hospital & Seth GSMC

Time Topic
Faculties: Dr. Tushar Rathod, Dr. Rupinder Singh Chahal, Dr. Sameer Dalvie, Dr. Ajoy Shetty, Dr. Amit Sharma, Dr. Nandan Marathe, Dr. Umang Sheth, Dr. Bhushan Hadole, Dr. Shivaprasad Kolur
8.30 am - 8.50 am Breakfast
8.50 am - 9.00 am Brief Presentation about the hands-on workshop
9.00 AM - 11.00 AM SESSION 1 - LUMBAR SPINE
9.00 am - 9.30 am Demonstration of microdiscectomy, pedicle screw insertion and TLIF
9.30 am - 11.00 am Hands-on cadaveric Session
11.30 AM - 12.00 NOON TEA BREAK
12.00 noon - 12.30 pm Demonstration of thoracic screw insertion and transpedicular decompression
12.30 pm - 12.45 pm Demonstration of lateral mass screw Insertion
12.45 pm - 2.00 pm Hands-on cadaveric Session
2.00 PM - 2.30 PM LUNCH BREAK
2.30 pm - 3.00 pm Demonstration of anterior discectomy and corpectomy
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm Hands-on cadaveric Session
4.00 pm Valedictory

CVJ WORKSHOP

Course Chair: Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary

Co-Conveners: Dr. Satish Rudrappa, Dr. Mihir Bapat

PART 1: VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES

Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 1.10 pm

Time Topic
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
9:00 am - 10:10 am Moderator: Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary
  • Panellists: Dr. S. K. Srivastava, Dr. Mihir Bapat, Dr. G. Balamurali, Dr. Sandeep Sonone
  • 1. Anatomy of the craniovertebral junction including Vertebral artery course
  • 2. Biomechanics of the CVJ and Instrumentation: Dr. Mihir Bapat
  • 3. Radiological assessment of dislocations and realignment goals: Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary
  • 4. Algorithmic approach to management of CVJ disorders: Dr. Sudhir Srivastava
  • 5. Prone Positioning for CVJ surgery - application of GW tongs and mayfield and Halo
  • 6. Anterior Approach to ventral extradural pathologies of CVJ: Dr. Sandeep Sonone
  • 7. Occipitocervical fixation: Dr. G. Balamurali
    • 10:10 am - 10:25 am Break
    10:25 am - 11:45 am Moderator: Dr. Manish Kothari
  • Panellists: Dr. Vishal Kundnani, Dr. Upendra B., Dr. Ajoy Shetty, Dr. Sachin Borkar
  • 1. C1 lateral mass screw techniques: Dr. Satish Rudrappa
  • 2. C2 pars, pedicle and laminar screws: Dr. Amit Sharma
  • 3. C1-2 Transarticular screws: Dr. Vishal Kundnani
  • 4. Subaxial cervical pedicle screws: Dr. Upendra B.
  • 5. Bone grafting and Wiring techniques: Dr. Sudhir Srivastava
  • 6. Anterior Odontoid Screw: Dr. Manish Kothari
  • 7. Computer navigated CVJ instrumentation: Dr. Ajoy Shetty
  • 8. Foramen magnum decompression / C1 posterior arch excision: Dr. Sachin Borkar
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    11:45 am - 12:00 noon Break
    12:00 noon - 1:10 pm Moderator: Dr. Umesh Srikantha
  • Panellists: Dr. Bharat Dave, Dr. P. Saratchandra, Dr. Satish Rudrappa, Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • 1. Realignment of CVJ deformities using all posterior approach: Dr. K. Abumi
  • 2. Technique of inserting C1-C2 cage: Dr. Bharat Dave
  • 3. Anterior release - Wang’s Procedure (Including TARP): Dr. Ashok Rathod
  • 4. DCER procedure: Dr. P. Saratchandra
  • 5. Vertebral Artery injury: Dr. Umesh Srikantha
  • 6. Special considerations for paediatric CVJ fixation: Dr. Arjun Dhawale
  • 7. Revision of failed CVJ fixations: Dr. Satish Rudrappa

    • PART 2: CADAVERIC HANDS-ON SESSION

    Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Venue: Anatomy Dissection Hall, K. J. Somaiya Medical College

    Time Topic
    8:25 AM - 8:30 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
    8:30 AM - 1:30 PM HANDS-ON SESSION 1 - POSTERIOR PROCEDURES
    8:30 am - 9:20 am C1 Lateral Mass Screw Fixation
    9:20 am - 10:10 am C2 Pedicular Screw / Pars Screw Fixation
    10:10 am - 11:00 am C2 laminar screws and wiring techniques (Gallie's / Brooks)
    11:00 am - 11:10 am Coffee Break
    11:10 am - 12:00 noon C1-C2 transarticular fixation
    12:00 noon - 12:50 pm Occipito-cervical fixation and Foramen magnum decompression
    12:50 pm - 1:40 pm Lateral mass screw fixation
    1:40 PM - 2:30 PM LUNCH
    2:30 PM - 5:00 PM HANDS-ON SESSION 2 - ANTERIOR PROCEDURES
    2:30 pm - 3:10 pm Transoral / Extra-pharyngeal release
    3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Anterior Odontoid Screw fixation
    3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Anterior C1 C2 fixation
    4.30 pm – 5:00 pm Odontoid excision
      VALEDICTORY

    MISS - TUBULAR SPINE SURGERY CADAVER WORKSHOP

    Convenors: Dr. Arvind Kulkarni, Dr. Harshad Argekar, Dr. Satyen Mehta

    PART 1: VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES

    Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm

    Time Topic
    9.00 AM – 09.10 AM WELCOME ADDRESS
    9.10 AM - 12.45 PM INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUE BASED TALKS (10 MIN EACH)
  • 1. What are the common and extended conditions (indications) that are managed with the tubes?
  • 2. What are the basic ingredients of Tubular microsurgery? - Armamentarium
  • 3. How is the operation theatre structured for tubular surgeries? - OT set-up
  • 4. What is Docking? Most crucial step- step wise approach
  • 5. Ten Steps to Tubular Discectomy (including video)
  • Q & A (10 mins)
  • 6. Ten Steps to Tubular Decompression (including video)
  • 7. Q & A (10 mins)
  • 8. Tens Steps to Tubular TLIF (including video)
  • Q&A (10 mins)
  • 9. Ten Steps to Percutaneous Pedicle Screws and Rods
  • Q&A (10 mins)
  • 10. Ten Steps to Vertebroplasty
  • Q&A (10 mins)
  • 11. Radiation hazards in MISS surgery – How to reduce the radiation menace
  • 12. Management of common Complications-panel Discussion
  • a. Screw misplacement
  • b. Dural tear
  • c. Bleeding
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    PART 2: CADAVERIC HANDS-ON SESSION

    Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm

    Venue: Anatomy Laboratory, Dr. R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital & HBT Medical College

    Time Topic
    Total number of delegates: 20
  • Total number of Cadavers and tables available is 5 to 6.
  • Aim of the workshop: To train the delegates in basics of tube decompression and tube assisted fusion techniques in lumbar spine
  • Teaching Objectives:
  • 1. Docking of tube in lumbar spine
  • 2. Lumbar discectomy and decompression technique
  • 3. Percutaneous Pedicle Screw insertion technique
  • 4. Transforaminal lumbar disc preparation and cage insertion technique
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    8.30 am - 9.00 am Registration and welcome and change over
    9.00 am – 11.00 am Tubular Discectomy / Over the top decompression L4-5
    11.00 am – 1.00 pm MIS TLIF
    1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch Break
    2.00 pm – 4.00 pm PPF
    4.00 pm – 5.00 pm V Plasty / Stentoplasty / High Speed MIDAS rex hands on
    5.00 pm Feedback
    Candidates will be divided into groups of 4 per cadaver for adequate hands-on time.
  • Extra Microscopes and Dry saw bone models will be provided for additional hands-on
  • Lunch will be provided.
  • *The convenors have a right to modify the program in the rare instance of feasibility issues
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    ENDOSCOPIC MISS WORKSHOP
    PART 1: VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES

    Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm

    Time Topic
    Chief Convenor: Dr. R. C. Khandelwal
  • Convener: Dr. Ayush Sharma
  • Co-Conveners: Dr. Pramod Lokhande & Dr. Sambhav Shah
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    09.00 am - 09.10 am Introduction to the course
    09.10 am - 09.25 am Anaesthesia consideration in endoscopic spine surgery
    09.25 am - 09.40 am Pathoanatomy & Endoscopic solutions for Discogenic Back pain
    09.40 am - 09.55 am Anatomic considerations in transforaminal approach
    09.55 am - 10.10 am Targeting the pathology transforaminal vs endoscopic approach. When, Where how?
    10.10 am - 10.25 am Challenges and pitfalls of endoscopic approach
    10.25 am - 10.40 am Role of uniportal endoscope in Revision lumbar spine surgery
    10.40 am - 10.55 am Insight into the world of UBE Truth VS Hype
    10.55 am - 11.05 am Endoscopic spine fusion present role & future scenario
    11.05 am - 11.25 am Full endoscopic decompression tips tricks and pitfalls
    11.25 am - 11.45 am Video Transforaminal approach
    11.45 am - 12.05 am Video Interlaminar approach
    12.05 pm - 12.25 pm Video UBE approach
    12.25 pm - 01.00 pm Conclusion and Vote of Thanks

    PART 2: CADAVERIC HANDS-ON SESSION

    Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm

    Venue: Anatomy Laboratory, TNMC & BYL Nair Hospital

    Time Topic
      Step-by-step Video Demonstration by Faculty
    9.00 am - 9.20 am Know your armamentarium
    9.20 am - 9.40 am Transforaminal approach
    9.40 am - 10.00 am Interlaminar approach
    10.00 am - 10.15 am Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy
      Faculty Demonstration on cadaver
    10.15 am - 10.45 am Transforaminal approach
    10.45 am - 11.15 am Interlaminar approach
    11.15 am - 11.45 am Uniportal Bilateral Endoscopy
    12.00 noon - 12.30 pm Lunch break
    12.30 pm - 5.30 pm Delegates hands-on workshop
  • 4 stations - Five delegates each
  • Interlaminar
  • Transforaminal
  • Uniportal Bilateral Endoscopy
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    5.00 pm - 5.30 pm Tea / Coffee / Discussion

    SCOLIOSIS AND SPINAL DEFORMITY + OSTEOTOMIES WORKSHOP
    PART 1: VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES

    Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 | Time: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm

    Time Topic
    Moderators: Dr. Dhiraj Sonawane, Dr. Bhavuk Garg, Dr. Abhay Nene, Dr. Akhil Tawari, Dr. Abhijit Pawar
    8:55 AM SESSION 1: WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
    9:00 am – 9:20 am Lecture - Basics terminology and classifications in scoliosis
      Pre-operative planning
    9:20 am – 10:00 am Lecture - Preoperative planning of spinal Osteotomies: Surgimap
    10:00 am - 10:20 am Lecture – Pre-op Planning on 3D Templates (Virtual)
    10:20 am - 10:40 am Lecture - Pelvic parameter & its application workshop
    10:40 am – 11:00 am Discussion
      SESSION 2
  • Lecture - Halo Gravity Application workshop & Halo ring Demonstration
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    11:00 am - 11:15 am Lecture - Role of T1 tilt in Spine Deformity
    11:15 am - 11:30 am Lecture - Pedicle screws: Uni-planner / Poly / Mono-axial / Reduction etc screws & its application
    11:30 am - 12:30 pm Video: Surgical videos of techniques in scoliosis Correction
    12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Q & A
  • Plan of cadaveric program
  • Briefing of hands on program
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    1:00 pm Valedictory

    PART 2: CADAVERIC HANDS-ON SESSION

    Date: Sunday, January 21, 2024 | Time: 8.00 am – 5.00 pm

    Venue:Anatomy Dissection Hall, Sir J.J. Group of Hospital, Mumbai

    Time Topic
    Moderators: Dr. Dhiraj Sonawane, Dr. Bhavuk Garg
    8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
    8:30 am – 9:00 am Introduction & Inauguration
    9:00 am - 9:10 am Laminotomy with Pedicle Palpation
    9:10 am – 9:20 am Dysplastic Pedicle: In-out- In Technique
    9:20 am – 9:30 am Pontes osteotomy
    9:30 am – 9:40 am Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
    9:40 am – 9:50 am Asymmetrical PSO
    9:50 am - 10:05 am Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
    10:05 am – 11:00 am Instrumentation
  • Pedicle screw instrumentation in tilted & rotated vertebrae
  • Laminotomy & Pedicle Feeling from inside & Pedicle screw insertion
  • S2 AI & Iliac Screws
  • Sublaminar Wire / Laminar Hooks / Pedicle Hooks / Rib Hooks insertion
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    11:00 am – 12:00 noon Video & Saw Bone Model
  • Reduction Manoeuvres
  • Rod Rotation
  • Cantilever Technique
  • In-Situ Bending
  • Compression Distraction Technique
  • Implants: Mono / Poly / Uniplaner screws, Domino’s, Rods (Cocr / Ti)
  • Direct Vertebral Rotation / Translation / Segmental Derotation
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    12:00 noon - 12:30 pm Lunch Break
    12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Facetectomy & Pontes osteotomy
    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
    2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
    3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Gadgets: Bone Drill / Bone Scalpel / Neuromonitoring Workshop
  • Pedicle Drilling
  • Dysplastic Pedicle Drill
  • Bone scalpel for Laminectomy / Facetectomy / Pontes / Vertebral resection
  • Neuromonitoring: How to utilise to perfection
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