These symposia will be held in the theater in the exhibition hall.
10:00-10:50 | Symposium: Technological Advancements in Spinal Cord Stimulation | Moderators: |
| Welcome and Introduction | Sunil Panchal, MD |
10:00-10:10 | Neurostimulation (SCS/PNS) Indications and Contraindications | Scott Kreiner, MD |
10:10-10:20 | Technical Considerations for Lead Placement (Translaminar-Perc and Paddle/Transforaminal/Peripheral) | David Fish, MD |
10:20-10:30 | Neurostimulation: Management of Complications | Joseph Solberg, MD |
10:30-10:40 | Neurostimulation Outcomes and Future Directions | Sunil Panchal, MD |
10:40-10:50 | Questions and answers | All Speakers |
11:00-12:25 | Symposium: Spine Royal Rumble: Open vs MIS vs Endoscopy in Spine Surgery | Moderators: |
11:00-11:05 | Case: Lumbar posterolateral disc herniation | Jeffrey Wang, MD |
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11:05-11:15 | Argument for endoscopic transforaminal approach | Ralf Wagner, MD |
11:15-11:25 | Argument for endoscopic interlaminar approach | Christoph Hofstetter, MD, PhD |
11:25-11:35 | Argument for MIS tubular approach | Jeff Wang, MD |
11:35-11:40 | Discussion and questions | All Speakers |
11:40-11:45 | Case: Lumbar degenerative grade I spondylolisthesis | Jeffrey Wang, MD |
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11:45-11:55 | Argument for traditional open decompression and fusion | Hani Mhaidli, MD |
11:55-12:05 | Argument for MIS TLIF | Patrick Hsieh, MD |
12:05-12:15 | Argument for endoscopic fusion | Jin-Sung Kim, MD |
12:15-12:25 | Discussion and questions | All Speakers |
15:00-15:40 | Symposium: Augmented Reality Applications in Spine Surgery | Moderators: |
| Welcome and Introduction | Sandeep Gidvani, MD |
15:00-15:10 | What is augmented reality and how is it different from virtual reality? | Sandeep Gidvani, MD |
15:10-15:20 | What are the current applications of augmented reality within spine surgery? | Camilo Molina, MD |
15:20-15:30 | How do we apply Machine Vision and Augmented Reality to Navigate with Minimal Radiation? | Victor Yang, MD |
15:30-15:40 | Questions and answers | All Speakers |
10:00-10:50 | Symposium: Beyond Medial Branch Rhizotomy: Emerging Radiofrequency Applications for Interventional Spine Care | Moderators: |
| Welcome and Introduction | Allen Chen, MD |
10:00-10:10 | Staying alive: Theory and evidence base for pulsed radiofrequency non-ablative therapy | Allen Chen, MD |
10:10-10:20 | Radiofrequency treatment for discogenic pain | David O’Brien, MD |
10:20-10:30 | To basivertebral or not to basivertebral RF, that is the question | Katherine Travnicek, MD |
10:30-10:40 | Technical and Anatomical Considerations For Sacroiliac Joint RFA | Joseph Solberg, MD |
10:40-10:50 | Questions and Answers | All Speakers |
11:00-12:00 | Symposium: Contemporary Solutions for Spinal Tumor Surgery: Novel Implants to Improve Patient Outcome |
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| Welcome and Introduction | Jeffrey Wang, MD |
11:00 - 11:20 | Problems with spine tumor surgery using current implants | Dan Sciubba, MD |
11:20-11:40 | Current spinal instrumentation solutions for tumor surgery | Bernard Meyer, MD |
11:40-12:00 | Discussion and questions | All Speakers |
15:30-16:40 | Symposium: Virtual Reality Applications in Spine Surgery | Moderators: |
| Welcome and introduction | Sandeep Gidvani, MD |
15:30-15:40 | The evolution of simulation and potential impact of virtual reality | Danny Goel, MD, MSc, FRCSC |
15:40-15:50 | What are the benefits of VR to the resident/fellow training process? | Justin Bared, MD |
15:50-16:00 | Adult learning and how VR can have an impact in medical education | Danny Goel, MD, MSc, FRCSC |
16:00-16:10 | How will VR and Haptics evolve in spine training and simulation? | Richard Vincent |
16:10-16:20 | What are the prohibitive factors to widespread application of VR within medicine and surgery? | Richard Vincent |
16:20-16:30 | Surgical planning with virtual reality for spine surgery | Danny Goel, MD, MSc, FRCSC |
10:00-10:40 | Symposium: Technology Trends and Concepts in Spine Surgery | Moderators: |
| Welcome and introduction | JJ Abitbol, MD |
10:00-10:10 | Surface technology for spine devices: key trends and concepts | JJ Abitbol, MD |
10:10-10:20 | Avoiding catastrophic surgical outcomes; safety, navigation and monitoring | Ciaran Bolger, MD |
10:20-10:30 | MIS vs endoscopy vs open Surgical Techniques | Hani Mhaidli, MD |
10:30-10:40 | Questions and answers | All Speakers |