Advanced Cervical Spine Course
Virtual Pre-course - Zoom
Chairperson: Dr. S. K. Srivastava
Conveners: Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary, Dr. Vishal Kundnani

TIME	TOPIC
19:00 - 22:00	SATURDAY 8TH OCT (ZOOM)
19:00 - 19:10	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
19:10 - 22:00	ANTERIOR CERVICAL TECHNIQUES
19:10 - 19:20	Anterior cervical approach - How I do it!: Dr. Umesh Metkar
19:20 - 19:30	Anterior cervical fusion and plating techniques - Avoiding ALOD, length of screws and different plate types: Dr. Siddharth Badve
19:30 - 19:40	Cervical arthroplasty - Indications v/s fusion, results and currently available devices: Dr. Sanjeev Suratwala
19:40 - 19:50	Anterior corpectomy techniques and overview of vertebral body replacement cages: Dr. Gautam Zaveri
19:50 - 20:00	Anterior odontoid screw fixation - Tips and pearls: Dr. Manish Kothari
20:00 - 20:10	C1-C2 anterior fixation: Dr. Sandeep Sonone
20:10 - 20:20	Break
20:20 - 20:30	Dysphagia, Dysphonia, retropharyngeal hematoma and emergency airway management: Dr. Rahul Chaudhary
20:30 - 20:40	Management of anterior CSF leak: Dr. G. Balamurali
20:40 - 20:50	Clivus to upper cervical fixation: Dr. Satish Rudrappa
21:00 - 22:00	Case discussion (4 anterior cases): Dr. Sudhir Srivastava (Chair)

TIME	TOPIC
9:00 - 15:00	SUNDAY 9TH OCT (ZOOM)
9:00 - 15:00	POSTERIOR CERVICAL TECHNIQUES
9:00 - 9:10	Tube assisted Posterior cervical foraminotomy: Dr. Samir Dalvie
9:10 - 9:20	Indications and surgical technique of cervical laminectomy: Dr. Dhiraj Sonawane
9:20 - 9:30	Cervical laminoplasty v/s cervical laminectomy and fusion - What is the evidence?: Dr. Nandan Marathe
9:30 - 9:40	Lateral mass screw fixation: Dr. Ketan Badani
9:40 - 9:50	Subaxial cervical pedicle screws: Dr. B. Upendra
9:50 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 10:10	C1- C2 posterior fusion techniques - Lateral mass screw C1, C2 pedicle, pars and laminar screw: Dr. Arjun Dhawale
10:10 - 10:20	C1-C2 Transarticular screws: Dr. Vishal Kundnani
10:20 - 10:30	Occipital cervical fixation including salvage techniques: Dr. Sudhir Srivastava
10:30 - 10:40	Foramen Magnum Decompression: Dr. Sachin Borkar
10:40 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:10	How to prevent postoperative C5 palsy?: Dr. Shankar Acharya
11:10 - 11:20	Don’t Panic - All about vertebral artery injuries: Dr. Umesh Shrikanta
11:20 - 11:30	Computer navigation for cervical spine instrumentation: Dr. Ajoy Shetty
11:30 - 11:40	Dealing with major neurological injury (anterior or posterior) - What are the next steps?: Dr. Ranjith Unnikrishnan
11:40 - 11:50	Neuromonitoring Saves in Cervical spine surgery: Dr. Ashok Jaryal
11:50 - 12:00	Vision loss - A catastrophic complication: Dr. Ram Chaddha
12:00 - 12:10	Technique of cervical traction and closed reduction methods: Dr. Tushar Rathod
12:10 - 12:20	Halo Vest application: Dr. Agnivesh Tikoo
12:20 - 12:30	All about cervical braces: Dr. Satyen Mehta
12:30 - 13:00	Lunch Break
13:10 - 13:20	Treatment of degenerative cervical kyphosis with myelopathy - Techniques for correction: Dr. Mihir Bapat
13:00 - 13:10	Management of Cervical Facetal dislocations: Dr. Appaji K.
13:20 - 13:30	Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation: Dr. S. Basu
13:30 - 13:40	Traumatic Cervical cord injury- Retrieval to Rehabilitation: Dr. Ankur Nanda
13:40 - 13:50	Factors affecting surgical outcome of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Dr. Ayush Sharma
13:50 - 14:30	Case discussions (Posterior and CVJ): All Panellists