Controversial Spine Topics: Debates by the Experts (Non-CME)

Moderator(s)

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  Luis Tumialan, MD

  Barrow Neurological Institute
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  Domagoj Coric, MD

  Wake Forest University - Charlotte
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  Adam Kanter, MD, MBA

  Hoag Neurosciences Institute

Presentations:

• 5:15 PM – 5:17 PM EST

  Introduction to Topic 1: PT With Radiographic Cervical Stenosis But No Arm Symptoms Needing Low Back Surgery.
  

  Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD, MBA – Hoag Neurosciences Institute
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM EST

  Topic 1: PT With Radiographic Cervical Stenosis But No Arm Symptoms Needing Low Back Surgery.
• 5:18 PM – 5:22 PM EST

  Just be Mindful with Positioning, Neuromonitor, and Proceed With Back Surgery
  

  Speaker: Eric Potts, MD – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
• 5:23 PM – 5:27 PM EST

  Decompress the Neck First; Not Worth the Risk
  

  Speaker: Dan Riew, MD – Cornell University
• 5:28 PM – 5:30 PM EST

  Voting and Outcome
  

  Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD, MBA – Hoag Neurosciences Institute
• 5:31 PM – 5:33 PM EST

  Introduction to Topic 2: Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement: The Ideal Way
  

  Moderator: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
• 5:31 PM – 5:52 PM EST

  Topic 2: Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement: The Ideal Way
• 5:34 PM – 5:38 PM EST

  Free-Hand is Fast, Safe, Effective. No Need to Change.
  

  Speaker: Han Jo Kim, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
• 5:39 PM – 5:44 PM EST

  Robotic Screw Placement is the Future: Safer and More Accurate
  

  Speaker: Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD – Columbia University
• 5:45 PM – 5:49 PM EST

  Navigation is Better Than Robotics and Better Than Free Hand
  

  Speaker: Anand Veeravagu, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
• 5:50 PM – 5:52 PM EST

  Voting and outcome
  

  Moderator: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
• 5:53 PM – 5:55 PM EST

  Introduction to Topic 3: Adjacent L3-4 Stenosis After a Flat L4-5 Fusion Years Ago
  

  Moderator: Domagoj Coric, MD – Atrium Health
• 5:53 PM – 6:10 PM EST

  Topic 3: Adjacent L3-4 Stenosis After a Flat L4-5 Fusion Years Ago
• 5:56 PM – 6:00 PM EST

  Just Extend One Level and They Will be Fine. Are You Really Creating a Flatback?
  

  Speaker: John Dimar, II, MD – University of Louisville
• 6:01 PM – 6:05 PM EST

  You Need to Induce Lordosis: They Will be a Symptomatic Flatback
  

  Speaker: Frank J. Schwab, MD – Northwell Health Orthopaedic Institute at Lenox Hill
• 6:06 PM – 6:08 PM EST

  Voting and outcome
  

  Moderator: Domagoj Coric, MD – Atrium Health
• 6:09 PM – 6:15 PM EST

  Discussion