Let's face it, meeting your CME needs is not quite what it used to be. Traveling to CME meetings is becoming less and less enjoyable. Airlines offer fewer flights, the lines are longer at airports and airfares continue to rise. And these challenges all come at a time of increasingly tight travel and education budgets.
Against this backdrop, we are pleased to welcome you to spineCME.org, where you can access high quality, up to date CME programs in the comfort of your office or den.
Log onto one of the programs below, review the content, pass the brief test at the end, and print your CME certificate immediately—all at no charge. It's the best in education for spine specialists and it's all at your fingertips.
Treatment options for osteoporotic compression fractures
Reginald Knight, MD
Outcomes
Mark Dekutoski, MD
Case presentation
Reginald Knight, MD
Discussion of case
Moderator: Reginald Knight, MD
Panel: Daniel Resnick, MD, Mark Dekutoski, MD
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Introduction-What is the clinical problem?
Mark Dekutoski, MD
What is the impact of the clinical problem?
Social impact and quality of life.
Reginald Knight, MD
Literature review. Why the controversy? What are the differences between kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty?
Daniel Resnick, MD
Group discussion
Moderator: Mark Dekutoski, MD
Panel: Daniel Resnick, MD, Reginald Knight, MD
Concluding comments
Mark Dekutoski, MD
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Outcomes, complications and tips for common posterior minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, including TLIF.
Rationale, biomechanics, and outcome studies for interspinous process devices.
The safety, learning curve and outcomes for the minimally invasive pre-sacral approach and trans-sacral fixation and fusion.
Options, techniques and outcomes for direct and indirect minimally invasive lumbar decompression.
Technique and outcomes with MIS lateral approaches.
The role of MIS fixation for treatment of TL spinal fractures.
An overview of the emerging capabilities of robotic technologies within minimally invasive spine surgery. Along with a recent complications study for image-guided MIS surgery.
Minimally invasive correction techniques and outcomes in pediatric and adult spinal deformity.
Three year follow-up on lumbar artificial disc replacement, and an update on emerging nucleus replacement technology.
Outcomes and complications associated with the XLIF technique.
