Introduction and Entry Quiz

• Introduction and objectives of Diploma Course 3, 10’
• Entry quiz, 15’

Session 1: Trauma

Session 1.1: Cervical Spine

• Imaging of cervical trauma, 15'
• Classification and management of C0-C2 injuries, 20'
• Classification of subaxial cervical trauma, 15'
• Management of subaxial cervical trauma, 20'
• Discussion/Case discussions, 20’

Session 1.2: Thoracolumbar Spine

• Imaging of thoracic/thoracolumbar trauma, 15'
• Biomechanical considerations in the treatment of spinal fractures, 20'
• Diagnosis and classification of thoracic/thoracolumbar trauma, 15'
• The emerging role of percutaneous and endoscopic techniques in trauma, 10'
• Sacral fractures, 10'
• Discussion/Case discussions, 15’
• Workshop 1: Cervical and thoracolumbar fracturesn, 50’
  • Video support (OOT): Correction of posttraumatic kyphosis of the upper thoracic spine by multiple Chevron osteotomies
  • Case discussion
  • Hands-on

Session 2.1: Biomaterials in spine surgery

• Biomaterials in spine surgery, 15'
• Discussion, 15'

Session 2.2: Infectious diseases of the spinal column

• Imaging and diagnosis (TB and Pyogenic), 15'
• Treatment protocol, indication to surgery and results (TB and Pyogenic), 15'
• Parasitic and Fugine infections, 15'
• Discussion, 15'

Session 2.3: Metabolic disease

• Imaging of metabolic disorders, 15'
• Overview of medical treatment and surgery tips in the osteoporotic patient, 20'
• Workshop 2: Cervical stabilization and reconstruction after tumors resection 50’
  • Video support (OOT): Posterior-anterior resection of a cervical spine osteoblastoma
  • Case discussion
  • Hands-on

Session 3: Tumors

Session 3.1: Primary tumors

• Imaging diagnosis and staging of bone tumors of the spine, 30'
• Benign bone tumors of the mobile spine, 20'
• Primary malignant tumors of the mobile spine, 20'
• Sacral tumors, 20'
• Discussion/Case discussions, 20’
• Spinal cord tumors, 20'

Session 3.2: Spinal cord tumors

• Workshop 3: How to reach proper sagittal balance after osteotomies of ankylosing spondylitis 50’
  • Video support (OOT): Correction and stabilisation in ankylosing spondylitis of the cervicothoracic spine
  • Case discussion
  • Hands-on

Guest lecture:

• Guest Lecture, 45’

Session 3.3: Metastases

• Metastatic disease: imaging and workup, 15'
• Metastatic disease: decision making process, 15'
• Metastatic disease: treatment and results, 15'
• New frontiers in the treatment of spine metastases, 20'
• Discussion, 15’
• Exit quiz (and answers), 25’
• Evaluation of the course, 10’
• Closing remarks, 15'

END OF MODULE 3