Neurosurgery I

The Advanced Neurosurgery Level I is designed for surgeons that are skilled at surgery and wish to expand their surgical repertoire to neurosurgery. The skills taught will be SOP instrumentation, neurologic localization, thoracolumbar hemi-laminectomy, fenestration, stabilization of lumbar fractures with SOP locking spinal plates, dorsal laminectomy for lumbosacral decompression, L7 fracture fixation, cervical slot decompression. There will be five sessions beginning with theory and detailed step by step description of the procedures followed by a demonstration of the procedure by an instructor on a cadaver. The attendees will then perform the procedures on cadavers and can repeat the procedures as needed. Instrumentation will include standard surgical instrumentation, specialized spinal instrumentation, high speed burr, drills, and SOP instrumentation and screws.