(SPEC8) Special Course 8: Treatment and Complication Avoidance in the Management of Spinal Tumors

Saturday, March 18, 2023

2:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST

Course Director(s)

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Ilya Laufer, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
NYU Langone Department of Neurosurgery
New York, NY, US

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John Shin, MD

Attending Physician
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, US

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Learning Objectives:

Analyze various surgical treatment approaches to address spine tumor pathologies
Outline applications of new technologies in spine tumor surgery
Discuss complications avoidance strategies in tumor surgery

This course will review and highlight the multi-disciplinary management of spinal tumors for the practicing surgeon. Practical tips for managing common tumors and clinical scenarios with an emphasis on complications avoidance and surgical planning will be emphasized. Participants are encouraged to prepare and present cases for discussion.

Disclosure(s):

Ilya Laufer, MD, FAANS: No relevant disclosure to display

John H. Shin, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Presentations:

2:31 PM – 2:32 PM EST

Introduction
2:33 PM – 2:41 PM EST

Practical Tips for Treating Epidural Cord Compression – Decompression Indications, Timing and Techniques
Speaker: Nicolas Dea, MD, MSc – Vancouver General Hospital
2:42 PM – 2:50 PM EST

When Do Metastatic Spine Tumor Patients Require Stabilization? Is Decompression Only an Option?
Speaker: Nicholas Szerlip, MD – University of Michigan
2:51 PM – 2:59 PM EST

Patient Selection Considerations: When Is En Bloc Resection Indicated and Feasible?
Speaker: Sheng-fu Larry Lo, M.D. (he/him/his) – Northwell Health
3:00 PM – 3:08 PM EST

Definitive Radiotherapy for Chordoma: State of the Art
Speaker: Yen-Lin Chen, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
3:09 PM – 3:17 PM EST

Management of Benign Bone Tumors in the Spine
Speaker: Michael Galgano, MD – UNC Health
3:18 PM – 3:26 PM EST

Management of Intradural Tumors
Speaker: Scott L. Zuckerman, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
3:26 PM – 3:30 PM EST

Break
3:31 PM – 3:39 PM EST

Minimally Invasive Approaches to Spine Tumors
Speaker: John E. O'Toole, MD, MS – Rush University Medical Center
3:40 PM – 3:48 PM EST

Frailty and Pre-Operative Optimization Strategies
Speaker: raphaele Charest-Morin, MD, FRCSC – University of British Columbia
3:49 PM – 3:57 PM EST

SINS in 2023: Limitations and Future Directions
Speaker: Wende Gibbs, MD, MA – Barrow Neurological Institute
3:58 PM – 4:06 PM EST

Complications and How I Deal with Them
Speaker: Rory Goodwin, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University
4:07 PM – 4:15 PM EST

New Technologies in Surgery: Robotics, Endoscopy
Speaker: Ori Barzilai – Memorial Sloan Kettering
4:16 PM – 4:23 PM EST

New Technologies in Surgery: 3D Printing, Augmented/Virtual Reality
Speaker: Jereme Larouche, MD – University of Toronto
4:24 PM – 4:31 PM EST

Use of Vertebroplasty in Spine Oncology
Speaker: Ehud Mendel, M.D., M.B.A. – Yale School of Medicine
4:32 PM – 5:00 PM EST

Discussion with the Masters
Speaker: Mark Bilsky, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Department of Neurosurgery
Speaker: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University
Speaker: Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Health System
Speaker: Laurence Rhines, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
Speaker: Daniel Sciubba, MD, MBA – Northwell Health, Hoftstra University