(SPEC1) Special Course 1: Persistent Symptoms After Surgery: Case Based Salvage Options

Thursday, March 16, 2023

1:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST

Course Director(s)

John Caridi, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Northwell Health
Houston, Texas

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display
Sanjay Dhall, MD

Professor, Chief of Neurosurgery
Harbor UCLA Medical Center
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA, US

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Learning Objectives:

Describe the natural history of patients with persistent pain syndromes
Offer a differential diagnosis to patients who have continued problems after surgery
Discuss various treatment options with their patients to help solve these challenging problems
Implement treatment plans to alleviate the continuing symptoms these patients experience

Patients who have persistent pain and or weakness after seemingly successful surgical intervention can be very challenging. This course offers a panel of experts who will discuss their experiences with this problem. The discussion will center around diagnosis and treatment for this population.

Disclosure(s):

John Caridi, MD, FAANS: No relevant disclosure to display

Sanjay Dhall, MD, FAANS: No relevant disclosure to display

Presentations:

1:30 PM – 1:35 PM EST

Introduction
Course Director: John Caridi, MD (he/him/his) – Northwell Health
Course Director: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center
1:35 PM – 1:47 PM EST

Failed Back - What It Is and What You Can Do About It
Speaker: Jeremy Steinberger, MD – Mount Sinai Health System
1:48 PM – 2:00 PM EST

Upper Extremity Radiculopathy After Arthroplasty
Speaker: Erik Hayman, MD – University of South Florida
2:01 PM – 2:13 PM EST

Recurrent versus Persistent CTS
Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD, FRCSC, FAANS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2:14 PM – 2:26 PM EST

Is It C8 or the Ulnar Nerve?
Speaker: Justin M. Brown, MD – MGH
2:27 PM – 2:37 PM EST

Question & Answer Session
2:38 PM – 2:50 PM EST

C5 Palsy - What Do You Tell the Patient and What Are The Real Odds?
Speaker: Bryan Bolinger, DO – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2:51 PM – 3:03 PM EST

Persistent SI Joint Pain After SI Joint Fusion
Speaker: Joshua E. Heller, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University
3:04 PM – 3:16 PM EST

Spinal Cord, DRG, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Speaker: Gurtej Singh, MD, FAAPMR – Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics - OACM Division
3:17 PM – 3:29 PM EST

Iatrogenic Spinal Deformity
Speaker: Han Jo Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM EST

Question & Answer Session
3:41 PM – 3:53 PM EST

Pseudoarthosis - Fix It Now or Take Your Chances?
Speaker: Pawel P. Jankowski, MD – Hoag Neurosciences Institute
3:54 PM – 4:06 PM EST

Inadequate Decompression - Can We Ignore It?
Speaker: Jonathan J. Rasouli, MD – Northwell Health
4:07 PM – 4:21 PM EST

The Dreaded PJK - Here Are Your Options!
Speaker: Joel S. Beckett, MD MHS – UCLA Neurosurgery
4:22 PM – 4:34 PM EST

Question & Answer Session
4:35 PM – 4:47 PM EST

Trauma on the Slopes Gets Fusion - Now He's Got Chronic Back Pain: What to Do?
Speaker: Jason E. McGowan, MD, FAANS – Neurosurgery ONE
4:48 PM – 5:00 PM EST

Subsidence - How to Prevent and How to Treat?
Speaker: Nitin Agarwal, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery
5:01 PM – 5:13 PM EST

MIS Isn't Supposed to be Minimally Effective - Pain Persists - Now What?
Speaker: Andrew Vivas, MD (he/him/his) – UCLA Neurosurgery
5:14 PM – 5:30 PM EST

Question & Answer Session