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iSpine presented a whole day event at the NSpine conference on 14 June 2017, conducting the "Spinal Infections" session. The iSpine representatives for India were
Date
Monday, June 12, 2017Thursday, June 15, 2017
Location
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- Dr Balamurali G, Consultant Spine and Neurosurgeon, Chennai
- Dr Muthukumar, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Dr Umesh Srikantha, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Faculty
Program
Time | ACSE: Spinal Infections – I | Speakers |
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10.40 | Differentiating Tubercular and Pyogenic Spine Infection - Clinical, Radiological, Histopathological and management | G Balamurali |
11.00 | SPECT CT and PET CT in imaging of spinal Infections | Christof Birkenmaier |
11.20 | Surgical site infection, Vertebral osteomyelitis - pathogenesis, prevention and management | Roger Bayston |
11.40 | Post-operative spondylodiscitis: Management protocols | Umesh Srikantha |
12.00 | Post-operative infection in spine – retain or remove implants | Roger Bayston |
12.20 | Diagnosis and treatment of low grade Infections | Christof Birkenmaier |
ACSE: Spinal Infections – II | ||
14.00 | Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbosacral TB – How is it different? | Umesh Srikantha |
14.20 | Epidural abscess formation – treatment concepts in pyogenic abscess and TB abscess | G Balamurali |
14.40 | Challenges in managing spinal infections with limited resources | Kunle Badmus |
ACSE: Spinal Infections – III | ||
15.40 | Spinal infection in immunocompromised Patients | Umesh Srikantha |
16.00 | Surgical strategies in acute and late adult TB spine deformity | Robert Dunn |
16.20 | Surgical strategies in acute paediatric TB spine deformity | Robert Dunn |