Orthopaedic Spine Surgery

- Degenerative/rheumatic disorders and deformities

- Posterior instrumentation of the cervical spine using the neon occipito-cervical system

- Treatment principles in rheumatoid instability of the cervical spine

- Surgical techniques in cervical spinal canal stenosis

- Techniques of thoracic and lumbar pedicle screws, lumbosacral fixation, and costotransversectomy

- Fusion procedures for degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine-indications, techniques, and results

- Herniation of the lumbar intervertebral disc - when is surgery required?

- Lumbar spinal canal stenosis - decompression with or without stabilization?

- Spondylolisthesis - diagnosis and therapy

- Current concepts in scoliosis surgery

- Syringomyelia - causes and treatment

- Computer navigation in spine surgery

- Trauma

- Treatment of cervical spine injuries

- Thoracic spine injuries - open versus endoscopic procedures

- Surgical treatment of fractures of the lumbar spine

- The role of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in the management of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

- Tumor and infection

- Tumor lesions of the cervical spine - pitfalls and their solution

- Tumorous diseases of the thoracic and lumbar spine

- Epidemiology and prognosis in spinal metastasis

- Spondylitis and spondylodiscitis

- Non-fusion technology

- Biomechanical characteristics of different non-fusion implants

- Interspinous devices - implants, indications and results

- Lumbar total disc replacement - implants, indications, and results