Techniques in Spine Surgery

1. Cervical.- Correction of cervical and cervicothoracic spine deformities.- Anterior decompression of OPLL.- Laminoplasty.- High cervcial surgery.- 2. Deformity.- Idiopathic scoliosis-Determination of fusion level.- Sagittal deformity.- Challenging situations of sagittal imbalance.- Early onset scoliosis and congenital deformity.- Neuromuscular scoliosis.- 3. Degenerative lumbar.- Dynamic stabilization for lumbar degenerative disease.- Minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF).- Direct lateral interbody fusion (DLIF).- Nonoperative semi-invasive procedures.- Minimally invasive lumbar decompression.- 4. Tumor.- Oncological (or biological) update in metastatic spine disease.- Update in the concept of spinal instability with neoplastic condition.- Surgical techniques and complications in spinal tumor surgery.- 5. Trauma.- New classification and management of cervical spine injury.- New classification and management of thoracolumbar spine injury.- New classification and management of lumbosacral fracture.- Minimally invasive techniques.- Novel approach for spinal cord injury.- Osteoporotic fracture.- 6. Basic.- Spinal cord regeneration.- Disc regeneration.- Update of bone graft substitute.- Biomechanics of spine.

Choon Ki Lee, MD, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Seoul National University Hospital Choon Sung, Lee, MD, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center Director of Scoliosis Center.