Difficult Spine Cases

Saturday, September 17, 2022

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: JW Grand Ballroom 4

CE: .5

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Reference 3: 0

Member Speaker(s)

Hiren N. Patel, DO, FACOS

Attending
Massachusetts General Hospital

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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Wissam ElFallal, DO

Physician
Beaumont health system and advent health
Michigant state university college of osteopathic medicine

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Hiren N. Patel, DO, FACOS: No financial relationships to disclose

Wissam ElFallal, DO: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

Identify complex spinal diagnosis that requires special considerations
Identify multiple surgical approaches to a complex spine case incorporating patient presenation and pathology
Identify potential complications from intervention and learn stratagies to mitigate such complications