Event Description

NORD Academy organizes the first International Workshop for Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery MISS - before and after practice hands on course on live cases in the the operating room. The basic course will take place on 28 June 2024, 08:00-14:00 (UTC+3 hours), and on 29 June 2024, 8:30 - 17:00 (UTC+3 hours), at NORD Pipera Hospital - Bd. Dimitrie Pompeiu no. 9-9A, Building 18, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania.

The MISS course is structured as a two-step workshop, the advanced course is scheduled to take place on 22 and 23 November 2024, at NORD Pipera Hospital - Bd. Dimitrie Pompeiu no. 9-9A, Building 18, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania.

The focus of the MISS course is building up skills for percutaneous advanced spinal interventions including spine endoscopy and fusions. The course is aimed at medical professionals.

Workshop agenda

Friday, June 28 - Theoretical course
8.30 -10.00:
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Sacroplasty
  • Basivertebral nerve Ablation
  • Percutaneous Lumbar Extraforaminotomy
  • Percutaneous discectomy Disc fx
  • PELD transforaminal discectomy
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-17.30 : Hands on two working stations on wet specimens
19.30: Friday night dinner
Saturday, June 29 - Practical course (wet lab)
8.30-12.30: Hands on two working stations on wet specimens
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-17.30: Hands on practice per participants needs mix and match

Participation Fee: €1000.00

Session Speakers

moderator
Ovidiu Palea

Primary Care Physician in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, MD, FIPP® (Fellow of International Pain Practice) accredited in Pain Management by World Institute of Pain® (WIP), Founder NORD-Grupul Medical Provita

speaker
Stephan Hellinger

Orthopedic trauma physician and surgeon, MD

speaker
Dr. Ricardo Ruiz-López

MD, FIPP, President & Founder CLÍNICA VERTEBRA - Barcelona /Madrid - Spine and Pain Surgery Centers

speaker
Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD.

Chief, Division of Pain Management, University of Chicago