| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Welcome |
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | Lecture: Atlantoaxial Stabilization - Participants will become familiar with the surgical techniques used for atlatnoaxial surgery.
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| 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM | Lecture: Other Cervical Stabilization - Indications and Methods - Participants will become familiar with the surgical techniques used for cervical ventral distraction-fusion.
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| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | Break |
| 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Lab: A-A and Cervical Ventral Stabilization - Participants will practice surgical correction of AA subluxation and cervical distraction fusion. At the end of the lab, participants will be familiar with the techniques and the associated surgical complications.
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| 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM | Lunch |
| 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Lecture: Caudal Fossa Approaches - Indications and Methods - The reasons for caudal fossa surgery, the surgical approaches and the pros and cons of this approach will be discussed.
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| 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM | Lecture: Cervical Dorsal Laminectomy and Lateral Cervical Approach - Participants will learn the listed surgical approaches
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| 2:25 PM - 2:40 PM | Break |
| 2:40 PM - 5:20 PM | Lab: Caudal Fossa Approach, Dorsal Lam, Lateral Cervical - Participants will practice the listed dorsal and lateral surgical approaches to the cervical spine; they will become familiar with the landmarks and the potential surgical complications.
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| 5:20 PM - 6:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Lecture: Thoracolumbar Stabilization - Indications and Methods - Participants will learn principles and techniques for internal stabilization in the thoracolumbar vertebral column.
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Lecture: Thoracolumbar Lateral Corpectomy - Participants will learn how to perform a lateral corpectomy and when this technique might be used clinically.
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| 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM | Lecture: L7-S1 Foramenotomy - Participants will learn how to perform an L7-S1 foramenotomy and guidelines for case selection for this procedure.
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| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Break |
| 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Lab: TL Stabilization, Lateral Corpectomy, LS Foramenotomy - Participants will practice the surgical techniques listed and will become familiar with both the landmarks for implant placement, and the potential surgical complications.
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| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lecture: Rostrotentorial Approaches - Indications and Methods - Participants will gain knowledge of physiologic and anatomic principles of intracranial surgery; familiarity with landmarks of rostrotentorial surgical approaches to the skull.
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| 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Lecture: Surgial Treatment of Hydrocephalus - Participants will gain knowledge of the steps involved in placing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
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| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Lab: Transfrontal, Lateral Rostrotentorial, Shunt Replacement - Participants will practice the listed surgical techniques. At the end of the lab they should be familiar with the approaches and the common pitfalls of these procedures.
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| 5:30 PM | Course Concludes |
