MISU 2001
The Minimally Invasive
Spine Update 2001 at Copper Mountain Resort, Copper Mountain, Colorado,
February 16-19, 2001 was another successful course. We wish to thank all of
the participants, faculty and commercial supporters that made this course
come together. Without all of your dedication to the continued pursuit of
new, less-invasive surgical and pain management techniques for our spine
patients, we would not be able to provide such cutting edge technology to
help educate spine-related physicians and surgeons with the latest medical
procedures. The following lectures and workshops were presented:
Lectures
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Epidemiology of back pain & compensation legislation - Dr. Jeffrey
Katzell
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Indications and evlauations - Dr. Steve Levine
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Laser facet nerve ablation - Dr. Sri Kantha
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Lumbar disc diagnosis: State of the art - Dr. Anthony Yeung
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Annular denervation & discoplasty - Dr. Vijay Singh
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History of endoscopic/Minimally invasive spine surgery - Dr. Martin
Savitz
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Endoscopic lumbar disc surgery: State of the art - Dr. Anthony Yeung
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Multi-level lumbar minimally ivasive spine surgery - Dr. Anthony Yeung
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Who does what when? And how do you code for it? - Dr. Laxmaiah
Manchikanti and Faculty Panel Discussion
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Cervical discectomy - Dr. Merrill Reuter
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Laser assisted thoracic discectomy - Dr. John Chiu
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Virtual spinal surgery: The future - Dr. John Chiu
Workshops
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Discectomy: Lumbar, Cervical & Thoracic
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Laser Certification (New Star Laser Accredited)
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Discoplasty/Annuloplasty
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Kypho/Vertebroplasty
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Myeloscopy/Epiduroscopy
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Fluroscopic & Endoscopic Techniques
As with the MISU 1999 course, the highlights were the close
interactions with faculty and participants in the hands-on workshops. Ideas
and techniques were once again exchanged among specialties from both the
participants and the faculty. We believe that because of these special
educational experiences the annual MISU course will continue to improve the
care and understanding of pain along with decreasing the use of standard,
open spinal surgery and replacing it with less invasive surgical procedures.
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