Yashoda Group of Hospitals organised an international live surgery and hands-on workshop on minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) in Hyderabad. Distinguished International Surgeon Prof Jörg Franke, Director, Clinic for Spine Surgery, Klinikum Dortmund, Germany, presided over the workshop as a faculty.
The goal of the international workshop was to bring the benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) including its safety and efficacy. MIS TLIF is performed to relieve intractable back pain, numbness, tingling and weakness, restore nerve function and prevent or stop abnormal motion in the spine.
While traditional lumbar fusion surgery involves a long incision, significant blood loss and injury to the back muscles, MIS-TLIF is performed through small-hole incisions resulting in a faster recovery with less tissue damage and less pain. This results in fewer infections (surgical) and decreased intake of pain medication, and patients can usually resume all normal activities two to three months after surgery.
The workshop featured live surgery, interactive lectures and sessions and tru-trainer workshop on minimal invasive TLIF and percutaneous fixation. The workshop also opened up discussions on the epidemiology, risk factors and management of spine diseases.
More than 250 orthopeadicians, neurologists, spine surgeons from all over the country attended the workshop. Live MIS TLIF and MIS Discectomy were performed at Yashoda hospital, Secunderabad and relayed to all the participants who watched the procedures and interacted with the faculty. Besides this, doctors attending the workshop had the opportunity to attend Tru-Trainer workshop on Minimal Invasive TLIF and Percutaneous Fixation.
Speaking on the occasion, Spine Surgeon Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, Dr Sanjay Kalvakuntla who is the Organising Secretary and Faculty of the workshop said, “Having matured as a completely independent field of surgery, spine surgery is now blossoming into the realm of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS). This scientific session provides the latest and greatest in the field of MISS related to Lumbar Discectomy and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Percutaneous Instrumentation. These are two of the most common procedures in spine surgery and should be the very first procedures to be learnt by any specialist spine surgeon. Dr. Franke from Germany is a world renowned spine surgeon in this field and this session is bound to be a highly instructive and educative exercise.”
Using this interactive platform that combined live surgery presentations and break-out discussions, all the attendees discovered the latest surgical techniques available to improve patient care and optimize outcomes.
EH News Bureau