Pub Date : 2018-07-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000540057.58094.49
A. Lau, Michael Y. Wang
Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz and evaluation assessment survey on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. This activity expires on June 30, 2019. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After participating in this CME activity, the spine surgeon should be better able to: 1. Compare the various types of interspinous devices. 2. Evaluate the various biomechanical properties of interspinous devices. 3. Interpret the clinical evidence supporting interspinous devices and the advantages, disadvantages, and controversies associated with their use. 4. Predict complications associated with interspinous device implantation.
利平科特继续医学教育学院是由继续医学教育认证委员会认可的,为医生提供继续医学教育。利平科特继续医学教育研究所指定这种持久材料的最高1.5 AMA PRA 1类信用。医生只应主张与其参与活动的程度相称的功劳。要获得CME学分,您必须阅读CME文章并完成随附表格上的测验和评估评估调查,正确回答至少70%的测验问题。本次活动截止至2019年6月30日。学习目标:参加本CME活动后,脊柱外科医生应能更好地:1。比较不同类型的棘间装置。2. 评估棘间装置的各种生物力学特性。3.解释支持棘间装置的临床证据及其使用的优点、缺点和争议。4. 预测棘突间装置植入的并发症。
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Pub Date : 2018-06-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000533784.10386.44
J. A. Driscoll, Ryan J. Lubbe, W. Hsu
{"title":"3D Printing in Spine Surgery","authors":"J. A. Driscoll, Ryan J. Lubbe, W. Hsu","doi":"10.1097/01.CSS.0000533784.10386.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CSS.0000533784.10386.44","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209002,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Spine Surgery","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125568590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-05-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000532432.98702.73
R. Malpani, Ari S Hilibrand, J. Grauer
{"title":"Evolution and Use of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Surveys and Their Application for Spinal Surgery Patients","authors":"R. Malpani, Ari S Hilibrand, J. Grauer","doi":"10.1097/01.CSS.0000532432.98702.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CSS.0000532432.98702.73","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209002,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Spine Surgery","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131585135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-04-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000531239.31714.91
P. Derman, F. Phillips
{"title":"Radiographic Measurements of Spinal Alignment: Which Are Clinically Relevant?","authors":"P. Derman, F. Phillips","doi":"10.1097/01.CSS.0000531239.31714.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CSS.0000531239.31714.91","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":209002,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Spine Surgery","volume":"399 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122076010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-02-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000530141.36807.65
A. Joaquim, Alpesh A. Patel
Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz and evaluation assessment survey on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. This activity expires on January 31, 2019. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After participating in this CME activity, the spine surgeon should be better able to: 1. Define an optimal treatment strategy for symptomatic degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, emphasizing the best evidence for choosing a decompression alone versus a decompression with an associated fusion. 2. Identify the evidence for posterior interbody fusion versus posterior instrumented lateral fusion in degenerative spondylolisthesis. 3. Interpret the evidence for anterior interbody fusion and lateral interbody fusion in degenerative spondylolisthesis.
利平科特继续医学教育学院是由继续医学教育认证委员会认可的,为医生提供继续医学教育。利平科特继续医学教育研究所指定这种持久材料的最高1.5 AMA PRA 1类信用。医生只应主张与其参与活动的程度相称的功劳。要获得CME学分,您必须阅读CME文章并完成随附表格上的测验和评估评估调查,正确回答至少70%的测验问题。此活动截止日期为2019年1月31日。学习目标:参加本CME活动后,脊柱外科医生应能更好地:1。确定症状性退行性腰椎滑脱的最佳治疗策略,强调选择单独减压与减压合并融合的最佳证据。2. 确定退行性椎体滑脱后路椎体间融合与后路内固定外侧融合的证据。3.解释退行性椎体滑脱前路椎体间融合和外侧椎体间融合的证据。
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Pub Date : 2017-12-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000527456.76695.4f
Steven J. McAnany, S. Qureshi
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Pub Date : 2017-11-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000526675.89940.52
A. Varthi, Stephen J. Nelson, F. Phillips
Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz and evaluation assessment survey on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. This activity expires on October 31, 2018. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After participating in this CME activity, the spine surgeon should be better able to: 1. Describe the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). 2. Explain the classification system for DS. 3. Use patient characteristics and current literature in decision-making for nonoperative or operative management of DS.
利平科特继续医学教育学院是由继续医学教育认证委员会认可的,为医生提供继续医学教育。利平科特继续医学教育研究所指定这种持久材料的最高1.5 AMA PRA 1类信用。医生只应主张与其参与活动的程度相称的功劳。要获得CME学分,您必须阅读CME文章并完成随附表格上的测验和评估评估调查,正确回答至少70%的测验问题。本次活动截止日期为2018年10月31日。学习目标:参加本CME活动后,脊柱外科医生应能更好地:1。描述退行性椎体滑脱(DS)的发生率、患病率和危险因素。2. 解释DS的分类系统。3.利用患者特点和当前文献来决定退行性椎体滑移的非手术或手术治疗。
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Pub Date : 2017-09-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000524454.88717.2e
Brett D. Rosenthal, J. Maslak, T. Jenkins, W. Hsu, Alpesh A. Patel
Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz and evaluation assessment survey on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. This activity expires on August 31, 2018. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After participating in this CME activity, the spine surgeon should be better able to: 1. Assess cervical deformity clinically and radiographically. 2. Identify operative indications for correcting cervical deformity. 3. Determine which surgical techniques may be necessary to correct a patient’s cervical deformity.
利平科特继续医学教育学院是由继续医学教育认证委员会认可的,为医生提供继续医学教育。利平科特继续医学教育研究所指定这种持久材料的最高1.5 AMA PRA 1类信用。医生只应主张与其参与活动的程度相称的功劳。要获得CME学分,您必须阅读CME文章并完成随附表格上的测验和评估评估调查,正确回答至少70%的测验问题。本次活动截止至2018年8月31日。学习目标:参加本CME活动后,脊柱外科医生应能更好地:1。临床和影像学评估颈椎畸形。2. 确定矫正颈椎畸形的手术指征。3.确定哪些手术技术可能是必要的,以纠正患者的颈椎畸形。
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Pub Date : 2017-08-01DOI: 10.1097/01.CSS.0000521850.25847.5a
K. Katchko, Andrew D. Schneider, W. Hsu
Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz and evaluation assessment survey on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. This activity expires on July 31, 2018. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After participating in this activity, the spine surgeon should be better able to: 1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages to the materials currently used as interbody implants. 2. Identify characteristics of implant coatings being developed for interbody fusion implants.
利平科特继续医学教育学院是由继续医学教育认证委员会认可的,为医生提供继续医学教育。利平科特继续医学教育研究所指定这种持久材料的最高1.5 AMA PRA 1类信用。医生只应主张与其参与活动的程度相称的功劳。要获得CME学分,您必须阅读CME文章并完成随附表格上的测验和评估评估调查,正确回答至少70%的测验问题。本次活动截止至2018年7月31日。学习目标:通过参加本活动,使脊柱外科医生能够更好地:描述目前用作体间植入物的材料的优点和缺点。2. 确定正在开发的用于体间融合种植体的种植涂层的特性。
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