Course objectives

Upon completion of the World Spine 2010 Hands-on Course, the participant will be able to:

• Utilize problem-based decision-making to develop logical algorithms for solving complex problems.
• Employ physiological and surgical principles to spinal fusion and instrumentation.
• Apply anatomic and physiologic principles to the variety of surgical approaches available to access all regions of the spine.
• Recognize the fundamental skills required to perform the most appropriate operation for any given clinical pathology, and to recognize one's own limitations in these regards.
• Evaluate available instrumentation systems and appreciate the advantages of each, as well as the relative indications for their use.