Calling all early career spine deformity surgeons - this webinar is for you. This webinar will help you identify resources to gather and build to bolster your early career, setting up a pathway to improved clinical care, academic output, and work-life balance. Faculty will also provide personal examples of how they scaled their surgical skill and practice.

There are some common themes of intra-operative problems in spinal deformity surgery that can occur span surgeon seniority. Situations where the pedicle screws are difficult to insert or have resulted in an iatrogenic complication require alternative anchors options. An understanding of these with their relative merits and de-merits would help in a crisis. Some curves are very stiff. Surgical maneuvers can create flexibility of the apical segments.

Learning Objectives:

1) Analyze the variety of intraspinal anomalies seen and determine the best management strategies for the most common. 2) Classify the types of split cord malformations seen and when these should be treated prior to spine deformity correction. 3) Discuss strategies to minimize neurologic complications in patients with intraspinal anomaly and scoliosis.

As the world continues to change, social media plays an increasing role in all aspects of life, including individual medical practices. This webinar is built to help catch the attention of busy spine surgeons and expose the impact of social media on their practice, keep them up to date and help them be prepared to deal with virtual exposure.

This interactive webinar will provide novel techniques to the spine care provider and allow you to leverage technology in this era of COVID-19 and continue to provide care to your patients, communicate with them via telemedicine and avoid pitfalls in the patient experience, compliance and billing. Bonus material: how to continue team engagement, resident/fellow education and patient communication with the paradigm shift in the way we live and work.

Learning Objectives:

1) Define the expected natural history of neuromuscular scoliosis beyond skeletal maturity. 2) Propose a multidisciplinary management strategy to optimize the care of complex neuromuscular patients as they transition from pediatric to adult care. 3) Evaluate surgical methods and goals in the management of ambulant versus non-ambulant adult patients with neuromuscular deformity. 4) Provide strategies to assist transitional care of patient with neuromuscular disease from pediatric to adult institutions.

Radiation exposure is a significant concern for spine surgeons, especially scoliosis specialists. This has become more relevant given the advances in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, many of which have relied heavily on fluoroscopy. This webinar discusses current strategies for decreasing radiation exposure and exploring future directions in radiation reduction.

Surgeons are frequently required to counsel patients and their family/carers regarding a return to activity after a major spinal reconstruction. This webinar draws on the experience of some key opinion leaders to understand the various aspects of the patient's return to activity in different age groups and with different types of surgical procedures.

The webinar will include short didactic opposing arguments, case presentations and expert panelists to highlight differing management options surrounding intraspinal anomalies encountered in scoliosis surgery (tethered cord, split cord malformation, duralectasia).

The SRS Global Outreach Committee serves as a networking community to exchange ideas and strategies related to independent outreach efforts as well as to develop and disseminate educational aids on effective outreach. The webinar, Spinal Global Outreach: 101 to Advanced Degree, will be interactive and case based with tips on how to get started in global outreach and how to create long standing outreach programs.