Email: aisdc2026@gmail.com
Organized by: Department of Orthopaedics AIIMS, Spine Society-Delhi Chapter & Pediatric Spine Academy India
Organized by: Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Research Society All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
3nd AIIMS International Spine Deformity Course (Day 1 – 21th March, 2024, Thursday) | ||
| Time | Topic | |
| 09:00-10:45 | Financial Boot Camp
Venue:TBD AIIMS, New Delhi | |
| Move to Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | Registration for Cadaveric Workshop | |
| 11:20-12:25 | Invited Talks/Symposium | |
| 11:20-11:30 | Clinical examination of a patient with scoliosis: What should I look for? | |
| 11:30-11.40 | Imaging 101: Basic measurements and techniques | |
| 11.40-11.50 | Pedicle screw insertion in a scoliotic spine: Tips, tricks and pitfalls | |
| 11:50-12.00 | Alternative implants and strategies: when pedicle screws don’t work | |
| 12.00-12.10 | Designing a construct for definitive spinal fusion in scoliosis: Screws, rods and more | |
| 12:10-12:30 | Discussion | |
| 12:30-12:40 | Types of spinal osteotomies: A broad overview | |
| 12:40-12:50 | Pedicle subtraction osteotomy: Steps/Surgical video | |
| 12:50-13:00 | Vertebral column resection: Steps/Surgical video | |
| 13:10-13:15 | Discussion | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:10 | Sacropelvic fixation: Indications and Technique | |
| 14:10-14:20 | Dealing with an IONM alert: Checklist and Action-plan | |
| 14:20-14:30 | Safe Spine Surgery: Burr, Ultrasonic Scalpel, Haemostatic agents | |
| 14:30-14:40 | Record-keeping and longitudinal follow-up of scoliosis patients | |
| 14:40-15:50 | Discussion | |
| 14:50-15:40 | SAW BONE WORKSHOP (DEFORMITY CORRECTION MANOEUVRES AND THORACIC PEDICLE SCREW INSERTION) | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Tea Break and Move to Cadaveric Stations | |
| 16:00-18:30 | Cadaveric Stations | |
| 16:30-17:45 | Tables 1-3: Spinal osteotomies Tables 4-6: Sacropelvic fixation | |
| 17:45-19:00 | Tables 1-3: Sacropelvic fixation Tables 4-6: Spinal osteotomies | |
3nd AIIMS International Spine Deformity Course (Day 2 – 22nd March, 2024, Friday) Venue: JLN Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi | |
| Time | Topic |
| 08:30-09:15 | Registration |
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome and Introduction to Faculty – Prof BD Chowdhury |
| 09:00-13:30 | Live Surgery – I) ASYMMETRIC PEDICLE SUBTRACTION OSTEOTOMY |
| 09:00-13:30 | Live Surgery – II) TRADITIONAL GROWING ROD IMPLANTATION |
| 13:45-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-17:00 | Live Surgery – III) Robotic-Assisted Pedicle Screw Insertion in lumbar Spine (MIS-TLIF) LIVE SURGERY – IV) HEMIVERTEBRA EXCISION IN CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS |
3nd AIIMS International Spine Deformity Course (Day 3 – 23rd March, 2024, Saturday) Venue: JLN Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi | ||
| Time | Topic | |
| 07:45-08:15 | Registration | |
| 08:15-09:00 | Rapid Podium Presentations | |
| 09:00-10:15 | Session 1 – Classifications and Nomenclature: Terminology in Congenital Scoliosis | |
| 09:15-09:30 | Imaging in Congenital Scoliosis: How to Get it Right | |
| 09:30-09:42 | Role of EOS imaging in Scoliotic Patients | |
| 09:42-09:55 | Genetics of Congenital Scoliosis and Abnormal Segmentation | |
| 09:55-10:10 | Non-operative treatment options: A ‘time-buying’ tactic | |
| 10:10-10:15 | Neuraxial abnormalities with scoliosis: Summary of evidence | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Session II – Overview of treatment options – what, when and how? | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Hemivertebra excision – Principles, Timing and Surgical Technique | |
| 10:45-11:00 | Role of anterior approaches in congenital scoliosis | |
| 11:00-11:15 | Congenital cervicothoracic curves | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Choosing fusion levels in scoliosis | |
| 11:30-12:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION-I | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Panel Discussion – Treatment options in Early-onset congenital scoliosis (Traditional GR v/s MCGR v/s Shilla) | |
| 011:15-13:00 | Session III – SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS | |
| 12:00-12:15 | How to deal with coronally decompensated curves | |
| 12:15-12:30 | How to deal with proximal lordotic segment/Avoiding PJK with posterior growing devices | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Role of halo-gravity traction in congenital scoliosis | |
| 12:45-13:00 | Late-presenting curves/Congenital curves in adulthood | |
| 13:00-13:45 | Inauguration | |
| 13:45-14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Panel Discussion – Management options in Tweeners | |
| 15:00-16:30 | Session IV – Surgical Considerations | |
| 15:00-15:15 | Technology in the OR: Navigation and Robotics | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Multimodal pain relief and ERAS | |
| 15:30-15:45 | Spinal osteotomy through a previously operated spine | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Exposed implants after scoliosis surgery: management options | |
| 16:00-16:15 | APC Technique in Kyphosis | |
| 16:15-16:30 | Consent, Check-lists and Handling Bereavement in Scoliosis Surgery | |
| 16:30-17:45 | Session V: Case discussions (5 cases – 15 minutes each) | |
| 16:30-17:45 | Case Discussions | |
| Case 1 : Dr Sarvdeep S Dhatt | ||
| Case 2: Dr Gururaj Sangondimath | ||
| Case 3: Dr Subir Jhaveri | ||
| Case 4: Dr Ajay Krishnan | ||
| Case 5: Dr Rajesh Parasnis | ||
| 17:45-18:00 | Valedictory/Group Photo | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker(s) | ||
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| 08:30-09:00 | Registration for Cadaveric Workshop and Symposium (Venue: SET Facility, Convergence Block, AIIMS) | – | ||
| SYMPOSIUM/INVITED TALKS | ||||
| 09:00-09:10 | Clinical examination of a scoliosis patient: What not to miss! | Mantu Jain | ||
| 09:10-09:20 | Standard preoperative work-up of a scoliosis patient | Vyom Sharma | ||
| 09:20-09:30 | Free-hand pedicle screws in a scoliotic spine: Tips and tricks to improve accuracy | Dhiraj Sonawane | ||
| 09:30-09:40 | Alternative implants and strategies: when pedicle screws don’t work | Priyank Patel | ||
| 09:40-10:00 | Discussion | |||
| 10:00-10:10 | Correction manoeuvres for scoliosis correction: when, what, why | Rajat Mahajan | ||
| 10:10-10:20 | Types of spinal osteotomies: A broad overview | Neeraj Gupta | ||
| 10:20-10:30 | Surgical technique/Video: Ponte’s osteotomy | Lalit Sharma | ||
| 10:30-10:40 | Surgical technique/Video: Three-column osteotomy | Abrar Ahmed | ||
| 10:40-10:50 | Spinopelvic fixation: Indications and technique | Deep Sharma | ||
| 10:50-11:10 | Discussion | |||
| 11:10-11:30 | Tea Break | |||
| 11:30-11:40 | Haemostasis in scoliosis surgery | Deepak Joshi | ||
| 11:40-11:50 | Rational use of technology in the OR – Navigation and Robotics | Varun Agarwal | ||
| 11:50-12:00 | Record-keeping for research and review: how I do it? | Janardana Aithala | ||
| 12:00-12:10 | Dealing with an IONM alert: Checklist and Action-plan | Abhishek Kashyap | ||
| 12:10-12:20 | Discussion | |||
| 12:30-14:10 |
Deformity Gurukul Station 1-5 Paediatric Spine Deformities: Station 1 – Prabhat Agarwal, Avtar Singh Balawat Station 2 – Lalit Sharma, Suresh Pillai Station 3 – Deepak Joshi, Vyom Sharma Station 4 – Janardana Aithala, Hriday Acharya Station 5 – Rajat Mahajan, Kaustubh Ahuja Station 6-10 Adult Spine Deformities and Cervical Deformities: Station 6 – Deep Sharma, Mantu Jain Station 7 – Abhishek Kashyap, Pankaj Sharma Station 8 – Abrar Ahmed, Tankeshwar Baruah Station 9 – Priyank Patel, Varun Agarwal Station 10 – Neeraj Gupta, Ashish Tomar |
1:1 Case discussions with faculty Each delegate will complete ONE Paediatric Spine Deformity station and ONE Adult Spine Deformity/Cervical Deformity station Faculty to bring their own cases |
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| 14:10-15:00 | LUNCH | |||
| 15:00-15:30 | Move to Skill Stations – Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre (JPNATC) | |||
| 15:30-18:15 |
HANDS-ON SESSIONS
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| 15:30-16:45 | Sacropelvic Fixation | Sacropelvic Fixation | ||
| 17:00-18:15 | Three-Column Osteotomies | Three-Column Osteotomies | ||
| 19:30 onwards | Faculty Dinner | |||
| Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
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| 08:30-09:00 | Registration (Venue – JL Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi) | |
| SESSION 1 – EARLY ONSET IDIOPATHIC CURVES Session Coordinators: TUNGISH BANSAL, ARPIT SAHU |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Invited Talks (Chairpersons: Saumyajit Basu, David Lebel, Ajay Krishnan, Kshitij Chaudhary) | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Pulmonary function and EOS: What has changed in last 5 years | Suresh Pillai |
| 09:10-09:20 | Growing Rods v/s Apical control techniques: Weighing the scales | Alaa Azmi Ahmad |
| 09:20-09:30 | Tethering Very Early Onset Scoliosis: Challenges and Outcomes | K Appaji Krishnan |
| 09:30-09:45 | Discussion | |
| 09:45-11:15 | Surgical Videos (Chairpersons: Tushar Rathod, Lalit Sharma, Deepak Joshi, Priyank Patel) | |
| 09:45-10:00 | Traditional growing rod implantation | Hitesh Garg |
| 10:00-10:15 | Magnetically controlled growing rod implantation | Vishal Sarwahi |
| 10:15-10:30 | Active Apex Compression (APC) Technique | Alaa Azmi Ahmad |
| 10:30-10:45 | Shilla Technique | Dilip Sengupta |
| 10:45-10:55 | EDF Casting for Early-Onset Curves | Arjun Dhawale |
| 10:55-11:15 | Discussion | |
| 11:15-11:55 | Panel Discussion (Five cases – 8 minutes each) (Panelists: Saumyajit Basu, Alaa Azmi Ahmad, K Appaji Krishnan, Ranjith Unnikrishnan) |
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| Case 1 – Growing Rods with this sagittal contour? Not a good idea | Ajay Krishnan | |
| Case 2 – Progressive curve in a 2-year old child: How to delay the inevitable | Gururaj S. | |
| Case 3 – Dealing with a non-lengthening growing rod | Chinmay Nath | |
| Case 4 – Growing rods (Unplanned return to the OR) | Subir Jhaveri | |
| Case 5 – Growing rod graduate (Balanced but with a ‘hump’) | Priyank Patel | |
| 11:55-12:35 | Debate(s) Moderator: Gururaj S Chairpersons: S Rajasekaran, Dilip Sengupta, Rajesh Parasnis, Ajay Krishnan |
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| 11:55-12:15 | Debate 1 – Crankshafting with early fusion in rapidly progressive curves #1 – With high density constructs, it’s not a problem #2 – It still exists and merits combined A-P fusion |
Shailesh Hadgaonkar Ranjith Unnikrishnan |
| 12:15-12:35 | Debate 2 – When to get an MRI done in idiopathic EOS #1 – MRI at diagnosis in all cases, need to catch problems early #2 – MRI before surgery, avoid risk of anaesthesia |
Tushar Rathod Vishal Sarwahi |
| 12:35-12:55 | Guest Lecture – Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh | |
| 12:55-13:10 | Industry Session/Invited Talk – I: From Fragility to Strength: Advancing therapies in Osteoporosis Care | Ajay Krishnan |
| 13:10-13:20 | Industry Session/Invited Talk – II: Intraoperative and Postoperative Complications in AIS | Ajay Krishnan |
| 13:20-13:45 | Lunch | |
| SESSION 2 – Idiopathic curves in Tweeners Session Coordinators: KAUSTUBH AHUJA, AKASH BALI |
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| 13:45-15:00 | Invited Talks (Chairpersons: Shankar Acharya, KV Menon, Dilip Sengupta, Suresh Pillai) | |
| 13:45-13:55 | Non-fusion v/s fusion surgery for tweeners: balancing the trade-offs | Brian Hsu |
| 13:55-14:05 | VBT: The game-changer – the ‘ideal’ case selection | Massimo Balsano |
| 14:05-14:20 | Complications unique to VBT – avoidance and management | Sajan Hegde |
| 14:20-14:30 | Posterior vertebral pedicular tethering: does it work? | Vishal Sarwahi |
| 14:30-14:45 | Discussion | |
| 14:45-15:25 | Surgical Videos (Chairpersons: Amit Jhala, Charanjit Singh Dhillon, Sunil Katoch) | |
| 14:45-15:00 | Thoracic VBT | Sajan Hegde |
| 15:00-15:15 | Lumbar VBT | Massimo Balsano |
| 15:15-15:25 | Discussion | |
| 15:25-15:45 | Panel Discussion (Two cases – 10 minutes each) (Panelists: Dilip Sengupta, Sajan Hegde, KV Menon, Surya Prakash Rao Voleti) |
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| Case 1 – Tweener | Ankur Nanda | |
| Case 2 – Tweener | Shailesh Hadgaonkar | |
| SESSION 3 – Nonoperative management and treatment planning Session Coordinators: AYUSH ARYAL, AKASH BALI |
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| 15:45-17:15 | Invited Talks (Chairpersons: SK Srivastava, Rupinder Chahal, Chinmay Nath, Buddhadev Chowdhury) | |
| 15:45-15:55 | Bracing – which candidate, which brace | Kshitij Chaudhary |
| 15:55-16:05 | Physiotherapy, exercises and the Schroth method: current role and evidence | David Lebel |
| 16:05-16:15 | Predicting growth: which maturity indicators do I rely upon | Niraj Vasavada |
| 16:15-16:30 | Discussion | |
| 16:30-16:40 | Assessing flexibility of the curve: how do I get it right | Rajesh Parasnis |
| 16:40-16:50 | Evolution of classifications for AIS: importance of 3D assessment | Dilip Sengupta |
| 16:50-17:00 | Looking forward: Expanding role of artificial intelligence and predictive analytics in scoliosis management | KV Menon |
| 17:00-17:10 | Selective fusion in AIS curves: Case selection and outcomes | Raghava Dutt Mulukutla |
| 17:10-17:25 | Discussion | |
| 17:25-18:05 | Debates Moderator: Ankur Nanda Chairpersons: P Sarat Chandra, Brian Hsu, Shailesh Hadgaonkar, Vidyadhara S |
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| 17:25-17:45 | Debate 1 – AIS with a tethered cord #1 – Primary detethering is needed #2 – Column shortening is sufficient |
Ajay Kothari Surya Prakash Rao Voleti |
| 17:45-18:05 | Debate 2 – Minimally invasive surgery for AIS #1 – Gives good outcomes in selected cases #2 – Give MISS a ‘miss’ for scoliosis |
Vishal Sarwahi J Naresh Babu |
| 18:05-18:25 | Panel Discussion – Lenke ‘Rule-breakers’ (Two cases – 10 minutes each) (Panelists: David Lebel, Brian Hsu, Chirayu Pamecha, J Naresh Babu) |
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| Case 1 | Kaustubh Ahuja | |
| Case 2 | Vidyadhara S | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
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| SESSION 4 – AIS Inside the Operating Room Session Coordinators: Hriday Acharya, Arpit Sahu |
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| 09:00-10:55 | Invited Talks (Chairpersons: Massimo Balsano, Samir Dalvie, Vikas Tandon, Pankaj Kandwal) | |
| 09:00-09:15 | Anterior release v/s halo-gravity traction for rigid curves | Surya Prakash Rao Voleti |
| 09:15-09:25 | Posterior releases: Ponte v/s 3 column -osteotomy – Decision making | S Rajasekaran |
| 09:25-09:40 | Overview of posterior correction manoeuvres | Charanjit Singh Dhillon |
| 09:40-09:50 | Proximal junctional kyphosis after AIS surgery: problem and avoidance | Saumyajit Basu |
| 09:50-10:10 | Discussion | |
| 10:10-10:25 | Selection of fusion levels in AIS | Ajoy Shetty |
| 10:25-10:35 | Shoulder balance in AIS – assessment and how to get it right | Abhay Nene |
| 10:35-10:45 | Sagittal balance correction in AIS: kyphosis/lordosis | Amit Jhala |
| 10:45-11:00 | How I plan my construct: implant density, rods, screws and more | Brian Hsu |
| 11:00-11:20 | Discussion | |
| 11:20-12:15 | Surgical videos (Chairpersons: Kalidutta Das, Alaa Azmi Ahmad, Vishal Peshattiwar, Sachin Borkar) | |
| 11:20-11:30 | Anterior release | Pankaj Kandwal |
| 11:30-11:40 | Translation to rod | Chirayu Pamecha |
| 11:40-11:50 | Direct vertebral rotation (DVR) | Niraj Vasavada |
| 11:50-12:00 | Costoplasty | Ajay Kothari |
| 12:00-12:15 | Discussion | |
| 12:15-12:45 | Panel Discussion (Three cases – 10 minutes each) (Panelists: S Rajasekaran, Abhay Nene, Vishal Sarwahi, Amit Jhala) |
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| Case 1 – Lenke 1A curve with balanced shoulders | Prashant Baid | |
| Case 2 – Lenke 1C/3C curve – selective v/s non-selective fusion | Arjun Dhawale | |
| Case 3 – Lenke 5 curve with high L3 translation/tilt | K Appaji Krishnan | |
| 12:45-13:25 | Debates Moderator: Vishal Kundnani Chairpersons: Ajoy Shetty, Yong Chan Kim, Dhiraj Sonawane, Niraj Vasavada |
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| 12:45-13:05 | Debate 1 – Preferred approach for Lenke 5 curves • #1: Anterior approach has decisive advantages • #2: Can get equivalent results with posterior approach |
Kshitij Chaudhary Abhay Nene |
| 13:05-13:25 | Debate 2 – Technology in the OR for pedicle screw insertion • #1: Selective use, free-hand still remains the workhorse • #2: 100% adoption, no-touch without navigation |
Samir Dalvie Vishal Peshattiwar |
| 13:25-13:55 | Guest Lecture | |
| 13:55-14:45 | Lunch | |
| 14:45-14:55 | Industry Session/Invited Talk – IV – Sai Krishna Kondety | |
| SESSION 5 – Special situations and perioperative care SESSION MODERATORS: BURHAN SALIM, ARCHIT GOYAL |
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| 14:55-15:55 | Invited Talks (Chairpersons: Raghava Dutt Mulukutla, Manish Chadha, Kamran Farooque, Manoj Phalak) | |
| 14:55-15:05 | Correction of rigid scoliosis with neurological deficits: challenges and management strategies | SK Srivastava |
| 15:05-15:20 | Future Considerations in Surgical Treatment of Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis (AdIS) | Yong Chan Kim |
| 15:20-15:30 | Cervicothoracic curves | Ranjith Unnikrishnan |
| 15:30-15:40 | ERAS and pain-control: optimizing outcomes with MDT | David Lebel |
| 15:40-15:55 | Discussion | |
| 15:55-16:15 | Panel Discussion – Older mature patient with a ‘borderline’ curve (Two cases – 10 minutes each) (Panelists: Raghav Dutt Mulukutla, SK Srivastava, Massimo Balsano, Subir Jhaveri) |
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| Case 1 | Dhiraj Sonawane | |
| Case 2 | Arjun Dhawale | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Panel Discussion – Houston, we’ve a problem: Dealing with a complication (Five cases – 9 minutes each) (Panelists: Ajoy Shetty, Samir Dalvie, Abhay Nene, Charanjit Singh Dhillon) |
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| Case 1 – Infection | Varun Agarwal | |
| Case 2 – Curve decompensation | Chirayu Pamecha | |
| Case 3 – TBD | Vishal Kundnani | |
| Case 4 – IONM alert | Tarun Suri | |
| Case 5 – | TBD | |
Organized by: Department of Orthopaedics AIIMS, Spine Society-Delhi Chapter & Pediatric Spine Academy India
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