February 2006 Newsletter

The Emerging Technologies Spine Education Summit took place in Telluride, CO on the 25th through the 28th of January, and by all accounts it was a sterling success.

SpineConnect was featured in eight different case presentations. Here's the list:

  1. L5-S1 Dark Disc - presented by Jeff Wang, MD
  2. Single Level Cervical Radiculopathy with Stenosis - presented by Jim Youssef, MD
  3. Type 1, Grade II Spondylolisthesis with Radiculopathy and back pain - presented by Jeffrey Spivak, MD
  4. C6 Radiculopathy, single level disc degeneration - presented by Daniel Riew, MD
  5. Thoracolumbar Trauma - presented by Darrel Brodke, MD
  6. Cervical Trauma - presented by Daniel Riew, MD
  7. Total Disc Arthroplasty - presented by John Regan, MD
  8. Adult Spinal Deformity - presented by Jim Youssef, MD

The case discussions fit nicely in the normal flow of PowerPoint presentations and allowed for respondents to login ahead of time and state their approach to the problem. The format worked perfectly for encouraging discussion and healthy debate.

Bright and early on the morning of the 26th, twelve SpineConnect members joined our development team for a round table conversation on shaping the future of SpineConnect. The suggestions were all excellent and we can't thank you enough for your time. For those of you who couldn't make it, the feedback () communication channel is always open.

Furthermore, the qualified (board certified or eligible surgeon) attendees of the conference were invited to register with SpineConnect and join the Telluride Group where they will be able to utilize these cases in the future for review and educational purposes.

On that note, SpineConnect was also used in the case presentations for the Approaching the Spine Conference in Keystone, CO last Friday and Saturday the 10th and 11th of February. Customer Success Manager, Duffy Brook, was on-site to assist with the case discussions, answer questions and register surgeons interested in the SpineConnect community.

Please contact us () if you're interested in using SpineConnect to present your cases at a conference or meeting.

February articles

Collaborative Case of the Month
diagnosis - discal, extra-dural, ...intra-dural

film strip

At the end of the Telluride Emerging Technologies Conference, Dr. Robert Vande Guchte brought a case before the faculty and those in attendance. This case and these circumstances illustrate yet another potential for collaboration that SpineConnect provides.   (Click here to view the case...)

SpineConnect Version 1.1 – What's Changed

With the recent maintenance update to SpineConnect we made two features much more obvious: Browse Groups and Create New Group.   (Click here to read more...)

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