Syllabus
1. Clinical anatomy and examination of the spine, imaging methods
2. Congenital and developmental deformities, scoliosis
3. Degenerative spine and disc disease
4. Injury to the spine and spinal cord
5. Rehabilitation after spinal trauma, spinal programm in paraplegia
6. Primary and metastatic spinal tumors
7. Low-back pain, spondylolisthesis
Annotation
The course "Treatment of disorders and deformities of the spine" is focused on presentation of options of the conservative and operative treatment of orthopaedic diseases and affections after severe injuries to the spine. It provides an overview of typical clinical complaints, the basic diagnostics based on physical examination and imaging methods, the method of planning of operative treatment and of individual surgical procedures.