Webinar: The Elderly & Degenerative Spine – Modern Interventions & Preventions
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Alexander Montgomery
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
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Webinar: The Elderly & Degenerative Spine – Modern Interventions & Preventions
Strength and conditioning is often associated with younger patients, but it is vitally important for elderly patients too. As our spine goes through normal time-related and pathological changes, the compensatory stability and flexibility we require becomes more essential. Sometimes these fail and intervention is required to either aid physical therapy or to structurally alter the anatomy and biomechanics. This webinar, with Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mr Alexander Montgomery, looks at these aspects, as well as modern day advances, and the future of spine intervention.
This event is available to purchase on-demand and was first delivered on Thursday 3rd September 2020. Once you've purchased the course, you can watch it immediately from your Oryon Develop dashboard by logging into your account.
By examining what happens in the older degenerative spine, such as the gradual loss of normal structure and function, Mr Montgomery helps you to understand how to spot the signs and help treat your patients. He discusses the signs and symptoms of specific conditions, such as Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis, and their treatment algorithms. It is also crucial not to miss Myelopathy so we examine the red flags to look out for and how to identify when surgery is urgently needed. Mr Montgomery explains how rehabilitation can improve spinal deformities, and when a patient should be considered for referral.
Lastly, delving into prevention methods, we explore holistic lifestyle changes that your patients can make, such as quitting smoking to decrease the risk of disc desiccation. There are currently intervention techniques being developed to restore or manage the spine, and Mr Montgomery expands on the latest research in the field and where the future of spinal interventions is heading.
Schedule:
- What happens in the older degenerative spine?
- Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis
- Myelopathy
- Spinal deformity
- When should a patient be considered for referral?
- Prevention
- Modern advancements and the future of spinal intervention
Learning Outcomes:
- Recap on degenerative spinal conditions, their symptoms & how to diagnose them
- Enhance your knowledge on preventing degeneration with holistic modifications
- Understand patient options – whether conservative or surgical treatment is needed
- Learn about the future of spinal interventions
Alexander Montgomery
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon | London
Mr Montgomery is Clinical Lead for Spinal Surgery at The Royal London Hospital (Barts Health) where he has led the department since setting up the Spinal Unit at the new hospital in 2012. It is now the largest spinal trauma unit in the UK, and covers a population of two million people for elective surgery alone. Mr Montgomery's team at The Royal London was the first in the UK to use the robotic assisted arm in spinal surgery.
The surgery Mr Montgomery performs involves using microscopes, and minimally invasive techniques. He performs anterior, posterior and lateral minimal access approaches for lumbar surgery, anterior and posterior cervical surgery, and complex deformity cases.
He regularly treats city workers, as well as amateur and elite athletes. He has treated Olympic gold medalists, professional boxing champions, international rugby players, team sky cyclists, as well as patients with degenerative and complex conditions.
Mr Montgomery is an honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University, and has presented across the globe from the USA to Europe and Australasia. He has regularly been faculty for AO Spine Middle East, and chaired a conference on minimal access surgery in Kuwait. He won the best presentation poster at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, and has featured in Spine News International. He was recently invited to the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia to present two spinal studies in a global symposium. He has had three systematic reviews in spinal surgery accepted for publication this year.
Contact details:
montgomery.sec@schoen-clinic.co.uk
0203 929 1046
2 hour webinar, speaker's slides (if permitted) and CPD certificate.
Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Sports Therapists, Hand Therapists, Radiographers, Occupational Therapists, GP, Other Health Professionals, Trainee Health Professionals, Students
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Price
£29
Speaker
Alexander Montgomery
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Location
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