LES Society Hosts 26 Surgeons at First International Cadaver Course in Montego Bay, Jamaica
The Less Exposure Surgery (LES) Society, a non-profit educational organization for spine surgeons, held a hands-on workshop in conjunction with the 10th Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium on January 27 and 28, 2012 at Half Moon, A Rock Resort, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The cadaveric workshop is a modern fusion technique course that focuses on training spine surgeons on Less Exposure Surgery.
- Boston, MA-NH (1888PressRelease) February 22, 2012 - The Less Exposure Surgery (LES) Society, a non-profit educational organization for spine surgeons, held a hands-on workshop in conjunction with the 10th Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium on January 27 and 28, 2012 at Half Moon, A Rock Resort, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The cadaveric workshop is a modern fusion technique course that focuses on training spine surgeons on "Less Exposure Surgery for the Young and Aging Spine".
The Montego Bay course was attended by 26 spine surgeons from the United States and Latin American countries, including eight LES Society surgeon faculty members and Course Directors Carl A.R. Bruce, MD and Adriano Valdez Russo, MD.
The weekend course kicked off with a dinner and lecture series at Half Moon, A Rock Resort, on January 27. The evening featured a lecture from Honorary Guest Norman B. Chutkan, MD, chief of orthopedic spine surgery at the Medical College of Georgia Orthopedic Surgery. The lecture series, presented by LES faculty surgeons, consisted of techniques including facet fixation, SI joint/pars/interbody fixation, interspinous fixation, lateral access, MISquito Percutaneous Pedicle Screws and Endoscopic Extraforaminal Fusion, all within the LES philosophy.
While the LES Society held four similar course workshops in 2011 across the U.S., this was not only the first 2012 event, but also the first international LES event.
"Transforming an empty ballroom into a fully functioning cadaver lab was a tremendous task but worth all the effort to see surgeons from the U.S. and Latin America transfixed on the new techniques they were learning," said LES Society Course Coordinator Venessa Henry. "At the end of the lab, one surgeon said that he had a patient that would be perfect for one of the LES techniques and would book the case as soon as he got back!"
The LES Society received an unrestricted philanthropic grant to support the lab from SpineFrontier, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing less exposure surgery (LES) technologies who works in conjunction with the LES Society.
"We are committed to working with surgeons in order to develop the newest techniques and technologies for Less Exposure Surgery, and educate other surgeons so that together we can advance spine surgery, said Marwan Aylouche, Director of Global Branding for SpineFrontier, Inc. "We jumped at the invitation to support the LES Society through philanthropy."
To register for an upcoming LES event, visit www.les-society.org.
About LES Society
The LES Society (www.les-society.org) is a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational organization whose purpose is to protect the health of the patient and to optimize the surgical procedure for the surgeon by promoting the less exposure surgeon philosophy.
LES Society Mission
The Less Exposure Surgery Society seeks to advance research, education and technology for tissue sparing treatments that allow for ease of application for the surgeon with improved outcome for the patient.
About Less Exposure Surgery (LES)
"Less Exposure Surgery Philosophy is to use proportionate surgical exposure for maximal effectiveness, preserve the anatomy, and lessen blood loss, surgical time and exposure to radiation," said LES Society Course Chairman and Spine Surgeon Kingsley R. Chin, MD.
About SpineFrontier
SpineFrontier Inc. (www.spinefrontier.com) is a growing medical device company that designs, develops and markets implants and instruments used in spine surgery. The SpineFrontier team is focused on developing innovative technologies and techniques for spinal surgery based on the Less Exposure Surgery (LES) philosophy. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.
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