Complex Spine and Scoliosis

Spinal surgery has undergone enormous changes in recent years, both conceptually and in terms of procedures and indications. At the Institute of Neurosciences, we want to delve deeper into the development of these changes by exploring several main lines of research:

1. The integration of neurosurgery (NS) and orthopaedic surgery/traumatology (OST) specialities in surgical management

2. Patient safety during surgery: standardisation of neuronavigation, intraoperative imaging and intraoperative monitoring of neurological function

3. Minimally invasive procedures

4. The subspecialisation of professionals in different procedures

5. A comprehensive portfolio of services and procedures, including adolescent scoliosis, sagittal balance surgery, occipital-cervical and sacroiliac hinge surgery, and review of unsolved surgical patients in the failed back syndrome programme

6. Special attention to spinal biomechanics, including surgery planning with gait studies, body balance studies, 3D printing, etc.

THE TEAM

• Neurosurgery: Gerardo Conesa, Xavier Málaga, Marta Cicuèndez, Nazaret Infante, Jose Hinojosa y Mireia Illueca.
  
• Interventional neuroradiology: Teresa Sola
• Neurophysiology:
  
• Intraoperative monitoring:
• Pain Unit: Victor Mayoral
• Psychiatry:

SAFETY OF SPINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES. Standardisation of neuronavigation (Medtronic S8 system), intraoperative imaging (O-Arm) and intraoperative monitoring of neurological function

MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES. Spinal endoscopy, percutaneous procedures, tubular approaches

PROGRAMMES

• Scoliosis surgery
• Sagittal balance surgery
• Occipital-cervical hinge surgery
• Failed back syndrome
• Spinal neurooncology
• Spinal osteoporosis
• Spinal cord injury