Description

Specialize in Cervical Spine Surgery and be the best in your profession thanks to this multimedia specialization"

There is an increasing trend towards subspecialization within the medical-surgical specialties. There are so many different areas in the human body, that it is difficult to be up to date in the knowledge of a specialty as broad as Spinal Surgery. Hence, the need for a complete and quality scientific program to help and guide in this specific and exciting field.

With this Postgraduate Diploma, the professional will have a complete vision of the knowledge of Cervical Spine Surgery. The program will highlight advances in surgical practice that directly affect patient's quality of life and improvement of pain. These will be transmitted so that the specialists can have the most up-to-date view possible of the knowledge available in the field. For this purpose, experts in Spinal Surgery from Spain and South America will collaborate with us. 

This intensive specialization will teach the surgical techniques that are currently setting trends in the sector, used in Specialized Surgery Centers. This will allow the professional, in addition to expanding his personal knowledge, to be able to apply it with greater skill in his daily clinical practice.

Expand your knowledge through this postgraduate diploma in Cervical Spine Surgery that will allow you to specialize until you achieve excellence in this field"

It contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features:

  • Theoretical multimedia content developed with the latest educational technologies, accessible at any time
  • Video lessons on the different pathologies, as well as surgeries will be shown
  • Practical workshops in which clinical cases of daily practice are developed, which will help in decision making, through diagnostic and treatment algorithms
  • Practical cases that will serve as self-evaluation and will mark the progress of the specialists knowledge
  • Online surgical procedures, performed in the daily practice of these advances, live or previously recorded
  • Theoretical lessons, via videoconference, with the possibility of participating in a discussion forum to comment and clarify doubts
  • Chats for consultation of doubts about clinical cases with the students participating in the Postgraduate Diploma
  • Possibility to interact with the professors of the Postgraduate Diploma and to solve in a simulated environment, pathologies that arise in their daily practice
  • Review of all the classic techniques that have not changed the way they work, and are the basis of the knowledge to come

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make in selecting a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Cervical Spine Surgery Surgery, you will obtain a certificate from the largest online University in Spanish: TECH”

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of surgery, who bring to this specialization the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its Multimedia Content, elaborated with the latest Educational Technology, will allow the Professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a Simulated Environment that will provide an immersive specialization programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on problem-based learning, by means of which the specialist must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the academic program. For this, the professional will have the help of an innovative interactive video system made by renowned experts in Cervical Spine Surgery and with great experience.

We offer you the best didactic material and dozens of video case studies that will allow you a contextual study that will facilitate your learning"

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This 100% online postgraduate diploma will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

Objectives

The postgraduate diploma in Cervical Spine Surgery is oriented to facilitate the performance of the professional dedicated to health with the latest advances and newest treatments in the sector.   This will allow you to develop the skills that will turn your daily clinical practice into a bastion of the standards of the best available scientific evidence, with a critical, innovative, multidisciplinary and integrative sense. . 

This is the best option to learn about the latest advances in Cervical Spine Surgery Surgery"

General Objectives

  • Establish biological, biomechanical, indication, procedural and outcome analysis of results in Spinal Fusion
  • Learn the surgical steps of the cervical surgical procedure
  • Assess the patient's spine correctly and effectively
  • Know how to recognize those pathologies that represent a serious and urgent disease, and may compromise the life or functionality of a patient
  • Understand the current options in the management of spinal tumors through decision-making processes, therapeutic planning, surgical techniques and perioperative care
  • Analyze the classifications of primary tumors, as well as the importance of obtaining the correct biopsy
  • Know the management of vertebral metastases
  • Correctly select and interpret the most appropriate radiographic, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of traumatic spinal injuries
  • Analyze the appropriate plan to prevent complications of spinal cord trauma. 
  • Know the main complications that occur in Minimally Invasive Surgery in elderly patients
  • Learn what are the neurological complications in spinal surgery

Specific Objectives

  • Know the anatomical areas of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine, as well as their surgical approaches
  • Know the anatomy of the usual sites of access to the spine by Minimally Invasive Techniques
  • Describe the surgical steps of the surgical procedure
  • Establish the surgical differences between box fusion and the use of prosthetic discs 
  • Know the tricks and risks of decompression of the spinal canal and foramina
  • Identify tricks and risks in the installation of anterior plates
  • Know the techniques of cervical total disc replacement, posterior to lumbar
  • Knowledge of vertebral fractures, which in the cervical territory involve great danger to the patient's life, and are sometimes difficult to detect
  • Differentiate Posterior Fixation Systems (screws to lateral masses and screws to C1 and C2 or posterior craniocervical fusions)
  • Explain the impact of spinal disorders and problems on each individual in particular and on society in general
  • Assess the spine of patients in a correct and effective way, for a better understanding of the problems they suffer and to favor their better resolution
  • Know how to recognize those pathologies that represent a serious and urgent disease for the patient and may compromise their lives or functionality
  • Know how to formulate appropriate action plans for an early and simple management of these serious spinal problems in the emergency department, based on the solid principles of treatment     
  • Demonstrate solid clinical judgment in the therapeutic management of these patients based on selected cases
  • Discuss multidisciplinary approaches and the role of conservative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain
  • Know how to evaluate non-surgical treatment options for radicular pain
  • Explaining These Options to Patients
  • Identify Patients who are Susceptible to Non Surgical Treatment
  • Differentiate between types of analgesia 
  • Know the current options in the management of Spinal Tumors through decision-making processes, therapeutic planning, surgical techniques and perioperative care using evidence-based knowledge
  • Know how to carry out a diagnostic imaging and percutaneous biopsy
  • Know the principles and approaches to perform biopsies
  • Learn the Minimally Invasive Techniques by reviewing all of them, for the treatment of cervical disc herniation 
  • Know the advances in the use of new instrumentation, in the improvement of manufacturing materials and in the use of new grafts
  • Use the advances in antibiotherapies and in the use of vacuum devices

A team of professionals in the field has come together to show you the latest developments in Cervical Spine Surgery Surgery" 

Postgraduate Diploma in Cervical Spine Surgery

The Postgraduate Diploma in Cervical Spine Surgery is an academic program focused on the advanced training of medical professionals specialized in cervical surgery. The program is designed to offer a complete preparation in cervical surgery, with emphasis on the most modern and advanced techniques. The Postgraduate Diploma is based on online lectures, allowing students to study from anywhere in the world. Among the topics covered in this academic program are the anatomy of the cervical spine, the most common pathologies, the most advanced and up-to-date surgical techniques, the multidisciplinary approach in the management of cervical spine pathologies, and the efficient management of surgical complications. The Postgraduate Diploma is aimed at medical professionals with experience in spinal or dorsolumbar surgery, such as orthopedists, traumatologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists and anesthesiologists. It is also aimed at specialists in sports medicine, rheumatology, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in the field of cervical spine surgery.

Study without being limited to fixed schedules with TECH

After completing the program, students will be able to apply the most modern and advanced surgical techniques for the treatment of cervical spine pathologies, always taking into account the best practices and multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of these pathologies. At TECH thousands of people learn thanks to our online modality, which allows them to work and take care of their home at the same time they are trained. In summary, the Postgraduate Diploma in Cervical Spine Surgery is a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical academic program designed to train specialists in cervical spine surgery. Students will acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the ever-changing challenges of this specialty in an ever-evolving world.