Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 6th edition of the Utrecht Spine Course on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March. For the 2025 edition of this course we have chosen ‘Challenges in CSF management in Spine Surgery’ as the overarching theme.
This course is designed for clinicians from neurosurgical and orthopedic specialties, and other medical professionals involved in managing CSF-related problems in spine surgery. We will interactively share our concepts for the clinical care of patients with (chronic) CSF leaks caused by spine surgeries. New and old concept to tackles CSF-leaks will be revisited. In addition, local speakers from other (surgical) fields will discuss their opinion for a multidisciplinary approach of CSF-related problems.
Next to lectures, there is ample time for case-based discussions and interaction with the faculty. For a limited group, a cadaver with hands-on training is provided. We sincerely hope you will attend this very comprehensive course.
On behalf of the Utrecht Spine Unit, Nizar Moayeri
Course venue 28 March
The Utrecht Spine Course will take place in the Pink Lecture Hall of the University Medical Centre Utrecht. Address: UMC Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Registration is open as of 08.15 hrs. to collect your badge and have a cup of coffee.
WiFi network: UMCU-gasten
Course dinner
On Friday evening 28 March a dinner is arranged in restaurant – tbd
(The dinner should have been pre-booked.)
Address:
Time: 18.30 drinks, 19.00 – 22.00 dinner
Telephone number:
Dress code: Casual
Route:
Stop:
From there it’s a four minutes’ walk
Hands-on surgical skills lab 29 March
(The lab should have been pre-booked.)
The hands-on surgical skills lab will take place on Saturday 29 March at the University Medical Center Utrecht.
Location: Dissecting room at the Stratenum. When you enter the main entrance, you go left. At the end of the corridor you will find the Stratenum. Further instructions are placed there.
Time: The course starts at 08.00 hrs. and has a very full schedule. Please make sure you are present between 07.30 and 07.45 hrs in the dressing room to change cloths.
If necessary, you can place your luggage in the dressing room. The course will finish between 13.30 and 14.00 hrs. with lunch.
Accreditation and certificate
The Utrecht Spine Course – Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Utrecht, Netherlands, accreditation is requested by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®)
Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. After the course you can collect a certificate of attendance at the registration desk.
At the end of the course on Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, you can complete the evaluation via Mentimeter (instructions and code will follow during the course). You will receive an email after the course and no later than April 15 2025 with your certificate of attendance.