Surgical Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis Deformity

Yan Wang MD, is a professor and Chief Surgeon of Department of Orthopedics at 301 Hospital in Beijing, China. He is an orthopedic surgeon dedicated to numerous clinical experiences on correction of spinal deformity, arthroplasty and surgical treatment of patients with advanced ankylosing spondylitis in particular. Innovatively, He proposed a new spinal osteotomy technique- Vertebral Column Decancellation and has treated the world’s largest number of ankylosing spondylitis patients with kyphotic deformity. He is the Deputy Editor of SPINE journal and Journal of Arthroplasty. Prof Wang is the president of Chinese Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the past President of Chinese Orthopedic Association.  

Part 1 - Overview.-1. Ankylosing spondylitis.- Part 2 - History & Basic research.- 2. History of spinal osteotomy of ankylosing spondylitis kyphosis.- 3. Cardiopulmonary and Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Patients in Ankylosing Spondylitis.- 4. Clinical and radiographic evaluation.- Part 3 - Strategy & Technical.- 5. Classification & Surgical Decision Making for Ankylosing spondylitis kyphosis.- 6. Surgery Planning in AS Thoracolumbar Kyphosis.- 7. Basic Surgical technique for Management of AS Kyphosis.- 8. Vertebral Column Decancellation - Technique for thoracolumbar kyphosis in ankylosing spondylitis.- 9. Selection of the fusion level in AS kyphosis.- 10. Surgimap Spine for preoperative surgical planning in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.- 11. Cervical osteotomy in Ankylosing Spondylitis.- Part 4 - Complication and nursing in AS patients.- 12. Intraoperative nursing and position in spinal osteotomy.- 13. Sagittal Translation During Osteotomy.- 14. Andersson lesion-complicating ankylosing spondylitis.- 15. The management and prevention of complications.- Part 5 - AS kyphosis with hip joints involvement.- 16. Spinal osteotomy and total hip replacement for ankylosing spondylitis: which prior to perform.- Part 6 - Hip involvement in ankylosing spondylitis.- 17. Hip involvement.- 18. Hip Replacement in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.- 19. The clinical classfication and surgical techniques of Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS).- 20. Ankylosing spondylitis involves hip-Intraoperative and postoperative complications.- Part 7 - The joint replacement of ankylosing knee in ankylosing spondylitis patients.- 21. Clinical characteristic.- 22. Surgical technique of Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS).