Spinal Arthroplasty

Dr. Alexander Vaccaro is the Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the recipient of the Leon Wiltse award given for excellence in leadership and clinical research for spine care by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and is the past President of the American Spinal Injury Association and current President of the Association for Collaborative Spine Research. He has over 530 peer reviewed and 195 non-peer reviewed publications. He has published over 300 book chapters and is the editor of over 44 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8. Dr. Vaccaro is the President of Rothman Institute, Chairman of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Co-Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley and Co-Director of Spine Surgery and the Spine Fellowship program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital where he instructs current fellows and residents in the diagnosis and treatment of various spinal problems and disorders.

1. The Debate of Fusion and Non-fusion Strategies for Symptomatic Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease 2. The debate of Fusion and Non-fusion Strategies for Symptomatic Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease 3. History of Spinal Fusion 4. History of Motion-Sparing Surgery 5. Anatomy a. Cervical Spine b. Lumbar Spine 6. Spinal Biomechanics 7. Spinal Imaging - Intervertebral Disc and Facet Degeneration 8. The Effects of Fusion and Motion Sparing Procedures on the Biomechanics of the Spine 9. Biomaterials in Spinal Arthroplasty 10. Total Disc Athroplasty: Clinical Indications and Surgical Approach a. Cervical Spine b. Lumbar Spine 11. Cervical Arthroplasty: Biomechanics, Design Considerations, Clinical Outcome a. Overview of Cervical Arthroplasty: Biomechanics and Design Considerations b. Bryan Disc c. Prestige Disc, LP d. Prodisc C e. PCM 12. Posterior Cervical Motion Sparing Technology- Biomechanics, Design Considerations, and Clinical Outcome 13. Lumbar Anular and Intra-discal Treatment for Degenerative Disc Disease a. Genetic Engineering b. Anular Repair: Anulex Tech and Barricaid Intrinsic Therapeutic c. Nucleoplasty 14. Lumbar Nucleus Pulposus Replacement a. Ray Medica PDN b. Neudisc-Replication Medica c. Nucore-Spinewave d. Nautilus e. Newcleus (Spiral) f. DASCOR-Disc Dynamics g. Sinitec-Depuy Spine Sinux h. Biomet-EBI i. Biodisc-Cryolife j. Aquarelle-Stryker 15. Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty - Biomechanics, Design Considerations, and Clinical Outcome a. Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty - Biomechanics and Design Considerations b. Charite c. Prodisc d. Maverick e. Spinecore f. Mobidisk 16. Facet Arthroplasty-Archus Orthopedics and Facet Solutions 17. Lumbar Posterior Motion Sparing Technology a. Dynamic Rodding: Globus Spiral Rod, Dynesis- Zimmer, Graf Ligomentoplasty, Scientx, and Biorthex OrthoBiom b. Dynamic Stenosis Management: St Francis Medical X-Stop, Spine Next Wallis, Fixano Interspinous, DIAM Medronics, and Tension Band System 18. Complications of Motion Sparing Surgery 19. Revision Strategies for Failed Cervical Arthroplasty 20. Revision Strategies for Failed Lumbar Arthroplasty 21. Retrieval Analysis of Arthroplasty Devices