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An expert faculty will teach on the two day intensive course with lectures, live surgery demonstrations, hands-on cadaver training (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures) and question and answer sessions.
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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
WORKSHOP FACULTY
Dr Saravana Kanakarajan
Course Director, Aberdeen Workshop
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK
Special Interest: X-Guided RF Ablation Procedures
Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Aylesbury, Bucks, UK
St George's University Hospital
London, UK
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK
Overview of Day One: Lectures & Live Surgery
- Anatomy and nerve supply for facet and SI joints
- Lumbar facet joint denervation (Live Surgery—Video link)
- Sacroiliac Joint RF (Live Surgery—Video link)
- Evidence and Complications of RF procedurest
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Cryoanalgesia/Cryoablation
- Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (lecture and demo)
Workshop Venue: Wet room, Department of Anatomy, Third Floor, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
Station 1: X-ray guided Diagnostic Blocks (cadaver)
Station 2: X-ray guided Lumbar Facet Joint Denervation (cadaver)
Station 3: X-ray guided Sacroiliac Joint Denervation (cadaver)
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
Aberdeen has excellent travel links. By air, Aberdeen is well connected by British Airways, Eastern airways, Flybe, BMI, KLM and Air France to majority of the airports in UK and mainland Europe. The venue is 6 miles from the airport. There are 6 major roads to Aberdeen. A90 serves as the main arterial route connecting Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen is on the main UK rail network and has frequent direct services to major cities such as Edinburgh Glasgow and London including Caledonian sleeper service