03/06/2025
We had two recent endoscopic courses in association with Wits, Zuid Afrikaans hospital and Spineafrica academy. The the first course was a basic course and the second an anvanced transforaminal course. Dr Satishandra Gore, conducted numerous lectures on behalf of Mission Spine, a non profit organisation, and covered all basic subjects, as well as his transforaminal new system, SMRUTII, for spinal stenosis. Life surgeries conducted at Zuid Afrikaans hospital included lumbar as well as thoracic cases and by using O arm navigation, principles were more easily explained and shown with precision, and helped the participants with orrientation. We thank all the different endoscopic companies, which included Storz, Elliquince and Maxmore for ther participation, which helped to introduce surgeons to different tools and systems. We also thank the local and international participants for the effort in attending, and are looking forward to the next course later in the year.
