Joint International SILACO, SICCMII, ISASS Symposium as a Model for a Collaborative Framework to Create Literature on Advances in Spine Surgery, Patient Care, and Policy

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Top panel: Plenary session. Middle panel: Luis Duchen (Bolivian Spine Society), Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski (presenting the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery contingent, President-elect of La Sociedad Interamericana de Cirurgia de Columna de Minima Invasión [SICCMII]), Jorge Felipe Ramirez Leon (Past President La Sociedad Iberolatinoamerica de Columna [SILACO] and President-elect of Colombian Orthopaedic Society), and Jaime Moyano (President of SILACO). Bottom panel: Jose Ruggeles (Bogota, Colombia), Paulo Pereira (Porto, Portugal), Dr. Armando Pineda (Venezuela), Jorge Ramirez (Bogota, Colombia), Cristiano Mendez (Sociedade Brasiliera de Columna), Jaime Moyano (SILACO), Jose Antonio Sanchez Soriano (FLANC), Dr. Juan Manuel Velasco (Uruguay), Hani Mhadli (SILACO), and Dr. Carlos Bueno (Perú).
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La Sociedad Iberolatinoamerica de Columna (SILACO) distinguished clinician research award ceremony (a). The award was given to Professors Jorge Felipe Ramirez Leon (Past President of SILACO and President-elect of Colombian Orthopaedic Society; shown with his daughter Carolina in panel (b)), Michael Dittmar, and Hani Mhadli. The general sessions occurred at the Swiss Hotel in Quito, Ecuador (c). The SILACO board group photo is shown in panel (d).

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Topics presented at the advanced La Sociedad Iberolatinoamerica de Columna course on 19 to 23 May 2022 and the number of presentations.

Topic	Number of Presentations
Lumbar disc herniation	7
Discogenic low back pain	6
Lumbar facet syndrome	7
Cervical myelopathy	7
Lumbar interbody fusion for degenerative pathology	7
New technologies	7
Deformity surgery	7
Sagittal balance	6
Cervical stenosis: surgical management	7
Spinal endoscopy (ISASS, SICCMII, LESS)	7
Pediatric deformity	7
Lumbar spondylolisthesis	6
Intradural tumors (FLANC)	6
Adult scoliosis surgery	7
Complications of lumbar degenerative surgery	6
Clinical case discussions	36

Abbreviations: FLANC, Federacion Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Neurocirugia; ISASS, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery; LESS, Latinoamerican Endoscopic Spine Surgeons; SICCMII, La Sociedad Interamericana de Cirurgia de columna de Minima invasión.