{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} En Bloc Resection of Vertebral Tumors of Thoracic and Lumbar Spine: Indications and Techniques - Vol. 40, No. 9

Activity Steps

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Define en bloc resection and differentiate it from other types of resection and other modalities of treatment.
  2. Interpret the classification and staging systems that are mandatory for planning the best approach for resections of this tumor according to location.
  3. Predict the complications associated with en bloc resection and propose how to avoid them.

Disclosures

The authors, faculty, and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity, and their spouses/life partners (if any), have disclosed that they have no f nancial relationships with, or f nancial interests in, any commercial organizations related to this CME activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 2.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: CNE0618
Published: June 30, 2018
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Contemporary Neurosurgery
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Carlos Zamorano, MD, Miguel Abdo, MD, Javier Kelly, MD, Gerardo Guinto, MD, and Alexis Del Real, MD
Categories: Spine , Tumor
Specialties: Neurological Surgery
Topics: Lumbar Spine , Thoracic Spine , Vertebral Tumors