Friday 25 January

Lectures will be given in English

08:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Craig Hartrick, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Yu-Chuan Tsai
 Moderators: Craig Hartrick & Yu-Chuan Tsai
08:15 How to Prepare to Be a WIP Member and FIPP
Craig Hartrick
08:30 Catheter Epidural Neuroplasty (Cervical, Transforaminal, Caudal Approaches)
Gabor Racz

09:00 Approaching the Epidural Canal: Interlaminar, Transforaminal and Caudal injections - Indications and Safety
Honorio Benzon
09:25 Novel Approaches for Treatment of Painful Degenerative Disc Disease
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez
10:10 Group Pictures & Coffee Break
 Moderators: Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez & Chih-Peng Lin
10:40 Percutaneous Interventions on Spinal Nerve Root, Transforaminal Injections & Pulsed RF for Radiculitis & Neuropathic Pain
Ovidiu Palea
11:05 Cervical & Thoracic Facet Joints: Intra-Articular Injections and RF Ablation
Nicholas Chua
11:30 Lumbar Facet Joints, Medial Branch Block & RF Ablation
Yeong-Ray Wen
11:55 Sacral Nerve Root Blocks, SIJ Injection and RF Ablation
Jianguo Cheng
12:20 Lunch
 Moderators: Serdar Erdine & Chia Shiang Lin
13:20
Continuing Evolution of Pulsed Radiofrequency
Serdar Erdine
13:45
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Peter Staats
14:10 Procedures for Headaches and Orofacial Pain: Percutaneous Interventions on Sphenopalatine & Trigeminal Ganglion
Yu-Chuan Tsai
14:35 Percutaneous Interventions on Sympathetic Chain: Stellate Ganglion, T2 T3 Sympathectomy, Splanchnic Nerve, Lumbar Sympathetic Plexus & Hypogastric Plexus
Philip Finch
15:00   Coffee Break
 Moderators: Peter Staats & Yeong-Ray Wen
15:30 Regenerative Medicine and Interventional Management
Jen-Li Pan
15:55  Techniques and Therapies for Chronic Pain Originating in Major Joints
Kok-Yuen Ho
16:20 Interventions for Cancer Pain
Monique Steegers
16:45 Vertebral Augmentation
Kenneth Chapman
17:10 Radiation Safety
Chih-Horng Wu
17:30 Closing Remarks
Kris Vissers
17:50 Lecture Session Ends


Saturday 26 January
Cadaver Lab Hands-On Workshops

Fluoroscopy Workshop

Procedures:
1. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block
2. Trigeminal Ganglion Block
3. Cervical Facet Block
4. Thoracic Spinal Cord Lead Placement
5. Splanchnic Nerve Block
6. Lumbar Selective Nerve Root Block
7. Lumbar Facet Block
8. Lumbar Discography Procedure
9. Lumbar Sympathetic Plexus Block 
10. Hypogastric Plexus Block
11. Sacral Nerve Root Block
12. Sacroiliac Joint Injection
13. RF- Sacroiliac Joint
14. Catheter Epidural Neuroplasty
15. Vertebral Augmentation

Ultrasound Workshop

Interactive Lectures and Live Demos with Hands on Scanning:
1. Cervical Region: Cervical Medial Branch, Cervical Nerve roots, Cervical Sympathetic Chain, Supra-scapular Nerve (Proximal approach) - Chih-Peng Lin
2. Thoracic and Lumbar Region: Thoracic Facet, Intercostal Nerves, Lumbar Facet joint, Medial Branches, Ilio-inguinal, Ilio-hypogastric and Genitofemoral Nerves - Jee Youn Moon
3. Sacral Region: Caudal Epidural, Sacro-iliac Joint, Piriformis Muscle, Pudendal Nerve - Chia-Shiang Sean Lin
4. Shoulder Region: Bicep Tendon (Long Head), Sub-Acromial Bursa, Acromio-Clavicular Joint, Gleno-Humeral Joint, Supra-Scapular Nerve (Distal approach) - Michael Gofeld
5. Elbow & Wrist Region: Medial & Lateral Epicondyle Tendon Sheath Injection, Fenestration Cubital Tunnel, Carpal Tunnel - George Chang-Chien
6. Hip Region: Hip joint, Trochanteric Bursa, Gluteus Muscle, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve, Ilioinguinal/ Ilio-hypogastric Nerve - TCT Novy
7. Knee and Ankle Region: Knee Joint, Saphenous Nerve, Tibiotalar Joint, Tarsal Tunnel - Anuj Bhatia
8. Physical Examination and Exam Tips - King Hei Stanley Lam


Educational Objectives

After participating in this course, participants should be able to:
  1. Understand the implications of radiation safety
  2. Describe the clinical consequences of disc pathology, and understand the indications for percutaneous disc decompression and discoplasty
  3. Recognize cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacroiliac pathology
  4. Discuss the indications and selection of epidural neuroplasty
  5. Categorize the uses of sympathetic blocks
  6. Identify causes of orofacial pain
  7. Synthesize the indications for intrathecal pumps and spinal cord stimulators
  8. Compare the indications for fluoroscopy and ultrasound
  9. Prepare for and avoid complications
  10. Understand interventional percutaneous approaches for major joints