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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. Describe the relevant preoperative clinical characteristics that are important for planning surgical treatment of cervical spinal deformity.
  2. Assess available surgical techniques for cervical deformity correction and select the appropriate indications for these techniques.
  3. Identify modifiable risk factors relevant to complication avoidance in cervical deformity surgery.

Disclosures

All authors, faculty, and staff have no relevant financial relationship with any ineligible organizations regarding this educational activity.

This article was published originally in Contemporary Spine Surgery 2020;21(6):1-6.

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: CNE0122
Published: January 30, 2022
Expires: 1/29/2024
Sources: Contemporary Neurosurgery
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Brandon P. Hirsch, MD, and Frank M. Phillips, MD
Categories: Spine
Specialties: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Surgery
Topics: Cervical Deformity , Cervical Spine