1 Iberian Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy Course

SCHEDULE

Hilton Gaia Porto Hotel

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

OFFICIAL CONGRESS LANGUAGE

8:00 - 9:00 SESSION INTRODUCTION

08:00  Welcome Speech

08:15  UBE Basic Concepts

08:30  Learning curve and case selection for beginners

08:45  UBE vs Monoportal 

08:45 - UBE vs Monoportal spinal endoscopy

09:00 - 11:00 SESSION LUMBAR PATOLOGY 

09:00  Interlaminar approach: anatomical considerations and surgical technique

09:30  Paraspinal approach: anatomical considerations and surgical technique

09:45  Translaminar approach in the treatment of migrated lumbar disc herniation

10:00  Contralateral sublaminar approach: indications and surgical technique

10:15  Case presentation I

10:45  Discussion

11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 13:15 SESSION LUMBAR STENOSIS AND FUSION

11:30  UBE lumbar stenosis treatment: surgical technique

11:45  Treatment of multilevel lumbar stenosis by UBE

12:00  UBE lumbar fusion: surgical technique

12:15   UBE lumbar fusion with large cages: tips and tricks

12:30   From MIS TLIF to UBE TLIF: advantages and disadvantages

12:45   Case presentation II

13:00   Discussion

13:15 – 15:00 – LUNCH

15:00 – 17:00 SESSION THORACIC AND CERVICAL PATOLOGY

15:00  Thoracic disc herniation treatment: anatomical considerations and surgical technique

15:15  UBE cervical spine surgery: what are the advantages?

15:30  Cervical foraminotomy: anatomical considerations and surgical technique

15:45  Central cervical stenosis: indications and surgical technique

16:00  Case presentation (3 casos 10 min cada)

16:15  Discussion

16:30 – 17:00 – COFFEE BREAK

17:00 – 18:00 SESSION COMPLICATION MANAGEMENT 

17:00  Good practices for a safe UBE surgery

17:15  UBE complications and how to treat them

17:30  Case presentation (3 casos 10 min cada)

17:45  Discussion

18:00  Course closure