Prof. Mayer, the founding president of German Spine Society (DWG) and worldwide minimally invasive spine master, attended video conference online on May 15, 2020 with the Disc Center of Henan No.3 Provincial People’s Hospital to comment on surgery broadcasts, specify surgical options and exchange experiences with Chinese colleagues.  

Prof. Mayer

The 2^nd Sino-German International Spine Minimally Invasive Technological Symposium jointly held by German Spine Society, Spinal Endoscopic Fusion Group of Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine and Henan No.3 Provincial People’s Hospital, the 27^th Spine Endoscopic and MIS Technology Salon and Spinal Endoscopic Anatomy Technology Forum kicked off on May 15 to 17, 2020.

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We honorably invited Prof. Michael Mayer, the founding president of German Spine Society and the world MIS spine master, Dr. Daniel Rosenthal and Prof. Christoph Siepe, the well known spine masters to attend the online conference, giving surgical guidance and sharing experiences with Chinese colleagues. Supported by the great commentary by Prof. YAN Ming, attendees could get closer to the current endoscopic technologies of spine surgery and OLIF technique. There were 10 surgeries broadcasts arranged on cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine under full endoscopic and one about OLIF technique, with analysis and commentary over the whole procedure. In addition, the feast of knowledge also provided opportunities of practices such as 3D model-supported operation practice and anatomy practice on cadavers.

During the conference, the three German spine experts focused on the following three cases and gave online guidance.

·Oblique Lumbar Intervertebral Fusion (OLIF)

·Percutaneous Full Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Discectomy for Cervical Radiculopathy

·Unilateral Laminectomy Bilateral Decompression (ULBD) for Thoracic Stenosis

OLIF technique was invented by Prof. Mayer in 1997 and is now of high prevalence under his standards. Such technique takes its advantages of smaller incision, shorter operation time, less blood loss, shorter stay and quicker rehabilitation.

Prof. Mayer is the inventor of OLIF technique, but more of the pioneer to fully exert this technique.

 Prof. Dr. med. Heinz-Michael Mayer

Former Head of Spine Center, Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching

Head of FIFA Medical Center of Excellence

Introduction

Prof. Michael Mayer is the former Head of Spine Center Munich at Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching, which has been certified as one of the two FIFA Medical Centers of Excellence. He has 9 Edited/ Co-edited Books. Besides, he is the editorial board member of Global Spine Journal. Prof. Mayer performed operations for many important politicians, such as Gorbachev, Egyptian President Mubarak，etc. His clinical research focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal surgery on athletes, footballers lower back pain, cervical disc replacement, computer-assisted surgery, spinal arthroplasty, etc. As an inventor of Mini-ALIF technique, he led Sch?n Klinik München Harlaching to become the most famous orthopedic hospital in Germany and even around the globe. 

Scientific Societies Membership

? 2010 -2014 - Board Member of AO Spine Europe

? 2006 - President of German Spine Society

? President of Spine Society of Eurospine

? 2004 - 2014 - Member of AO Technical Commission Spine

? 2001 - Founding Member of SAS and Congress Chairman SAS I Munich

? Founding President of German Spine Society

 Dr. med. Daniel J. Rosenthal

Head of the Section of Spine Surgery

Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany

Introduction

Dr. Daniel J. Rosenthal was born in Argentina and finished his medical education there. After graduation he went to Universit?tsklinik Frankfurt am Main, Germany for further research and gained his doctoral degree. He served as the Head of staff and Vice Director at Klinik für Neurochirugie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe- Universit?t, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and former president of German Spine Society. Now he is holding many posts in national professional associations worldwide and works as Head of the Section of Spine Surgery at Regional Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany. Dr. Rosenthal has made great achievements on thoracic endoscopy for spine surgery.

Scientific Societies Membership

? 2016 - Board member of the German Spine Society

? 2013 - President of the German Spine Society

? 2003 - Corresponding member of the Chilean Neurosurgical society

? 2001 - Corresponding member of the Mexican Orthopaedic Society

? 2000 - Corresponding member of the Peruvian Surgical Academy

? 1996 - Corresponding member of the Brazilian Neurosurgical Society

? 1986 - Corresponding member of the Argentinian academy of Neurosurgery

Patents:

Endoscopic instruments (Aesculap)

Endoscopic Instrumentation (Sofamor Danek)

Book:

Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery

Dr. Daniel J. Rosenthal was listed as the Top Spine Surgeon 2019 in FOCUS. 

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph J. Siepe

Head of Department of Spine Surgery

Schoen Clinic Munich Harlaching

Scientific Societies Membership

? 2017 / 2018 - Chairman of the Program Committee of the Germany Spine Society (DWG)

? 2013 - Elected Chairman of the Membership Committee, EUROSPINE

? 2011 - International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)

Research Career

Reviewer for scientific journals since 2009, including:

- Spine (Phila Pa 1976)

- American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

- European Spine Journal

Prices / Awards

? Outstanding Presentation Award of the Spine Arthroplasty Society, SAS 8,

“Analysis of postoperative pain patterns following total lumbar disc replacement”

Miami, Fl, USA, 06.-09 May 2008

? ISSLS Price Winner 2014 for Best Overall Presentation

Siepe CJ, Wiechert K, Heider F, Mehren C, Korge A, Mayer HM

Long-Term Results of Total Lumbar Disc Replacement: A prospective analysis with 5- 10 year

follow-up.

Presented at Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

(ISSLS). Seoul, South Korea, 04.06.-07.06.2014 

Thank you for all of your participation in this online symposium and hope you all enjoy and have a good time! 

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