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AO Spine Latin America
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February 2021 — Issue 20
Annual Report 2020
2020 Annual Report
The AO Spine Latin America's Annual Report for 2020 is now available. The report summarizes all activities of the past year and highlights the most significant accomplishments of our region. It gives you an opportunity to look at the success stories and the challenges in building our spine community.

In 2020, we held 65 educational events for 4,376 participants in Latin America. We are pleased to share these results with our community after such a challenging year. We focus on to continue delivering highest quality and effective educational training and fostering research activities.

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2021 Latin America Webinars
Meet the changes for 2021 webinars
in Latin America
All AO Spine educational events are linked to the AO Spine curriculum. Event planning always consider the needs of learners for a particular topic and the curricular competencies to be covered. In 2021, to increase even more the lifelong learning education model, the Latin American webinars framework will be reorganized by pathology and its level of complexity to provide participants with a clear and structured the possibilities of learning.

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Continuing Education Program
Important updates to the
AO Spine Latin America CEP program
The AO Spine Latin America Continuing Education Program (CEP) is an online postgraduation specialization program for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, as well as residents and fellows. The newly reconstructed lato sensu postgraduation program focused on spine pathologies offers a valuable academic certificate, exclusively for AO Spine members.

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Latin America Study Groups
Recent publications
Genotoxicity clues to predict intervertebral disc degeneration: a systematic review.
Scientific Research Journal
Charles Carazzo (BR), Bruno Saciloto (BR), Manuela Figueiró (BR),
Natalia Nicoletti (BR), Asdrubal Falavigna (BR).              

Time to surgery for unstable thoracolumbar fractures in Latin America-a multicentric study
World Neurosurgery
Alfredo Guiroy (AR), Charles Carazzo (BR), Juan Zamorano (CL),
Juan Pablo Cabrera (CL), Andrei Joaquim (BR), Joana Guasque (BR),
Ericson Sfreddo (BR), Kevin White (CA), Ratko Yurac (CL),
Asdrubal Falavigna (BR).

Low implant failure rate of percutaneous fixation for spinal metastases: A multi-center retrospective study
World Neurosurgery
Alvaro Silva (CL), Ratko Yurac (CL), Alfredo Guiroy (AR), Oscar Bravo (CL),
Alejandro Morales (AR), Federico Landriel (AR), Santiago Hem (AR).

Unplanned readmission following early postoperative complications after fusion surgery in adult spine deformity: a multicentric study
Global Spine Journal
Gaston Camino-Willhuber (AR), Alfredo Guiroy (AR), Mariano Servidio (AR),
Nelson Astur (BR), Fernando Nin-Vilaró (UY), Fernando Alvarado (CO),
Murilo Daher (BR), Bruno Saciloto (BR), Allan Ono (BR), Olavo Letaif (BR),
Barón Zárate (MX), Ratko Yurac (CL), Emiliano Vialle (BR),
Marcelo Valacco (AR).

Abordaje mínimamente invasivo para el tratamiento de tumores espinales intradurales extramedulares
Surgical Neurology International
Federico Landriel (AR), Santiago Hem (AR), Eduardo Vecchi (AR),
Claudio Yampolsky (AR).

20 tips to avoid and handle problems in the placement of percutaneous pedicle screws
World Neurosurgery
Federico Landriel (AR), Alfredo Guiroy (AR), Alejandro Morales (AR),
Néstor Taboada (CO), Cristiano Menezes (BR), Alberto Gotfryd (BR),
Sebastián Kornfeld (AR), Santiago Hem (AR).
Santiago Bogotá
AO LAT Regional Courses 2021
August 12-13
Santiago, Chile
More information
Regional Courses 2021
November 04-06
Bogota, Colombia
More information
Santiago Bogotá
Advanced Central America & Caribbean Seminar
September 10-11
San Jose, Costa Rica
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Specimen Courses
October 19-23
December 16-18
Palm Beach, USA
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Event Calendar
February 21, 2021 — May 15, 2021
February 26, 2021
Arequipa
March 05, 2021
Online
March 06, 2021
Santiago
March 11, 2021
Online
March 13, 2021
Quito
March 20, 2021
Curitiba
March 26, 2021
San Jose
March 27, 2021
Online
March 31, 2021
Online
Hospital Based Seminar—Trauma and degenerative spine {Online}
April 06, 2021
Buenos Aires
April 10, 2021
Goiania
Hospital Based Seminar—Degenerative lumbar spine {Online}
April 10, 2021
Curitiba
Hospital Based Seminar—Degenerative spine {Online}
April 10, 2021
Bogota
Hospital Based Seminar—Trauma {Online}
April 10, 2021
Cartagena
April 13, 2021
Online
Hospital Based Seminar—Degenerative cervical spine {Online}
April 17, 2021
La Paz
Hospital Based Seminar—Trauma {Online}
April 17, 2021
Lima
Hospital Based Seminar—Trauma
April 20, 2021
Guayaquil
AO Spine Centers Club Webinar II
April 24, 2021
Online
May 01, 2021
Online
Hospital Based Seminar—Oncology {Online}
May 08, 2021
Asuncion
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