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SMISS STARS Membership Program Exciting NEW program dedicated to helping world-wide members succeed in mastering the challenges and exploiting the opportunities within MISS. -
Global Advances in MISS Annual program includes optional full-day cadaver lab, two days of CME-accredited didactic sessions and forums showcasing the latest technology in MISS. -
SMISS Core Curriculum The first educational video series on MISS techniques covering intra-operative imaging and monitoring, detailed procedural steps to decompression, fusion and fixation, and more. -
Education Initiative SMISS is currently building a new platform to deliver certification in MISS techniques - including practice-based assessment. Learn more about this new initiative.
SMISS: Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Provides Patient and Physician Information
Core Curriculum
The SMISS Core Curriculum includes didactic video lectures developed to educate orthopaedic and neurological surgeons, and their fellows and residents about minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS). The Curriculum covers topics such as the fundamentals of patient selection; operative pre-planning; OR setup; intra-operative imaging and monitoring; detailed procedural steps to decompression, fusion and fixation; and more.
Abstracts
SMISS.org now features a robust Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Abstracts Database, that includes challenging MIS cases and discussions on cutting edge MIS techniques that were presented at past SMISS Annual Meetings. Visitors may browse through abstracts by meeting year, or search the database by keyword or topic.
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Global Outreach
SMISS doctors have performed many life-changing spine surgeries to patients in many of the world's most demanding regions. Many spine centers across the globe need resources and volunteers. The question then becomes how can SMISS help in tackling these needs.
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