Dr. Morgenstern was asked by the dutch neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Harhangi for guidance during his first cervical endoscopic spine surgery. For the first time ever a cervical endoscopic spine surgery was performed in the Netherlands. Dr. Hahangi had previously completed a preceptorhsip at the Morgenstern Institute of Spine in Barcelona, Spain to learn the technique of cervical endoscopic spine surgery instructed first hand by Dr. Morgenstern who is an international renowned expert in endoscopic spine surgery.

Hence, on June 16th 2023 two patients succesfully underwent cervical endoscopic spine surgery at the Park Medisch Centrum in Rotterdam, Netherlands by Dr. Harhangi under the guidance in person by Dr. Morgenstern. The patients were immediately pain free after the surgery and discharged from the hospital just a few hours after surgery. Congratulations to Dr. Harhangi and his team!

Dr. Morgenstern going through the surgical steps with Dr. Harhangi, Dr. de Pauwe and their surgical team

Dr. Morgenstern going through the surgical steps with Dr. Harhangi, Dr. de Pauwe and their surgical team

Dr. Morgenstern  guiding Dr. Harhangi during the surgery

Dr. Morgenstern and the Morgenstern Institute of Spine have published a new study on endoscopic spine surgery in the renowned international journal “International Journal of Spine Surgery” (USA). In this study, Dr. Morgenstern describsea novel endoscopic surgical technique for the endoscopic removal of a migrated interbody cage after a previously failed spine surgery. This novel surgery could prove ground-breaking for a better and safer revision spine surgery.

The Morgenstern Institute of Spine is on the international forefront in endoscopic spine surgery  and keeps pioneering new techniques in this field of surgery.

Bibliography

Morgenstern C, Morgenstern R, Full-Endoscopic Removal of Migrated and Pseudoarthrotic Lumbar Interbody Cages: Case Reports and Technical Note, Int J Spine Surgery, May 2023; 8451

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Complete list of publications of the Morgenstern Institute of Spine

Dr. Morgenstern was invited as a lecturer and  international faculty to the exclusive Complex Spine Surgery Symposium of the renowned Balgrist ein Zurich, Switxerland to share his views and experience on endoscopic spine fusion. As an international expert in this field, Dr. Morgenstern also instructed the audience (mainly surgeons coming from all over the world) on how to perform spine endoscopic surgery during a hands-on workshop during the same event.

Dr. Morgenstern teaching female surgeons on endoscopic spine surgery on a simulator during the hands-on workshop of the Complex Spine Symposium

Dr. Morgenstern giving his lecture on endoscopic spine fusion during Complex Spine Symposium at the Balgrist clinic in Zurich, Switzerland

Group photo of the attending faculty with Dr. Morgenstern and other renowned faculty, including Prof. Alexander Vaccharo (USA), Prof. Mazda Farshad (Suiza) and  Prof. James Yue (USA).

Picture of the packed auditorium during the Complex Spine Symposium

Dr. Morgenstern taught as an international faculty in an international hands-on workshop for anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) in geneva, Switzerland. Senior and experienced surgeons came from all over the world (USA, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, United Kingdom, etc.) to join this workshop and learn the ALIF technique from expert spine surgeons like Dr. Morgenstern. The anterior approach to the spine allows placing interbody spacer into the disk with a small skin incision on the patient’s belly. Dr. Morgenstern is an international expert in this complex surgical technique that requires special skills and a lot of experience to be safely done. The advantages of ALIF are that patients recover very quickly after surgery and usually are discharged in less than 24 hours after surgery.

Dr. Morgenstern instructing surgeons from all over the world on how to practically execute the anterior approach on a specimen