Sino-German Video Conference on Spine Surgery

为促进脊柱外科学术交流与技术创新，台山市中医院于2025年3月19日成功举办了中德脊柱外科视频会议。此次会议特别邀请了德国脊柱外科学会（DWG）2015年主席、Sana医院集团奥芬巴赫分院脊柱和重建骨外科主任Rauschmann教授线上参会。会议由台山市中医院骨一科谢君恩主任主持，吸引了江门市中心医院、江门市五邑中医院、新会区中医院、台山市人民医院众多脊柱外科主任、医师及研究生现场参会。会议伊始，台山市中医院杨东亮院长致欢迎辞，向Rauschmann教授介绍了该院及其骨伤科的临床、科研和学术交流成果。他表示，此次视频会议为江门市脊柱外科发展提供了宝贵的交流平台，有助于促进中德双方在脊柱外科领域的合作与发展。随后，Rauschmann教授以《复杂脊柱病例翻修手术的技巧和窍门》为题，从脊柱微创手术、内固定术、人工椎间盘置换术、感染等产生的并发症入手，通过展示众多病例，深入且全面地分享了翻修手术的关键点。他也通过分享自己在翻修手术中的失败经验，提醒中国同道们注意制定手术方案时常被忽略的细节。江门市中心医院脊柱骨科的付兆宗副主任曾前往意大利博洛尼亚里佐利骨科研究所访学。在会议中，他用流利的中英文进行了病例分享。患者在外院经历两次椎体成形术后入院江门市中心医院，经过一系列检查，最终被诊断为脊柱转移瘤。付主任及其团队据此诊断进行了病灶切除、减压和内固定术，患者疗效良好。在互动环节，各院主任积极提问，就新型棘突间Cage、骨植入物材料的选择、是否固定骨折病椎、骨质疏松骨折固定节段等与Rauschmann教授进行了深入探讨。教授耐心解答了各位同道的疑问，并分享了他在临床实践中的经验。会议最后，台山市中医院院长杨东亮教授对Rauschmann教授的精彩分享表示衷心感谢，并希望未来能与更多国际专家开展更深入的合作与交流。此次“中德脊柱外科视频会议”的成功举办，为台山市中医院搭建了高水平的国际学术交流平台。台山市中医院将继续推动学科建设迈向更高水平，为广大患者提供更加优质、高效的医疗服务，造福“侨乡”。

In order to promote academic exchanges and technical innovation of spine surgery, Taishan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) successfully held the Sino-German Video Conference on Spine Surgery on March 19, 2025.Prof. Rauschmann, Head of Department of Spine and Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery of Sana Klinikum Offenbach and former President of German Spine Society (DWG) in 2015, was specially invited to the conference online. The conference was moderated by Prof. XIE Jun'en, Director of the Department of Orthopedics I of Taishan Hospital of TCM, and attracted many directors, surgeons and postgraduate students from Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen Wuyi Hospital of TCM, Xinhui Hospital of TCM and Taishan People's Hospital to attend on site. As the beginning of the conference, President YANG Dongliang of Taishan Hospital of TCM addressed a welcome speech, introducing achievements in clinical work, scientific research and academic exchanges of the hospital and the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology to Prof. Rauschmann. Prof. Yang appreciated that this video conference has provided a precious communication platform for the development of spine surgery of Jiangmen City and will benefit the cooperation between China and Germany and the advancement of both sides in this field. Following that, Prof. Rauschmann delivered a lecture entitled "Tips and Tricks in Revision Spine Surgery of Complex Spine Cases", providing in-depth and comprehensive key information of revision spine surgery for complications arising from minimally invasive techniques, internal fixation, artificial disc replacement, infections, etc. illustrated through numerous cases. He also shared the experience of failure in previous revision surgery to remind the Chinese colleagues of the details often overseen when making surgical plans. Dr. FU Zhaozong, Deputy Director of the Department of Spine Surgery of Jiangmen Central Hospital, had once visited the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute in Bologna, Italy as a fellow. During the conference, Dr. Fu shared a case fluently in Chinese and English. The patient had undergone two vertebroplasty before being admitted to Jiangmen Central Hospital. After a series of examination, she was diagnosed with spine metastasis. Dr. Fu and his team then performed tumor resection, decompression and internal fixation accordingly. The patient had a good outcome. In the discussion session, directors of different hospitals actively raised questions and had thorough discussions on the new spinous process cage, selection of bone implants, whether to fix fractured vertebrae, the number of segments for fixation after osteoporotic fractures, and so on. Prof. Rauschmann solved the questions of the colleagues and shared first-hand experience in clinical practice. At the conclusion of the conference, President YANG Dongliang of Taishan Hospital of TCM expressed heartfelt thanks to Prof. Rauschmann for his wonderful sharing, and hoped for more in-depth collaboration and exchanges with more international experts in the future. The successful Sino-German Video Conference of Spine Surgery has built a high-level international academic exchange platform for Taishan Hospital of TCM. The team will continue to promote specialty construction to a higher level in order to provide better and further efficient healthcare for patients, benefiting Taishan City as a "hometown of overseas Chinese".