Dr Michael Grevitt
eccElearning Spine Surgery Education Programme Faculty
Dr Michael Grevitt is a highly experienced Spine Surgeon and a key member of the eccElearning Spine Surgery Education Programme faculty. The Spine Surgery Education Programme contains 180 Spine Surgery Lectures, and contains Specialist Certificates and the full Postgraduate Diploma in Spine Surgery. The eccElearning Faculty is made up of over 140 expert spine surgeons and educators. They have collectively supported the development of the world’s first comprehensive, online postgraduate education programme in a medical sub-speciality, spine surgery.
Dr Michael Grevitt, MBBS
- Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
Contributions of Dr Michael Grevitt
Lecture: Complications and Revisions in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
This spine surgery lecture covers complications and revisions in surgery of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The lecture begins with an exploration of the reasons why the most feared complication (neurological deficit) occurs and how to detect it before going too far. This is followed by an examination of the difficulties in the reading of the X-rays and proper planning for selection of the levels of fusion. The clinical X-rays are included when the surgery is done at the wrong levels due to incorrect pattern recognition. Finally, the lecture looks at the reasons for inadequate cosmetic results and strategies to overcome this especially rib hump and shoulder imbalance, along with the strategies to treat deep seated and late infections occurring in these constructs.