Dr Stephane Litrico
eccElearning Spine Surgery Education Programme Faculty
Dr Stephane Litrico 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 Stephane Litrico, MD
- Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital of Nice, France
Contributions of Dr Stephane Litrico
Lecture: Applied Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Spine
This spine surgery lecture describes in detail the surgical anatomy of the cervical spine. The structures of each cervical vertebra and the joints formed in between them are described, and the structures responsible for providing stability are highlighted. The role and function of the ligaments and muscles found in this region are presented. Particular attention is given to the vertebral artery, its course and routinely encountered anatomical variations.
Lecture: Biomechanical Considerations of the Degenerative Cervical Spine
This spine surgery lecture considers the biomechanical considerations of the degenerative cervical spine. The effects of ageing are described for vertebrae, their endplates, intervertebral discs, facet joints and ligaments. The effects of osteoporosis on cervical spine vertebrae and the whole spectrum of pathologies arising due to loss of bone strength is shown in detail. The author speaks in detail about the nutrition of disc and its relationship with end plates. The postulated mechanisms for disc degeneration including the disruption of nutrition, loss of proteoglycans and other agents are described. Various stages of facet degeneration and their relationship with the cervical disc are also illustrated. Finally the effect of ageing on the ligament complex is discussed.
Lecture: Kinematics of the Cervical Spine – Normal, Degenerative, Fused and Disc-Replaced
This spine surgery lecture describes in detail the surgical anatomy of the cervical spine. The structures of each cervical vertebra and the joints formed in between them are described, and the structures responsible for providing stability are highlighted. The role and function of the ligaments and muscles found in this region are presented. Particular attention is given to the vertebral artery, its course and routinely encountered anatomical variations.