The Spine Surgery Saw Bone Workshop is an in-person training activity organised by the Orthopedic Surgery Department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is scheduled for 26 November 2026, from 07:30 to 12:00, at the Education and Training Center. The official poster identifies this training location within the hospital’s Riyadh Takhassusi setting.
The organiser describes a hands-on session in which trainees practise spine procedures on synthetic bone models. This makes the workshop a practical procedural learning activity rather than a general scientific congress. Its announced scope combines a review of relevant anatomy with the opportunity to rehearse instrumentation techniques on saw-bone models. No patient surgery or additional clinical procedure is implied by this description.
Published educational content begins with a review of spine anatomy from the occipital condyles to the pelvis and an understanding of the rotational three-dimensional deformity associated with scoliosis. The hands-on scope includes occipital plates and upper cervical spine screws, lateral mass screws in the subaxial spine and thoracolumbar pedicle-screw insertion. Sacral instrumentation, S2AI screw insertion and correction manoeuvres in scoliosis are also included in the official outline.
The workshop runs as one practical block from 07:30 to 12:00 and is especially relevant to orthopedic surgery residents, neuroscience residents and spine surgery fellows.
Attendance is free. Registration closes on 25 November 2026; any eligibility or capacity requirements are confirmed by the organiser.
The organiser explicitly states “No CME Hours.” This workshop provides practical skills training without a CME award.
