Pain Treatment Information for physicians Swiss Pain Institute

Spinal Cord Stimulation – Practical course

12 and 13 June 2026
Before, during and after the implant: do’s and don’ts, tips and tricks

All day-to-day aspects are covered: from patient information and preparation to perioperative organization before, during and after surgery.
Operating room issues (anesthesia, optimal patient positioning, scrub nurse role and collaboration, surgical tools and sutures) are addressed as well as operating complication management and patient follow-up. These aspects are crucial to the safety and success of the test period and definitive implantation.
Target audience for this two-day course: pain physicians, anaesthesiologists, neurosurgeons and all specialists interested in spinal cord stimulation.

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Registration Condition

Payment is due immediately after registration. You will receive an email with all the necessary payment information after registration.

Registration deadline: 30 April 2026

The number of participants is limited to 20.

Registration fees, including lunch:

  • Members SSIPM: CHF 1’350.–
  • Non-members SSIPM: CHF 1’500.–

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Program Day 1 – Friday 12 June 2026

07:30 Welcome coffee at UFAM lab
07:45 Introduction and basic concepts
08:15 How to introduce neurostimulation therapy to your patient
08:45 Psychological issue and patient evaluation
09:15 Physiotherapeutic evaluation
09:45 Coffee break
10:15 Cadaver lab: hands on training, rotating workstations
  • Lead placement
  • Anchoring
  • Pocket surgery
  • Suture
  • Theory room: the test period and patient evaluation
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Cadaver lab: hands on training
16:30 Summary of the practical tips and tricks
17:00 End of the day 1

Program Day 2 – Saturday 13 June 2026

08:00 Welcome coffee at the Swiss Pain Institute
08:30 Anaesthesia and SCS
09:15 Perioperative infection control
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Failure situations
11:00 Care in the operating room
11:30 Move to the operating room (Clinique Cecil)
12:00 Patient positioning, C-Arm use, Instruments, aseptic measures
13:30 Lunch break
15:00 Patient testimonial
16:00 Document review: inform consent, insurance, operating report
16:30 Questions, course evaluation form
17:00 End

Faculty

Course Directors

  • Philippe Mavrocordatos MD, SSIPM, FIPP Anaesthesiologist
  • Sonia Zaccarini MD, SSIPM, FIPP Anaesthesiologist
  • Antoine Baudino MD, SSIPM Anaesthesiologist
  • Stéphane Favre MD, Psychiatrist
  • Lorinde Huard MD, SSIPM, FIPP Anaesthesiologist
  • Iris Pélieu MD, SSIPM, FIPP Anaesthesiologist
  • Vera Sattelmeyer MD, SSIPM Spine Surgeon
  • Michaela Stadler MD, FA SSIPM Anaesthesiologist
  • Muriel Colomb, Head Nurse
  • Carmen Mostert, Scrub Nurse

Credits

  • 16 CME credits: SSAPM/ Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
  • 16 CME credits: SGNC/ Swiss Neurosurgeons Society
  • 12 CME credits: SSIPM/ Swiss Society For Interventional Pain Management

Access

The course takes place at three locations:

Swiss Pain Institute
Av. de Savoie 10, Lausanne

Unité facultaire d’anatomie et de morphologie UFAM
Rue du Bugnon 9, Lausanne

Clinique Cecil Groupe Hirslanden
Av. Louis-Ruchonnet 53, Lausanne

Accomodation

The organizers are trying to make a special arrangement with a hotel in Lausanne for the participants of the course.

Information on this will be sent by email after registration.