Back Talk | Spine Education

One general session that will be given at Back Talk, Indiana Spine Group’s continuing medical education symposium, is entitled Making the Diagnosis| Differential Factors in Spinal Diagnosis. This presentation will be given by neurosurgical spine surgeon Kenneth Renkens, MD, FACS.

During this presentation, Dr. Kenneth Renkens will discuss the differential diagnoses of lower back and extremity pain. The importance of identifying coexisting conditions affecting spinal pain and treatment will be reviewed. Additionally, Dr. Renkens will discuss spinal infections and inflammations that present as back pain neck pain.