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Asian UBE Meet 2026

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SCIENTIFIC AGENDA

Two Days. One Goal.
Make You a Better Spine Surgeon.

Asian UBE Meet 2026 delivers a structured two-day academic programme combining live surgery, expert lectures, hands-on workshops, and emerging technology sessions - all focused on Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy.
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Comprehensive. Clinical. Built for Active Learning.

The meeting features live surgical demonstrations in advanced cervical and lumbar UBE, expert lectures on anatomy, instrumentation, portal placement, decompression, endoscopic fusion, and complication management. Interactive case discussions, video learning, panel debates, and "How I Do It" technique pearls run throughout - keeping every session practical, evidence-based, and directly applicable to your practice.
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Live Surgery Demonstrations

Advanced cervical and lumbar UBE procedures performed live by international faculty.

Expert Lectures

Surgical anatomy, instrumentation, ergonomics, portal placement, decompression, and endoscopic fusion.

Case-Based Learning

Interactive case discussions, video-based sessions, and "How I Do It" technical pearls.

Panel Debates

Expert faculty debating real clinical decisions — evidence-based and openly discussed.

New Technology Sessions

Navigation, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the future of minimally invasive spine surgery.

Abstract Presentations & Young Surgeon Forum

Research showcases, collaborative discussions, and dedicated sessions for early-career spine surgeons.

PRE-CONFERENCE
Cadaveric Workshop Hands-On Training Day
A dedicated pre-conference cadaveric workshop providing supervised hands-on training in both cervical and lumbar UBE techniques. Participants work on cadaveric specimens using state-of-the-art instrumentation and simulation platforms — structured for progressive skill development under direct faculty supervision.
This is not a passive conference. It is a turning point.
We look forward to welcoming you to Kolkata this September.
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Morning

Registration & Welcome · Inauguration Ceremony

Forenoon

Live Surgery Demonstrations Lumbar UBE

Afternoon

Expert Lectures Decompression · Portal Placement · Instrumentation

Late Afternoon

Case-Based Panel Discussion · Interactive Q&A

Evening

Faculty Networking Dinner

Morning

Live Surgery Demonstrations — Cervical UBE

Forenoon

How I Do It Sessions · Video-Based Learning

Afternoon

New Technology AI · Navigation · Robotics in Spine Surgery

Late Afternoon

Abstract Presentations · Young Surgeon Forum

Closing

Valedictory Ceremony · Award Presentation

Detailed session-wise timetable with faculty assignments will be updated here shortly.

8:00 – 8:20 AM20 min

REGISTRATION, WELCOME & INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Academic Chair / Organising Team
8:20 – 9:10 AM50 minSESSION 1

ChairpersonsQuanYou Yeo• Harsh Jain • Ashok Subramanian

UBE 2026: FOUNDATIONS THAT STILL MATTER

  1. UBE in 2026: indications, limits and evidence-based patient selection
    Amol Rege
    8 min
  2. Portal geometry, triangulation and ergonomics: making every case reproducible
    ANINDYA BASU
    8 min
  3. RF, burr and fluid: a safety-first energy strategy
    HANI ASSOUM
    8 min
  4. The contralateral view: why biportal visualization changes decompression
    Ivan Cruz (online)
    8 min
  5. Discussion: the 10 rules I wish I knew before my first 50 UBE cases
    Faculty panel- Abhishek Kashyap, Miguel Carvalho, Nugroho SetyoModerator: ROHIT KAVISHWAR
    10 min
  6. Discussion
    8 min
9:10 – 10:25 AM75 minSESSION 2

Chairpersons• Rahul Kaul • Kiran Kumar Mukhopadhyay

LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION MASTERCLASS

  1. Central and lateral recess stenosis: efficient ULBD without over-resection
    Gee Teak Sheng
    8 min
  2. Foraminal and extraforaminal pathology: choosing the right corridor
    Ketan Deshpande (online)
    8 min
  3. Multilevel stenosis through limited portals: sequencing and strategy
    MIGUEL CARVALHO
    8 min
  4. Right sided pathology - tackling strategies
    Rahul Kaul
    8 min
  5. Lumbar UBE surgery under local Anaesthesia
    Ahmed Ansari
    8 min
  6. Managing migrated / calcified disc
    Sudhir G
    8 min
  7. Discussion
    8 min
  8. Case-based discussion: strategies
    • Case -1 Md. Anzar
    • Case 2 – Sourabh Ghosh
    • Case 3: Soma Sekhar D
    Faculty panel- Sagar Sharma , Md Elshafei, Gee Teak ShengModerator: Pratyush shahi
    12 min
  9. Discussion
    7 min
10:25 – 10:35 AM9 min

COFFEE / NETWORKING BREAK

10:35 – 11:35 AM60 minSESSION 3

Chairpersons• Hani Assoum • Vamsi Krishna.Shumayu Dutta

ENDOSCOPIC FUSION: FROM TLIF TO COMPLEX RECONSTRUCTION

  1. UBE-TLIF: decompression, endplate preparation and cage workflow
    Gaurav Bansal
    8 min
  2. Large footprint, small access: redefining interbody fusion with UBE
    Md Anzar
    8 min
  3. High-grade spondylolisthesis: where endoscopic fusion fits - and where it does not
    NARESH BABU
    8 min
  4. I have not started spine endoscopy -which technique should I learn ?
    • Full Endoscopic surgery -
    • UBE
    For Monoportal – Ashok SubramanianFor UBE- Amol Rege
    12 min
  5. WUBES PRESIDENTIAL Lecture - Two decades of lumbar fusion: from PLIF, open TLIF, KLIF to robotic endo ROE-LIF: evolution, experience and lessons learned
    SHAILESH HADGAONKAR
    12 min
  6. Discussion
    12 min
11:35 AM – 12:15 PM40 minSESSION 4

ChairpersonsRajan Kumar , Sunandan Basu,GR Vijay Kumar

CERVICAL UBE: PRECISION IN A SMALLER CORRIDOR

  1. Cervical posterior anatomy and portal planning
    Tushar Pisal
    8 min
  2. Posterior cervical laminectomy: step-by-step technique
    Shaishav Shah
    8 min
  3. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and laminotomy
    Quan You Yeo
    8 min
  4. Cervical UBE for OPLL and multilevel stenosis – taking on challenges
    VAMSI KRISHNA
    8 min
  5. Discussion
    8 min
12:15 – 1:00 PM45 min

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 2:15 PM75 minSESSION 5

ChairpersonsBalaraj Sekhar • Sunit Hazra• Abrar Ahmed,

BEYOND LUMBAR: CERVICAL, THORACIC, INFECTION & TUMOUR

  1. Pushing the boundaries of UBE- to CV Junction
    Ashutosh Kumar
    8 min
  2. Thoracic UBE for OLF and stenosis: safe decompression in a high-risk zone
    Sanatan Satapathy
    8 min
  3. Thoracic disc herniation: approach selection and technical limits
    VAMSI KRISHNA
    8 min
  4. UBE in spinal TRAUMA: can it become the standard of care ?
    SHARDUL SOMAN
    8 min
  5. Combined endoscopic decompression and minimally invasive stabilisation for spinal metastatic bone tumor
    Nugroho Setyo
    8 min
  6. Case forum: 3 boundary-pushing cases - operate, modify or abandon?
    • CASE 1 – ABHISHEK KASHYAP
    • CASE 2 – OP Singh
    • Case 3 – Tushar Pisal
    Faculty panel- Gee Teak Sheng, Shailesh Hadgaonkar, Saikat SarkarModerator: Dhiyanesh
    12 min
  7. Debate – Cervical Myelopathy single level cord compression-
    • ACDF is the procedure of choice
    • UBE decompression is the procedure of choice
    For ACDF – Dr Rathijit MitraFor UBE – Ashutosh Kumar
    12 min
  8. Discussion
    11 min
2:15 – 3:15 PM60 minSESSION 6

ChairpersonsRahul Ahluwalia • Amitabha Biswas • Mohammed Elshafei

COMPLICATIONS: PREVENT, RECOGNISE, RESCUE

  1. Dural tear: prevention, repair and postoperative strategy
    Rahul Ahluwalia
    8 min
  2. Bleeding, obscured vision and epidural hematoma: a rescue algorithm
    Gaurav Bansal
    8 min
  3. Fluid-related complications: pressure, time and early warning signs
    Mohammed Elshafei
    8 min
  4. Neurological deterioration after UBE: what to do in the first 30 minutes
    Ahmed Ansari
    8 min
  5. Conversion to open/MIS: failure or good judgement?
    Balaraj Sekhar
    8 min
  6. M&M rapid-fire: what went wrong?
    • Case- Aindrila Biwas
    • Keyur Akbari
    • Arvind Kumar
    Gaurav Bansal, Amol Rege, Bhupesh Patel
    15 min
  7. Discussion
    5 min
3:15 – 3:30 PM15 min

COFFEE / NETWORKING BREAK

3:30 – 4:10 PM40 minSESSION 7

ChairpersonsVidyadhara Srinivasa • Naresh Babu, Shailesh Hadgaonkar

GLOBAL UBE: HOW THE WORLD DOES IT

  1. United Kingdom perspective: integrating Endoscopy into a mature MIS / open practice
    Ashok Subramanian
    8 min
  2. Building a safe, scalable and revenue generating UBE service in India
    Atmaranjan dash
    8 min
  3. UBE in Middle East: current practice, challenges and fututre direction
    Hani Assoum
    8 min
  4. Evolution of Minimally Invasive spine surgeries in Singapore over the last decade and current status of UBE and other techniques
    Quan You Yeo
    8 min
  5. Discussion
    8 min
4:10 – 4:30 PM16+4 min

THE ASIAN UBE GRAND DEBATE - 'ARE WE EXPANDING UBE FASTER THAN THE EVIDENCE?'

Pro: Shaliesh Hadgaonkar • Con: Gee Teak Sheng
Moderator: Vidyadhara Srinivasa
4:30 – 4:45 PM10+5 min

Medicolegal talk-When does surgical complication become negligence ?

Krishnendu Mukherjee
Chairperson- Shankar Chandrappa , Shugota Chakraborty
4:45 – 5:15 PM30 min

INAUGURATION

9:35 – 10:20 AM45 minTRACK B1

ChairpersonsTushar Pisal • Rahul Kaul, Dinesh jaiswal

RESIDENTS & FELLOWS: UBE BOOTCAMP

  1. UBE Anatomy: what you see through the endoscope
    Alay Khandhar
    6 min
  2. How to set up a UBE operating room: instruments, tower, irrigation and positioning- A TO Z
    PRATYUSH SHAHI
    6 min
  3. Portal marking AND MAKING : lumbar interlaminar and foraminal approaches
    Arvind Kumar
    6 min
  4. Hand-eye coordination and triangulation – HOW TO BECOME A HERO FROM ZERO
    Bhupendra Bharti
    6 min
  5. IMPORTANCE OF Learning curve: a safe progression from decompression to fusion
    Md Anzar
    6 min
  6. complications I have faced and heard in my UBE journey
    Avinash Kumar
    6 min
  7. Discussion
    9 min
10:20 – 10:35 AM15 min

COFFEE / NETWORKING BREAK

10:35 – 11:05 AM30 min

ChairpersonsArijit Chakraborty, Rathijit Mitra, Abdul naim Ostagar

HOW I DO IT

  1. Ipsilateral lateral recess decompression
    Keyur Akbari
    6 min
  2. Contralateral decompression without facet violation
    Ayon Ghosh
    6 min
  3. Endplate preparation for UBE-TLIF
    Rohit Kawishwar
    6 min
  4. Hemostasis when the view turns red-STRATEGIES
    Naresh Kumar Eamani
    6 min
  5. Discussion
    6 min
11:05 – 11:30 AM25 min

ChairpersonsRahul Ahluwalia •Sabyasachi Santra, Chinmay Nath

SPOT THE MISTAKE BEFORE IT HAPPENS

  1. Difficulties faced and lessons learnt: my first 10 cases
    Susmit Naskar
    6 min
  2. Portal too medial / too lateral: what changes?
    Amrit G
    6 min
  3. Incomplete decompression: the hidden corner you missed
    ATMARANJAN DASH
    6 min
  4. Discussion
    7 min
1:00 – 2:00 PM60 min

FREE PAPER SESSION

8 selected oral papers × 6 min + 12 min jury discussion
Jury: Sagar Sharma • Shaishav Shah • Kiran Kumar Mukhopadhyay
8:00 – 8:55 AM55 minSESSION 8

ChairpersonsNilay Biswas • Subhadeep Mondal. Ashok Subramanian

MASTERCLASS: LUMBAR UBE

Faculty video demonstrations with live commentary

  1. Case 1: World's Fastest UBE Discectomy!
    Atmaranjan Dash
    8 min
  2. Case 2: Monoportal lumbar bilateral decompression: unedited operative video
    Ashok Subramanian
    8 min
  3. Case 3: revision UBE - scar and dura strategy
    OP Singh
    8 min
  4. Case 4: Far-lateral disc removal
    Malcolm Pestonji
    8 min
  5. Case 5: UBE TLIF
    Quan You Yeo
    8 min
  6. Toward establishing UBE as a norm in the management of cauda equina syndrome due to lumbar disc herniation
    Amol Rege
    8 min
  7. Discussion
    7 min
8:55 – 10:20 AM85 minSESSION 9

ChairpersonsDK Pradhan • Niraj Vasavada • Debajyoti Pathak•Kausik Sil

VIDEO MASTERCLASS: CERVICAL & THORACIC- from positioning to preclosure

  1. Cervical laminoforaminotomy: operative video
    Sagar Sharma
    8 min
  2. Thoracic OLF decompression: operative video
    Abhishek Kashyap
    8 min
  3. Video challenge: cervical cases that make you rethink the indication
    EDUARDO PINTO (online)
    10 min
  4. Endoscopy-assisted anterior cervical surgery
    Malcolm Pestonji
    8 min
  5. Competency-based UBE training: milestones, not case numbers
    Abhishek Kashyap
    8 min
  6. Video pearls: right-sided UBE for the right-handed surgeon
    Ashwin Khandge
    8 min
  7. Severe central/lateral recess stenosis - full workflow
    Ajay Kothari
    8 min
  8. Endoscopic decompression in thoracic OLF
    Nugroho Setyo
    8 min
  9. KEYNOTE LECTURE: Never too late for two portals: learning UBE after 50: breaking habits, clmbing the learning curve and rediscovering spine surgery
    Amol Rege
    12 min
  10. Discussion
    7 min
10:20 – 10:30 AM10 min

COFFEE / NETWORKING BREAK

10:30 – 11:15 AM45 minSESSION 10

ChairpersonsBhupendra Bharti, Bala Raja Sekhar, Joydeep Mallik

HOT DEBATES WHERE EXPERTS DISAGREE

  1. Fusion through UBE can be attempted early in the learning curve
    FOR: Selvin PrabhakarAGAINST: Hani Assoum
    12 min
  2. Cervical UBE is ready for routine practice
    FOR: Ashutosh KumarAGAINST: Shaishav Shah
    12 min
  3. UBE-TLIF vs MIS-TLIF — Has the Evidence Caught Up With Enthusiasm?
    FOR UBE: Malcolm Pestonji • FOR MIS: Prashant Baid
    12 min
  4. Discussion
    9 min
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM60 minSESSION 10

ChairpersonsAjay Kothari • Nugroho Setyo • Christopher Gerber

EVIDENCE, OUTCOMES & VALUE

  1. UBE-TLIF vs OLIF vs KLIF: How do I select my cases
    Niraj Vasavada
    8 min
  2. UBE for intramedullary tumors: a reflection on limitations and insights
    Xavier Santander (online)
    8 min
  3. Patient-reported outcomes and return to work after UBE
    Sourabh Ghosh
    8 min
  4. Global Networking – Does it help the technique grow?
    Ashwin Khandge
    8 min
  5. O-arm navigation in UBE: is it worth the cost or just enigma?
    Ajay Kothari
    8 min
  6. KEYNOTE LECTURE - CERVICAL UBE IN THE SAFETY ZONE - COMPLICATIONS AVOIDANCE , MANAGEMENT AND NEUROMONITORING
    Malcolm Pestonji
    12 min
  7. Discussion
    8 min

VALEDICTORY & ASIAN UBE MEET 2027 ANNOUNCEMENT

12:30 – 1:30 PM45 min

LUNCH

10:30 – 11:20 AM50 min

ChairpersonsSouryav Mondal , Abdul Naim Ostagar,

COMPLICATION RESCUE

  1. Dural tear: decision tree + repair options
    Naresh Kumar Eamani
    10 min
  2. Epidural bleeding: regain the view in 5 steps
    Rahul Ahluwalia
    10 min
  3. Root injury / postoperative deficit: immediate response
    Ashutosh Kumar
    10 min
  4. Cage malposition / migration: salvage strategy
    Rahul Kaul
    10 min
  5. Discussion
    10 min
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