A Case to be Remembered – A Case I’d Like to Forget

Session Information

Regional Event: national
Start Date: 08/18/2023 1:00 pm
End Date: 08/18/2023 2:40 pm
Location: Windermere Ballroom WX

Speakers in this session...

  • Terry Yochum

    Terry Yochum DC, DACBR, Fellow, ACCR, FICC

    Dr. Terry R. Yochum is a second-generation chiropractor and a cum laude graduate of the National College of Chiropractic, where he subsequently completed his radiology specialty. He is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology and served as its Vice-President and President for seven years (1983-1990).

    Dr. Yochum is currently Director of the Rocky Mountain Chiropractic Radiological Center in Denver, Colorado, and an Adjunct Professor of Radiology at Southern California University of Health Sciences (formerly LACC).

    On September 27, 1996 Dr. Yochum was bestowed the honor of “Fellow” by the American Chiropractic College of Radiology (ACCR). He is the youngest recipient ever to receive this award, which has only been given to eight DACBR’s since the inception of the ACCR in 1958. The title of Fellow is the highest honor awarded to any member of the ACCR for distinguished service and contributions in the advancement of chiropractic radiology.  Dr. Yochum was also honored with an appointment to the Department of Radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine as a skeletal radiologist, where he has been on staff since January of 1991. In June of 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006 he was unanimously voted “Best Faculty Radiology Instructor of the Year” by the 40 radiology residents at this university. He is the only person ever to have won this award nine times. Dr Yochum is the recipient of the “Dr. Monte Greenawalt Chiropractic Excellence Award”, presented in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2003, by Mr. Kent Greenawalt, President of FootLevelers, Inc.  This award has only been given to a few people in the fifty-five year history of FootLevelers, Inc.  Dr. Yochum was voted the co-chiropractor of the year (2006) in his home state of Colorado.

    Dr. Yochum has presented over 1,000 lectures worldwide. He has had over 250 scientific articles published in both the chiropractic and medical literature. The first edition of Dr. Yochum’s text, “Essentials of Skeletal Radiology”, is a benchmark publication for the profession. This textbook sold over 100,000 copies since 1987.  It is the required text in radiology at all 40 chiropractic colleges worldwide and is being used in over 100 medical schools around the world.

    The third edition of Dr. Yochum’s text was released in 2005 and has expanded to 1,900 pages with a new chapter entitled “Masqueraders of Musculoskeletal Disease”.

    Sessions...

    Decreasing Trends in Medical Errors Advocating Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression
    Regional Event: national
    Start Date: 08/18/2023 3:20 pm
    End Date: 08/18/2023 5:00 pm
    Location: Windermere Ballroom WX
    Session details

    The evolution of imaging clarity coupled with non-surgical spinal decompression has resulted in better clinical outcomes with less invasive procedures. Now more than ever, Neurosurgeons are looking for advocating Chiropractic Physicians to help them screen and provide treatment with Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression. Recent research reporting on vertebral-axial decompression as well as FBS and individual satisfaction of surgery has driven the need for chiropractic physicians to increase their diagnostic skills in this area.

    This lecture has been designed to increase the competency of chiropractors through the following steps:

    • Recognize red flag indicators with adding a few steps to the exam.
    • Decipher when an MRI is needed as opposed to X-ray.
    • Identify when non-surgical decompression could be helpful.
    • Creating a proper physician’s review team
    • Relate statistical reports of FBS, vertebral-axial decompression reports, patient satisfaction of surgery when determining with the patient how to proceed.

    Sponsored by: Excite Medical

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    A Case to be Remembered – A Case I’d Like to Forget
    Regional Event: national
    Start Date: 08/18/2023 1:00 pm
    End Date: 08/18/2023 2:40 pm
    Location: Windermere Ballroom WX
    Session details

    A thorough search pattern and evaluation of radiography is especially important for any case. Documentation of your radiological findings is also vital when maintaining accurate records. This case will review a medical-legal case where the doctor’s search pattern and documentation were lacking which ended up missing a vital finding changing the patient’s life forever. Join me for this interesting case study that everyone should remember however sometimes I would like to forget.

    Learning Objectives
    • Understand appropriate documentation of x-ray findings
    • Review search pattern for cervical radiography
    • Understand the appropriate referral recommendations for significant radiological findings

A thorough search pattern and evaluation of radiography is especially important for any case. Documentation of your radiological findings is also vital when maintaining accurate records. This case will review a medical-legal case where the doctor’s search pattern and documentation were lacking which ended up missing a vital finding changing the patient’s life forever. Join me for this interesting case study that everyone should remember however sometimes I would like to forget.

Learning Objectives
• Understand appropriate documentation of x-ray findings
• Review search pattern for cervical radiography
• Understand the appropriate referral recommendations for significant radiological findings