Thursday, January 27th 2011
Welcome to the participants
Christian Mazel & Kazuhiro Hasegawa
SYMPOSIUM I : SPINAL OSTEOPOROSIS AND AGING SPINE
(Moderators : K. Hasegawa, P. Heini, JP. Eslig)
Bone metabolism and biomechanics in spinal osteoporosis
David Burr (Indiana, USA)
Osteoporotic spinal fracture – diagnosis, MRI-R/O metastatic tumours
Manabu Ito (Sapporo, Japan)
Medication for spinal osteoporosis: clinical impact
David Burr (Indiana, USA)
VERTEBROPLASTY, KYPHOPLASTY FOR VERTEBRAL FRACTURES
(Moderators : K. Hasegawa, P. Heini, JP. Eslig)
Basic evidences for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: literature review. Effectiveness of vertebral height recovery. Risk of adjacent level fractures. Complications related to PMMA injection
Paul Heini (Bern, Switzerland)
Evidences of comparative effectiveness of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty versus other possible treatments. Literature review
Luis Alvarez Galovich (Madrid, Spain)
New stenting devices as an augmentation of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. State of the art. Related complications. Future developments
Paul Heini (Bern, Switzerland)
Coffee break
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(MODERATORS : D. KAECH, C. VILLAS, G. GUIZZARDI)
Thoracolumbar kyphosis with neurologic deficit following post-kyphoplasty burst fracture treated with single-stage posterior vertebral column resection with circumferential reconstruction and stabilization – A two case report
Jo Jaeyeong (Busan, Republic of Korea)
Balloon kyphoplasty: a new treatment option for traumatic A3-type vertebral body fractures. Comparison of 2 matched consecutive case series, treated with open surgery or with standalone balloon kyphoplasty.
Natale Francaviglia (Caltanissetta, Italy)
SYMPOSIUM II: EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND ECONOMY. HAS EVIDENCE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MEDICAL ECONOMY ?
(Moderators : D.Kaech, C. Villas, G. Guizzardi)
Evidence-based value of meta-analytic studies on spinal stenosis
Carlos Villas (Pamplona, Spain)
EBM in surgical treatment of low back pain
Ferran Pellisé Urquiza (Barcelona, Spain)
EBM in spine surgery: value, comparative effectiveness and consequences on health economics
Christopher Fang
Is evidence-based medicine beneficial to the patient and to the society ? The opinion of the co-inventor of the CD instrumentation system
Jean Dubousset (Paris, France)
ORAL PRESENTATION
(MODERATORS : D. KAECH, C. VILLAS, G. GUIZZARDI)
How to generate robust hypotheses based on individual clinical experience ?
Alexandre Templier (Paris, France)
Lunch break
ROUND TABLE - TREATMENT FOR SPINE TUMOURS: RADICAL VERSUS PALLIATIVE RESECTIONS
(Moderators : M. Ito, Ch. Mazel)
Evidence - Literature findings. Classifications: their limits and validity. Do primary or metastatic tumours need the same evaluation tools ? Propositions of GSTSG
David Choi (London, UK)
Evidence - Literature findings. Radical versus palliative resections in the treatment of spinal primary tumours
Martin Benlloch (Valencia, Spain)
Evidence - Literature findings. Radical versus palliative resections in the treatment of spinal metastasis
Andres Combalia Aleu (Barcelona, Spain)
INTERACTIVE CASE DISCUSSIONS
(MODERATORS : M. ITO, C. MAZEL)
Surgical treatment of a sacral tumour
Márton Rónai (Budapest, Hungary)
Rare lytic destruction of the sacrum
Balazs Szollosi (Budapest, Hungary)
ROUND TABLE - CLINICAL EVIDENCES IN LUMBAR MOTION PRESERVATION. ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES REALLY SUPERIOR TO FUSION ?
(MODERATORS : M. ITO, C. MAZEL)
What are the necessary motions at lumbar levels ? What are the consequences of fusion on the adjacent levels ? What is the ideal design for disc prosthesis considering motion preservation ?
Wafa Skalli (Paris, France)
Clinical evidence: is fusion in lumbar spine really a problem ?
Yasutsugu Yukawa (Nagoya, Japan)
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(MODERATORS : J.-P. STEIB, S. FOKTER, G. PERRIN)
Surgical management of severe spondylotic myelopathy by successive, same day Posterior and Anterior Decompression with Anterior Fixation and Fusion (PADAF)
Ely Ashkenazi (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Foramen magnum decompression with removal of the outer layer of the dura (Isu operation) for syringomyelia with Chiari type 1 malformation
Takahiro Miyahara (Kurume-city, Japan)
SYMPOSIUM III: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY: CERVICAL, THORACIC AND LUMBAR INFECTIONS
(MODERATORS : J.-P. STEIB, S. FOKTER, G. PERRIN)
Cervical laminoplasty or less invasive techniques: surgical technique and clinical evidence of less invasiveness
Kazuhiro Hasegawa (Niigata, Japan)
Evidence of minimal invasive surgical treatment for osteoporotic fracture: beyond vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty
Luis Alvarez Galovich (Madrid, Spain)
Evidence of effectiveness of MIS treatment for spinal infections in thoracic to lumbosacral spine
Manabu Ito (Sapporo, Japan)
Endoscopic approach for treatment of thoracic disc diseases: evidence of its superiority to open procedures
Stéphan Gaillard – Replaced by Saad Bennis (Paris France)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(MODERATORS : J.-P. STEIB, S. FOKTER, G. PERRIN)
Perforation rates of cervical pedicle screw insertion by disease and vertebral level
Masashi Uehara (Nagano, Japan)
Early diagnosis of surgical wound infection following spinal instrumentation surgery. Usefulness of white blood cell differential
Jun Takahashi (Matsumoto, Japan)
Friday, January 28th 2011
SYMPOSIUM IV: COUNTERMEASURES TO AVOID OMPLICATIONS IN SPINE SURGERY
(Moderators : D. Choi, K. Hasegawa)
How to insert safely pedicle screws in the cervical spine
Yasutsugu Yukawa (Nagoya, Japan)
Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring: literature review
Kenichi Shinomiya (Tokyo, Japan)
Neuromonitoring: an option or a must for complex spine surgery ?
Robert Schönmayr (Wiesbaden, Germany) - Cancelled
Identification of pedicle pathway in the thoracic and lumbar spine. Are there reliable tools available ?
André Kaelin (Geneva, Switzerland)
“Alarm point” of neuromonitoring: when should we discontinue surgery ?
Kenichi Shinomiya (Tokyo, Japan)
INTERACTIVE CASE DISCUSSIONS
(Moderators : D. Choi, K. Hasegawa)
Inferior vena cava (IVC) injury caused by an anteriorly migrated PLIF cage in a degenerative lumbar scoliosis case
Shigeo Sano (Tokyo, Japan)
Does the dynamic stabilization concept really work ?
Samo Fokter (Celje, Slovenia)
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY : LUMBAR AND LUMBO-SACRAL SPINE
(Moderators : J-A. Martin-Benloch, JP. Elsig, S. Fokter)
Evidence of minimal invasive decompression for degenerative lumbar diseases. Evidence of its superiority to open procedures
Kazuhiro Hasegawa (Niigata, Japan)
Are there conclusive evidences of the superiority of MIS to open surgeries in lumbar diseases ?
Taneichi Hiroshi (Mibumachi, Japan)
Minimally invasive fusion techniques in lumbar degenerative disc diseases. Evidence of its superiority to open procedures
Jean-Charles Le Huec (Bordeaux, France)
Complications of MIS: is percutaneous pedicle implantation really safe ? Are fusion rates similar to open procedures ?
Giancarlo Guizzardi (Florence, Italy)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(Moderators : J-A. Martin-Benloch, JP. Elsig, S. Fokter)
Mini-open anterior lumbar interbody fusion (mini-ALIF) for degenerative spondylolisthesis
Kazuhiro Takeuchi (Okayama, Japan)
Lumbar spinal arthrodesis by TLIF minimally invasive technique. prospective study at 5-year follow-up
Miguel Sanfeliu (Alboraya, Spain)
Percutaneous short fixation vs. conservative treatment: comparative analysis of clinical and radiological outcome for burst fractures of thoracolumbar junction and lumbar spine
Nicola Marotta (Rome, Italy)
The use of a new interlaminar posterior motion preservation device in lumbar DDD: indications and results (up to 2-year follow-up)
Giancarlo Guizzardi (Florence, Italy)
SHOWA IKA AWARD
Technique and results of “mesh plating”, a method of spondylolysis repair for spondylolysis and spondylolytic spondylolisthesis
Juichi Tonosu (Tokyo, Japan)
ROUND TABLE - CLINICAL EVIDENCES OF CERVICAL MOTION PRESERVATION. ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES REALLY SUPERIOR TO FUSION ?
(Moderators : G. Guizzardi, C. Villas, G. Perrin)
What are the necessary motions at cervical level ? What are the consequences of fusion on the adjacent levels ? What is the ideal design for disc prosthesis considering motion preservation ?
Wafa Skalli (Paris, France)
Total cervical disc replacement: what is the evidence today ? Are disc prosthesis really preserving motion in the short and the long term ? What are the consequences on the adjacent levels ?
Daniel Riew (St. Louis, USA)
Clinical evidence: is fusion in the cervical spine really a problem ?
Carlos Villas (Pamplona, Spain)
INTERACTIVE CASE DISCUSSION
(MODERATORS : G. GUIZZARDI, G. PERRIN, C. VILLAS)
A case of burst fracture of L2 complicated with isthmus fractures of L4 and L5. Preservation of motion or fixation and fusion ?
Dajue Wang (Aylesbury, UK)
SYMPOSIUM V : AGING SPINE. INSTRUMENTATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PATIENTS OVER 80)
(Moderators : A. Combalia Aleu, J-P. Steib, E. Ashkenazi)
Aging spine: instrumentation in elderly patients. Pathology, biomechanics and surgical strategy for spinal deformity in the aging spine
Hiroshi Taneichi (Mibumachi, Japan)
Indications and limits of instrumentation in the treatment of degenerative cervical diseases in very old patients
Daniel Riew (St. Louis, USA)
Indications and limits of instrumentation in the treatment of degenerative lumbar diseases in very old patients (over 80)
Jean-Paul Steib (Strasbourg, France)
Complications in surgical management of osteoporotic and aging spines
Manabu Ito (Sapporo, Japan)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(Moderators : A. Combalia Aleu, J-P. Steib, E. Ashkenazi)
Influence of MRI slice orientation in evaluating spinal stenosis through surface measurements or morphology grading
Constantin Schizas (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Dynamic stabilization without fusion versus posterior instrumented fusion in degenerative lumbar scoliosis in elderly patients
Mario Di Silvestre (Bologna, Italy)
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