Scientific Programme

Scientific programme

Hardware, biomaterials, investigation methods: additional key-points for success.

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Day 1 Thursday, January 31^st 2013

8:50

Welcome to participants

09:00 – 09:40

Symposium I : Dynamic fixation of the cervical spine

10' Dynamic plates: Biomechanics and kinematic concepts	Jose Casamitjana (Spain)
10' Biomechanics, kinematics concepts and motion preservation with cervical total disc replacement	Cédric Barrey (France)
10' Dynamic Cervical Implant: Indications and results	Guy Matgé (Luxembourg)
10' Discussion

09:40 – 10:05

Lecture

20' Prevention and management of perioperative complications in cervical spine surgery	Ufuk Aydinli (Turkey)
5' Discussion

10:05 – 10:35

Coffee break & Group photograph

10:35 – 11:20

Symposium II : Dynamic fixation of the lumbar spine

10' Non-fusion dynamic fixation for the stable spondylolisthesis of the degenerated lumbar spine	Matjaž Voršič (Slovenia)
10' Non-fusion devices in patients over 80 years of age	Laurent Balabaud (France)
10' Non-fusion devices in topping-off syndrome (prevention and treatment)	Gilles Perrin (France)
15' Discussion

11:20 – 11:50

Controversial round table : Is there still a place for dynamic fixation of the lumbar spine?

10' The role of sagittal profile in dynamic stabilization and topping-off syndrome	Yann Philippe Charles (France)
10' Why I do not use dynamic stabilisation?	Samo Fokter (Slovenia)
10' Discussion

11:50 – 12:05

Clinical case presentation

15' Life threatening stroke due to internal carotid artery dissection as a vascular complication of cervical total disc replacement

Jean-Edouard Loret (France)

12:05 – 12:30

Two oral presentations

10' Ball and socket semiconstrained cervical disc replacement. A prospective clinical and radiological comparison of two designs	Ely Ashkenazi ( Israel)
10' Radiological and clinical evaluation 12 months after anterior cervical discectomy and dynamic stabilization	Martin Dostal (Switzerland)
5' Discussion

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch break & Industry-sponsored workshops

13:45 – 14:35

Symposium III : Infection and hardware (part one)

10' Spinal infections: a microbiologist’s point of view (biofilms)	Andrej Trampuž (Switzerland)
10' Infections and hardware: a surgeon’s point of view	Rok Vengust (Slovenia)
10' The different protocols to prevent infection	Tristan Ferry (France)
10' A case of suppurative spondylitis after 2 instrumentation surgeries for osteoporotic burst fractures probably due to trigger point injection	Shigeo Sano (Board member of the JPSTSS, Tokyo, Japan)
10' Discussion

14:35 – 15:30

Symposium IV : Infection and hardware (part two)

10' What are the tools to assess infection?	Carlos Villas (Spain)
10' How to deal with acute infection (MRSA)?	Masahiro Kanayama (Japan)
10' How to deal with chronic infection?	Teresa Bas (Spain)
10' When to stop the treatment and the follow-up after postoperative spinal infection?	Tristan Ferry (France)
15' Discussion

15:30 – 16:00

Three oral presentations

10' Clinical outcomes and biomechanical complications after pedicle-anchored dynamic or hybrid lumbar spine stabilization: a systematic review	Marion Prud'homme (France)
10' Benefits of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion	Gregor Recnik (Slovenia)
10' Recurrent HNP causing contralateral leg pain, treated by PELD	Sang Soo Eun (Korea)

16:00 – 16:20

Coffee break

16:20 – 17:10

Symposium V: Minimally invasive spine surgery and unusual approaches to the spine

10' The AxiaLIF procedure	Dick Zeilstra (The Netherlands)
10' Current state of facet replacement	Yann Philippe Charles (France)
10' Paraspinal approach for thorocolumabar (T10-S1) spine problems	Ufuk Aydinli (Turkey)
10' Percutaneous transpedicular transcorporeal approach to the disc	Afshin Gangi (France)
10' Discussion

17:10 – 17:40

Controversial round table II: Interspinous devices

10' Percutaneous insertion of the interspinous devices for spinal stenosis in the elderly population	Matjaž Voršič (Slovenia)
10' Do I believe in interspinous devices?	Guy Matgé (Luxembourg)
10' Discussion

17:40 – 19:00

Symposium President cocktail and Visit of poster exhibition

Day 2 : Friday, February 1^st 2013

08:30 – 09:00

Three oral presentations

10' Avoiding lumbar instability with the U-force device	Iñaki Arrotegui (Spain)
10' Disc degenerative cascade. Do interspinous devices prevent it after a discectomy? MRI retrospective study with a 4-year follow-up	Angel Escamez (Spain)
10' The effect of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 with iliac crest bone graft on fusion in revision surgery for lumbar pseudarthrosis	Stephan Werle (Germany)

09:00 – 09:45

Lectures

15' Physiology of bone healing (considering the age of the patient, use of bisphosphonates and other factors)	Giorgio Maria Calori (Italy)
20' Biomaterials for bone reconstruction: general characteristics, efficiency, reliability and follow-up	Didier Mainard (France)
10' Discussion

09:45 – 10:30

Symposium VI : Bone graft substitutes

15' Selection criteria for bone graft substitutes	Giorgio Maria Calori (Italy)
15' Bone cement with chemotherapeutic agents: A new tool in the management of malignant tumours of the spine? An experimental approach.	Matias Alfonso (Spain)
15' Discussion

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:35

Controversial round table III: Bone morphogenic protein (BMP)

15' BMP: What is it? How to use it? What are its effects? Carcinogenic effect?	Franz Weber (Switzerland)
10' The Japanese experience: Can I perform a fusion without BMP?	Kazuhiro Hasegawa (Japan)
10' Discussion

11:35 – 12:25

Symposium VII: Stem cells

15' Mesenchymal stem cells and intervertebral disc repair	Carles Morera (Spain)
20' Where to use them in the spine? Is there a future (short and long term)?	Marco Helder (The Nederlands)
15' Discussion

12:25 – 13:45

Lunch break & Industry-sponsored workshops

13:45 – 14:15

Three oral presentations

10' Unusual stabilization of the ageing degenerated spine	Marton Ronai (Hungary)
10' Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF): kyphoplasty or conservative treatment?	Jean-François Cazeneuve (France)
10' Robotic assisted spine surgery – Short-lived gadget or rather sustainable technology: our experience with the SpineAssist® platform for the treatment of miscellaneous spinal pathologies	Yaron Zaulan (Israel)

14:15 – 15:10

Controversial round table IV: Intraoperative 3D imaging and navigation

10' Preliminary results with the O-arm	Ibrahim Obeid (France)
10' Principle and possibilities of the isocentric C-arm	Afshin Gangi (France)
10' Preliminary results with Siemens 3D system	Samo Fokter (Slovenia)
10' The Mazor Robotic Surgery System	Alf Giese (Germany)
15' Discussion

15:10 – 15:30

Two oral presentations

10' Pelvic Parameters: 2D and 3D measurements	Frédéric Sailhan ( France)
10' Discogenic classification of degenerative lumbar scoliosis of the adult: semantic, practical and therapeutic benefit	Gilles Norotte ( France)

15:30 – 15:50

Lecture

Fundamental principles of the EOS system	Wafa Skalli (France)
Discussion

15:50 – 16:10

Coffee break

16:10 – 17:00

Symposium VIII: The EOS System

10' The radiologist’s point of view: Why is it useful? Did it change my daily practice?	Laurence Mainard (France)
10' The surgeon’s point of view: What are the indications, benefits, and costs?	Cédric Barrey (France)
10' Clinical applications of the EOS System	Jean Marc Vital (France)
10' 2D, 3D osteotomy planning with the EOS System	Ibrahim Obeid (France)
10' Discussion

17:00 – 17:50

Symposium IX: Intraoperative monitoring and neuromonitoring

10' The value of pedicle screw monitoring using pedicle stimulating probe in lumbar spine surgery	Ufuk Aydinli (Turkey)
10' The value of Pediguard	André Kaelin (Switzerland)
10' How to use intraoperative neuromonitoring without a dedicated neurophysiologist?	Kazuhiro Hasegawa (Japan)
10' Neurophysiology in daily practice	Teresa Bas (Spain)
10' Discussion

17:50 – 18:05

Showa Ika Award

15' Anatomical study on the cause of postoperative C5 palsy in cervical laminoplasty

Yamada Kazuaki (Japan)

18:05 – 18:20

ArgoSpine thesis award

15' Novel regenerative strategies for the treatment of intervertebral disc herniation

Johannes Leendert Bron (The Netherlands)

18:20 – 18:30

Best poster award

18:30 – 19:00

ArgoSpine Genaral Assembly

17^th International ARGOSPINE Symposium