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1 EUROPE First South Eastern European Flagship Event AOSpine Advanced Symposium Degenerative and Trauma November, 2016 Thessaloniki, Greece

$and Trauma Spine. The participants will have the opportunity to discuss, analyze and classify spinal fractures as well as degenerative diseases of the spine and give their own solution in each case.$ Moreover, you will have the opportunity to listen from experts evidence based lectures, raise questions and debate.

Moreover, you will have the opportunity to listen from experts evidence based lectures, raise questions and debate.

2 Welcome to Thessaloniki Dear colleagues, On behalf of AOSpine Europe, we would like to welcome you to this first South Eastern European Flagship Event: The AOSpine Advanced Symposium on Degenerative and Trauma Spine. The participants will have the opportunity to discuss, analyze and classify spinal fractures as well as degenerative diseases of the spine and give their own solution in each case. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to listen from experts evidence based lectures, raise questions and debate. Suggestions from the faculty for the best treatment selection based on the available evidence, motor preservation and alignment as well as recognition and treatment of complication will be an important part of the event. Beyond the practice-oriented discussion of the most important pathology groups (vertebral fractures, spinal stenosis, and degenerative deformity), the Symposium will be also focused on fracture classification and proper surgical approach, degenerative spine disease and surgical treatment, recognize and treat complications promptly We invite you to enjoy the hospitality of Thessaloniki, one of the most beautiful and lively cities in Greece and, above all, a great educational experience. We look forward to meeting you in Thessaloniki. Warm regards, Athanasios Spiliotopoulos Chairperson Thessaloniki Greece Samo Fokter Chairperson Maribor Slovenia Ufuk Aydinli Educational Advisor Bursa Turkey

3 Description of the Symposium This case-based symposium aims to provide a comprehensive overview of degenerative spine and spinal cord injury and improve knowledge in spine fracture classifications, treatment of spinal cord injuries and of management of degenerative disc disease regarding surgical techniques and therapeutic strategies. Each case study will be completed with a dedicated lecture from top experts in the field. Target Participants This event is targeted at surgeons (orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and other specialists) between 3 to 10 years of experience in spine surgery who are aiming to further improve their performance in the management of Degenerative and Trauma Spine. Symposium Objectives After the symposium, participants should be able to: Diagnosis and classification of vertebral fracture Management of spinal cord injury Surgical Techniques Management of Complex cases Diagnosis and Treatment of disc disease management of recurrent dic disease Management of lumbar spinal stenosis Management of Complex cases Proposed Faculty Tiberiu Maior Cluj, Romania Nissim Ohana Petach Tikva, Israel Cagatay Ozturk Istanbul, Turkey Konstantinos Paterakis Larissa, Greece Martin Repko Brno, Czech Republic Milenko Savic Belgrade, Serbia Luben Stokov Sofia, Bulgaria Matjaz Vorsic Maribor, Slovenia

4 Overview Friday, 25 November, 2016 (9:00-18:00) Spinal Trauma* Session 1: C0-C2 fracture Session 2: Lower cervical Spine Fractures classifi cation and treatment Session 3: Cervicothoracic Junction: Tips and tricks Session 4: Thoracolumbar fractures classifi cation and treatment Session 5: Thoracolumbar Case examples of A,B,C Session 6: Classifi cation and Treatment Options for Sacral Fractures Saturday, 26 November, 2016 (8:30-16:00) Degenerative Lumbar Spine* Session 1: Minimally invasive disc Surgery Session 2: Lumbar stenosis with instrumentation Session 3: Lumbar stenosis without instrumentation Session 4: Lumbar Degenerative Deformity Session 5: Indications for osteotomies *Set up of each Session (65min each): '10 Case presentation '20 Group discussion at the single tables with 1 Faculty '15 Group presentation '15 Expert opinion-questions '5 Case solution

Project Manager AOSpine Europe Stettbachstrasse 6 Fax: +41 44 2002 412 CH 8600 Dübendorf www.aospine.

5 Project Manager AOSpine Europe Stettbachstrasse 6 Fax: CH 8600 Dübendorf Gabriella Gazzoli Phone: (Faculty, Program, Participants) GGazzoli@aospine.org Catherine Antonetti Phone: (Hotel) CAntonetti@aospine.org Information and Registration Online: Course fee AOSpine members Euro 160. (20% discount) AOSpine non-members Euro 200. Included in course fee Course certificate, course bag, course materials, lunch & coffee breaks. Venue Porto Palace Hotel Phone: , 26th Octovriou Avenue info@portopalace.gr GR Thessaloniki

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