International Conference PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ROME SPINE 2012 VII Annual Congress President F. Postacchini Co President P.P.M. Menchetti Rome 6-7 december 2012 Crowne Plaza St. Pater s Hotel Via Aurelia Antica, 414 - Roma Websites: www.formazionesostenibile.it - www.romespine.org
6 DECEMBER 8.15 INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE LECTURE Management of scoliosis in the adult D. Fabris Monterumici (Padova) 9.10-9.20 Discussion CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION AND FORAMINAL STENOSIS DISC HERNIATION 9.20 Clinical features and diagnosis G. Gargiulo (Torino) 9.30 Conservative treatments J-YMaigne (Paris, France) 9.40 Nucleoplasty: indications, results and limitations A. Cesaroni ( Roma) 9.50-10.05 Discussion 10.05 Discectomy without arthrodesis R. Bartels (Nijmegen, Netherland) 10.15 Discectomy and fusion with autologous bone: obsolete? N. Di Lorenzo (Firenze) 10.25 Discectomy and fusion with cages: advantages and disadvantages A. Zagra (Milano) 10.35-10.50 Discussion FORAMINAL STENOSIS 10.50 Clinical features and imaging studies J.P.Elsig (Zurich, Switzerland) 11.02 EMG: necessary, useful, superfluous? R. Bartels (Nijmegen, Netherland) 11.12-11.20 Discussion 11.20 Dtrax: indications, clinical results, complications.. 11.30 Discectomy and fusion P. Cervellini ( Vicenza) 11.40-11.50 Discussion DISC ARTHROPLASTY IN DISC HERNIATION AND FORAMINAL STENOSIS 11.50 Surgical technique: re-live surgery A. Raco (Roma) 12.02 Indications and contraindications C. Logroscino (Roma) 12.12 Results at medium- and long-term F. Tamburrelli (Roma) 12.22-12.35 Discussion
12.35-13.10 CONSENSUS CONFERENCE Chairman: F. Postacchini (Roma) Does disc arthroplasty represent a real progress, today? R. Bartels (Nijmegen, Netherland), N. Di Lorenzo (Firenze), C.Logroscino (Roma), A. Raco (Roma), A. Zagra (Milano), G. Maestretti (Friburg, Switzerland) 13.10-14.30 LUNCH AND WORKSHOPS NEW THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES 14.30 Bipolar radiofrequency thermoryzotomy C. Gauci (London, UK) 14.40 Vertebral navigation using O-Arm P. Roccucci (Legnano, Mi) 14.50 Interfuse 15.00 Percutaneous anterior and posterior lumbar fusion using PerX 360 system. Results at 1 year R. Morgenstern (Barcelona, Spain) 15.10 15.20-15.45 Discussion BASIC SCIENCE NEW CONCEPTS FOR THERAPY OF DISC DEGENERATION 15.35 Intervertebral disc degeneration: new concepts and current therapeutic challanges and opportunities Nam VO ( Pittsburg,USA) 15.50 Treating intervertebral disc degeneration in an accelerated aging model with novel therapeutics L.A.Nasto (Roma) 16.05-16.20 Discussion 16.20 LECTURE Presentation: P.P.M. Menchetti (Firenze) Extension of indications for dynamic stabilisations based on selectable stiffnesses S. Freudiger, M. Lorrain, G. Dubois (Zurich, Switzerland; Toulouse, France) 16.35-16.40 Discussion SACRO-ILIAC JOINT AND POSTERIOR PELVIC PAIN 16.40 Anatomy and biomechanics of sacro-iliac joint B. Struesson (Angelholm, Sweden) 16.50 Non-specific disorders of sacro-iliac joint: what prevalence? Meta-analysis of the literature F. Postacchini,M. Paolino (Roma)
17.00 Clinical features and diagnosis B. Struesson (Angelholm, Sweden) 17.10 Physiscal therapy and rehabilitation J-Y Maigne (Paris, France) 17.20 Thermoryzotomy C. Gauci (London, UK) 17.30 Percutaneous stabilization using the ifuse system G. Maestretti (Friburg, Switzerland) 17.40-18.00 Discussion 18.00 CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE Moderator: F. Postacchini Surgical treatment of lumbar stenosis: interspinous spacers or open surgery? G. Calvosa (Volterra,Pi), R. Delfini (Roma), C. Lamartina (Milano), E. Ramundo Orlando (Roma) 18.40 END OF THE DAY
7 DECEMBER 8.20 INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE LECTURE Presentation: P.P.M. Menchetti (Firenze) Isthmic spondylolisthesis C. Bunger (Aahrus, Denmark) 9.10-9.20 Discussion INSTABILITY OF THE LUMBAR SPINE Generalities What is for me 9.20 J.C. Le Huec (Bordeaux, France) 9.30 N. Specchia( Ancona) 9.40 C. Bunger (Aahrus, Denmark) 9.50-10.00 Discussion 10.00 Imaging studies A. Zerbi (Milano) 10.10 The multiplicity of types and clinical features F. Postacchini (Roma) 10.20 Conservative treatments: evidence-based medecine V. Santilli (Roma) 10.30-10.40 Discussion Degenerative spondylolisthesis 10.40 Clinical and imaging evolution J. Fairbank (Oxford,UK) Surgical management 10.50 Only low back pain C. Lamartina (Milano) 11.00 Only radicular symptoms: is fusion necessary? F. Postacchini (Roma) 11.10 Low back pain and radicular symptoms: what decompression, what fusion F. Guida (Mestre,Ve) 11.20-11.30 Discussion Instability without spondylolisthesis Surgical treatments 11.30 LECTURE How I treat it M. Balsano (Schio-Thiene,Vi) 11.45 LECTURE How I treat it J. C. LeHuec (Bordeaux, France) 12.00-12.10 Discussion
Postoperative instability 12.10 Clinical features C. Doria (Sassari) 12.20 Imaging studies G. Trasimeni (Roma) 12. 30 Management R. Morgenstern (Barcelona, Spain) 12.40-12.50 Discussion LECTURES 12.50 Acute traumatic instability of the thoracic and lumbar spine: how to recognize it N. Specchia (Ancona) 13.05 Chronic traumatic instability of the thoracic and lumbar spine: diagnosis and management C. Logroscino 13.20.-13.30 Discussion 13.30-14.45 LUNCH AND WORKSHOPS 14.45 LECTURE The ODI (Oswestry Disability Index): perceptions of the inventor J. Fairbank (Oxford, UK) 15.00-15.10 Discussion INTERSPINOUS AND INTERLAMINAR STABILIZATIONS: STATE OF THE ART Characteristics of the implants 15.10 Romeo 2 PAD 15.16 Octave Eng. D. Bergadano OK 15.22 ILIF Eng. F. Orsatti OK Clinical fearures 15.28 Indications and limitations G. Maestretti (Friburg, Switzerland) 15.40 Results at short- and medium -term PPM. Menchetti(Firenze) 15.50 May they replace pedicle-.screw instrumentation? W.Taylor (San Diego, USA) 16.05-16.20 Discussion FREE PAPERS 16.20-17.15 6 Papers (preferably Case Reports of complications or disasters ) 6 m. each one
17.15-18.20 HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS MEDICO-LEGAL CORNER 18.20 What new initiatives to protect the surgeon? 18.35-18.50 Discussion 18.50 END OF THE CONGRESS