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Global Spine Congress Singapore | May 2 -5, 2018
www.gsc2018.org
Scientific program
© 2018 AOSpine International. All rights reserved. E & OE. Image credits: Gardens by the Bay & Singapore Tourism Board
Please note: schedule may be subject to change.
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Venue: Academia at Singapore General Hospital
Pre-courses at
Monday, April 30, 2018 Advanced Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic Guided Lumbar Spinal Procedures
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) and Endoscopic Techniques
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Intensive Cadaver Workshop: Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery
Disclaimer
NASS courses are created to enhance physician understanding of the complexity of performing these procedures only. The course is not designed to certify that attendees are proficient in the procedures taught in the course. NASS strongly advises participants to continue to have proctoring, mentoring and additional experience prior to treating patients.
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NASS Pre-courses09:00-17:00 Advanced Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic Guided Lumbar Spinal Procedures
Monday, April 30, 2018
Academia, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
09:00-09:05 Welcome and Introduction Allen Chen, MD
09:05-09:20 Risks, Complications, and Radiation Safety Thomas Xu, MD
09:20-09:35 Lumbar Disc Access David O’Brien Jr., MD
09:35-09:50 Transforaminal epidural steroid injections and selective nerve root blocks Scott Kreiner, MD
09:50-10:05 Radiofrequency ablation Thomas Xu, MD
10:05-10:20 SI Joint injection, lateral branch blocks and RFA David Fish, MD
10:20-10:35 Regenerative medicine and biologics Allen Chen, MD
10:35-10:45 Discussion All
10:45-10:55 Break
10:55-11:10 Spinal cord stimulation Sunil Panchal, MD
11:10-11:20 Intrathecal pumps David Fish, MD
11:20-11:30 Vertebral fracture augmentation Patrick Hsieh, MD
11:30-11:45 Ultrasound vs. fluoroscopic techniques Allen Chen, MD
11:45-12:00 Discussion All
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Hands-on skills lab All
Station 1: lumbar transforaminal injections and lumbar disc access Scott Kreiner, MD
Station 2: lumbar facet and medial branch injectionsLumbar radiofrequency ablation
Thomas Xu, MD
Station 3: Sacroiliac joint and lateral branch injections David O'Brien, MD
Station 4: Vertebral fracture augmentation Patrick Hsieh, MD
Station 5: Spinal cord stimulator Sunil Panchal, MD
Station 6: Ultrasound-guided caudal, facet, SIJ injections Allen Chen, MD David Fish, MD
17:00 Adjourn
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NASS Pre-courses07:30-18:00 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) and Endoscopic Techniques
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
Academia, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
08:00-08:05 Welcome and introduction Patrick Hsieh, MD Jin-Sung Kim, MD
Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD)
08:05-08:20 Percutaneous endoscopic surgery: the current evidence Alastair Gibson, MD
08:20-08:35 The history (past), present of PELD Zhen-Zhou Li, MD
08:35-08:50 Endoscopic transforaminal approach: surgical anatomy and technical tips Verapan Kuansongtham, MD
08:50-09:05 Transforaminal PELD: technical tips to prevent complications Ralf Wagner, MD
09:05-09:20 Endoscopic interlaminar approach: surgical anatomy and technical tips Sebastian Ruetten, MD
09:20-09:35 Percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy: possible pitfalls and surgical strategy to avoid complications
H. Kim, MD
09:35-09:50 Questions and answers All
Advanced endoscopic techniques
09:50-10:05 Endoscopic strategy for migrated disc herniation Chien-Min Chen, MD
10:05-10:20 Precise diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases Jian Cheng Zeng, MD
10:20-10:35 Endoscopic Interlaminar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis Martin Komp, MD
10:35-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-11:00 Bi-portal endoscopic decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis Dong-Hwa Heo, MD
11:00-11:15 Interlaminar endoscopy: the evolution of MIS decompression Christoph Hofstetter, MD, PhD
Endoscopic procedures for low back pain
11:15-11:30 Endoscopic procedure for chronic low back pain (discogenic, facet, SIJ) Richard Ibrahim, MD
11:30-11:45 Questions and answers All
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-18:00 Hands-on skills lab: Bioskills Lab PSL1A, 1B, 1C All
Station 1: Full-endoscopic treatment for facet and sacroiliac-joint therapy; full-endoscopic transforaminal decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis; full-endoscopic dorsal cervical decompression
Station 2: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with transforaminal approach; full-endoscopic ventral cervical decompression
Station 3: Full-endoscopic transforaminal decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis;full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with interlaminar approach
Station 4: Full-endoscopic interlaminar approach for lumbar spinal stenosis
Station 5: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with transforaminal, extraforaminal and interlaminar approach
Station 6: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy with transforaminal, extraforaminal and interlaminar approach
Station 7: Full-endoscopic interlaminar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis
Station 8: Full-endoscopic interlaminar decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis
Station 9: Full-endoscopic interlaminar approach with high speed drill system for surgical treatments of lumbar disc herniation and stenosis
Station 10: Transforaminal endoscopic foraminoplasty with full see protective tube techniques
18:00 Adjourn
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NASS Pre-courses08:30-18:00 Intensive Cadaver Workshop: Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery
Wednesday, May 02, 2018
Academia, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
09:00-09:05 Welcome and introduction Patrick Hsieh, MD
09:05-09:20 The concept of vesselplasty and surgical technique Bambang Darwono, MD
09:20-09:35 Ultrasonic techniques for MIS decompression Patrick Hsieh, MD
09:35-09:50 Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion Fon-Yih Tsuang, MD
09:50-10:05 Questions and answers All
10:05-10:15 Coffee break
10:15-10:30 MESA deformity spinal system JJ Abitbol, MD
10:30-10:45 Adena Screw System + Duet Dual Head Screw System + PSO instrument Hani Mhaidli, MD
10:45-11:00 The clinical applications of Tinavi robot in spine surgery Yajun Liu, MC
11:00-11:15 Questions and answers All
11:15-11:30 Case 1—Robotics case
11:30-11:45 Case 2—Deformity case
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-18:00 Hands-on skills labBioskills Lab PSL1A, 1B, 1C
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Station 1: The concept of vesselplasty and surgical technique Bambang Darwono, MD
Station 2: Ultrasonic techniques in complex spine Patrick Hsieh, MD
Station 3: NOVA Minimal Invasive System Fon-Yih Tsuang, MD
Station 4: MESA Deformity Spinal System JJ. Abitbol, MD
Station 5: Adena Screw System + Duet Dual Head Screw System + PSO instrument Hani Mhaidli, MD
Station 6: The clinical applications of Tinavi robot in spine surgery Yajun Liu, MD
18:00 Adjourn
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Wednesday program schedule
08:00-18:30 Participant Registration
09:00-18:00 AOSpine pre-course: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery—Lectures, Case Discussions and Hands-on Surgeon's Cockpit Course (room 304)
09:00-09:05 PC001 Welcome Roger Härtl
09:05-09:15 Introduction to MIS Spine: What are we striving for? Roger Härtl
Session 1 Global MIS: updates from around the world—Current status, strengths and challenges...
Moderator: Tanaka Masato
09:15-09:25 PC002 MIS in North America Christoph Hofstetter
09:25-09:35 PC003 MIS in Latin America Rodrigo Navarro
09:35-09:45 PC004 MIS in Europe Richard Assaker
09:45-09:55 PC005 MIS in Middle East Muhammed Assous
09:55-10:05 PC006 MIS in Asia Pacific Seang-Beng Tan
10:05-10:15 Discussion All
Session 2 The Four Ts of MIS: target, technology, technique, teaching/training Moderators:Seang-Beng TanMassimo Balsano
10:15-10:30 PC007 Target: optimized patient selection Roger Härtl
10:30-10:45 PC008 Technology: retractors, microscopes, endoscope, navigation, instruments and implants. What are the minimum requirements for MIS?
Avelino Parajon
10:45-11:00 PC009 Techniques: surgical principles (unilateral approach, minimizing iatrogenic instability, indirect decompression)
Andreas Korge
11:00-11:15 PC010 Teaching and Training: how can we become the best? Bernhard Meyer
11:15-11:30 Discussion All
11:30-11:45 Lunch break
Session 3a Surgeon's cockpit practical exercises (room 303)
Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained using the AO teaching material
11:45-12:00 PC012 Lecture on surgical technique with AO teaching material Roger Härtl
12:00-12:15 PC013 Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained Avelino Parajon
Split group in rooms for exercises
12:15-15:00 Practical exercises on stenosis, MIS over the top decompression and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak repair (room 303)
Richard Assaker, Christoph Hofstetter
12:15-15:00 Practical exercises on spondylolisthesis and MIS TLIF (room 302) Avelino Parajon Muhammed Assous Paul Taylor
Both exercises will be accomplished on a simulated tool and not on a specimen.
Session 3b Lectures: Ten step techniques for the workhorse MIS procedures Moderators: Claudius Thomé Wai Mun Yue
11:45-11:55 PC014 MIS tubular decompression for central stenosis Andreas Korge
11:55-12:05 PC015 Endoscopic intralaminar approach L5/S1 Christoph Hofstetter
12:05-12:15 PC016 Endoscopic transaforminal approach L4/5 "Luke" Kim
12:15-12:25 PC017 MIS TLIF Claudius Thomé
12:25-12:35 PC018 Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF) Massimo Balsano
12:35-12:45 PC019 Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) Masato Tanaka
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Wednesday program scheduleW
ednesday
AOSpine pre-course: Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery—Lectures, Case Discussions and Hands-on Surgeon's Cockpit Course [continued] (room 304)
12:45-12:55 PC020 Total 3D Navigation Roger Härtl
12:55-13:05 PC021 Robotics "Kees" Poelstra
13:05-13:15 PC022 Multilevel MIS fusion: How to put it all together (percutaneous screws, XLIF, TLIF and iliac screws in the same patient)?
Khai Lam
Session 4 Lectures: MIS deformity—opportunity or limitation? The Battle Moderator: Khai Lam
13:15-13:25 PC023 Debate—Contra: MIS has no role in deformity surgery S. Rajasekaran
13:25-13:35 PC024 Debate—Pro: MIS offers exciting opportunities to make deformity surgery safer
Richard Assaker
13:35-13:50 Discussion
13:50-14:30 Break
14:30-14:40 PC025 MIS deformity—opportunity or limitation; what the research shows Roger Härtl
14:40-15:00 PC026 Case discussion on deformity: How I do it! Masato Tanaka
Session 5a Surgeon's cockpit practical exercises (room 303)
Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained using the AO teaching material
15:00-15:15 PC028 Lecture on surgical technique with AO teaching material Roger Härtl
15:15-15:30 PC029 Introduction of simulation model and techniques to be trained Richard Assaker
Split group in rooms for exercises
15:30-18:15 Practical exercises on stenosis, MIS over the top decompression and CSF leak repair (room 303)
Richard Assaker Christoph Hofstetter
15:30-18:15 Practical exercises on spondylolisthesis and MIS TLIF (room 302) Avelino Parajon Muhammed Assous Paul Taylor
Both exercises will be accomplished on a simulated tool and not on a specimen.
Session 5b Lectures: MIS treatment for lumbar spondylolisthesis Moderator: Massimo Balsano
15:00-15:10 PC030 Case presentation: L4/5 spondylolisthesis Massimo Balsano
15:10-15:20 PC031 Debate: MIS TLIF is the best Seang-Beng Tan
15:20-15:30 PC032 Debate: ALIF is the best Andreas Korge
15:30-15:40 PC033 Debate: XLIF is the best Paul Taylor
15:40-15:50 PC034 Decompression alone Richard Assaker
15:50-16:15 Discussion
Session 6 Navigation Moderator: Wai Mun Yue
16:15-16:35 PC035 Debate: navigation and robotics—pro and con S. Rajasekaran (pro) vs Jens Chapman (con)
16:35-17:00 Discussion
Session 7 Lectures: case presentations and discussion Moderator: Andreas Korge
17:00-17:45 PC036 Degenerative scoliosis and spondylolisthesis cases Wai Mun Yue Masato Tanaka Christoph Hofstetter
17:45-18:00 PC037 Closure Roger Härtl
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Wednesday program schedule
09:00-12:00 AOSpine/NASS pre-course: Failed Back Syndrome Interventional Pain Treatments Versus Surgical Options (room 310)
Moderators: David Fish Hani Mhaidli
09:00-09:05 PC038 Welcome and Introduction David Fish Hani Mhaidli
09:05-09:15 PC039 Non-operative evaluation of failed back syndrome: the biopsychosocial model Thomas Xu
09:15-09:25 PC040 Pre-treatment psychological testing and screening David O’Brien
09:25-09:35 PC041 Medication management of failed back syndrome Scott Kreiner
09:35-09:45 PC042 Interventional considerations of failed back syndrome David O’Brien
09:45-09:55 PC043 Surgical evaluation of failed back syndrome Norman Chutkan
09:55-10:05 PC044 Case presentation Norman Chutkan
10:05-10:15 Discussion All
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-10:40 PC045 Is there a role for epidural injections in failed back surgery syndrome? Thomas Xu
10:40-10:50 PC046 Medial branch blockade and radiofrequency ablation Scott Kreiner
10:50-11:00 PC047 Intrathecal pumps Sunil Panchal
11:00-11:10 PC048 Spinal cord stimulation David Fish
11:10-11:20 PC049 Proper patient selection in spine surgery: reducing FBSS by choosing well Jeffrey Wang
11:20-11:30 PC050 Expert opinion: indications and criteria for revision surgery in FBSS John Liu
11:30-11:40 PC051 Case presentation Hani Mhaidli
11:40-11:50 Discussion and questions All
11:50-12:00 PC052 Closing remarks David Fish Hani Mhaidli
08:00-18:30 Participant Registration
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Wednesday program scheduleW
ednesday
13:00-18:00 AOSpine/NASS/KOMISS pre-course: A to Z of Endoscopic Spine Surgery (room 310)
Moderators: Patrick Hsieh Eung Sang Kim Jeffrey Wang
13:00-13:05 PC053 Course description and welcoming remarks Jeffrey Wang
13:05-13:20 PC054 Introduction of endoscopic spine surgery: historical perspective, evolution, and current state of endoscopic spine surgery today
Jun Ho Lee
13:20-13:35 PC055 How should you incorporate endoscopic spine surgery in your practice: operative room set-up: anesthetics, positioning, fluoroscopy, and endoscope placement considerations
Chien-Min Chen
13:35-13:50 PC056 Case selection and surgical indications for endoscopic spinal decompression Zhen-Zhou Li
13:50-14:00 Discussion Jun Ho Lee Chien-Min Chen Zhen-Zhou Li
14:00-14:15 Break
Moderators: John Liu Limin Rong
14:15-14:30 PC057 Anatomic considerations and technical pearls of transforaminal endoscopic Verapan Kuansongtham
14:30-14:45 PC058 Transpedicular endoscopic surgery for excision of migrated disc herniation Guntram Krzok
14:45-15:00 PC059 Complication avoidance and management for endoscopic transforaminal decompression
Jin-Sung Kim
15:00-15:15 PC060 Video presentation on transforaminal endoscopic decompression Alastair Gibson
15:15-15:30 Discussion Verapan Kuansongtham Jin-Sung Kim Alastair Gibson Guntram Krzok
Moderators: Patrick Hsieh John Liu Eun Sang Kim
15:30-15:45 PC061 Anatomical and technical considerations for interlaminar endoscopic decompression
Martin Komp
15:45-16:00 PC062 Dural injury and nerve injury of endoscopic interlaminar decompression: What’s the occurrence rate and how to manage?
Sebastian Ruetten
16:00-16:15 PC063 Video demonstration of endoscopic interlaminar decompression for spinal stenosis
Jiancheng Zeng
16:15-16:30 PC063.1 Is endoscopic revision surgery possible? Revision of decompression and arthrodesis
Christoph Hofstetter
16:30-16:45 PC064 Surgical indication and technical considerations for endoscopic spine fusion Ralf Wagner
16:45-17:00 PC065 Video presentation on endoscopic spine fusion Dong-Hwa Heo
17:00-17:15 PC066 What’s the future for endoscopic spine surgery? Hyeun Sung Kim
17:15-17:30 Panel discussion with all faculty All
17:30 Adjourn
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Wednesday program schedule13:00-18:20 AOSpine Knowledge Forum Tumor pre-course:
Spine Tumor Rounds: Evidence Based Approach to Spinal Tumor Cases (room 308)
Moderators: Charles Fisher Stefano Boriani
13:00-13:10 PC067 Introduction Charles Fisher
Metastatic spine disease
13:10-13:30 PC068 Evaluating health related quality of life in patients with spinal metastases Anne Versteeg
13:30-13:50 PC069 Lung cancer metastasis to thoracic spine Aron Lazary
13:50-14:10 PC070 Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to lumbar spine Arjun Sahgal
14:10-14:30 PC071 Thyroid cancel metastasis to thoracic spine Feng Wei
14:30-14:50 PC072 Melanoma metastasis to thoracolumbar spine Rory Goodwin
14:50-15:10 PC073 Colon cancer metastasis to thoracic spine with Bilsky grade 1c compression Naresh Kumar
15:10-15:30 PC074 Metastatic breast cancer with cord compression Ilya Laufer
15:30-15:50 PC075 Metastatic prostate cancer to cervical spine with history of prior XRT Daniel Sciubba
15:50-16:00 Break
Primary spine tumors
16:00-16:20 PC076 Intradural cervical schwannoma resection Chetan Bettegowda
16:20-16:40 PC077 Giant cell tumor of lumbar spine Raphaële Charest-Morin
16:40-17:00 PC078 Recurrent chordoma of mobile spine Charles Fisher
17:00-17:20 PC079 Osteoid osteoma of thoracic spine John Shin
17:20-17:40 PC080 Mobile spine chondrosarcoma of cervical spine Nicolas Dea
17:40-18:00 PC081 Aneurysmal bone cyst of lumbar spine Stefano Boriani
18:00-18:20 PC082 Sacral chordoma/total sacrectomy Jeremy Reynolds
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Wednesday program scheduleW
ednesday
13:30-18:00 AOSpine Knowledge Forum Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury pre-course: State of the Art in Managing Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury—Controversies and Consensus (room 311)
Moderators: Michael Fehlings Cumhur Oner
A) Controversies and consensus in spine trauma Moderator: Cumhur Oner
13:30-13:35 PC083 Controversies in spine trauma management Klaus Schnake
13:35-13:40 PC084 Case presentation: spine trauma in the elderly—octagenarian with a type 2 odontoid fracture
Lorin Benneker
13:40-13:55 PC085 Presentation of the evidence—geriatric odontoid fracture management Klaus Schnake
13:55-14:10 PC086 Case resolution Klaus Schnake
14:10-14:20 PC087 Discussion and synthesis Klaus Schnake
14:20-14:30 Questions and answers all
14:30-14:35 PC088 Case presentation: A3 or A4 fracture at the thoracolumbar junction without neurology
Cumhur Oner
14:35-14:50 PC089 Presentation of the evidence—management of burst fractures at the thoracolumbar junction without neurology
Marcel Dvorak
14:50-15:05 PC090 Case resolution Marcel Dvorak
15:05-15:15 PC091 Discussion and synthesis Marcel Dvorak
15:15-15:25 Question and answers All
15:25-16:00 Break
B) Controversies and consensus in spinal cord injury Moderator: Michael Fehlings
16:00-16:05 PC092 Controversies in spinal cord injury: the aospine guidelines facilitate clinical decision making
Michael Fehlings
16:05-16:10 PC093 Case presentation: severe (AIS C) central cord injury Bizhan Aarabi
16:10-16:20 PC094 Role and timing of surgical intervention—presentation of the evidence Brian Kwon
16:20-16:30 PC095 Role of methylprednisolone—presentation of the evidence Jefferson Wilson
16:30-16:45 PC096 Case resolution Bizhan Aarabi
16:45-16:55 PC097 Discussion and synthesis Michael Fehlings
16:55-17:05 Question and answers All
17:05-17:10 PC098 Case presentation: thoracolumbar burst fracture with neurology Brian Kwon
17:10-17:20 PC099 Optimal surgical approach—what is the evidence? Jefferson Wilson
17:20-17:30 PC100 Role of MR imaging —what is the evidence? Shekar Kurpad
17:30-17:45 PC101 Case resolution Brian Kwon
17:45-17:55 PC102 Discussion and synthesis Michael Fehlings
17:55-18:00 Questions and answers All
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Wednesday program schedule13:30-18:00 Joint AOSpine Knowledge Forum Deformity / Scoliosis
Research Society pre-course: A Global Perspective on Multidisciplinary Spine Deformity Surgery (room 309)
Moderators: Sigurd Berven Stephen Lewis Benny Dahl
Section 1: Preoperative evaluation and optimization Moderator: Sigurd Berven
13:30-13:35 PC103 Introduction of the course and case presentation Sigurd Berven
13:35-13:45 PC104 Pediatric deformity: risk stratification and risk reduction Banny Dahl
13:45-13:55 PC105 Adult deformity: risk stratification and risk reduction Sigurd Berven
13:55-14:05 PC106 Adult preoperative planning Manabu Ito
14:05-14:15 PC107 Classifying deformity: impact, natural history and goals of care Naresh Babu
14:15-14:25 PC108 Predictive modelling in deformity surgery Christopher Ames
14:25-14:35 PC109 Preoperative optimization protocols: evidence and effect Benny Dahl
14:35-15:00 PC110 Discussion (all speakers on the panel) Sigurd Berven
Section 2: Intraoperative standardization Moderator: Stephen Lewis
15:00-15:05 PC111 Introduction with case presentation Stephen Lewis
15:05-15:15 PC112 Pediatric surgical strategies: determining levels Kenneth Cheung
15:15-15:25 PC113 Adult deformity strategies: Scoli-Risk1 lessons Lawrence Lenke
15:25-15:35 PC114 The role of anterior surgery in spinal deformity correction Munish Gupta
15:35-15:45 PC115 Standardizing intraoperative protocols: neuromonitoring and blood management
Stephen Lewis
15:45-15:55 PC116 Surgical strategies to reduce junctional complications: proximal and distal Yong Qiu
15:55-16:25 PC117 Discussion (all speakers on the panel) Stephen Lewis
16:25-16:45 Break
Section 3: Post-operative accountability Moderator: Benny Dahl
16:45-16:50 PC118 Introduction and case presentation Benny Dahl
16:50-17:00 PC119 Outcomes measures in adult and pediatric deformity care Marinus DeKleuver
17:00-17:10 PC120 Complication classification: impact based evaluation Sigurd Berven
17:10-17:20 PC121 Complication prevention: protocols including thomboprophylaxis, antibiotics, bracing
Emiliano Vialle
17:20-17:30 PC122 Appropriate expectations for activity after deformity surgery in the child and the adult
Saumyajit Basu
17:30-17:40 PC123 Healthcare policy to optimize quality and safety Matsuyama Yukijhiro
17:40-18:00 PC124 Discussion (all speakers on the panel) Benny Dahl
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Thursday program schedule08:00-09:00 AOSpine opening symposium:
AOSpine Education Taskforces Update (plenary room)
Moderator: Bryan Ashman
08:00–08:10 S001 Introduction to the Taskforces and Update on Quality Bryan Ashman
08:10–08:20 S002 Update on Minimally Invasive Surgery Roger Härtl
08:20–08:30 S003 Update on Learning Pathways Mike Grevitt
08:30–08:40 S004 Update on Educational Strategies Steven Theiss
08:40–08:50 S005 Update on Faculty Management Juan Emmerich
08:50–09:00 Discussion All
09:00-09:15 Congress opening (plenary room) Jeffrey WangK. Daniel RiewPaul Thng
09:15-10:00 Best Paper Session 09:15-10:00 Best Paper Session (plenary room) Moderators:
Michael Janssen Luiz Vialle
09:15-09:20 A001 Complications And Revision Rates In Robotic-guided Vs. Fluoro-guided Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Surgery—A Report From The MIS ReFRESH Prospective Comparative Study
Andrew Cannestra
09:20-09:25 A002 Smart Neural Stem Cells To Degrade Scar And Optimize Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury
Michael Fehlings
09:25-09:30 A003 Early Versus Delayed Rod Fracture In Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Fused To The Sacrum Differ In Presentation And Revision Rates
Munish Gupta
09:30-09:35 A004 Practice Of Patient-reported Outcome Measures In Spine Care Asdrubal Falavigna
09:35-09:40 A005 Efficacy And Safety Of Riluzole In Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). Rationale And Design Of AOSpine Phase III Multi-center Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial. (RISCIS).
Michael Fehlings
09:40-09:45 A006 Perioperative Complications After Vertebral Column Resection (VCR) For Severe Pediatric Spinal Deformity
Lawrence G Lenke
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Paper Session 10:30-11:15 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adult)—Kyphosis
(plenary room)Moderators: Sigurd Berven Chung Chek Wong
10:30-10:35 A007 Clinical And Radiographic Results After Posterior Wedge Osteotomy For Thoracolumbar Kyphosis Secondary To Ankylosing Spondylitis: Comparison Of Long And Short Segment Instrumentation
Bangping Qian
10:35-10:40 A008 Clinical Results And Surgery Tactics Of Spinal Osteotomy For Ankylosing Spondylitis Kyphosis: Experience With 448 Patients
Yan Wang
10:40-10:45 A009 Outcomes Of Complex Spine Surgery In Elderly Patients John Ibrahim
10:45-10:50 A010 The Preoperative And Intraoperative Management And Control Of The Risks Of AS Patients Underwent Spinal Osteotomy
Yan Wang
10:50-10:55 A011 Surgical Strategy Of Thoracolumbar Kyphosis Secondary To Old Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture
Yu Jiang
10:55-11:00 A012 Spinal Sagittal Realignment After Osteotomy On Old Thoracolumbar Osteoporotic Fracture-related Kyphosis
Kai Cao
11:00-11:15 Discussion All
10:00-10:30 AOSpine Member Representative Candidates Presentation (room 310)
10:30-11:15 AOSpine Members-only session—How to Avoid Litigation (room 310) Moderator: Norman ChutkanSpeakers: Lali Sekhon, Yong Hai, Massimo Balsano
AOSpine Past FellowPF Live streaming
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Thursday program scheduleThursday
10:30-11:15 Paper Session 10:30-11:15 Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery—Endoscopic
(room 308)Moderators: James Harrop Paul Thng
10:30-10:35 A013 Percutaneous Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy On Upper Thoracic Spine Junseok Bae
10:35-10:40 A014 Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis
Young Ha Woo
10:40-10:45 A015 Minimally Invasive-Microscopic Assisted Stand-Alone Trans-Articular Screw Fixation (MIS-TAS) Without Gallie Supplementation In The Management Of Mobile Atlanto-Axial Instability.
Tarun Dusad
10:45-10:50 A016 Incidental Dural Tears During Bi-portal Endoscopic Spine Surgery For Degenerative Lumbar Spine Diseases
Dae-Jung ChoiPF
10:50-10:55 A017 Postoperative Pain Assessment After Full-endoscopic Interlaminar Approach Comparing With A Mini-open Microsurgical Technique For The Treatment Of Lumbar Disc Disease
Miguel Casimiro
10:55-11:00 A018 Strategies Of Anesthesia In Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Xiaofeng Lian
11:00-11:15 Discussion All
10:30-11:15 Degenerative—Cervical 1 (room 309) Moderators: Dino Samartzis Abdulaziz Al-Mutair
10:30-10:35 A019 Serum Biomarkers In Patients With Ossification Of The Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)
Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
10:35-10:40 A020 Lateral Mass Screw Fixation In Cervical Spine; Introducing A New Technique Ariful Islam
10:40-10:45 A021 Cervical Hybrid Laminoplasty Vs Laminectomy: Correlation Among The Extent Of Posterior Spinal Cord Drifting, The Dural Sac Diameter, The Presence Of C5 Palsy And Spinal Cord Alignment A Retrospective Comparative Study Between The Two Techniques
Michele Federico Pecoraro
10:45-10:50 A022 Risk Of Spring-back Closure In Skipped-level Plating For Open-door Laminoplasty: An Insight Of Its Cost-saving Potential
Jason Pui Yin Cheung
10:50-10:55 A023 Are There Relationship Between Hyper Thoracic Kyphosis And Occipital-Cervical Junctional Fused Joint In Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis ?
Nodoka ManabePF
10:55-11:00 A024 The Clinical And Radiological Features Of Familial Cervical Ossification Of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Yu Sun
11:00-11:15 Discussion All
10:30-11:15 Disc Degeneration 1 (room 311) Moderators: Bizhan Aarabi Mauro Alini
10:30-10:35 A025 Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Seeded High-Density Collagen Gel For Annulus Fibrosus Repair: 6 Week Results From In Vivo Sheep Models
Ibrahim Hussain
10:35-10:40 A026 Toll-like Receptor 2 Activation Induces Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Lisbet Haglund
10:40-10:45 A027 Comparison Of Inflammaging In Cervical And Lumbar Degenerated Intervertebral Discs: Analysis Of Proinflammatory Cytokine And TRP Channel Expression
Oliver Nic Hausmann
10:45-10:50 A028 High Resolution Imaging With 9.4T MRI And Complementary Specialised Microscopy Provides New Insights Into The Structure Of The Intervertebral Disc
Idrees Sher
10:50-10:55 A029 Identifying The Expression Of Newly Defined Phenotype Of Young Healthy Nucleus Pulposus Cells Under Normoxic And Hypoxic Culture Conditions
Arjun Sinkemani
10:55-11:00 A030 Autologous Nucleus Pulposus Cell-seeded Hydrogel Delivery To Isolated Human Intervertebral Discs In Dynamic Culture Promotes Tissue Repair
Lisbet Haglund
11:00-11:15 Discussion All
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11:15-12:00 Paper Session 11:15-12:00 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adult)—Surgical Outcomes
(plenary room)Moderators: Yong Qiu Daniel Gelb
11:15-11:20 A031 A Pilot Study On Posterior Polyester Tethers As An Anti-PJK Device For Multilevel Spinal Instrumentation For Adult Spinal Deformity
Avery BuchholzPF
11:20-11:25 A032 The Safety And Efficacy Of CT-Guided, Fluoroscopy-Free Vertebroplasty In Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
Christopher Ames
11:25-11:30 A033 Assessing The Influence Of Diabetes And Cardiopulmonary Disease On Patient Reported Outcomes: Pre- And Post-operatively
Darrel Brodke
11:30-11:35 A034 Impact Of Three Column Osteotomy On Health Related Quality Of Life Measures In Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis
Muralidharan Venkatesan
11:35-11:40 A035 Interbody Impaction Grafting In Adult Spinal Deformity: 2-Year Fusion Outcomes
Robert Ravinsky
11:40-11:45 A036 Biomechanical Assessment Of Multi-Rod Instrumentation Techniques Following Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: A Finite Element Study
Joseph Zavatsky
11:45-12:00 Discussion All
11:15-12:00 Minimally Invasive Surgery 1 (room 308) Moderators: Massimo Balsano Patrick Hsieh
11:15-11:20 A037 Single Incision Mini-Open TLIF A Modified Minimally Invasive Technique Clinico—Radiological Comparison With Traditional Open TLIF A Prospective Randomized Study
Nagendra Palukuri
11:20-11:25 A038 Percutaneous Vertebroplasty For Vertebral Compression Fracture In Glucocorticosteroid-induced Osteoporosis: A Case-control Study
Haolin Sun
11:25-11:30 A039 Incidence Of Cranial Facet Joint Violation In Open Versus Minimally Invasive Screw Placement In Single Level Lumbar Fusion—Analysis Of Risk Factors.
Anil Solanki
11:30-11:35 A040 Early Return To Work In Working Age Population After Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Does Not Translate To Superior Outcomes—A Five-Year Follow-Up Study
Ming Han Lincoln Liow
11:35-11:40 A041 Lumbar Ganglion Cyst: Nosology, Surgical Management And Proposal Of A New Classification Based On 34 Personal Cases And Literature Review
Alessandro Ramieri
11:40-11:45 A042 Unilateral Versus Bilateral Percutaneous Kyphoplasty For Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Meta-analysis
Wei-Hu Ma
11:45-12:00 Discussion All
11:15-12:00 Degenerative Cervical 2 (room 309) Moderators: Michael Fehlings Karsten Wiechert
11:15-11:20 A043 To Plate Or Not Is NOT A Question. Results With Non-Anchored Stand-Alone Titanium Cage Compared To Cage-Plate Constructs In One Or Two Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy At 2 Year Follow-Up.
Ankit PatelPF
11:20-11:25 A044 Comparison Of Dynamic Cervical Implant Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion For The Treatment Of Single-level Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease: A Minimal Five-year Follow-up
Ce Zhu
11:25-11:30 A045 Clinical and radiographic outcome of dynamic cervical implant (DCI) arthroplasty for degenerative cervical disc disease: a minimal five-year follow-up
Linnan Wang
11:30-11:35 A046 Usefulness And Trouble Of Mini-open Open Door Laminoplasty Kanji Sasaki
11:35-11:40 A047 A Comparison Of Clinical Outcome Between Stand-alone Zero-profile Implant Versus Cervical Plate Fixation In Single And Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion: An Institutional Analysis Of 166 Patients .
Samuel Sommaruga
11:40-11:45 A048 Is Stand-alone Polyetheretherketone (PEEK Cage) The New Gold Standard In Anterior Cervical Decompression And Interbody Fusion(ACDF) For The Management Of One And Two Levels Of Degenerative Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.
Ayush Sharma
11:45-12:00 Discussion All
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11:15-12:00 Paper Session 11:15-12:00 Disc Degeneration 2 (room 311) Moderators:
Zorica Buser Asdrubal Falavigna
11:15-11:20 A049 Intervertebral Disc Degeneration And Microglia: A Crosstalk In Promoting And Sustaining Neuroinflammation
Giovanni Marfia
11:20-11:25 A050 Association Of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms With Disc Degeneration Endophenotpyes
Adam Biczo
11:25-11:30 A051 Ca2+ And PO4 Regulate Matrix Protein Synthesis In Intervertebral Discs Michael Grant
11:30-11:35 A052 Tungsten Induces Fibrosis And Upregulates Markers For Pain In The Intervertebral Disc Both In Vitro And In Vivo
Michael Grant
11:35-11:40 A053 Single Nucleotide Variants Of IL6 And COL1A1 Are Associated With Intensity Of Pain And Severity Of Disability In Chronic Low Back Pain
Romain Perera
11:40-11:45 A054 Nose To Back: Nasal Chondrocytes Are A Potential Autologous Cell-transplant Source For Cell Therapy Based Treatment Of Degenerative Disc Disease
Arne MehrkensPF
11:45-12:00 Discussion All
12:00-13:30 Industry Lunch Symposia
13:30-14:30 Symposium hosted by AOSpine North America: Treatment and Prevention of Spine Infections (plenary room)
Moderators: James Harrop Michael Fehlings Darrel Brodke
13:30-13:35 S006 Introduction James Harrop
13:35-13:43 S007 Spine Surgery—Who is at Risk? Brian Kwon
13:43-13:51 S008 Pre-op Prevention and Minimize Risks Jefferson Wilson
13:51-13:59 S009 Post-op Management and Diagnosis Markian Pahuta
13:59-14:07 S010 Patient Care—Disitis Avery Buchholz
14:07-14:15 S011 Patient Care-Epidural Abcess Thomas Mroz
14:15-14:23 S012 Tuberculosis S. Rajasekaran
14:23-14:30 Question/Answer All
13:30-14:30 Symposium hosted by Asian Spine Journal: Sagittal Imbalance of Cervical Spine (room 308)
Moderators:Paul Thng Abhay Nene
13:30-13:37 S013 Overview of sagittal imbalance Chung Chek Wong
13:38-13:46 S014 Kyphosis due to infection/trauma/operative sequale Harvinder S. Chhabra
13:47-13:55 S015 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with kyphosis Yasutsugu Yukawa
13:56-14:04 S016 Determining which level to decompress in cervical myelopathy—a quagmire in multi-level disease and how it may affect sagittal outcome?
Kin Cheung Mak
14:05-14:13 S017 Cervicothoracic kyphosis/kyphoscoliosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis Bangping Qian
14:14-14:22 S018 Failed anterior cervical spine surgery Jong-Beom Park
14:23-14:30 Discussion All
13:30-14:30 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Europe: Complications in Spine Surgery. An Unsolved Problem. Looking for a New Way (room 309)
Moderator:Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano
13:30-13:40 S019 Complications in Spine Surgery. State of the Art Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano
13:40-13:55 S020 How to Prevent and Face them Jens Chapman
13:55-14:10 S021 Mission first or safety first? Safety procedures and checklists from aviation Lorin Benneker
14:10-14:25 S022 Simulation training and safer surgery with checklist software Lorin Benneker
14:25-14:30 Discussions all
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Thursday program schedule13:30-14:30 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Knowledge Forum:
Degenerative/Biologics: Updates on Spine Biologics: The Latest and Greatest in 2018 (room 311)
Moderators: Patrick Hsieh Zorica Buser
13:30-13:32 S023 Introduction and welcoming remarks Jeffrey Wang
13:32-13:42 S024 Stem cell and cellular matrix for spine fusion Jong-Beom Park
13:42-13:52 S025 Stem cells, PRP, and growth factors for disc regeneration Tim Yoon
13:52-14:02 S026 Bioactive synthetics: Rationale and evidence Zorica Buser
14:02-14:12 S027 Enhancing spine fusion with 3D printing and surface technology Patrick Hsieh
14:12-14:22 S028 Cost and economics considerations for novel spine biologics Darrel Brodke
14:22-14:30 Discussion All
14:30-15:00 Paper Session 14:30-15:00 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adolescent)—Surgery 1
(plenary room)Moderators: Michael Grevitt Yong Hai
14:30-14:35 A055 Posterior Column Osteotomies In Restore Shoulder Balance In Lenke Type 1 Scoliosis Treated By Convex Manipulation
Sergio Sessa
14:35-14:40 A056 Sagittal Alignment After Surgical Treatment Of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis—Application Of The Roussouly Classification
Martin Gehrchen
14:40-14:45 A057 What Decides Shoulder Levels In A Double Thoracic (Lenke 2) Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?
Naresh-Babu J
14:45-14:50 A058 A Clinical Study Of Correlation Between Coronal Imbalance And SRS Score In Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis—Preoperative CIB May Cause Postoperative Pain
Ryo Sugawara
14:50-15:00 Discussion All
14:30-15:00 Pediatric Deformity and Interventional (room 308) Moderators: John Devine John Webb
14:30-14:35 A059 CT-guided Percutaneous Treatment Of Lumbar Facet Joint Synovial Cysts In 29 Patients technique, Challenge And Clinical Outcome.
Josh SchroederPF
14:35-14:40 A060 Hybrid Growing Rod Technique With Hemivertebrectomy And Short Fusion: An Alternative Option To Correction Long-spanned Kyphotic Congenital Scoliosis
Yong Qiu
14:40-14:45 A061 High Rate Of Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) Alerts In 176 Severe Pediatric Deformity Patients And Its Relationship To The Deformity Angularity Ratio (DAR)
Munish Gupta
14:45-14:50 A062 Trauma CT Scan Of Spine In Children- Are We Over Scanning? Purnajyoti Banerjee
14:50-15:00 Discussion All
14:30-15:00 Medical Economics (room 309) Moderators: Sandeep Gidvani Lawrence Lenke
14:30-14:35 A063 Racial Disparities In Perioperative Outcomes Following Lumbar Spine Fusion: An Analysis Of The 2015 NSQIP Database
Christina GoldsteinPF
14:35-14:40 A064 Effect Of Surgical Setting (Tertiary Vs. Community Hospitals) On The Cost Of Posterior Cervical Spine Procedures
Heath Gould
14:40-14:45 A065 Racial Disparities In Perioperative Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion For Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis Of The 2011-2015 NSQIP Databases
Christina Goldstein
14:45-14:50 A066 Misaligned Incentives For Lumbar Spine Surgery In The Bundled Payment For Care Initiative
Heath Gould
14:50-15:00 Discussion All
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14:30-15:00 Paper Session 14:30-15:00 Basic Science—Spinal Cord Injuries and Tumors
(room 311)Moderators: Brian Kwon Jong Beom Park
14:30-14:35 A067 Human Recombinant Erythropoietin Can Improve Motor Function In Cervical Myelopathy Rat Model
Takahiro Tanaka
14:35-14:40 A068 The Effect Of Neuropeptide ACTH4-10Pro8-Gly9-Pro10 On Caspase-3 On Spinal Cord Compression Injury
Eko Agus SubagioPF
14:40-14:45 A069 Comparative Analysis Of Perioperative Blood Loss In Posterior Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery In Patients Taking Aspirin And Clopidogrel A Prospective Matched Cohort Study
Aditya Banta
14:45-14:50 A070 Early Tissue Effects Of SBRT In Spinal Metastases: A Pilot Study In Humans Jasper Steverink
14:50-15:00 Discussion All
14:30-15:30 Symposium: The Role of Spinal Cord Stimulators for Spine Related Pain(room 310)
Moderators: Bambang Darwono Scott Kreiner
14:30-14:40 S164 Role of spinal cord stimulators: failed back or primary treatments Scott Kreiner
14:40-14:50 S165 Evaluation for spinal cord stimulators: indications and contraindications Sunil Panchal
14:50-15:00 S166 Placement of spinal cord stimulators: surgical procedures David Fish
15:00-15:10 S167 Complications of spinal cord stimulators David O'Brien
15:10-15:20 S168 Outcomes and Evidence of spinal cord stimulators Sunil Panchal
15:20-15:30 Questions and Answers
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:15 Paper Session 15:30-16:15 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adolescent)—Surgery 2
(plenary room)Moderators: Kenneth Cheung Marinus De Kleuver
15:30-15:35 A071 Do Photometric Parameters Changes With BMI And Cobb Angle In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? A Waist Asymmetry Research
Akay Kirat
15:35-15:40 A072 Diagnostic Accuracy Of Intraoperative Electromyography In The Positioning Of Pedicle Screws In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treatment: A Cross-sectional Diagnostic Study
Raphael Pratali
15:40-15:45 A073 Coronal Imbalance In Lenke5c Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Relevant To The Lowest Instrumented Vertebrae Selection: Lower- End Vertebra Versus Lower-end Vertebra +1 In Posterior Fusion.
Bowen Hu
15:45-15:50 A074 Comparison Of Flexibility Assessments In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (FLEXIS Study)
Kenny Yat Hong KwanPF
15:50-15:55 A075 Two Stage Front Back Fusion For Double Major Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): Saving Lumbar Levels With Improved Derotation Of The Lowest Instrumented Vertebra (LIV)
Lui Darren
15:55-16:00 A076 Posterior Spinal Surgery For Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Does Not Induce Compensatory Increases In Adjacent Segment Motion: A Prospective Gait Analysis Study.
Roderick Holewijn
16:00-16:15 Discussion All
15:30-16:15 AOSpine Members-only session—AOPEER (room 310)Moderator: Asdrubal FalavignaSpeakers: Asdrubal Falavigna, Brigitte Gallo-Kopf
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15:30-16:15 Paper Session 15:30-16:15 Spine Surgery and Complications (room 308) Moderators:
Giovanni Barbanti-Brodano Zdenek Klezl
15:30-15:35 A077 Clinico-radiological Outcome Of Cervical Pedicular Screw Inserted By Free Hand Technique And Complications Related To Pedicle Wall Violation.
Aditya Dahapute
15:35-15:40 A078 Features Of Patients Transferred To The ICU Due To Respiratory Failure Following Spine Surgery
Ryder Reed
15:40-15:45 A079 Predictive Factors Leading To Readmission Within 30 Days In Patients Undergoing Surgery For Spinal Metastases: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis
John Shin
15:45-15:50 A080 Slick Enough? Subaxial Cervical Spine Classification Systems: An External Agreement Validation Study
Angus Fong
15:50-15:55 A081 Factors That Influence The Rate Of Pedicle Screw System Sailure In Patients With Traumatic Injuries Of A Lumbar Spine And Thoracolumbar Junction.
Andrey Bokov
15:55-16:00 A082 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Treated By Conventional Microsurgical Laminotomy Or Endoscopic Interlaminar Decompression: Cost-analysis To Decision-making
Prudence Wing Hang Cheung
16:00-16:15 Discussion All
15:30-16:15 Spine Infections (room 309) Moderators: Alaa Eldin Ahmad Jaime Segura
15:30-15:35 A083 Preoperative Antisepsis In Spinal Surgery: How Effective Are Routine Antiseptic Solutions Against The Specific Microbioma Of The Back's Skin?
Claudia Eder
15:35-15:40 A084 The Infectious Etiology Of Degenerative Disc Disease: Myth Or Reality? Kyle Raasck
15:40-15:45 A085 A Retrospective Study Of Operative Outcomes For Patients With Spinal Epidural Abscess
Heath Gould
15:45-15:50 A086 Does Topical Intrawound Application Of Vancomycin Powder Reduce The Rate Of Surgical Site Infection In Spinal Surgery: A Case-control Study
Prashant Adhikari
15:50-15:55 A087 Proposal Of A New Classification For The Treatment Of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis: Validation Study On A Population Of 250 Patients With A Follow-up Of Two Years
Enrico Pola
15:55-16:00 A088 Predicting Factors For Residual Neurologic Deficit In The Patients With Spinal Epidural Abscess After Surgical Intervention Of The Thoracic And Lumbar Spine
Yu-Cheng Yao
16:00-16:15 Discussion All
15:30-16:15 Diagnostics (room 311) Moderators: Khalid Al Saleh Bizhan Aarabi
15:30-15:35 A089 Accuracy Of GeneXpert As Diagnostic Tool In Spinal Tuberculosis Anil Solanki
15:35-15:40 A090 Performance Characteristics Of A Novel Handheld Web-Based Device For 3D Topographical Detection And Assessment Of Scoliosis
Kenny Yat Hong KwanPF
15:40-15:45 A091 Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Preliminary Presentation Of A Technique
Raphael Pratali
15:45-15:50 A092 Analysis Of Spino-pelvic Sagittal Alignment In Chinese Young Subjects In Standing Versus Sitting Positions
Zhuo Ran Sun
15:50-15:55 A093 Predicting The Risk Of Curve Progression By The Radius And Distal Ulna (DRU) Classification For Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Jason Pui Yin Cheung
15:55-16:00 A094 What Is The Ideal Zoom [Magnification] For Printing Digital Lumbosacral Spine Flexion-Extension Radiographs So As To Detect Early Instability?
Yogesh K. Pithwa
16:00-16:15 Discussion All
16:15-17:00 AOSpine Members-only session—How to Manage Cross Continental Travel (room 310)Moderator: Chung Chek WongSpeakers: Chung Chek Wong, Jeffrey Wang, Claudio Lamartina
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16:15-17:00 Paper Session 16:15-17:00 Deformity—Thoracolumbar Congenital Scoliosis Surgery
(plenary room)Moderator: Teresa Bas Stephen Lewis
16:15-16:20 A095 Sacral Slanting, A Rarely Recognized Issue In Early-Onset Congenital Scoliosis With Lumbar Hemivertebra --Definition, Etiology And Surgical Strategy
Yanbin Zhang
16:20-16:25 A096 Hemivertebra Resection After Age 3 Produces The Similar Results But With Less Complications Compared To Earlier Surgery
Yong Qiu
16:25-16:30 A097 Radiological Characteristics Associated With Successfully Outcome, After Boston Brace Treatment Of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. —A Retrospective Review.
Ane Simony
16:30-16:35 A098 Posterior Hemivertebra Resection For Congenital Scoliosis Caused By Hemimetameric Segmental Shift
Qiunan Lyu
16:35-16:40 A099 The Efficacy Of Posterior Hemivertebra Resection With Lumbosacral Fixation And Fusion In The Treatment Of Congenital Scoliosis: A More Than 2-year Follow Up
Qiunan Lyu
16:40-16:45 A100 Does Radical Hemi-vertebra Resection Be Really Necessary For Congenital Scoliosis Patients Without Kyphosis?
Zezhang Zhu
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
16:15-17:00 Minimally Invasive Surgery—Navigation (room 308) Moderators: Bryan Ashman Jun Ho Lee
16:15-16:20 A101 Total Navigation Based Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS-TLIF)—Feasibility, Technique And Preliminary Results
Shree Kumar Dinesh
16:20-16:25 A102 Utilization Of Spinal Intra-Operative Three-Dimensional Navigation By Canadian Surgeons And Trainees: A Population Based Time Trend Study
Daipayan Guha
16:25-16:30 A103 Optical Topographic Imaging For Spinal Intra-Operative Three-Dimensional Navigation In Minimally-Invasive Approaches: Initial Pre-Clinical And Clinical Feasibility
Daipayan Guha
16:30-16:35 A104 The Effect Of Thoracolumbar Anatomy On Pedicle Screw Accuracy Kyle Raasck
16:35-16:40 A105 Image Guidance In The Cervical Spine. An Essential Tool Or A Distraction? A Consecutive Series Of 175 Patients
John Duff
16:40-16:45 A106 Comparative Prospective Study Reporting Intra-operative Parameters, Pedicle Screw Perforation And Radiation Exposure In Navigation Guided MIS TLIF Versus Non-navigated Fluoroscopy Assisted MIS TLIF.
Mahendra Singh
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
16:15-17:00 Infections—Tuberculosis (room 309) Moderators: Mohamed Abdel-Wanis Luiz Vialle
16:15-16:20 A107 A Proposed Novel Classification Based On Surgical Treatment Strategies In Advanced Lumbosacral Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis
Aju BoscoPF
16:20-16:25 A108 Does Preserving Or Restoring Lumbar Lordosis Have An Impact On Functional Outcomes In Lumbosacral Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis?
S. Rajasekaran
16:25-16:30 A109 Spinal Tuberculosis: A Challenging Diagnosis For Spinal Surgeons. Are Combined Approaches Always Necessary?
Tuna PehlivanogluPF
16:30-16:35 A111 A Novel One-stage Surgical Treatment For Thoracic And Lumbar Tuberculosis By Internal Fixation, Limited Debridement And 270° Fusion Via Posterior-only Approach
Dianwen Song
16:35-16:40 A112 Atypical Infections Of The Spine In The Context Of HIV And TB Co-infection Uhala Ngongo Ukunda
16:40-17:00 Discussion All
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17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by Japanese Scoliosis Society: Pathology and Surgical Strategy for Cervical Spine Deformity (plenary room)
Moderator: Manabu Ito
17:00-17:05 S029 Introduction and Case presentation Manabu Ito
17:05-17:20 S030 Cervical sagittal alignment—The last resort for horizontal gaze in global standing posture
Kazuhiro Hasegawa
17:20-17:35 S031 Correction surgery for fixed cervical deformity; surgical (release/osteoto-my) planning based on 3D-CT
Takachika Shimizu
17:35-17:50 S032 Surgical treatment of dropped-head syndrome with cervical pedicle screws Kuniyoshi Abumi
17:50-18:00 Discussion and case solution All
17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society: Special Considerations for Osteoporotic Spine (room 308)
Moderators: Yong-Eun Cho Geun-Sung Song
17:00-17:12 S033 Preoperative Prediction of Osteoporotic Spine with DXA, QCT, and Conven-tional Lumbar CT
In-Ho Han
17:12-17:24 S034 Achieving a Better Mechanical Stability in Osteoporotic Spine Se-Hoon Kim
17:24-17:36 S035 How to Avoid Complications of Adult Spine Deformity with Osteoporosis Seung-Hwan Yoon
17:36-17:48 S036 Surgical Experiences of Complicated Kummell's Disease Chung-Kee Chough
17:48-18:00 Discussion all
17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies: Implant Associated Low Grade Infections in Spine Surgery (room 309)
Moderator: Bernhard Meyer
17:00-17:05 S037 Introduction Bernhard Meyer
17:05-17:20 S038 Types of implant-associated infections in spinal surgery and spectrum of pathogens.
Giuseppe Barbagallo
17:20-17:30 S039 Low grade infections as the cause of pedicle screw loosening Bernhard Meyer
17:30-17:40 S040 Strategies to prevent implant associated low grade infections John Duff
17:40-18:00 Case based Discussion Florian Ringel
Thursday program schedule16:15-17:00 Paper Session 16:15-17:00 Imaging (room 311) Moderators:
Yoshiharu Kawaguchi Shekar Kurpad
16:15-16:20 A113 Prevalence Of Lumbar Disc Degeneration In Symptomatic Twenty To Thirty Year Olds—A Study Of Over 850 MRI Scans
Vik Kapoor
16:20-16:25 A114 A Novel Patient-specific Virtual Reality Environment For Immersive Assessment And Surgical Planning
Gregory JostPF
16:25-16:30 A115 Analysis Of Factors Influencing Ligamentum Flavum Thickness In Lumbar Spine—A Radiological Study Of 1070 Disc Levels In 214 Patients
Sudhir Ganesan
16:30-16:35 A116 Changes In Thoracic Spinal Cord Movement And Sagittal Cord Diameter, A Kinematic MRI Analysis.
Zorica Buser
16:35-16:40 A117 Assessment Of Accuracy Of EOS Imagining Technology In Comparison To Computed Tomography In Determining Vertebral Orientation In Instrumented Spines In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Fan Jiang
16:40-16:45 A118 Is There Any Use? Validity Of Rasterstereography Compared To EOS 3D Imaging In Patients With Degenerative Disc Disease
Karsten Wiechert
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
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18:15-19:00 AOSpine Member Assembly (room 310)
Thursday program scheduleThursday
17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by Singapore Spine Society:Adult Lumbar Spinal Deformity Management: The Asian Perspective (room 311)
Moderator: Gabriel Liu
17:00-17:05 S041 Case Presentation Gabriel Liu
17:05-17:10 Questions and Answers All
17:10-17:22 S042 Understanding Sagittal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Hee Kit Wong
17:22-17:34 S043 A Treatment Algorithm for Decision in Adult Scoliosis Seang Beng Tan
17:34-17:46 S044 Surgical Consideration for Osteoporosis Adult Deformity Patient Paul Thng
17:46-18:00 Case Discussion and Conclusion All
18:00-19:00 Welcome Reception and Exhibition Opening
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Friday program schedule08:00-09:00 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Knowledge
Forum Trauma: Upper Cervical Traumatic Injuries Classification (plenary room)
Moderators:Gregory Schroeder Luiz Vialle
08:00-08:05 S045 The concept behind AOSpine Classifications Luiz Vialle
08:05-08:25 S046 The new Upper Cervical Classification Gregory Schroeder
Practicing the new classification step by step-Cases presentation
08:25-08:32 S047 Occipital Condyle and Occipital Cervical Joint Complex Cumhur Oner
08:32-08:39 S048 C1 Ring and C1/2 Joint Complex Cumhur Oner
08:39-08:46 S049 Odontoid / Body Fractures Klaus Schnake
08:46-08:53 S050 C2 Ring and C2/3 Joint Complex Injuries Lorin Benneker
08:53-09:00 Discussion All
08:00-09:00 Symposium: Cervical Myelopathy (room 308) Moderator: Gabriel Liu
08:00-08:02 S051 Case Presentation Gabriel Liu
08:02-08:12 S052 What is new in managing Cervical Myelopathy 2018? Gabriel Liu
08:12-08:22 S053 A Novel Technique for Anterior Decompression of Cervical OPLL Dong-Ho Lee
08:22-08:32 S054 Which Posterior Cervical Techniques is preferred? Kuniyoshi Abumi
08:32-08:42 S055 Surgical Pearls and Tips for the Management of High Cervical Spine Region Jin-Sup Yeom
08:42-08:52 S056 Conclusion on case Discussion all
08:52-09:00 Questions and answers all
08:00-09:00 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Chairs: Surgeons and Industry Relations: Ethics, Compliance, Regulations. How They Affect Us? (room 309)
Moderators:John Webb K. Daniel Riew
08:00-08:02 S057 Introduction K. Daniel Riew
08:02-08:14 S058 How was it in the past Michael Janssen
08:14-08:26 S059 New technologies and the surgeon Luiz Vialle
08:26-08:38 S060 Research, Innovation and Industrial relations Jeffrey Wang
08:38-08:50 S061 How I see it K. Daniel Riew
08:50-09:00 Discussion All
08:00-09:00 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Latin America: How to Improve Patient Care in Spine Surgery (room 311)
Moderators: Jose Maria JimenezJaime Segura
08:00-08:10 S062 Preoperative: Patient selection and surgical planning Emiliano Vialle
08:10-08:20 S063 Trans-operative: soft tissue management Nestor Taboada
08:20-08:30 S064 Perioperative: avoiding complications Juan Emmerich
08:30-08:40 S065 Post-operative: patient monitoring Asdrubal Falavigna
08:40-09:00 Discussion All
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Friday program scheduleFriday
09:00-10:00 Paper Session 09:00-10:00 Minimally Invasive Surgery 2 (plenary room) Moderators:
Roger Härtl Jin-Sung Kim
09:00-09:05 A119 A Prospective Randomised Study To Analyse The Efficacy Of Balanced Preemp-tive Analgesia In Spine Surgery
Ajoy Prasad Shetty
09:05-09:10 A120 The Rates Of Post-Operative Complications After Lumbar Discectomy In The Inpatient And Outpatient Setting
Ifije Ohiorhenuan
09:10-09:15 A121 Post-operative Single-shot Epidural Fentanyl And Bupivacaine For Post-op-erative Analgesia After Lumbar Decompression: A Prospective, Double-Blind Randomized Study
Mannuel Feliciano Alican
09:15-09:20 A122 Elastoplasty With Syilicone Purified For The Treatment Of Spinal Lytic Lesions In Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Evaluation Of 46 Cases
Stefano Telera
09:20-09:25 A123 Direct Lateral Front Psoas Approach Lumbar Interbody Fusion Kanji Sasaki
09:25-09:30 A124 Changes Of Segmental Lordosis, And Foraminal Height In Relation With The Position Of Custom Made PMMA Spacer In Monosegmental TLIF. Minimum Two Years Follow Up Of A Prospective Randomized Study
Márton RONAI
09:30-09:35 A125 Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Surgery (PTES) For Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation
Yutong Gu
09:35-09:40 A126 Cryocompression Therapy After Elective Spinal Surgery For Pain Management: A Double Blind Study With Historical Control
Prashant Adhikari
09:40-09:45 A127 Unilateral Laminotomy And Bilateral Decompression Compared To Conven-tional Laminectomy: A Randomized Prospective Study
Palukuri Nagendra
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
09:00-10:00 Biomechanics (room 308) Moderators: Roberto Chapa Keith YK Chan
09:00-09:05 A128 Gravity Line And Sagittal Alignment Are Both Risk Factors For Increased Rod Stresses In Long Lumbopelvic Fixation A Biomechanics Study
Woojin Cho
09:05-09:10 A129 Biomechanical Effects Of Lumbar Disc Geometry On Rod Fracture Following L3 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: A Finite Element Study
Joseph Zavatsky
09:10-09:15 A130 Biomechanical Effects Of Bone Cement Placed Near Endplates During The Vertebroplasty For Long Thoracolumbar Fusions- A Finite Element Study
Koji Matsumoto
09:15-09:20 A131 Off-Axis Rotation Of The Sacroiliac Joint: An In-Vitro Study Khalid Odeh
09:20-09:25 A132 Do Zero-Profile Devices Affect Long-term Stability In A Cervical Hybrid Decom-pression Model? A Biomechanical In-Vitro Study
Rafael de la Garza
09:25-09:30 A133 Can A Transitional Cortical Screw Construct Provide The Same Amount Of Stability As A Pedicle Screw Construct? A Finite Element Analysis
Woojin Cho
09:30-09:35 A134 Biomechanical Evaluation Examining The Importance Of Posterior Fixation In A Cervical Hybrid Decompression Model Using Both Traditional Methods And Zero-Profile Devices
Rafael de la Garza
09:35-09:40 A135 Shape Loss Of Autoclaved, Machine-Bent Cobalt-Chrome And Titanium Spine Surgery Rods
Norman Chutkan
09:40-09:45 A136 Effect Of Microdiscectomy On The Capsule Strains Of The Lumbar Facet Joints Richard J Bransford
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
09:00-10:00 AOSpine Members-only session—Developing your AOSpine Career (room 310)Moderator: Michael GrevittSpeakers: Carolin Melcher, Harry Gebhard, Jeffrey Wang, Bryan Ashman
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Friday program schedule09:00-10:00 Paper Session 09:00-10:00 Trauma—Cervical (room 309) Moderators:
Jens Chapman Klaus Schnake
09:00-09:05 A137 Impact Of Injury Severity On The Relationship Between Time To Surgical Decompression And Neurological Recovery And Functional Outcomes Following Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Blessing N.R Jaja
09:05-09:10 A138 Evaluation Of The Clinical Outcome Of Facet Joints Distraction Following ACDF For Patients With Traumatic Cervical Spine Injury
Ali Humadi
09:10-09:15 A139 Optimal Mass Screw Placement In Jefferson-Fractures Gloria Hohenberger
09:15-09:20 A140 Posterior Osteosynthesis With Monoaxial Lateral Mass Screw-rod System For Unstable C1 Burst Fractures
Yinshun ZhangPF
09:20-09:25 A141 Anterior Surgeries For Fresh Flexion Distraction Injury Of Lower Cervical Spine Facets And The Possible Affecting Factors Of The Surgery
Zhiqi Zhang
09:25-09:30 A142 Modification Of The AO Sub-axial Cervical Spine Injury Classification (SLIC) Algorithm: The Importance Of The Erect C Spine X-ray In Cervical Trauma
Ruben Patrick Thumbadoo
09:30-09:35 A143 Review Of Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries Presenting To A Tertiary Level Hospital In Nepal: Challenges In Surgical Management In A Third World Scenario
Gaurav Raj DhakalPF
09:35-09:40 A144 Treatment Strategy For Atypical Hangman Fractures Based On A New Classification
Guangzhou Li
09:40-09:45 A145 Analysis Of Spinal Movement And Dural Sac Compression During Emergency Airway Management In Case Of Atlanto-occipital Instability
Sven Vetter
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
09:00-10:00 Tumor—Scoring System/Predictions (room 311) Moderators: Jaime Segura Robert Kuru
09:00-09:05 A146 Predicting Tumor Specific Survival In Patients With Metastatic Spine Disease: Which Scoring System Is Most Appropriate?
A. Karim Ahmed
09:05-09:10 A147 The Refined Spine Oncology Study Group Outcome Questionnaire2.0 (SOSGOQ2.0) A Reliable And Valid Disease Specific Outcome Measure
Anne Versteeg
09:10-09:15 A148 Predictors Of Quality Of Life Improvement After Surgery For Metastatic Tumors Of The Spine: A Prospective Cohort Study
Ori Barzilai
09:15-09:20 A149 Frailty Index To Determine Short-Term Outcomes Following Surgery For Primary Spinal Tumors
A. Karim Ahmed
09:20-09:25 A150 Predictive Factors For Survival In A Surgical Series Of Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression: A Prospective North American Multi-Centre Study In 142 Patients
Anick Nater
09:25-09:30 A151 Correlation Of The Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) Individual Components And Indeterminate Subgroup Designation With Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Instrumented Surgical Stabilization
Ibrahim Hussain
09:30-09:35 A152 The Psychometric Properties Of A Self-Administered, Open-Source, Web-Based Tool For Valuing Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Health States
Markian Pahuta
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09:35-09:40 A153 Biomarker Mutations Predict Survival In Patients With Metastatic Lung Cancer To The Spine
John Shin
09:40-09:45 A154 The Surgical Treatment Of Upper Cervical Intraspinal Tumors: A Series Of 24 Patients With Long-term Follow-up
Dechun Wang
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Presidential address (plenary room) K. Daniel Riew
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11:00-11:45 Paper Session 11:00-11:45 Degenerative Lumbar 1 (plenary room) Moderator:
Michael Grevitt Nestor Taboada
11:00-11:05 A155 Comparison Of The Incidence Of Fusion In ALIF Procedures Between BMP-2/allograft And Iliac Crest Autograft/allograft.
Matthew Mawdsley
11:05-11:10 A156 Preventing Implant Loosening Via Cortical Bone Trajectory Kim Soon Oh
11:10-11:15 A157 ABM/P-15 (I-FactorTM) Versus Allograft In Non-instrumented Lumbar Fusion Surgery—1-year Postoperative Intertransverse Segmental Fusion Rate. A Double-blind RCT.
Mikkel Andersen
11:15-11:20 A158 Custom Made PMMA Spacer Performs Better In Single Level TLIF Than Preformed PEEK Spacer. Minimum Two Years Follow Up Of A Prospective Randomized Study
Márton Ronai
11:20-11:25 A159 Factors Affecting Lordosis Correction After TLIF With Unilateral Facetectomy S Tim Yoon
11:25-11:30 A160 Prospective, Comparative, Multicenter Trial Of Surgical Outcomes For Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
Mamoru Kawakami
11:30-11:45 Discussion All
11:00-11:45 Surgical Complications—Proximal Junctional Kyphosis (room 308)
Moderators: Darrel Brodke Zdenek Klezl
11:00-11:05 A161 Learning Curve Of Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement In Typical Thoracic (T1-T10) Vertebrae Using Free Hand Technique In Non Scoliotic Spine
Mahendra Singh
11:05-11:10 A162 Risk Factors For Proximal Junction Kyphosis (PJK) In Scheuermann's Kyphosis (SK)
Darren Lui
11:10-11:15 A163 Dysphagia Following Cervical Spine Surgery Timothy Woodacre
11:15-11:20 A164 Complications In 214 Consecutive Cases Of Anterior Lumbar Spine Access: Experience Of A Single Institution
Francesco Caiazzo
11:20-11:25 A165 Analysis Of Risk Factors For Sucess In Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Surgery Charbel JacobPF
11:25-11:30 A166 The Incidence And Risk Factors Of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis During Growing-rod Treatment For Early Onset Scoliosis: A Retrospective Case-control Study
Aixing Pan
11:30-11:45 Discussion All
11:00-11:45 Arthroplasty—Cervical (room 309) Moderators: Karsten Wiechert Thomas Mroz
11:00-11:05 A167 Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement With Prodisc-C: 10-year Clinical And Radiographic Results Of Prospective Observational Study In A Single Institute
Jung-Woo Hur
11:05-11:10 A168 Cervical Disc Arthroplasty (CDA) Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion (ACDF) In Symptomatic Cervical Degenerative Disc Diseases (CDDDs): An Updated Meta-analysis Of Prospective Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
Xie Lin
11:10-11:15 A169 Stability And Clinical Performance Of The Prodisc-C Vivo Cervical Total Disc Replacement: A Radiostereometric Assessment Study
Maarten Spruit
11:15-11:20 A170 Functional Outcome And Patient Satisfaction Between Smokers And Non-Smokers With Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement: Analysis Of A Spine Registry
Wen-Shen Lee
11:20-11:25 A171 Risk Factors And Preventative Measures Of Early And Persistent Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery : A Systematic Review
Jingwei Liu
11:25-11:30 A172 Effect Of Novel Unconstrained-type Artificial Disc In Hybrid Cervical Surgery In Terms Of Adjacent Segment Degeneration And Motion Preservation
Jung-Woo Hur
11:30-11:45 Discussion All
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11:45-12:30 Paper Session 11:45-12:30 Degenerative Lumbar 2 (plenary room) Moderators:
Satish Rudrappa John Liu
11:45-11:50 A179 Comparison Of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion And Open Transforminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Meta-analysis
Yun-Lin Chen
11:50-11:55 A180 Patient Reported Outcomes Of Lumbar Decompression Surgery Sujay Dheerendra
11:55-12:00 A181 The Effectiveness Of Lumbar Spinous Process-splitting Laminectomy Versus Conventional Laminectomy For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Hirokazu Inoue
12:00-12:05 A182 A New Score Predicting Clinical Outcome Following Lumbar Spine Surgery For Degenerative Disc Disease
Ehab Shiban
12:05-12:10 A183 Two Levels Lumbar Disc Disease Treated By Hybrid PDL And ALIF Construct: A Prospective Series About 41 Patients
Stéphane Litrico
12:10-12:15 A184 A Potential Influence Of A Screw Design On Loosening Rate In Patients With Degenerative Diseases Of A Lumbar Spine
Andrey Bokov
12:15-12:30 Discussion All
11:45-12:30 Surgical Complications—Avoidance (room 308) Moderators: Muhammed Assous Lawrence Lenke
11:45-11:50 A185 Does Parkinson’s Disease Significantly Affect Immediately Post-operative Outcomes In Patients Undergoing Elective Lumbar Surgery?
Norman Chutkan
11:50-11:55 A186 Effect Of Transfusing Red Blood Cells Stored More Than 28 Days On Spine Surgery Outcomes
C. Rory Goodwin
11:55-12:00 A187 Pre-Operative Functional Status And Comorbidity Burden Are Risk Factors For Delay In Surgery In Patients Undergoing Elective ACDF
Norman Chutkan
12:00-12:05 A188 Pre-operative Functional Status And Comorbidity Burden Are Risk Factors For Delay In Surgery In Patients Undergoing Elective Posterior Lumbar Fusions
Sean M Mitchell
12:05-12:10 A189 Relative Decrease In Blood Hemoglobin Level Is Associated With Morbidity In Spine Surgery Patients
C. Rory Goodwin
12:10-12:15 A190 The Effect Of Lumbar Fusion With Instrumentation In Severely Osteoporotic Patients Using Teriparatide
Yutaka Nakamura
12:15-12:30 Discussion All
11:00-11:45 Paper Session 11:00-11:45 Tumor—Metastatic Disease 1 (room 311) Moderators:
Claudius Thomé Juan Emmerich
11:00-11:05 A173 A Minimally Invasive Surgical Strategy For Thoracic Metastatic Tumor Accompanied With Neurologic Compression
Yutong Gu
11:05-11:10 A174 Steroids For The Management Of Neurological Deficits In Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment For Metastatic Spine Disease; A Prospective Case Series.
Anne Versteeg
11:10-11:15 A175 A General Population Utility Valuation Study For Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression
Markian PahutaPF
11:15-11:20 A176 Minimal Access Surgery For Spinal Metastases: Prospectively Validated Treatment Algorithm Using Patient Reported Outcomes
Ori Barzilai
11:20-11:25 A177 Evidence From The Epidemiology, Process And Outcomes Of Spine Oncology (EPOSO) Cohort: Surgical Versus Radiation Therapy For The Treatment Of Cervical Metastases.
Charles Fisher
11:25-11:30 A178 Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Due To Unknown Primary Tumour: 5 Year Review
Sujay Dheerendra
11:30-11:45 Discussion All
11:45-12:30 AOSpine Members-only session—Leadership Skills (room 310)Moderator: Darrel BrodkeSpeakers: Darrel Brodke, Jeffrey Wang, S. Rajasekaran
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11:45-12:30 Paper Session 11:45-12:30 Degenerative—Cervical (room 309) Moderators:
Jong Beom Park Lali Sekhon
11:45-11:50 A191 Surgical Technique For Cervical And Cervicothoracic Hemivertebrae Resection. One-Year Follow Up Of Seven Patients In An IV Level Orthopedics Children's Institute.
David Meneses
11:50-11:55 A192 A Novel Skull Clamp Positioning Device To Obtain Quantitative Cervical Sagittal Alignment During Posterior Cervical Surgery
Nodoka ManabePF
11:55-12:00 A193 Return To Sport After Surgical Procedure Versus Conservative Treatment For Cervical Disc Herniation: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis
Muralidharan Venkatesan
12:00-12:05 A194 Trends And Costs Of Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion: A Comparison Of Inpatient And Outpatient Procedures
S. Tim Yoon
12:05-12:10 A195 Racial Disparities In Perioperative Outcomes Following Cervical Spine Fusion: An Analysis Of The 2015 NSQIP Database
Christina GoldsteinPF
12:10-12:15 A196 The Impact Of Outpatient Surgery On The Revision Rates After One Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion
Pranay Patel
12:15-12:30 Discussion All
11:45-12:30 Tumor—Metastatic Disease 2 (room 311) Moderator: Charles Fisher Jose Maria Jimenez
11:45-11:50 A197 The Results Of Surgical Treatment Of The Patients With Neurological Deficit Due To Metastatic Lesion Of The Cervical Spine Without Histological Verification Of The Tumor.
Dmitry Mikhaylov
11:50-11:55 A198 Non-elective Surgery For Patients With Symptomatic Spinal Metastases As A Predictor For Clinical Outcome
Floris Van Tol
11:55-12:00 A199 The Outcome Of Operative Treatment Modalities In Patients With Spinal Metastases
Jude Cornelius Savariraja
12:00-12:05 A200 Wound Reoperations In Patients Undergoing Surgery For Metastatic Spine Tumors
John Berry-Candelario
12:05-12:10 A201 Symptomatic Implant/Construct Failure In Metastatic Spine Tumour Surgery: Incidence, Categories, And Management
Naresh Kumar
12:10-12:15 A202 Sacral Metastases: A Clinical Case Series From The Epidemiology, Process And Outcomes Of Spine Oncology (EPOSO) Dataset
Raphaële Charest-MorinPF
12:15-12:30 Discussion All
12:30-14:00 Industry Lunch Symposia
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Friday program schedule14:00-15:00 Symposium hosted by North America Spine
Society: Complications: How to Avoid Them, Manage Them and Learn from Them (plenary room)
Moderator: Norman Chutkan
14:00-14:05 S066 Welcome / Introduction Norman Chutkan
14:05-14:15 S067 Proximal Junctional Failure in Deformity Surgery John Devine
14:15-14:25 S068Adjacent Segment Degeneration following fusion for lumbar degenerative disease
Norman Chutkan
14:25-14:35 S069 Complications in MIS surgery Jeffrey Wang
14:35-14:45 S070 Complications in Cervical Tumor Surgery Hani Mhaidli
14:45-14:55 S071 Osteoporosis and hardware failure/loss of fixation Patrick Hsieh
14:55-15:00 Discussion, questions and answers All
14:00-15:00 Symposium hosted by Cervical Spine Research Society: Avoiding and Managing Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery (room 308)
Moderators: S. RajasekaranJeffrey Wang
14:00-14:08 S072 C5 palsy after cervical surgery—Is it preventable? Yu Sun
14:08-14:10 Discussion All
14:10-14:18 S073 Control of bleeding in cervical spine surgery Ken Ishii
14:18-14:20 Discussion All
14:20-14:28 S074 Esophageal injury and its management Jong-Beom Park
14:28-14:30 Discussion All
14:30-14:38 S075 Prevention and management of vertebral artery injury S. Rajasekaran
14:38-14:40 Discussion All
14:40-14:48 S076 Dysphagia after occipito cervical fusion Shuichi Kaneyama
14:48-14:50 Discussion All
14:50-14:58 S077 Postoperative Cervical Spine Infection Torphong Bunmaprasert
14:58-15:00 Discussion All
14:00-15:00 Symposium hosted by Eurospine: From Occipitocervical to Cervicothoracic: Injuries of the Cervical Spine (room 309)
Moderators: Frank Kandziora Naresh Kumar Thomas Blattert
14:00-14:15 S078 Surgical Treatment of Atlas Fractures—Osteosynthesis or Atlantoaxial Fusion? Frank Kandziora
14:15-14:20 Discussion All
14:20-14:35 S079 Central Cord Syndromes: Concepts and Management Naresh Kumar
14:35-14:40 Discussion All
14:40-14:55 S080 Fractures of the Cervicothoracic Junction—Specific Topographical Challenges Thomas Blattert
14:55-15:00 Discussion All
14:00-15:00 Symposium hosted by The Asia Pacific Spine Society: Master Techniques (Video Presentation) and Complications Avoidance (room 311)
Moderator: Gabriel Liu
14:00-14:10 S081 How to insert cervical pedicle screw safely? Kuniyoshi Abumi
14:10-14:15 Questions and answers
14:15-14:25 S082 Sacro-pelvic fixation Keith Dip Kei Luk
14:25-14:30 Questions and answers
14:30-14:40 S083 Cortical bone trajectory screw fixation: A new option for lumbar fixation. Sivananthan K. Shanmugam
14:40-14:45 Questions and answers14:45-14:55 S084 PSO for angular thoracolumbar kyphosis: Tips and tricks. Arvind Jayaswal14:55-15:00 Questions and answers
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Friday program scheduleFriday
15:00-15:30 Paper Session 15:00-15:30 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adolescent)—Scoliosis 1
(plenary room)Moderators: Mohammad El-Sharkawi Yong Hai
15:00-15:05 A203 First Presentation Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis In The UK. A Case For School Screening.
Jan Herzog
15:05-15:10 A204 Brain Tractography In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis; New Findings Francisco Ardura
15:10-15:15 A205 Does Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Truly Cause No Negative Effect On Growth Of Vertebrae? -- A More Than 5-year Follow-up In Children Younger Than 5 Years Old
Yanbin Zhang
15:15-15:20 A206 The Effect Of Body Mass Index On Surgical Outcomes After Posterior Spinal Fusion For Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Rafael De La Garza Ramos
15:20-15:30 Discussion All
15:00-15:30 Basic Science and Interventional (room 308) Moderators: S. Tim Yoon Mauro Alini
15:00-15:05 A207 Scoliosis Within The 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Jelle Homans
15:05-15:10 A208 Comparison Of Transforaminal Steroid Versus Caudal Steroid Versus Combined Caudal And Transforaminal Steroid In The Treatment Of Lumbar Disc Prolapse
Sudhir Ganesan
15:10-15:15 A209 Delivery Of BMP-2 Via BMP-2 Binding Peptide Amphiphile Scaffolds Augments Spine Fusion At Sub-Therapeutic Doses
Wellington Hsu
15:15-15:20 A210 Short Link N Promotes Repair Of Disc Degeneration, But More May Not Be Better
Fackson Mwale
15:20-15:30 Discussion All
15:00-15:30 Arthroplasty—Lumbar and Adjacent Pathology (room 309)
Moderators: Michael Janssen Byung-Joon Shin
15:00-15:05 A211 Analysis Of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Removals/Revisions During A 17 Year Experience With 1,707 Patients
Scott L Blumenthal
15:05-15:10 A212 Seven Year Outcomes Of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Systems On Patient Lifestyle And Quality Of Life
Scott L Blumenthal
15:10-15:15 A213 A Novel Elastomer Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Device Affords Mechanics Similar To The Intact Spine: A Finite Element Study
Joseph Zavatsky
15:15-15:20 A214 Pain After "successful" Lumbosacral Fixation—Is It Adjacent Segment Pathology From SI Joint?
Naresh-Babu J
15:20-15:30 Discussion All
15:00-15:30 Infections 1 (room 311) Moderators: Alaa Eldin Ahmad Daniel Gelb
15:00-15:05 A215 Post Operative Deep Wound Infection In Posterior Dorso-lumbar Fixation Surgeries: Does It Affect The Clinic-radiological Outcome? -- Minimum 2 Years Follow-up.
Aditya Banta
15:05-15:10 A216 Microorganisms Trends In Infected Implant Removal After Posterior Decompression And Transpedicular Screw Fixation
Muhammad Farrukh BashirPF
15:10-15:15 A217 Anterolateral Decompression Revisited: Early Results Of Lamina Sparing Decompression, Anterior Column Reconstruction And Instrumented Fusion In Thoracolumbar Spinal Tuberculosis
Naveen Pandita
15:15-15:20 A218 Complications Associated With Surgery For Spinal Metastases: A Multivariable Analysis.
John Shin
15:20-15:30 Discussion All
15:30-16:00 Break
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16:00-17:00 Paper Session 16:00-17:00 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adolescent)—Scoliosis 2
(plenary room)Moderators: Massimo Balsano John Webb
16:00-16:05 A219 High-grade High Dysplastic Spondylolisthesis In Children Treated With Complete Reduction And Monosegmental Fixation
Jan Stulik
16:05-16:10 A220 Spinal Growth Tethering Around The Apical Vertebrae Leads To Asymmetric Growth As A Mechanism Of Spinal Deformity Correction In Kyphosis And Scoliosis
Alaaeldin Ahmad
16:10-16:15 A221 Comparative Analysis Of Static And Dynamic Intraoperative Skull-Femoral Traction (IOSFT) In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Correction
Ravi Ghag
16:15-16:20 A222 Management Of Early Onset Scoliosis Using Growing Rods VS VEPTR. A Comparative Study
David Meneses
16:20-16:25 A223 Hemivertebra Excision In Pediatric Patients: How Does The Operation Technique Influence On Outcomes?
Aleksandr Mushkin
16:25-16:30 A224 How Do Different Ultrasound Measurements Of The Scoliotic Spine Relate To The Cobb Angle? A CT Based Study
Jelle Homans
16:30-16:35 A225 The Benefits Of Two Stage Front Back Surgery For Scheuremann's Kyphosis Disease
Lui Darren
16:35-16:40 A226 Reciprocal Changes In Sagittal Parameters Following Strategic Pedicle Screw Fixation Surgery In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Ajoy Prasad Shetty
16:40-16:45 A227 Surgical Correction Of Spinal Deformity At Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Multicenter Analysis Of National Experience And Literature Analysis
Egor Filatov
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
16:00-17:00 Degenerative—Lumbar (room 308) Moderator: John Liu Paul Thng
16:00-16:05 A228 Morphometric MRI Study Of The Corridor For The Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF) Technique At L1-L5
Ralph Mobbs
16:05-16:10 A229 Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: Influence Of Sagittal Balance Elisabete Ribeiro
16:10-16:15 A230 Modic Changes—Degenerative Or Infective? A Causative Study. Siddalingeshwara G I
16:15-16:20 A231 A Comparison Of Patient Reported Outcomes Between A Universal And Multi-Tier Health Care System In Surgical Patients With Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Charles Fisher
16:20-16:25 A232 The Association Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Short-Term Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion
Heath Gould
16:25-16:30 A233 The Prevalence Of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis In Four Different Patient Cohorts: In Search Of Pathogenesis Hypotheses
Jonneke Kuperus
16:30-16:35 A234 Surgeon Management Of Osteoporosis In Instrumented Spine Surgery: AOSpine Latin America Survey
Marcelo Molina Salinas
16:35-16:40 A235 The Natural Course Of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis In The Thoracic Spine Of Adult Males
Jonneke Kuperus
16:40-16:45 A236 Comparison Of Four Rods Technique Vs. Two Rods Technique With TLIF In Elderly Patients With ADS.
Dmitry Mikhaylov
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
Friday program schedule16:00-17:00 AOSpine Members-only session—How to Write and Review a Scientific Paper (room 310)Moderator: Danielle LiebermanSpeakers: Karsten Wiechert, Jens Chapman, Jeffrey Wang
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16:00-17:00 Paper Session 16:00-17:00 Trauma (room 309) Moderators:
Frank Kandziora Claudius Thomé
16:00-16:05 A237 Diffusion-Weighted MRI Assessment Of Adjacent Disc Degeneration After Thoracolumbar Vertebral Fractures
David Cesar Noriega Gonzalez
16:05-16:10 A238 Current Practice Of Worldwide Steroid Prescription For Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Asdrubal Falavigna
16:10-16:15 A239 Coccydynia, Outcome 1 Year After Surgical Treatment Of 138 Consecutive Patients
Ane Simony
16:15-16:20 A240 Early Decompression For Spinal Cord Injury: The Faster The Better Bilal Qutteineh
16:20-16:25 A241 Incidence And Risk Factors For Infection After Operatively Treated Spinal Trauma A Retrospective Review Of 2,276 Patients From A Single Level I Trauma Institution
Richard J Bransford
16:25-16:30 A242 Current Incidence And Management Of Spine Trauma At A Large Referral Center In Tanzania
Andreas Leidinger
16:30-16:35 A243 Non-Contiguous Spine Injuries—Can We Predict Them? Angus Fong
16:35-16:40 A244 Craniocervical Trauma Above The Age Of 90: Are Current Prognostic Scores Sufficient
Ehab Shiban
16:40-16:45 A245 Lag Screws In Vertebral Pincer-fractures (AO A2) First Biomechanical And Clinical Results
Marc Auerswald
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
16:00-17:00 Infections 2 (room 311) Moderators: John Devine Yu Liang
16:00-16:05 A246 Fungal Spinal Epidural Abscess: Characteristics And Differences From Bacterial Spinal Epidural Abscess
Huiliang Yang
16:05-16:10 A247 A Classification Scheme For Epidural Spinal Cord Compression In Spinal Epidural Abscess
Huiliang Yang
16:10-16:15 A248 Comparison Of Loss Of Kyphotic Deformity Correction After 6 Years In Caries Spine Patients Undergone Anterior Decompression And Locally Made Cage Placement
Haseeb Hussain
16:15-16:20 A249 A Staged Treatment Strategy For Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis In The Destructive Stage With Percutaneous Endoscopic Debridement And Following Spinal Reconstruction
Kokabu Terufumi
16:20-16:25 A250 Instrumented Vs Non Instrumented Anterior Decompression In TB Spine: Long Term Outcome Analysis
Alok Rai
16:25-16:30 A251 Surgical Infections In The Spine: Ten Year Epidemiological Analysis Of A Trauma Hospital
Javier Lecaros
16:30-16:35 A252 Post Operative Discitis Following Lumbar Discectomy Mantu Jain
16:35-16:40 A253 Long Term Clinico-radiological Outcome Of Cost-effective Composite Reconstruction In Dorsal Tuberculosis Of Spine And Review Of The Literature.
Nirmal D Patil
16:40-16:45 A254 A Prospective Case Study Of Outcome Of Posterolateral Transpedicular Corpectomy And Instrumented Fusion In Thoracic Spine Cases.
Ravi Venkatesan
16:45-17:00 Discussion All
Friday program schedule
17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by: Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Spinal Deformity: MIS vs Open (plenary room)
Moderator: Yong QiuYu Sun
17:00-17:05 S085 Opening ceremony Yan Wang
17:05-17:17 S086 Sequential correction of degenerative spinal deformity with coronal and sagittal imbalance
Zezhang Zhu
17:17-17:29 S087 Assessment and treatment for adult spinal deformity Kai Cao
17:29-17:41 S088 Can minimally invasive spine surgery improve the sagittal and coronal balance of adult degenerative deformity?
Wenjian Wu
17:41-17:53 S089 Minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion for severe degenerative spinal deformity—My technique
Fangcai Li
17:53-18:00 Discussion All
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Spine Surgery and Related Research: Surgical Treatment of Spinal Disorder with Osteoporosis (room 308)
17:00-17:15 S090 Osteoporosis in the spine: recent update in biology, molecular therapy and management—The incidence and clinical problems
Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
17:15-17:30 S091 Role of weekly teriparatide administration in osseous union enhancement after lumbar inter body fusion for osteoporosis-associated lumbar degenerative disorders.
Hirotaka Haro
17:30-17:45 S092 Current status and future prospects of minimally invasive spine surgery Ken Ishii
17:45-18:00 S093 Surgical treatment of Adult spinal deformity with osteoporosis—Optimal sagittal alignment and complications
Yukihiro Matsuyama
17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by Association of Spine Surgeons of India: Neglected and Severe Spinal Deformities (room 309)
17:00-17:08 S094 Which Osteotomy to choose for Management of Severe Spinal Deformities Raghav Dutt Mulukutla
17:08-17:16 S095 Strategies to overcome the challenges in management of neglected and severe spinal deformities
Harvinder Singh Chhabra
17:16-17:24 S096 Post Tubercular Severe Kyphosis—Management Principles Saumyajit Basu
17:24-17:32 S097 Role of Halo Gravity Traction in Severe Spinal Deformities Ajoy Shetty
17:32-17:40 Discussion All
17:40-18:00 Case Discussion / Video Session
17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by Korean Society of Spine Surgery (room 311)
Moderators:Byung-Joon ShinEung-Ha KimChang-Hoon Jeon
Cervical Spine Moderator:Byung-Joon Shin
17:00-17:05 S098 How to overcome intersegment autofusion following open-door laminoplasty? Gun Woo Lee
17:05-17:10 S099 A brand-new anterior decompression technique for cervical OPLL Dong-Ho Lee
17:10-17:15 S100 Surgical anatomy of the uncinate process and transverse foramen determined by computed tomography
Moon Soo Park
17:15-17:20 S101 How to avoid poor outcome following ACDF Sang-Bong Ko
17:20-17:25 Discussion Adult Spine Deformity Moderator: Eung-Ha Kim
17:25-17:29 S102 How much correction is possible by OLIF in ASD? Jung-Hee Lee17:29-17:33 S103 Clinical relevance of SRS-Schwab classification and Minimally lateral interbody
fusion for adult spinal deformityYoung-Hoon Kim
17:33-17:37 S104 Motion analysis and energy consumption in adult spinal deformity Ho-Jung Kim 17:37-17:41 S105 Posterior multilevel crack osteotomy for ASD Seung-Woo Seo 17:41-17:45 Discussion
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Moderator:Chang-Hoon Jeon
17:45-17:50 S106 Decompression-alone for Severe Lumbar Spinal Stenosis using Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Dae-Jung Choi
17:50-17:55 S107 Biportal Endoscopic TransForaminal Interbody Fusion by 30º endoscopy in lumbar spinal stenosis: Technical note and preliminary report
Ju-Eun Kim
17:55-18:00 Discussion All
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Saturday program schedule08:00-09:00 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Knowledge
Forum Spinal Cord Injury: Guidelines for the Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: What Do We Know? What Should We Do? (plenary room)
Moderator: Michael Fehlings
08:00-08:03 S108 Welcome and Introduction Michael Fehlings
08:03-08:06 S109 Case no. 1—Severe Central Cord Injury: AIS C—Case Presentation Michael Fehlings
08:06-08:12 S110 Role and Timing of Surgical Intervention Jefferson Wilson
08:12-08:18 S111 Role of Methylprednisolone Mark Kotter
08:18-08:22 S112 Case resolution Michael Fehlings
08:22-08:30 S113 Discussion and Comments Paul Kolijonen
08:30-08:33 S114 Case no. 2—Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy—Moderate Severity—Case Presentation
Michael Fehlings
08:33-08:39 S115 Role of Surgical Management—What is the evidence? Shekar Kurpad
08:39-08:45 S116 Guidelines for the Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Lindsay Tetreault
08:45-08:49 S117 Case Resolution Michael Fehlings
08:49-08:57 Discussion and Comments All
08:57-09:00 S118 Summary and Concluding Remarks Michael Fehlings
08:00-09:00 Symposium: Is Sagittal Alignment Important? Getting It Right The First Time—Pelvic Parameter and Implication in Short Segment Lumbar Degenerative Fusion (room 308)
Moderator: Norman Chutkan
08:00-08:05 S119 Introduction Norman Chutkan
08:05-08:15 S120 Overview of Pelvic Parameters and how to Incorporate into Routine Practice Norman Chutkan
08:15-08:25 S121 Effect of Approach on Lordosis: ALIF vs. TLIF vs. Direct Lateral (XLIF Type) Darrel Brodke
08:25-08:30 S122 Case Presentation: Late Effect of Fusing Flat Chung Chek Wong
08:30-08:40 S123 Tips on Obtaining Lordosis with TLIF Sigurd Berven
08:40-08:45 S124 Case Presentation: 1-2 Level Lumbar Degeneration Norman Chutkan
08:45-08:50 S125 Discussion: How I Would Approach This Patient Chung Chek Wong Darrel Brodke Sigurd Berven
08:50-09:00 Questions/Discussion All
08:00-09:00 Symposium hosted by: AOSpine Asia Pacific:Tumors of Craniovertebral Junction (room 309)
Moderator: Satish Rudrappa
08:00–08:07 S126 Case Presentation Mohd Hisam Muhamad Ariffin
08:07–08:22 S127 Management of Benign Vertebral Tumors of CVJ Satish Rudrappa
08:22–08:37 S128 Management of Intradural Tumors at Craniovertebral Junction Yong-Eun Cho
08:37–08:52 S129 Indications, Techniques and Complications of Stabilization Procedures in CVJ Tumors
Fengzeng Jian
08:52–09:00 Discussion and Conclusion All
08:00-09:00 Symposium: Tuberculosis Infection of Spine (room 311)
Moderator: Tariq Sohail Dino Samartzis
08:00-08:08 S130 Emergence of Drug Resistance TB Spine Ajoy Parsad Shetty
08:08 -08:16 S131 Risk Factors Kyphotic Deformity in TB Spine Arif Khan
08:16 -08:24 S132 Management strategy for the Kyphotic Deformity in TB Spine Tariq Sohail
08:24 -08:32 S133 Lumbo-sacral TB Spine with Long-term impact on Sagittal Balance Aftab Younus
08:32 -08:40 S134 Tuberculosis of the Upper Cervical Region S. Rajasekaran
08:40 -08:48 S135 MIS Options for TB Spine Arvind Jayaswal08:48 -09:00 Discussion All
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09:00-10:00 Paper Session 09:00-10:00 Degenerative Cervical—Myelopathy (plenary room) Moderator:
Giuseppe Barbagallo Juan Emmerich
09:00-09:05 A255 Prediction Of Anterior Vs. Posterior Surgical Approach For Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Based On MRI Pathology: Analysis Of A Global Cohort
Aria Nouri
09:05-09:10 A256 Quality Of Life And Surgical Outcomes Of Mild Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Jetan Badhiwala
09:10-09:15 A257 The Discrepancy Between Clinical Measures And Self-Reported Ratings Of Health Status After Surgery For Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Introduction To Response Shift
Lindsay Tetreault
09:15-09:20 A258 Outcomes Of Surgical Decompression In Patients With Very Severe Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Michael Fehlings
09:20-09:25 A259 Predicting Quality Of Life After Surgical Decompression For Mild Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Principal Component Regression Analysis
Jetan Badhiwala
09:25-09:30 A260 Rates And Predictors Of Neurologic Progression In Patients Treated Conservatively For Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Lindsay Tetreault
09:30-09:35 A261 High Resolution Diffusion Tensor Imaging In Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Preliminary Follow-up Study
Xiaolong Chen
09:35-09:40 A262 Multilevel Cervical Compressive Myelopathy: Comparison Of Three Different Operative Techniques.
Natarajan Muthukumar
09:40-09:45 A263 Correlation Of Radiographic Outcomes And Quality Of Life For Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Heath Gould
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
09:00-10:00 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adolescent)—Surgery 3 (room 308)
Moderators: Christopher Shaffrey Marcel Dvorak
09:00-09:05 A264 The Association Of Body Mass Index And Socioeconomic Status On Cobb Angle Severity At Presentation In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Daniela Gelb
09:05-09:10 A265 Curve Progression Matching With Skeletal Growth In Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using The Distal Radius And Ulna (DRU) Classification
Prudence Wing Hang Cheung
09:10-09:15 A266 Cervical Kyphosis In Patients With Lenke Type 1 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: The Prediction Of Thoracic Inlet Angle
Ce Zhu
09:15-09:20 A267 Final Fusion In Patients Affected By EOS Treated By Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods (MCGR): Results And Complications
Sergio Sessa
09:20-09:25 A268 "Less Is More" Signficant Coronal Correction Of Ais Deformity Predicts Thoracic Hypokyphosis
Oded Hershkovich
09:25-09:30 A269 Severe Rigid Kyphoscoliosis In Kids—It's Different! Clinico Radiological Efficacy Of Apical Spinal Osteotomy In 32 Paediatric Cases Over Long Term Follow Up.
Ankit PatelPF
09:30-09:35 A270 Safety And Efficacy Of Correction Surgery Treatment For Spinal Deformity Associated With Intro-spinal Abnormalities
Yong Hai
09:35-09:40 A271 Thoracic Only Fusions For Double (Type 3) And Triple (Type 4) Major Curves In AIS At A Minimum 5 Year Follow-Up: Are They Possible And Durable?
Lawrence G. Lenke
09:40-09:45 A272 Posterior Spinal Osteotomy Surgery Is An Effective Method For The Correction Of Progressive Thoracolumbar Kyphosis In Patients With Achondroplasia
Zezhang Zhu
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
09:00-10:00 AOSpine Members-only session—Pearls from the Regions: Cases and Different Solutions (room 310) Moderator: Klaus SchnakeSpeakers: Mohamed Abdel Wanis, Lali Sekhon, Zdenek Klezl, Jaime Segura, Yong Hai
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Saturday program schedule09:00-10:00 Paper Session 09:00-10:00 Novel Technologies (room 309) Moderators:
Manabu Ito Abdulaziz Al-Mutair
09:00-09:05 A273 Functional Rehabilitation Using The Hybrid Assistive Limb Exoskeleton: A First Experience In The United States
Christian Fisahn
09:05-09:10 A274 Medical Consultation Of Spinal Pathologies With Kinematics In Virtual Reality Diane Villaroman
09:10-09:15 A275 Using Ultrasound Scans To Measure Longitudinal Growth Of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods
Sudarshan Munigangaiah
09:15-09:20 A276 The Comparison Of The Clinical Outcome And HRQoL Between Patients Who Utilized S2AI And IS
Zhen Liu
09:20-09:25 A277 Early Stage Evaluation And Life Quality Assessment Of Patients Treated With Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods With The Diagnosis Of Early Onset Scoliosis
Ismet Oral
09:25-09:30 A278 When Giants Talk; Robotic Dialect During Spine Surgery Saadit Sarah Houri
09:30-09:35 A279 Optimizing The Architecture And Geometry Of A 3D-printable Hyperelastic "Bone" Composite Scaffold Designed For Spinal Fusion
Wellington Hsu
09:35-09:40 A280 Clinical And Radiographic Evaluation Of Bioactive Glass In Posterior Cervical Or Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Cedric Barrey
09:40-09:45 A281 Outcomes Of Lateral Anchor Placement For Occipitocervical Fusion In Atlantoaxial Instability
Kevin Kwan
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
09:00-10:00 Tumor (room 311) Moderators: Cumhur Oner Abhay Nene
09:00-09:05 A282 Adverse Events Profile In En Bloc Resection And Surgery For Primary Bone Tumor
Nicolas DeaPF
09:05-09:10 A283 Monitoring Disease Status In Chordoma Using Released Tumor DNA Chetan Bettegowda
09:10-09:15 A284 Surgery Of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors Focusing On Preservation Of Spinal Cord Function
Hidetoshi Murata
09:15-09:20 A285 Systematic Review Of Recurrent Sacral Chordoma John Berry-Candelario
09:20-09:25 A286 Extramedullary Foramen Magnum Tumors: Decision Making And Surgical Outcome
Sachin BorkarPF
09:25-09:30 A287.1 Differentiated Surgical Treatment Of Craniovertebral Tumors Roman Khalepa
09:30-09:35 A288 Spinal Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Cross-sectional Study Gayathri Suresh
09:35-09:40 A289 The Results Of Surgical Treatment For Patients With Recurrent Spinal Chondrosarcoma
Sergei Masevnin
09:40-09:45 A290 Referral Patterns In Patients Surgically Treated For Spinal Metastases Floris Van Tol
09:45-10:00 Discussion All
10:00-10:30 Break
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10:30-11:30 Paper Session 10:30-11:30 Trauma—Thoracolumbar (plenary room) Moderators:
Robert Kuru Lorin Benneker
10:30-10:35 A291 Does MRI Affect The Surgical Plan In Patients With Thoracolumbar (T10-L1) Burst Fractures And Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries?
Jason Lasseter PittmanPF
10:35-10:40 A292 Conservative Vs. Operative Treatment Of Stable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures In Neurologically Intact Patients. Is There Any Difference Regarding The Clinical And Radiological Outcomes?
Tuna PehlivanogluPF
10:40-10:45 A293 Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: The Need For A Complementary Anterior Approach
José Vicente Ballesteros Plaza
10:45-10:50 A294 Timing And Risk Factors For Secondary Subsidence Of Conservatively Treated Compression Fractures Of The Thoracolumbar Spine In Elderly Patients
Gregory JostPF
10:50-10:55 A295 Robotic Assisted Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation For Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
Josh Schroeder
10:55-11:00 A296 Minimally Invasive Vs Open Thoraco-lumbar Fracture Fixation a Comparative Audit Of 62 MIS Cases And 135 Open Cases In A Single Centre.
Jonathan Wasserberg
11:00-11:05 A297 Spinal Canal Stenosis Treatment, Following AO Classification Type A3 And A4 Thoraca-lumbar Traumatic Fracture, By Use Of Ligamentotaxis-analysis Of Results With A New Quantitative Method
Árpád Viola
11:05-11:10 A298 Thoraco-lumbar Fractures With Traumatic Aortic Injury (TAI) In Adult Patients: Classification And Management
Alessandro Ramieri
11:10-11:15 A299 Influence Of Blood Supply On Fracture Healing Of Vertebral Bodies Ludovit Hajnovic
11:15-11:30 Discussion All
10:30-11:30 Deformity—Thoracolumbar (Adult)—Surgical Treatment—Predicting Outcomes (room 308)
Moderators: Hee Kit Wong Norman Chutkan
10:30-10:35 A300 Lumbosacral Reconstruction Improves Postoperative Coronal Balance In Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis—A Matched Cohort Analysis
Zhen Liu
10:35-10:40 A301 Predicting Clinical Outcomes Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Akshay Sharma
10:40-10:45 A302 Reliability Of Pre-operative Surgical Planning Software In Predicting Postoperative Alignment In Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Multilevel Anterior Column Reconstruction For Positive Sagittal Balance Deformity
Michael Mokawem
10:45-10:50 A303 Inter- And Intra-rater Reliability And Agreement Of The Roussouly Classification System In Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity
Martin Gehrchen
10:50-10:55 A304 An Algorithm For The Choice Of Minimally Invasive Posterior Spine Surgical Treatment Of Adult Spinal Deformity
Masaaki Chazono
10:55-11:00 A305 Does Preoperative Distal-apex Alignment Affect The Selection Of Osteotomy Segment In Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy For Thoracolumbar Kyphosis Secondary To Ankylosing Spondylitis?
Bangping Qian
11:00-11:05 A306 Optimum Pelvic Incidence Minus Lumbar Lordosis Value After Operation For Patients With Adult Degenerative Scoliosis
Yong Hai
11:05-11:10 A307 Does Spinopelvic Parameters Abnormality After Short Segment Lumbar Fusion Cause Adjacent Segment Degeneration?
Krisno Novan
11:10-11:15 A308 Adjacent Segment Disease Preventing In Patients With Pelvic Incidence-Lumbar Lordosis Mismatch After Lumbar Fusion
Sergei Masevnin
11:15-11:30 Discussion All
10:30-11:30 AOSpine Members-only session—AOSpine Fellows Alumni—Tips of Trainers (room 310)Moderator: Bryan AshmanSpeakers: Juan Emmerich, Mohammad El-Sharkawi, Roger Härtl, Klaus Schnake
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10:30-11:30 Paper Session 10:30-11:30 Minimally Invasive Surgery 3 (room 309) Moderators:
Claudio Lamartina Kin Cheung Mak
10:30-10:35 A309 Myoglobin And Creatine Kinase Blood Levels As A Symptom Of Perioperative Muscle Injury During Mini-invasive And Open Stabilization Of Thoracic And Lumbar Spine Fracture.
Jiri Matejka
10:35-10:40 A310 Fallen From Height But Favourable Function? A Two Year Prospective Outcome Study On Extreme Lateral Lumbar Inter-body Fusion And Foramina Heights
Keng Meng Jeremy Goh
10:40-10:45 A311 Intraoperative Assessment Of Adjacent Segment Foraminal And Central Canal Volume Changes After Cage Implantation During Lateral Transpsoas Surgery (XLIF).
Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez
10:45-10:50 A312 Which Peri-Operative Factors Influence Post-Operative Satisfaction After Lateral Access Surgery?
Sheng Xu
10:50-10:55 A313 Isthmic Approach For Transforaminal Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy At The L5-S1 Level
Junseok Bae
10:55-11:00 A314 Anterior Column Reconstruction In Primary Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Correction Surgery: Restoring Lordosis And Achieving Indirect Decompression With Minimally Invasive Anterior Cages
Michael Mokawem
11:00-11:05 A315 Contralateral Radiculopathy After Minimally Invasive Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Nisarg Parikh
11:05-11:10 A316 The Changes Of Volume Of Psoas Muscle After Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion L4-5 For Treatment Of Degenerative Lumbar Disease : The Observation Of The Effect On Atrophic Changes And Correlation With Clinical Outcomes
Javier Quillo-Olvera
11:10-11:15 A317 Perioperative Complications Of Minimally Invasive Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion In Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease.
Nisarg Parikh
11:15-11:30 Discussion All
10:30-11:30 Surgical Complications (room 311) Moderators: Mark Kotter Atiq Uz Zaman
10:30-10:35 A318 Postoperative Complications In Adult Spinal Deformity Patients With A Mental Illness Undergoing Thoracic Spine Surgery
Nickul Jain
10:35-10:40 A319 Effect Of Peri-operative Goal-directed Fluid Therapy On Orthopaedic Surgery Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Eunice Linh You
10:40-10:45 A320 Risk Factors And Management For Dural Tears In Anterior Surgery For Cervical Ossification Of The Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Wanru Duan
10:45-10:50 A321 Factors Influencing Post-operative Urinary Retention Following Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery—A Prospective Study
S. Rajasekaran
10:50-10:55 A322 Evaluation Of The Effectiveness And Efficiency Of Two Hemostatic Utilization Strategies In Cervical And Lumbar Fusion Procedures
Manuel G Ramirez Lopez De Nava
10:55-11:00 A323 Risk Factors and Associated Complications For Postoperative Urinary Retention After Lumbar Surgery For Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Haariss Ilyas
11:00-11:05 A324 Subacute Combined Degeneration Of The Spinal Cord Following Nitrous-oxide Anesthesia: A Systematic Review Of The Literature
Aria Nouri
11:05-11:10 A325 The Incidence Of Venous Thromboembolism In Patients Undergoing Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. A Proposed Thromboprophylactic Regime.
Matthew Mawdsley
11:10-11:15 A326 Pre-operative Dehydration Does Not Increase The Risk Of Complications Following Elective Lumbar Surgery
Sean M Mitchell
11:15-11:30 Discussion All
11:30-12:30 Symposium: Advances, Nuances, and Complication Avoidance in Lateral Surgery (plenary room)
Moderators: Dean Chou Feng Zeng Jian
11:30-11:40 S136 Comparison of outcomes of lateral surgery versus ALIF or TLIF Praveen Mummaneni
11:40-11:50 S137 Complication avoidance surgery with transpsoas surgery Feng Li
11:50-12:00 S138 Nuances of pre-psoas surgery--technique and pearls Hao Wu
12:00-12:10 S139 Anterior column release/reconstruction--Tricks and Techniques, indications Jay Turner
12:10-12:20 S140 Nuances, tricks of the technique--graft material, high iliac crest, left versus right, expandable versus static cages, anterior fixation versus posterior fixation
Roger Härtl
12:20-12:30 Discussion all
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11:30-12:30 Symposium: Bending the Value Curve in Spine Surgery (room 308)
Moderator: Thomas Mroz
11:30-11:32 S141 Introduction Thomas Mroz
11:32-11:42 S142 Designing an efficient and effective combined spine center: The Integrated Practice Unit
Thomas Mroz
11:42-11:52 S143 Patient Reported Outcomes in Spine Care: Why are they important and what have they taught us?
Steven McAnany
11:52-12:02 S144 The Business of Spine Surgery: Profitability in changing environments Daniel Sciubba
12:02-12:12 S145 Value in Cervical and Lumbar Surgery: What is proven and what isn't? Wellington Hsu
12:12-12:22 S146 Artificial Intelligence in Spine Care: The next level Thomas Mroz
12:22-12:30 Discussion All
11:30-12:30 Symposium hosted by AOSpine Middle East: Fracture Spine: Management Challenges in Developing Countries (room 309)
Moderators: Abdulaziz Al-MutairMohammad El-Sharkawi
11:30-11:35 S147 Introduction / Epidemiology Mohammad El-Sharkawi
11:35-11:45 S148 Fracture Spine in Poly-trauma Patients Mohamed Abdel-Wanis
11:45-11:55 S149 Firearm Injuries Muzahem Taha
11:55-12:05 S150 Rehabilitation of Paraplegics and Quadriplegics in Developing Countries Atiq Uz Zaman
12:05-12:15 S151 Late Presentation: Post-traumatic kyphosis Khaled Hadhri
12:15-12:25 S152 Establishing A Tertiary Care Center With Limited Resources: A success story Amer Aziz
12:25-12:30 S153 Discussion and conclusion Abdulaziz Al-Mutair
11:30-12:30 Symposium: Is Cervical Disc Replacement the New Gold Standard for Anterior Cervical Surgery? (room 311)
Moderator: Fernando Techy
11:30-11:40 S154 Introduction Fernando Techy
11:40-11:50 S155 Disc replacement is the new gold standard Dino Samartzis
11:50-12:00 S156 ACDF is still the gold standard Luiz Vialle
12:00-12:10 S157 Disc replacement is a great option to treat cervical myelopathy K. Daniel Riew
12:10-12:20 S158 I prefer the fusion stability to treat cervical myelopathy Michael Fehlings
12:20-12:30 S159 Questions and answers Fernando Techy
12:30-12:45 Awards and Closing Ceremony (plenary room) K. Daniel RiewPaul ThngJeffrey WangMichael Fehlings
12:45-13:45 Closing Symposium: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Spondylolisthesis with Stenosis: Case Debate and Controversies in Treatment Options (plenary room)
Moderators: Roger Härtl Patrick Hsieh
12:45-12:50 S160 Open Remarks and Case Presentation Patrick Hsieh
12:50-13:05 S161 MIS Tubular Decompression and Fusion: Clinically Proven with Superior Perioperative Results
Roger Härtl
13:05-13:20 S162 Minimally Invasive Lateral Interbody Fusion Leads to Indirect Decompression, Better Sagittal Correction and Superior Fusion Rates
Khai Lam
13:20-13:35 S163 Endoscopic Decompression and Fusion: Elegant, Sexy and the Way of the Future for Spine Surgery
Jin-Sung Kim
13:35-13:45 Questions and Discussions All
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