EUROSPINE

Spring Specialty Meeting 2019

2–3 May, Frankfurt, Germany

Scientific Programme

The EUROSPINE Spring Specialty Meeting 2019 will deal with “Highly Complex Spine Surgery” and is organised in partnership with our local friends from the German Spine Society (DWG), in cooperation with AOSpine and in collaboration with the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). Together we have designed a programme to bring worldwide recognised experts together who will share their “Tips and tricks” for very complex spinal surgery.

THURSDAY, 02 MAY

08:15 - 08:30
Welcome
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Frank Kandziora
Thomas Blattert
Bernhard Meyer

08:30 - 10:15
1. DWG/ EUROSPINE: Spine tumours
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Bernhard Meyer, Munich
Dominique Rothenfluh, Oxford

 

08:30 – Transoral / Transnasal spinal tumours resection – Tips and tricks.
Bernhard Meyer, Munich (EUROSPINE)

08:45 – En-bloc spondylectomy – Tips and tricks.
Ulf Lilienquist, Münster (DWG)

09:00 – En-bloc sacrectomy – Tips and Tricks.
Dominique Rothenfluh, Oxford (EUROSPINE)

09:15 – Kypho-IORT for spinal metastasis. Combining intraoperative radiotherapy and kyphoplasty.
René Schmidt, Göppingen (DWG)

09:30 – 1st case (and discussion)
Ulf Lilienquist

09:50 – 2nd case (and discussion)
René Schmidt

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Location: Catering

10:45 - 12:30
2. EUROSPINE/ AOSpine: Cervical trauma
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Frank Kandziora, Frankfurt
Lorin Benneker, Bern

 

10:45 – Osteosynthesis of unstable atlas fractures – Tips and tricks.
Frank Kandziora, Frankfurt (EUROSPINE)

11:00 – Failed odontoid screw fixation –Tips and tricks how to revise.
Lorin Benneker, Bern (AOSpine)

11:15 – Surgical treatment of irreducible facet joint dislocation – Tips and tricks.
Matti Scholz, Frankfurt (AOSpine)

11:30 – C-spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis – Tips and tricks for positioning and surgical treatment.
Hossein Mehdian, London (EUROSPINE)

11:45 – 1st case (and discussion)
Lorin Benneker

12:05 – 2nd case (and discussion)
Hossein Mehdian

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Location: Catering
14:00 - 15:45
3. AOSpine/ EUROSPINE: Thoracolumbar trauma
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Klaus Schnake, Fürth
Lorin Benneker, Bern

 

14:00 – Controversies in thoracolumbar burst fracture management.
Lorin Benneker (AOSpine)

14:15 – Reconstruction of traumatic dura disruption – duty or optional?
Claudius Thomé, Innsbruck (EUROSPINE)

14:30 – Osteoporotic burst fractures – Realignment to normal or in situ fixation?
Klaus Schnake, Fürth (EUROSPINE)

14:45 – Posttraumatic kyphosis in the thoracolumbar junction: Osteotomy or 360° correction?
Ufuk Aydinli, Bursa, (AOSpine)

15:00 – 1st case (and discussion)
Lorin Benneker

15:20 – 2nd case (and discussion)
Ufuk Aydinli

15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break
Location: Catering
16:15 - 18:00
4. EUROSPINE/ SRS: Adult deformity
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Michael Grevitt, Nottingham
Ferran Pellisé, Barcelona

 

16:15 – Surgical treatment of M. Scheuermann kyphosis – Tips and tricks.
Michael Grevitt, Nottingham (EUROSPINE)

16:30 – Reconstruction of adult lumbar deformity – How much lordosis do we need?
Ferran Pellisé, Barcelona (EUROSPINE)

16:45 – Lumbar osteotomies in ankylosing spondylitis – Tips and tricks.
Marco Teli, Liverpool (EUROSPINE)

17:00 – Osteotomy in the cervical spine – Tips and tricks.
Ibrahim Obeid, Bordeaux (EUROSPINE)

17:15 – 1st case (and discussion)
Marco Teli

17:35 – 2nd case (and discussion)
Ibrahim Obeid

FRIDAY, 03 MAY

08:30 - 10:15
5. EUROSPINE/ SRS: Paediatric deformity
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Claudio Lamartina, Milano
Ralf Stücker, Hamburg

 

08:30 – Hemivertebra resection – Tips and tricks.
Tamás Fekete, Zürich (EUROSPINE)

08:45 – Surgical treatment of spondyloptosis – Tips and tricks.
Claudio Lamartina, Milano (EUROSPINE)

09:00 – Growing rods – how to avoid complications? Tips and tricks.
Juliane Koller, Bad Endorf (EUROSPINE)

09:15 – Surgical treatment of early onset scoliosis – Tips and tricks.
Ralf Stücker, Hamburg (EUROSPINE)

09:30 – 1st case (and discussion)
Tamás Fekete

09:50 – 2nd case (and discussion)
Juliane Koller

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Location: Catering
10:45 - 12:30
6. EUROSPINE/ DWG: Juxta-dural pathologies
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Peter Vajkoczy, Berlin
Bernhard Meyer, Munich

 

10:45 – Surgical treatment of Arnold Chiari malformation – Tips and tricks.
Peter Vajkoczy, Berlin (DWG)

11:00 – Surgical treatment of Dumbbell tumours – Tips and tricks.
Maria Wostrack, Munich (EUROSPINE)

11:15 – Surgical treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia – Tips and tricks.
Claudius Thomé, Innsbruck (DWG)

11:30 – Surgical treatment of intradural tumours –Tips and tricks.
John Duff, Lausanne (EUROSPINE)

11:45 – 1st case (and discussion)
Claudius Thomé

12:05 – 2nd case (and discussion)
John Duff

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
Location: Catering
14:00 - 15:45
7. EUROSPINE/ DWG: Degenerative cervical
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Çagatay Öztürk, Istanbul
Sebastian Ruetten, Herne

 

14:00 – Endoscopic disc surgery – Tips and tricks.
Sebastian Ruetten, Herne (DWG)

14:15 – TDR in cervical myelopathy?
Çagatay Öztürk, Istanbul (EUROSPINE)

14:30 – Vertebral artery bleeding – how to handle?
Florian Ringel, Mainz (DWG)

14:45 – Failed multilevel ACDF - Realignment of the cervical spine – Tips and tricks.
Baoge Liu, Beijing (EUROSPINE)

15:00 – 1st case (and discussion)
Florian Ringel

15:20 – 2nd case (and discussion)
Baoge Liu

15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break
Location: Catering
16:15 - 18:00
8. DWG/ EUROSPINE: Degenerative thoracolumbar
Location: Session Room

Chairs:
Jean-Charles LeHuec, Bordeaux
Luca Papavero, Hamburg

 

16:15 – Endoscopic lumbar decompression for stenosis – Tips and tricks.
Christoph Siepe, München (DWG)

16:30 – Surgical treatment of thoracic myelopathy due to OLF – Tips and tricks.
Selcuk Palaolu, Ankara (EUROSPINE)

16:45 – Surgical treatment of thoracic calcified disc herniation – Tips and tricks.
Luca Papavero, Hamburg (DWG)

17:00 – Sagittal profile in the elderly – how much reconstruction is necessary?
Jean-Charles LeHuec, Bordeaux (EUROSPINE)

17:15 – 1st case (and discussion)
Christoph Siepe

17:35 – 2nd case (and discussion)
Selcuk Palaolu

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