Friday, 31 March 2023
Session 1
Rock Solid Basis
InsightTalks
15:00 – 16:30
Moderation: Thomas Blattert & Florian Ringel
Stefano Boriani, Milan, Italy
Recognise the enemy: What we are dealing with?
Nicolien Kasperts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Concepts of radiation therapy in secondary tumours
Radek Kaiser, Prague, Czech Republic
Going into the thecal sac: Options and limitations in intradural tumours
Riccardo Cecchinato, Milan Italy
Lions in sheep clothes: Agressive benign lesions
Enrico Tessitore, Geneva, Switzerland
Less is more: MISS and separation surgery for spinal metastases
Networking Break
16:30 – 17:00
Moderated Discussion
The role of surgery for primary spinal infections
17:00 – 17:45
Moderation: Andreas Demetriades & Áron Lazáry
Zdenek Klezl, Prague, Czech Republic
Principles of decision making
Ufuk Aydinli, Bursa, Türkiye
Case 1 - Discitis with epidural abscess, no deficit
Márton Rónai, Budapest, Hungary
Case 2 - Segmental Deformity
Florian Ringel, Mainz, Germany
Case 3 - Preseptic multimorbid frail patient
Andreas Demetriades, Edinburgh, UK
Conclusions
IndustryTechUpdate
Spine technology evolution
17:45 – 18:15
IndustryTechUpdate
18:15 – 18:45
Dinner Talks
20:00
Saturday, 1 April 2023, Morning
Session 2
Essential upgrades
InsightTalks
08:15 – 09:45
Moderation: Ufuk Aydinli & Enrico Tessitore
Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Dresden, Germany
Spinal sarcoma resection and major vessel replacement
Jan Štulík, Prague, Czech Republic
Upper cervical tumour resections
Jeremy Reynolds, Oxford, UK
Complex lumbo-pelvic reconstruction
Claudius Thomé, Innsbruck, Austria
Decision making in spinal infections
Florian Ringel, Mainz, Germany
Surgical site Infections: Wound and implant management
Networking Break
09:45 – 10:15
Moderated Discussion
How to reduce surgical complication?
10:15 – 11:00
Moderation:
Cordula Netzer, Basel, Switzerland
Claudius Thomé, Innsbruck, Austria
Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Case 1
Marisa Gandía, Madrid, Spain
Case 2
Ehab Shiban, Augsburg, Germany
Case 3
Ufuk Aydinli, Bursa, Türkiye
Case 4
Cordula Netzer, Basel, Switzerland
Conclusions
IndustryTechUpdate
Modern approaches for Spine Surgery
Digital Hybrid Visualization and Spine IORT
11:00 – 12:00
Marisa Gandia, Madrid, Spain
Ehab Shiban, Augsburg, Germany
Henning Kahl, Augsburg, Germany
Networking Lunch Break
12:00 – 12:45
En bloc spondylectomy
12:45 – 13:30
Moderation: Stefano Boriani
Alessandro Gasbarrini, Bologna, Italy
Saturday, 1 April 2023, Afternoon
Session 3
Cutting-edge Technology
Cutting-edge Technology
13:30 – 15:00
Moderation: Riccardo Cecchinato & Marisa Gandía
Dezsoe Jeszenszky, Zurich, Switzerland
Revision surgery for cervical chordomas in pedicatric patients
Francesco Sala, Verona, Italy
Spinal neuromonitoring – necessary or desirable
Markus Schultheiss, Ulm, Germany
As I see – surgical navigation and its pitfalls
Klaus Schnake, Erlangen, Germany
Robots in action
Tamás Haidegger, Budapest, Hungary
Sci-fi or reality - An enigneer's view
IndustryTechUpdate
Robotics Navigation in the O.R. A discussion on introduction and its possible benefits in the theater
15:00 – 16:00
Bert Kegelaers, MD Neurosurgeon
Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis Lier, Lier, Belgium
Moderated Discussion
Real-world surgery: Management of infections and tumours with limited resources
16:00 – 16:45
Moderation: Stefano Boriani & Ehab Shiban
Stefano Boriani, Milan, Italy
Oncological principles
Áron Lazáry, Budapest, Hungary
How to handle expected functional deficits in complete sacral resections
Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Enhanced recovery in spine surgery for the frail and vulnerable
Thomas Blattert, Ingolstadt, Germany
Minimal vs. optimal spine unit for tumour management
Closing Remarks
16:45 – 17:00
Moderation: Thomas Blattert & Andreas Demetriades