Friday, 31 March 2023
Session 1
Rock Solid Basis
InsightTalks
15:00 – 16:30
Stefano Boriani, Milan, Italy
Recognise the enemy: What we are dealing with?
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
Debate
The role of surgery for primary spinal infections
17:00 – 17:45
Moderation: Andreas Demetriades
Zdenek Klezl, Prague, Czechia
Principles of decision making
Ufuk Aydinli, Bursa, Turkey
Case 1 - Discitis with epidural abscess, no deficit
Marton Ronay, Budapest, Hungary
Case 2 - Segmental Deformity
Florian Ringel, Mainz, Germany
Case 3 - Preseptic multimorbid frail patient
Andreas Demetriades, Edinburgh, UK
Conclusions
IndustryTechUpdate 1
18:00
Saturday, 1 April 2023, Morning
Session 2
Essential upgrades
InsightTalks
08:15 – 09:45
Klaus-Dieter Schaser, Dresden, Germany
Spinal sarcoma resection and major vessel replacement
Jeremy Reynolds, Oxford, UK
Complex lumbo-pelvic reconstruction
Florian Ringel, Mainz, Germany
Surgical site Infections: Wound and implant management
Networking Break
09:45 – 10:15
Moderated Discussion
How to reduce surgical complication? A case-based disussion
10:15 – 11:00
Moderation: Cordula Netzer, Basel, Switzerland
Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Case presentation
Ufuk Aydinli, Bursa, Turkey
Case presentation
Cordula Netzer
Conclusions
IndustryTechUpdate 2
11:15
Expert in action: En bloc spondylectomy
12:30 – 13:15
Alessandro Gasbarrini, Bologna, Italy
Networking Break
13:15 – 13:45
Saturday, 1 April 2023, Afternoon
Session 3
Cutting-edge Technology
Cutting-edge Technology
13:45 – 15:15
Markus Schultheiss, Ulm, Germany
As I see – surgical navigation and its pitfalls
Klaus Schnake, Erlangen, Germany
Robots in action
Tamas Haidegger, Budapest, Hungary
Sci-fi or reality - An enigneer's view
Networking Break
15:15 – 15:30
IndustryTechUpdate 3
15:30 – 16:30
Moderated Discussion
Real-world surgery: Management of infections and tumours with limited resources
16:45 – 17:45
Stefano Boriani, Milan, Italy
Oncological principles
Áron Lazary, Budapest, Hungary
How to handle expected functional deficits in complete sacral resections
Thomas Blattert, Ingolstadt, Germany
Minimal vs. optimal spine unit for tumour management