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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


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


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


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


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


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


11:15-11:30 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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WednesdayMay 2, 2018

Wednesday

ThursdayFriday

Disclosures

AuthorsSaturday

E-posters

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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


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


11:30-11:45 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

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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


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)


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


10:15-10:30 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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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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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


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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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Wednesday

ThursdayFriday

Disclosures

AuthorsSaturday

E-posters

ThursdayMay 3, 2018

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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


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


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


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


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

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Thursday program schedule

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


11:15-12:00 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


11:15-12:00 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



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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


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


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


14:30-15:00 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


14:30-15:00 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


14:30-15:00 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



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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


14:30-15:30 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


15:30-16:15 AOSpine Members-only session—AOPEER (room 310)Moderator: Asdrubal FalavignaSpeakers: Asdrubal Falavigna, Brigitte Gallo-Kopf


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Thursday program schedule

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


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


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


16:15-17:00 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


16:15-17:00 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


16:15-17:00 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



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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



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18:15-19:00 AOSpine Member Assembly (room 310)


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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Wednesday

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Disclosures

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E-posters

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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


08:00-09:00 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


08:00-09:00 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



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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


09:00-10:00 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


09:00-10:00 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


09:00-10:00 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

PF

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


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


11:00-11:45 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


11:00-11:45 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



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Friday program schedule

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


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


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


11:45-12:30 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


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


12:30-14:00 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


14:10-14:18 S073 Control of bleeding in cervical spine surgery Ken Ishii


14:20-14:28 S074 Esophageal injury and its management Jong-Beom Park


14:30-14:38 S075 Prevention and management of vertebral artery injury S. Rajasekaran


14:40-14:48 S076 Dysphagia after occipito cervical fusion Shuichi Kaneyama


14:50-14:58 S077 Postoperative Cervical Spine Infection Torphong Bunmaprasert


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


14:20-14:35 S079 Central Cord Syndromes: Concepts and Management Naresh Kumar


14:40-14:55 S080 Fractures of the Cervicothoracic Junction—Specific Topographical Challenges Thomas Blattert


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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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


15:00-15:30 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


15:00-15:30 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


15:00-15:30 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


15:30-16:00 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


16:00-17:00 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


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


16:00-17:00 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


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


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Friday program schedule17:00-18:00 Symposium hosted by The Japanese Society for

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


17:40-18:00 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



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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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Saturday program scheduleSaturday

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


09:00-10:00 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


09:00-10:00 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


09:00-10:00 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


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


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


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


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


11:30-12:30 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


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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