| THURSDAY, JULY 9 |
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| 8.00 |
Welcome address
Marco Leonardi, President of the ESNR (Italy)
Jeffrey Stone, President of the ASSR (USA)
Massimo Gallucci, Director of the Scientific Program (Italy) |
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| 8.30-10.40 |
TRAUMA
Chair: John Hesselink (USA), Roberto Passariello (Italy) |
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Guidelines in the management of spine trauma - Turgut Tali (Turkey)
Trauma of the cervical spine and the cranio-cervical junction - Alessandro Cianfoni (Italy)
Trauma of the spinal cord - Roberto Gasparotti (Italy)
Traumatic compression fractures: Diagnosis and role of augmentation - Bassem Georgy (USA)
Brachial plexus lesion - Roberto Gasparotti (Italy)
Pediatric spine trauma -
Pia M. Sundgren (Sweden) |
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Discussion |
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| 10.40-11.00 |
Break |
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| 11.00-13.00 |
STENOSIS AND INSTABILITY
Chair: A. Orlando Ortiz (USA), Roberto Floris (Italy) |
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Sagittal imbalance and cervical kyphosis - Johan Van Goethem (Belgium)
Spinal stenosis - John Hesselink (USA)
Minimally invasive stabilizations of the lumbar spine - Giuseppe Bonaldi (Italy)
Other percutaneous interventions - A. Orlando Ortiz (USA) |
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Discussion |
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| 13.10-14.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-14.30 |
Satellite Workshop (sponsored by pharmaceutical companies) |
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| 14.30-16.40 |
LOW BACK PAIN: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Chair: Allan L. Brook (USA), Cosma Andreula (Italy) |
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Imaging in low-back pain - Massimo Gallucci (Italy)
Sacro-Iliac and Facet syndromes: diagnosis and treatment - Allan L. Brook (USA)
The natural evolution of disc herniation and rationale for percutaneous treatments - Massimo Gallucci (Italy)
Discogenic pain and discography - Jeffrey Stone (USA)
Percutaneous lumbar disc treatments - Cosma Andreula (Italy)
Percutaneous cervical disc treatments - Marco Leonardi (Italy) |
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Discussion |
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| 16.40-17.00 |
Break |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
Ask the expert: solutions to your most vexing techinical questions: artifacts, sequence selection, high-field imaging, shortening your sequences, bandwidth, parallel imaging, fatsat problems, SAR and much more |
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Overview
Case-based approach
Panel discussion of your cases |
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OPEN DISCUSSION WITH THE FACULTY
Chair: Bassem Georgy (USA), Johan Van Goethem (Belgium)
Discussants: John Hesselink (USA), Jeffrey Stone (USA),
Cosma Andreula (Italy), Majda Thurnher (Austria),
Mario Muto (Italy) |
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| FRIDAY, JULY 10 |
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| 7.30-8.00 |
Breakfast Lecture (sponsored by pharmaceutical companies) |
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| 8.00-9.30 |
DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY OF POST-OPERATIVE SPINE
Chair: Jeffrey Stone (USA), Alessandro Bozzao (Italy) |
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Post discectomy imaging - Alessandro Bozzao (Italy)
Imaging in patients with intervertebral cages, spinal instrumentation and artificial discs - Johan Van Goethem (Belgium)
Postoperative pain and interventional therapy - Allan L. Brook (USA)
Neurostimulators and intrathecal drug delivery
- Bassem Georgy (USA)
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Discussion |
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| 9.30-10.00 |
DIAGNOSTIC KEYNOTE LECTURE |
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Long-term follow-up of spinal cord tumors - Danielle Balériaux (Belgium) |
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| 10.00-10.30 |
INTERVENTIONAL KEYNOTE LECTURE |
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Percutaneous treatment of VBF: past, present and future - Jaques Chiras (France) |
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| 10.30-11.00 |
Break |
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| 10.50-11.00 |
JOINT SPINE AWARDS: |
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Diagnostic - Danielle Balériaux (Belgium)
Interventional - Hervé Deramond (France) |
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| 11.00-13.10 |
TUMORS
Chair: Bassem Georgy (USA), Luigi Bozzao (Italy) |
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Extramedullary intradural lesions - Cesare Colosimo (Italy)
Primary and secondary bone tumors - Roberto Izzo (Italy)
Leukemia, lymphoma and other bone marrow tumors - Majda Thurnher (Austria)
Biomechanics of percutaneous tumor therapy - Jeffrey Stone (USA)
Spinal metastatic lesions, bridging the gap between imaging and interventions - Bassem Georgy (USA)
RF and crioablation - Salvatore Masala (Italy)
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Discussion |
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| 13.10-14.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-14.30 |
Satellite Workshop (tba: to be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies) |
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| 14.30-17.30 |
PAPERS
Chair: Majda Thurnher (Austria), Massimo Gallucci (Italy) |
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| 17.30 - 18.30 |
Workshop (sponsored by pharmaceutical companies) |
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| SATURDAY, JULY 11 |
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| 8.00-8.30 |
Breakfast Lecture (sponsored by pharmaceutical companies) |
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| 8.30-11.00 |
INTERVENTIONAL ROOM: CEMENT AUGMENTATION
Chairs: John M. Mathis (USA), Enrico Cotroneo (Italy) |
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Patient selection: clinical and radiological criteria - John M. Mathis (USA)
Biomechanics and height restoration - John M. Mathis (USA)
Compression fracture therapy: does height restoration make a difference? - Allan L. Brook (USA)
Extreme augmentation and extraaxial lesions - Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti (Italy)
Osteoinductive materials – Luigi Manfrè (Italy)
New VP and KP devices – Mario Muto (Italy)
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Discussion |
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| 8.30-11.00 |
DIAGNOSTIC ROOM: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND MISCELLANEOUS
Chairs: A. Orlando Ortiz (USA), Andrea Rossi (Italy) |
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3 Tesla imaging of the spine: advantages and sequences - John Hesselink (USA)
DWI and Tensor - Majda Thurnher (Austria)
Biomechanics of the spine - Mario Muto (Italy)
Biomechanic reflections in up-right MRI - Alessandra Splendiani (Italy)
Pediatric spine pain and diagnostic strategies - Andrea Rossi (Italy)
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Discussion |
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| 11.00-11.20 |
Break |
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| 11.20-12.30 |
THE FINAL CHALLENGE:
“Europe vs. US”.
A case-based spinal battle |
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Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. (Plato) |
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| 12.30 |
Closing Remarks |
