Scientific Program

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09:00-10:15 Session I  | 10:45-12:00 Session II 
13:00-14:15 Session III | 14:15-15:45 Session IV | 15:15-15:45 Case Debate16:15-16:45 Session V

08:45-09:00 Welcome
Enrico Tessitore, Geneva; Gregory Jost, Biel; Adrian Merlo, Bern
09:00-10:15 Session I: Hip and Spine
Chairs: Oliver Gautschi, Lucerne; Pietro Scarone, Lugano
09:00-09:20 Sagittal Balance and Hip degeneration: the fate of the hip after long constructs to the pelvis
Frank Kleinstück, Zurich
09:20-09:25 Case presentation
Ralph Schär, Bern
09:25-09:40 Concomitant hip and spine problems: what to operate first? The hip!
Stefan Joss, Bern
09:40-09:55 Concomitant hip and spine problems: what to operate first? The spine!
Stefan Schaeren, Basel
09:55-10:00 Case solution
Ralph Schär, Bern
10:00-10:15 Questions & Answers
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 Session II : Innovations in managing the fractured spine / SCI
Chairs: Edin Nevzati, Lucerne; Andreas Demetriades, Edinburgh, UK
10:45-11:00 MIS concept applied to spine fractures
Adrien May, Geneva
11:00-11:15 Stents, balloons or spine-jack: what to use for anterior support and correction of post-traumatic deformity- Kyphoplasty update
Gianluca Maestretti, Fribourg
11:15-11:30 Current perspectives of Acute Spinal Cord injury management: Time is Spine 
Nader Hejrati, St. Gallen
11:30-11:45 Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Jocelyne Bloch, Lausanne
11:45-12:00 Questions & Answers
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:15 Session III: Joint NeuroSpine-AO Spine Session 2023 - Spinal trauma
Chairs: Markus Loibl, Zurich, Ralph Schär, Bern
13:00-13:25 Controversies in the management of Spine Trauma
incl. Questions & Answers
Alexander Vaccaro, Philadelphia, US (Livestream)
13:25-13:45 Sacrum fractures in the elderly
Christoph Albers, Bern
13:45-14:05 Osteoporotic fractures, classification and treatment algorithms
Klaus Schnake, Erlangen, DE
14:05-14:15 Questions & Answers
14:15-15:15 Session IV: Joint NeuroSpine-EANS Session 2023
Fractures at the thoracolumbar junction
Chairs: Enrico Tessitore, Geneva; Florian Ringel, Mainz, DE
14:15-14:30 Fractures associated with stiffening conditions of the spine
Florian Ringel, Mainz, DE
14:30-14:45 A4 TL fractures: how do we treat them in 2023?
Klaus Schnake, Erlangen, DE
14:45-15:00 Experience with an auto adjust screw system for kyphosis correction in case of TL fractures
Andreas Demetriades, Edinburgh, UK
15:00-15:15 Questions & Answers
15:15-15:45 Case debate on A4 fracture of the T-L junction
Moderator: Marisa Gandia Gonzalez, Madrid, ES
15:15-15:45 - Case presentation (5')                           - Gregory Jost, Biel
- Pro posterior percutaneous only (5') 
- Florian Ringel, Mainz, DE
- Pro posterior open only (5')                   - Andreas Demetriades, Edinburgh, UK
- Pro combined approach (5')                  - Klaus Schnake, Erlangen, DE
- Case solution (5')                                    - Gregory Jost, Biel
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-16:45 Session V: What I would not do again
Chair: Stefan Schaeren, Basel
Panel of experts: Markus Noger, Lucerne; Klaus Schnake, Erlangen, DE
16:15-16:45



- Case on OF (5')                           - Martin Stienen, St. Gallen
- Round table discussion (20')    - Experts + Participants
- Case solution (5')                       - Martin Stienen, St. Gallen
16:45 Closing Remarks
Enrico Tessitore, Geneva; Gregory Jost, Biel; Adrian Merlo, Bern

Program per 20.01.2023