WFNS : : Spine Committee

ACTIVITIES OF WFNS SPINE COMMITTEE DURING THE YEAR 2007

WFNS Spine Committee Symposium : May 2007 : Colombia

May 18, 2007 in ICSM Conference in Cartagena – Colombia
Theme : Stem Cell Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury
Chair – P.S. Ramani (India)
Co-Chair – Thomas Pentelenyi (Hungary)/ Enrique Osorio (Colombia)

2.00-2.20 PM	Use of olfactory mucosa autografts for human spinal cord injury repair	Carlos Lima (Japan)

2.20-2.30 PM	Use of olfactory mucosa autografts for human spinal cord injury repair Colombian Experience	Enrique Osoria (Colombia)

2.30-2.50 PM	Biologic modeling for lumbar spinal stenosis management	Tito Perilla (Colombia)

2.50-3.10 PM	Olfactory glial ensheating cells: potential element for reconstruction of the central nervous system lesions	Rosa Margarita Gomez (Colombia)

3.10-3.20 PM	Questions

WFNS Spine Committee Symposium : September 2007 : India

September 30, 2007 in Spine 2007 Conference in India
Theme : Advances in Spinal Surgery
Chair – P. S. Ramani (India)
Co-Chair – Ross Margarita Gomez Bello (Colombia) (15 mts + 15 mts total session discussion time)

9.45-10.00 AM	Microsurgical concepts in Spine and Spinal cord problems	Yamano (Japan)

10.00-10.15 AM	Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy	Sathish Gore (India)

10.15-10.30 AM	Cage versus hydroxyapatite spacer for cervical anterior fusion	Motoi Shoda (Japan)

10.30-10.45 AM	Lateral retroperitoneal approach to L5/S1 disc for interbody fusion	Jin Fu Lin (Taiwan)

10.45-11.00 AM	Tea Break

11.00-11.15 AM	Anterior cervical microdiscectomy – less invasive procedure	Lad SD (Oman)

11.15-11.30 AM	Minimally invasive spine surgery	Singh AK (India)

11.30-11.45 AM	Total lumbar disc replacement with Prodisc II: single vs double level	Chun Kun Park (Korea)

11.45-12.00 MD	Use of navigation system for screw placement in a distorted spine	P S Ramani (India)

WFNS Spine Committee Symposium 1 : November 2007 : Nagoya (Japan)

November 21, 2007 in WFNS,
13th Interim Meeting/12th Asian-Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Nagoya (Japan)
Theme - Cervical Spine
Chair – P.S. Ramani (India)
Co-Chairs - Mohammad Hafez (Egypt)/ Rashid Jooma (Pakistan)

M21-4-1	Motion Preservation Surgery in the Cervical Spine	Chun-Kun Park (Korea)

M21-4-2	Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery for Degenerative Disorders	Motoi Shoda (Japan)

M21-4-3	Posterior Cervical Fixation	Mohamed A. Hafez Ramadan (Egypt)

M21-4-4	Spinal dynamic implants	Prem Pilley (Singapore)

M21-4-5	Management of CVJ Anomalies	Arnold H Menezes (USA)

M21-4-6	Total Cervical Spondylectomy: Video-Case Presentation	Mehmet Zileli (Turkey)

M21-4-7	Cervical Laminoplasty	Junichi Mizuno (Japan)

M21-4-8	Cervical Discoplasty	P S Ramani (India)

M21-4-9	Extrapedicular Single-Balloon Kyphoplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Body Compression Fractures	Chun-Kun Park (Korea)

WFNS Spine Committee Symposium, Nov 2007 : Nagoya, Japan

WFNS Spine Committee Symposium 2 : November 2007 : Nagoya (Japan)

November 21, 2007 in WFNS,
13th Interim Meeting/12th Asian-Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Nagoya (Japan)
Theme – PS Ramani Hands on Spine Session

Experts in the field of spinal surgery bring to the light the complexities in the field of spinal neurosurgery. With the aim of exposing the spine from the CVJ to the sacral level, these workshops hope to conglomerate the experiences of the experts and translate them to reality.
Course Director : Dr. P. S. Ramani

1	Cervical anterior fusion course	Instructor : Junichi Mizuno

2	Lamnioplasty course	Instructor : Tatsushi Inoue

3	Lumbar PLIF and Pedicle Screw Fixation Course	Instructor : Motoi Shoda, Shigehiko Kuno