2008

PROGRAMME I

WFNS Spine Committee Workshop in Indonesia

A Workshop on behalf of Committee will be had in Surabaya, Indonesia on 5th and 6th of July 2008.



The theme of the Workshop is Cervical Spine. The highlight of the Workshop is Hands on Cadavers in collaboration with Medtronics and GESCO Surgical Company giving the participants choice to perform various types of procedures like Dissectomy, Corpactomy, Reconstruction, Plating, Laminoplasty, Lateral Mass Stabilization, Sub-laminar wiring etc.

Live operative procedures will include (subject to availability of suitable patients) Cervical Micro Discectomy, Laminoplasty, Lateral Mass Fusion, Cervical Corpactomy and Reconstruction with dynamic cages.

The programme will include lectures, symposia, interactive sessions.

There will also be a spinal quiz for young participants.



Dr Abdul Hafid Bajamal, Neurospinal Surgeon from Surabaya is in-charge of the Workshop. Please contact him on hafid@brain-clinic.com.

PROGRAMME II

WFNS SPINE COMMITTEE SYMPOSIUM IN BOSTON

Date : September 3, 2008
Time : 12.45 till 14.15
Venue : Hynes Convention Centre, Boston

Theme : Recent Trends in the Management of Lumber Instability

Chairman : Dr George Dohrman, MD, USA
Co-chairman : Dr M G Filho - Brazil and Dr M Zileli - Turkey

Speakers :

1. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    Dr Motoi Shoda (Japan)

2. Posterior Dynamic Stabilization with Dynesys
    Dr Chun-Kun-Park (Korea)

3. Results of PLIF procedure with PEEK cage in the Lumbar Spine
    PD Dr med Francois Porchet (Zurich)

4. Minimally invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Disc-O-Tech B-twin Expandable Cages
    Dr P S Ramani (India)

5. Anterior Retroperitoneal Minimally Invasive approach to Lumbar Arthoplasty
    Dr Michael Mayer (Germany)

6. Lumbar Fusion with PEEK Rods
    Dr Vincent Traynelis (USA)

7. Options in Posterior Lumber Dynamic Stabilization
    Dr Patrick Hitchon (USA)

8. Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Stabilization of Unstable Lumbar Spine
    Dr Deepak Awasthi (USA)

9. Facet Replacement and XLIF in Lumbar Instability
    Dr Luiz Pimenta (Brazil)

10. Use of Robots in the management of Lumbar Instability
      Dr D Domonique (USA)

11. The use of Biopolimer in the treatment of Spine Instability
      Marcos Masini (Brazil)

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PROGRAMME III

Spine 2008

The Neuro Spinal Surgeons Foundation of India will hold its VIIIth Annual Conference from September 26-28, 2008 (Spine 2008) in collaboration with WFNS Spine Committee. The Conference will be held in Rajkot, Gujarat with Dr Prakash Modha as Organizing President and Dr Parimal Tripathi as Organizing Secretary.

The theme of the Conference is
(i) Controversies in Cervical Spinal Surgery ;
(ii) Present status of Regenerative Therapy;
(iii) Functional Reconstruction of the Spine.

The highlight of the conference will be Live Operative Sessions and Hands on Workshops besides interactive sessions and symposia. Special preference will be given to free papers by young surgeons, prizes will be awarded.



For further details of 2nd announcement and registration please see www.spine2008india.com
OR
Please contact Dr Prakash Modha at (pgmodha@rediffmail.com)

The Secretariat of the Conference:
Gokul Hospital & Trauma Centre,
12/14, Manhar Plot,
Vidynagar Main Road,
Rajkot, 360 001, Gujarat, INDIA
Tel : 00-91-281 2465 146 and 246 6554
Mob : 09250 79218