PRESIDENTEPietro Primo Versari

Auspice

Dear Colleagues and Friends,I welcome all of you in Palermo in the

ancient land of Sicily, rich of history andculture at the center of the MediterraneanSea. I am confident that you will enjoythe archeological ruins and the amazinglandscapes that you will find here.

It is a great honor to share thePresidency of the 2nd International Symposium on advances in SpineSurgery with an outstanding and worldwide-recognized personalityof international neurosurgery, as Prof. Armando Basso.

The second edition of SIACCO joins again experts on Spine surgerywith an international reputation, coming from South America, Europeand other Continents. Spine surgery is growing up in our dailypractice and deserves the highest scientific consideration related toappropriate indications, surgical strategy and instrumentation. TheSymposium will focus on the update knowledge of all these aspects,including endoscopy and percutaneous techniques. I am sure thatwe will appreciate these highlights.

I would like to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of NataleFrancaviglia and Giancarlo Guizzardi in organizing this Meeting.They have already proved to be very active and eager to providean exciting scientific program and a warm, friendly hospitality.

I look forward to meeting you in Palermo.

Francesco Tomasello

Dear Colleagues,

As Honorary President of the2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ONSPINE SURGERY(SIACCO), it is a greathonor and pleasure for me to invite youto participate in our meeting which willbe held in the city of Palermo, Italy from

June 6 to 8, 2012.

We aim to offer a top-level scientific program with severalinternational renown Neurosurgeons and therefore we would liketo have your valuable presence.

I’m delighted to share the Honorary Presidency with Prof. FrancescoTomasello, one of the leader of Italian neurosurgery and a renownedinternational neurosurgeon.

My best recognition to the local organizers specially Prof. NataleFrancaviglia and Prof. Giancarlo Guizzardi who take the responsibilityof the local organization.

Thank you very much for your tireless support to the neurosurgicaland orthopedic community and we look forward to seeing you inPalermo next June.

Yours sincerely Armando Basso

TimetableAUDITORIUM

Wednesday June 6, 201214,00 Registration Open14,30 Welcome and Introduction15,10 Invited Magistral Lecture

FUNCTIONAL MRI: WHAT’S NEW?Jean Pierre Elsig (Zurich, Switzerland)

15,30 Round TableTRAUMATIC THORACO-LUMBAR FRACTURES:

INDICATIONS AND SURGICAL STRATEGIES15,30-17,30 Open Coffee

16,30 I SessionMOTION PRESERVATION

IN LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE18,20 II Session

FUSION IN LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE20,00 Adjourn20,15 "Schiticchio", traditional sicilian dinner

Thursday June 7, 2012

08,30 III SessionSPINE TUMORS: TIPS AND TRICKS

10,40 Invited Magistral LectureSPINAL INTRAMEDULLARY TUMORS: TECHNIQUE, PITFALLS

AND RESULTS IN 185 PERSONALLY OPERATED CASESKeki Edulji Turel (Mumbai, India)

09,30-11,30 Open Coffee11,00 Invited Magistral Lecture

ANATOMO-CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TREATMENT OFDEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF CERVICAL SPINE

Vincenzo Denaro (Rome, Italy)11,20 IV Session

NEW TECHNOLOGIESIN DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY

12,00 V SessionCERVICAL SPINE SURGERY TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT

vs STABILIZATION: WE NEED OR WE PLAY?13,30-14,30 Lunch Break

14,30 Industry Workshop MEDTRONIC

16,00 Invited Magistral LecturePERSONALIZED SPINE SURGERY. IS IT OUR PAST OR OUR FUTURE!

Marcos Masini (Brasilia, Brasil)15,30-17,30 Open Coffee

16,20 Invited Magistral LectureFULL ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION

Ulug Hikmet (Istanbul, Turkey)16,40 VI Session

PERIPHERAL NERVES PATHOLOGY18,30 Adjourn

Friday June 8, 2012

08,30 VII SessionSPINE ENDOSCOPY

09,30-11,30 Open Coffee09,50 Invited Magistral Lecture

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINE SURGERYMorgan P. Lorio (Bristol, USA)

10,10 Invited Magistral LectureWHAT’S CHANGE DURING LAST 10 YEARS

IN LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE SURGERYUmberto Agrillo (Rome, Italy)

10,30 VIII SessionMINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY

12,00 IX SessionOSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES: SURGICAL TREATMENT

13,30-14,30 Lunch Break14,30 Invited Magistral Lecture

THORACIC ENDOSCOPY: INDICATIONS AND LIMITSDaniel Rosenthal (Bad Homburg, Germany)

14,50 X SessionMISCELLANEOUS

15,30-16,30 Open Coffee 16,20 Closing Remarks16,30 End of the congress

Thursday June 7, 2012

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Invited Speakers

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ACAMPORA FRANCESCO M.ACAMPORA SERGIOADORNO ARTURO ALESSANDROAGRILLO UMBERTOALAFACI CONCETTAALBANESE VINCENZOALEXANDRE ALBERTOBARBAGALLO GIUSEPPEBARBANERA ANDREABASSO ARMANDOBILLIERES JULIENBISTAZZONI SIMONABOCCALETTI RICCARDOBURIC JOSIPCACCIOLA FABIOCAMPERO ABRAHAMCANTORE GIANPAOLOCAPPABIANCA PAOLOCASAGRANDE JOHNNYCATAPANO GIUSEPPECERVELLINI PATRIZIOCIAPPETTA PASQUALECIGLIANO ALFREDOCOSAMALON JOSE' GARCIACOSTAGLIOLA CATELLOD’ANGELO VINCENZODE FALCO RAFFAELEDELFINI ROBERTODELITALA ALBERTOELSIG JEAN PIERREEUSTACCHIO SANDROFERNANDEZ MOLINA GUILLERMOFIUMANA ETTOREFORNARI MAURIZIO G.C.FRANCAVIGLIA NATALEGAROZZO DEBORA

NAPLES ITALY

POZZILLI, IS ITALY

MESSINA ITALY

ROME ITALY

MESSINA ITALY

CATANIA ITALY

TREVISO ITALY

CATANIA ITALY

ALESSANDRIA ITALY

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA

GENEVA SWITZERLAND

POZZILLI, IS ITALY

SASSARI ITALY

BOLOGNA ITALY

MESSINA ITALIA

SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN ARGENTINA

POZZILLI, IS ITALY

NAPLES ITALY

VARESE ITALY

BENEVENTO ITALY

VICENZA ITALY

BARI ITALY

NAPLES ITALY

LEON SPAIN

ROME ITALY

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, FG ITALY

POZZUOLI, NA ITALY

ROME ITALY

ROME ITALY

ZURICH SWITZERLAND

GRAZ AUSTRIA

LA PLATA ARGENTINA

PALERMO ITALY

ROZZANO, MI ITALY

PALERMO ITALY

ROVIGO ITALY

GHADIRPOUR REZAGOLASH APRAJAYGUIZZARDI GIANCARLOHIKMET ULUGKERAVEL YVESKIM JAE-DOKRUGER ANTONIOIACOPINO DOMENIO G.INNOCENZI GUALTIEROLAVANO ANGELOLONGO GIAN PAOLOLORIO MORGAN P.MAESTRETTI GIANLUCAMAIDA GIUSEPPEMASINI MARCOSMONTINARO ANTONIONADDEO MICHELENORIEGA GONZALES DAVIDPAOLI LORENZOPLATANIA NUNZIOQUAGLIETTA PAOLORASULIC LUKASROBLA COSTALES JAVIERROMANO ALBERTOROSENTHAL DANIELSALGADO RODRIGUEZ HECTORSALPIETRO FRANCESCOSERVADEI FRANCOTOMASELLO FRANCESCOTUREL KEKI EDULJIVAGAGGINI ALESSANDROVILA THIERRYVITALE GIOVANNIVITIELLO VINCENZOZACHOS ALEXANDROS

PARMA - REGGIO EMILIA ITALY

PRESTON UK

FLORENCE ITALY

ISTANBUL TURKEY

PARIS FRANCE

BUSAN KOREA

MARBURG GERMANY

PALERMO ITALY

POZZILLI, IS ITALY

CATANZARO ITALY

ALESSANDRIA ITALY

BRISTOL USA

FRIBOURG SVIZZERA

FERRARA ITALY

BRASILIA BRASIL

LECCE ITALY

TURIN ITALY

VALLADOLID SPAIN

FLORENCE ITALY

CATANIA ITALY

COSENZA ITALY

BELGRADE SERBIA

LEON SPAIN

AUGUSTA ITALY

BAD HOMBURG GERMANY

SEVILLA SPAIN

MESSINA ITALY

PARMA - REGGIO EMILIA ITALY

MESSINA ITALY

MUMBAI INDIA

FLORENCE ITALY

PARIS FRANCE

NAPLES ITALY

NAPLES ITALY

ORISTANO, SS ITALY

14,00 Registration

14,30 Welcome and IntroductionA. Basso (Argentina), F. Tomasello (Italy)

15,10 Invited Magistral Lecture15,30FUNCTIONAL MRI: WHAT’S NEW?Jean Pierre Elsig (Zurich, Switzerland)Introduced by Armando Basso

15,30 Round Table16,30TRAUMATIC THORACO-LUMBAR FRACTURES:INDICATIONS AND SURGICAL STRATEGIESCoordinators:N. Francaviglia (Palermo, Italy)G. Guizzardi (Florence, Italy)

• A. Barbanera (Alessandria, Italy)• J. Billières (Geneva, Switzerland)• A. Golash (Preston, United Kingdom)• A. Kruger (Marburg, Germany)• D. Noriega Gonzales (Valladolid, Spain)• V. Vitiello (Naples, Italy)

15,30 -17,30 Open Coffee

I SessionMOTION PRESERVATION IN LUMBARDEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASEChairmen:U. Agrillo (Rome, Italy), A. Cigliano (Naples, Italy),A. Kruger (Marburg, Germany)

16,30 RISK FACTORS FOR ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE AFTERLUMBAR FUSIONJ. G. Cosamalon (Leon, Spain)

16,40 NEWS ON MOTION PRESERVATIONR. Delfini (Rome, Italy)

Scientific ProgramWednesday, June 6, 2012

16,50 PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE WITH ROMEO-PAD RIGID SPINOUSSYSTEM FIXATION FOR LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE.G. Maestretti (Fribourg, Switzerland)

17,00 MICRODISCECTOMY AND DYNAMIC PERCUTANEOUSSTABILIZATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISC HERNIATIONSASSOCIATED WITH LUMBAR DISC DEGENERATION: OUREXPERIENCE AND FOLLOW-UP AT 2 YEARS FOLLOW-UPG. Maida (Ferrara, Italy)

17,10 HYBRID FIXATION FOR LUMBAR STABILIZATION. IS IT POSSIBLETO COMBINE A SUPERELASTIC AND RIGID FIXINGS FOREXTENDING FUSION?S. Acampora (Pozzilli, IS; Italy)

17,20 REWRITING THE RULES OF DISCECTOMY WITH ANULARCLOSURE DEVICES1G. J. Bouma, 2Martin Barth, 3M. Vilendecic, 4D. Ledic,5R. Bartels, 6Al-kahlout, 7S. Eustacchio (1Amsterdam, TheNetherlands; 2Mannheim, Germany; 3Zagreb, Croatia; 4Rijeka,Croatia; 5Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 6Duisburg, Germany;7Graz, Austria)

17,30 DYNAMIC POSTERIOR STABILIZATION WITH YODA: CONCEPTAND FIRST 2Y RESULTSG. Maestretti (Fribourg, Switzerland)

17,40 EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEW METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OFPATIENTS SUBJECT TO SURGICAL PROCEDURE OF ANINTERSPINOUS DEVICEJ. Casagrande (Varese, Italy)

17,50 IF AND WHEN AN INTERLAMINAR ELASTIC ASSISTENCE DEVICECAN STOP OR REVERSE THE DEGENERATIVE CASCADE OF THELUMBAR SPINE?L. Paoli, A. Vagaggini (Florence, Italy)

18,00 Q&A18,20

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II SessionFUSION IN LUMBAR DEGENERATIVEDISC DISEASEChairmen:R. Delfini (Rome, Italy), D. G. Iacopino (Palermo, Italy),G. Maestretti (Fribourg, Switzerland)

18,20 FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROMEA. Montinaro (Lecce, Italy)

18,30 SPINE INSTABILITY: BIOMECHANICS CONSIDERATIONSA. Campero (San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina)

18,40 DECISION MAKING IN SPINE SURGERY: AN ANALYTICHIERARCHY PROCESS FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTOF ROD FIXATION SYSTEMSF. M. Acampora (Naples, Italy)

18,50 LUMBAR SPINE ARTHRODESIS: MEDIUM AND LATE FOLLOW-UP RESULTSA. Zachos, F. Muresu, A. Ruggiu, C. Meloni, P. Tranquilli Leali,C. Doria (Sassari, Italy)

19,00 MINI-OPEN TLIF AND PERCUTANEOUS TRANSPEDICULAROSTEOSYNTHESIS FOR LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS ANDSPONDYLOSIS. ANALYSIS OF SINGLE AND MULTILEVEL CASESWITH ONE-YEAR MEAN FOLLOW-UP.G. Barbagallo, M. Piccini, G. Sciacca, N. Platania, C. Pennisi,V. Albanese (Catania, Italy)

19,10 EXTREME LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION (XLIF) OF THE INITIALCONSECUTIVE CASE SERIES. LEARNING CURVE AT 1 YEARFOLLOW-UPJ. Buric, C. Del Gaizo, D. Bombardieri, M. Pulidori (Bologna, Italy)

19,20 IFUSE SYSTEM : A SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SACROILIAC (SI)JOINT DISRUPTION AND DYSFUNCTIONG. Maestretti (Fribourg, Switzerland)

19,30 NEW TECHNIQUES IN SPINE FUSIONM. Fornari (Milan, Italy)

19,40 Q&A20,00

20,00 Adjourn

Scientific Program Wednesday, June 6, 2012

20,15 “Schiticchio”, traditional sicilian dinner

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III SessionSPINE TUMORS: TIPS AND TRICKSChairmen:G. Cantore (Pozzilli, IS; Italy), F. Tomasello (Messina, Italy),K. E. Turel (Mumbai, India)

08,30 INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING FORINTRADURAL EXTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL LESIONS.1F. Servadei, 1,3D. Giraldi, 2L. Motti, 2A. Reverzani, 1C. Iaccarino,1S. Ippolito, 1A. Romano, 2R. Sabadini, 1R. Ghadirpour (1Parma-Reggio Emilia, 2Reggio Emilia, 3Florence; Italy)

08,40 TIPS AND TRICKS IN THE REMOVAL OF EXTRA MEDULLARYTUMORS ANTERIOR TO THE CONUSP. Ciappetta (Bari, Italy)

08,50 EXTRA-CANALAR CHONDROSARCOMA OF THE C4 POSTERIOR ARCHIN A PATIENT WITH HEREDITARY MULTIPLE EXOSTOSES DISEASEJ. Billières, A. Faundez (Geneva, Switzerland)

09,00 GIANT THORACO LUMBAR SCHWANNOMASR. de Falco, A. Bocchetti (Pozzuoli, NA; Italy)

09,10 MICROSURGICAL UNILATERAL HEMILAMINECTOMY FOR THEREMOVAL OF INTRADURAL EXTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL TUMORS:TECHNICAL NOTES AND SURGICAL RESULTS ON 85 CASESN. Platania, D. Romano, G. Barbagallo, G. Orlando, V. Albanese(Catania, Italy)

09,20 OSSIFIED SPINAL MENINGIOMASC. Alafaci (Messina, Italy)

09,30 VERTEBROPLASTY IN SPINAL METASTASISA. Golash (United Kingdom)

09,40 EPENDYMOMAS OF THE CONUS MEDULLARIS - CAUDA EQUINAJUNCTION. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 12 CONSECUTIVECASES IN SEVEN YEARSR. de Falco, A. Bocchetti (Pozzuoli, NA; Italy)

09,50 INTRAMEDULLARY TUMORS. TECHNICAL AND PROGNOSTICASPECTSG. Innocenzi (Pozzilli, IS; Italy)

10,00 INTRAMEDULLARY METASTASESM. Naddeo (Turin, Italy)

Scientific ProgramThursday, June 7, 2012

10,10 EXTRAMEDULLARY SPINE TUMORSA. Montinaro (Lecce, Italy)

10,20 Q&A10,4009,30 -11,30 Open Coffee

10,40 Invited Magistral Lecture11,00SPINAL INTRAMEDULLARY TUMORS: TECHNIQUE, PITFALLSAND RESULTS IN 185 PERSONALLY OPERATED CASESKeki Edulji Turel (Mumbai, India)Introduced by Francesco Tomasello

11,00 Invited Magistral Lecture11,20ANATOMO-CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND TREATMENT OFDEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF CERVICAL SPINEVincenzo Denaro (Rome, Italy)Introduced by Francesco Tomasello

IV SessionNEW TECHNOLOGIES IN DEGENERATIVECERVICAL SPINE SURGERYChairmen:R. Boccaletti (Sassari, Italy), J. G. Cosamalon (Leon, Spain),M. Fornari (Rozzano, MI; Italy)

11,20 INDICAZIONI E LIMITI DI UNA NUOVA CAGE-PLACCA PERL'ARTRODESI INTERSOMATICA CERVICALE A UNO O PIÙ LIVELLI.ANALISI DI UNA CASISTICA DI 41 PAZIENTI CON UN FOLLOW-UP MEDIO DI UN ANNO E MEZZO.G. Barbagallo, D. Romano, A. Borderi, N. Platania, V. Albanese(Catania, Italy)

11,30 PERCUTANEOUS POSTERIOR FUSION WITH THE D-TRAXSYSTEM: FIRST EXPERIENCEG. Maestretti (Fribourg, Switzerland)

11,40 ESPERIENZA PRELIMINARE SULL'UTILIZZO DI UNA NUOVACAGE DINAMICA CERVICALEA. A. Adorno, D. Cafarella, D. Collufio, D. Matalone, S. M. Cardali,A. Morabito, A. Turrisi, F. Nobile, F. M. Salpietro (Messina, Italy)

11,50 Q&A12,00

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V SessionCERVICAL SPINE SURGERY TOTAL DISCREPLACEMENT vs STABILIZATION:WE NEED OR WE PLAY?Chairmen:V. Albanese (Catania), R. De Falco (Pozzuoli, NA),J. P. Elsig (Zurich, Switzerland)

12,00 CERVICAL SAGITTAL ALIGNMENT AFTER MULTILEVEL DISCREPLACEMENT WITH AN UNCONSTRAINED PROSTHESIST. Vila, J.P. Steib, J. Beaurain, T. Dufour, J. Huppert, I. Hovorka,P. Bernard, J. Stecken, P. Dam-Hieu, J.M. Vital, L. Aubourg(Paris, France)

12,10 CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES ON A SERIES OF 249PATIENTS TREATED WITH SINGLE AND MULTILEVEL BAGUERA CCERVICAL DISC REPLACEMENT AT 2-YEAR FOLLOW UPG. Maestretti (Fribourg, Switzerland)

12,20 A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO ASSESSTHE EFFICACY OF THE MOBI-C® ARTIFICIAL CERVICAL DISCIN THE MANAGEMENT OF INTRACTABLE CERVICAL MYELO-RADICULOPATHY AT ONE OR TWO CONTIGUOUS LEVELP. Nunley, H. W. Bae, R. Davis, S. E. Gaede, M. Hisey,G. Hoffman, K. D. Kim, D. Peterson, R. R. Rashbaum,J. Stokes, T. Vila (Paris, France)

12,30 OUTCOMES OF CERVICAL DISC REPLACEMENT WITH UP TO 5YEARS FOLLOW-UPT. Vila, J. Huppert, T. Dufour, P. Bernard, J. Beaurain,I. Hovorka, P. Dam-Hieu, J. M. Fuentes, J. M. Vital, J. P. Steib,L. Aubourg (Paris, France)

12,40 MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND "HYBRID" ARTHRODESIS INDEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINE DISEASEA. Romano (Augusta, SR; Italy)

13,00 CERVICAL POSTERIOR FORAMINOTOMY VERSUS CERVICALANTERIOR DISCECTOMY POR DISCSM. Masini (Brasilia, Brasil)

13,10 Q&A13,3013,30 -14,30 Lunch break

Scientific Program Thursday, June 7, 2012

14,30 Industry Workshop16,00

INNOVATION IN FIXATION SYSTEM FOR THORACO-LUMBARPATHOLOGIES

16,00 Invited Magistral Lecture16,20PERSONALIZED SPINE SURGERY. IS IT OUR PAST OR OURFUTURE?Marcos Masini (Brasilia, Brasil)Introduced by Armando Basso

16,20 Invited Magistral Lecture16,40FULL ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF LUMBAR DISC HERNIATIONUlug Hikmet (Istanbul, Turkey)Introduced by Giancarlo Guizzardi

15,30 -17,30 Open Coffee

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VI SessionPERIPHERAL NERVES PATHOLOGY

Chairmen:P. Cappabianca (Naples, Italy), E. Fiumana (Palermo, Italy),D. Noriega Gonzales (Valladolid, Spain)

16,40 LA TECNICA A DOPPIO PORTALE NEL TRATTAMENTOENDOSCOPICO DELLA SINDROME DEL TUNNEL CARPALE:REVISIONE CRITICA ALLA LUCE DI 980 CASI TRATTATICONSECUTIVAMENTE.P. Quaglietta (Cosenza, Italy)

16,50 ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION AT THE ELBOW: IS THERE STILLSTRONG EVIDENCE IN THE LITERATURE TO PERFORMTRANSPOSITION, OR SHOULD WE ONLY DECOMPRESS THENERVE?J. Robla (Leon, Spain)

17,00 MANAGEMENT AND RESULTS OF PERONEAL NERVECOMPRESSION LESIONSL. Rasulic (Belgrade, Serbia)

17,10 LA TRASPOSIZIONE ANTERIORE SOTTOCUTANEA NELLADECOMPRESSIONE CHIRURGICA DEL NERVO ULNARE ALGOMITO:STUDIO RETROSPETTIVO SU 60 CASI TRATTATICONSECUTIVAMENTEP. Quaglietta (Cosenza, Italy)

17,20 MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOURS IN PATIENTSWITH NEUROFIBROMATOSISD. Garozzo (Rovigo, Italy)

17,30 INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTROPHISIOLOGY IN BRACHIAL PLEXUSSURGERYJ. Robla (Leon, Spain)

17,40 CURRENT CONCEPT IN SURGERY OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUSTRACTION INJURIESL. Rasulic (Belgrade, Serbia)

Scientific ProgramThursday, June 7, 2012

17,50 THE MICROSURGICAL TREATMENT OF BLUNT TRAUMATICLESION OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUSA. Alexandre (Treviso, Italy)

18,00 BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES: INDICATIONS TO SURGICALTREATMENT AND RESULTSD. Garozzo (Rovigo, Italy)

18,10 Q&A18,30

18,30 Adjourn

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VII SessionSPINE ENDOSCOPY

Chairmen:A. Basso (Buenos Aires, Argentina), A. Delitala (Rome, Italy)

08,30 EPIDUROSCOPIC LASER NEURAL DECOMPRESSIONJae-Do Kim (Busan, Korea)

08,40 ANTERIOR LUMBOSACRAL EPIDUROSCOPY: ANALYSIS OF 60OPERATED CASESH. Salgado, P. Salgado, *G. Fernandez Molina (Savilla, Spain;*Buenos Aires, Argentina)

08,50 TEN YEARS ESPERIENCE WITH SPINAL ENDOSCOPY: RESULTSOF THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE PATHOLOGIES AND OFFAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROMESA. Alexandre, L. Coro', A. M. Alexandre (Treviso, Italy)

09,00 EPIDUROSCOPY TO TREAT DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINEDISEASEG. Fernandez Molina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

09,10 THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATIONSP. Cervellini (Vicenza, Italy)

09,20 ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT FOR LUMBAR DISC HERNIATIONSUSING THE TESSYS-METHODS. Eustacchio, K. Pistracher (Graz, Switzeland)

09,30 Q&A09,50

09,30 -11,30 Open Coffee

09,50 Invited Magistral Lecture10,10NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINESURGERYMorgan P. Lorio (Bristol, USA)Introduced by Natale Francaviglia

Scientific Program Friday, June 8, 2012

10,10 Invited Magistral Lecture10,30WHAT’S CHANGE DURING LAST 10 YEARS IN LUMBARDEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE SURGERYUmberto Agrillo (Rome, Italy)Introduced by Natale Francaviglia

VIII SessionMINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY

Chairmen:G. Catapano (Benevento, Italy),A. Golash (Preston, United Kingdom)

10,30 MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF SPONDYLOLISTHESISP. Cervellini (Vicenza, Italy)

10,40 PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUES IN LUMBAR DEGENERATIVEPATHOLOGYG. Innocenzi (Pozzilli, IS; Italy)

10,50 MICROSURGICAL INTERNAL DECOMPRESSION OF SPINAL STENOSIS(MIDSS), TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS IN OVER 400 CASESK. E. Turel (Mumbai, India)

11,00 OSTEOSINTESI PERCUTANEA MEDIANTE VITI TRANSPE-DUNCOLARI NELLE FRATTURE LOMBARI E DELLA CERNIERADORSO-LOMBARE (D12-L1). NOSTRA ESPERIENZA IN 45 CASIG. Vitale, A. Punzo, R. Vitale, M. Carandente, A. Cigliano(Naples, Italy)

11,10 TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC SPINE FRACTURES WITHPERCUTANEOUS DORSAL INSTRUMENTATIONA. Kruger (Marburg, Germany)

11,20 ROLE OF PERCUTENEOUS STABILISATION OF SPINE IN TRAUMAAND TUMOURA. Golash (Preston, United Kingdom)

11,30 NEURONAVIGATED PERCUTANEOUS FIXATION WITH PEDICLESCREWS IN THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURES. A RETROSPECTIVEANALYSIS.F. Cacciola (Messina, Italy)

11,40 Q&A12,00

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IX SessionOSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES:SURGICAL TREATMENTChairmen:V. A. D’Angelo (San Giovanni Rotondo, FG)G. Fernandez Molina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

12,00 HEIGHT RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OFOSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES USINGTHE SPINEJACK TOOLA. Kruger (Marburg, Germany)

12,10 IL TRATTAMENTO DELLE FRATTURE VERTEBRALI DOLOROSE DACOMPRESSIONE CON L’USO DEL SISTEMA VERTEBRAL BODYSTENTP. Quaglietta, S. Aiello, G. Corriero (Cosenza, Italy)

12,20 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STAND-ALONE PERCUTANEOUSSHORT TRANSPEDICULAR STABILIZATION VERSUS COMBINEDBALLOON KYPHOPLASTY AND PERCUTANEOUS SHORTTRANSPEDICULAR STABILIZATION IN MAGERL A3THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURESR. de Falco (Pozzuoli, NA; Italy)

12,30 EXPANDABLE PEDICLE SCREWS IN OSTEOPOROTIC SPINALPATIENTS. OUR EXPERIENCE AND PRELIMINARY RESULTSC. Costagliola, R. Gazzeri, R. Roperto, C. Fiore (Roma, Italy)

12,40 KYPHOPLASTY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROTICVERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURESG. Fernandez Molina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

12,50 LESS INVASIVE, NAVIGATION ASSISTED COMBINED APPROACHFOR THORACO-LUMBAR BURST FRACTURE: REPORT OF 4 CASESJ. Billières, A. Faundez (Geneva, Switzerland)

13,00 Q&A13,2013,30 -14,30 Lunch break

14,30 Invited Magistral Lecture14,50THORACIC ENDOSCOPY: INDICATIONS AND LIMITSDaniel Rosenthal (Bad Homburg, Germany)Introduced by Giancarlo Guizzardi

15,30 -16,30 Open Coffee

Scientific ProgramFriday, June 8, 2012

X SessionMISCELLANEOUSChairmen:A. Campero (San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina)F. Salpietro (Messina, Italy)

14,50 ROLE OF THE SPINAL CORD IN THE PAIN CONTROLY. Keravel (Paris, France)

15,00 SACRAL NERVE ROOT NEUROMODULATION FOR TREATMENTOF URINARY AND FECAL INCONTINENCEA. Lavano (Catanzaro, Italy)

15,10 DEAFFERENTATION PAIN AFTER SPINE SURGERY: TREATMENTBY SPINAL CORD STIMULATIONY. Keravel (Paris, France)

15,20 SPINAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAS: INTRAOPERATIVENEUROPHISIOLOGICAL AND MICROVASCULAR DOPPLERMONITORING1R. Ghadirpour, 2M. Farneti, 3L. Motti, 1,4D. Giraldi, C.Iaccarino, 2R. Sabadini, 3,5G. Maida, 3,5R. Padovani, F. Servadei(1Parma-Reggio Emilia, 2Ferrara, 3Reggio Emilia, 1,4Florence,5Modena; Italy)

15,30 DISLOCAZIONE ATLANTO-ASSIALE ROTAZIONALE IN ETA'PEDIATRICA: NOSTRA ESPERIENZA E REVISIONE DELLALETTERATURAG. P. Longo, M. Vitali, A. Bertuccio, V. Grasso, A. Barbanera(Alessandria, Italy)

15,40 PSEUDOTUMOR RETRO-ODONTOIDEO NON INFIAMMATORIO:È SEMPRE EFFICACE IL TRATTAMENTO DI OSTEOSINTESI C1-C2 SECONDO HARMS?G. Barbagallo, G. Orlando, D. Romano, G. Sciacca, A. Borderi,M. Piccini, V. Albanese (Catania, Italy)

15,50 SACRAL TARLOV CYST - SURGICAL TREATMENT BY CLIPPINGS. Bistazzoni, G. Cantore, *V. Esposito, S. Tola, *J. Lenzi,*E. Passacantilli, G. Innocenzi (Pozzilli, IS; *Rome; Italy)

16,00 Q&A16,20

16,20 Closing Remarks

16,30 End of the Congress

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGESThe official language of the meeting is English without simultaneous translation.

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENTPC Projection (only POWER POINT file on CD or on a memory stick, USB port or DVD) will be provided. Speakers are kindly requested to contact the SlideCenter to upload their presentation(s), in order to test all the audiovisual material at least one hour before the lecture. The presentation will be forwardedthrough Local Area Network (LAN) directly to the Meeting hall.The use of personal laptop is allowed directly in the meeting hall; the speaker must check it with the technician.Please, adhere strictly to the time allotted for each intervention.

ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATEAt the end of the Meeting an attendance certificate will be given to all registered participants.

VARIATIONSThe Scientific and the Organizing Secretariats reserve the right to make whatever change to the program they deem necessary for scientific and/or technicalreasons.

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