Webcasts Eurospine 2009

Clinical outcomes after cervical disc arthroplasty for axial neck pain vs. radiculopathy/myelopathy

Radiographic, longitudinal follow-up after treatment of cervical single-level disc disease with the BRYAN cervical disc prosthesis

5-year results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter, FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Prodisc(R)-C TDR clinical trial

SwissSPINE: A governmentally mandated HTA-registry for total disc arthroplasty; methodology and results of 1073 cervical disc prostheses in 936 patients

Comparison of 3 methods of ADCF using rigid plates, dynamic compression plates and cages

Plain radiographs vs. CT scanning in the assessment of odontoid fracture union - pseudoarthrosis rates have to be revisited!

Two-level contiguous cervical disc disease treated with peek cages packed with demineralized bone matrix: results of three year follow-up

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Daily functioning and self-management in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain participating in an intensive cognitive behavioral pain management program: one year follow up results of a cohort study

A prospective study of cognitive behavioural factors as predictors of pain, disability and quality of life one year after lumbar disc surgery

A RCT between Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) and posterolateral fusion in DDD and postdiscectomy syndrome

Anterior versus anterior-posterior single level lumbar fusion: a prospective randomized study

The effect of DC-stimulation on lumbar spinal fusion in older patients: a randomized clinical multi-center trial

Platelet rich plasma in mono-segmental posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a prospective randomized controlled study

Early physiotherapeutic rehabilitation following lumbar spinal fusion surgery

Comparison of physician based vs patient based outcome after posterior lumbar fusion

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Imaging of the degenerative diseases of the spine

Imaging of the tumours of the spine

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A prospective randomised study of chemonucleolysis vs. surgical enucleation of soft disc herniation: 10-13 year follow-up

The recurrence rate and clinical findings of CO2 laser-assisted open microdiscectomy of 2 years follow up

Tubular diskectomy versus conventional microdiskectomy for the treatment of lumbar disk herniation; a doubled-blind randomized controlled trial

Plasma disc decompression compared to fluoroscopy-guided transforminal Epi-dural steroid injections for symptomatic contained lumbar disc herniation: 2-year results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Higher risk of dural tears and recurrent herniation with lumbar micro-endoscopic discectomy

Dural lesions in lumbar disc herniation surgery - incidence, risk factors and effect on outcome

Effects of the perineural intraoperative corticosteroid injection for postoperative radiculalgia in lumbar spine surgery: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study

Prospective evaluation of a conformable interbody graft container

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Proposal of a new risk scoring system for osteoporotic vertebral fractures: study on a population of 450 patients

A randomized trial of Balloon Kyphoplasty (BKP) and Nonsurgical Care (NSC) for patients with acute Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF): two year results

Inserting pedicle screws at the fracture level prevents failure of short constructs in thoracolumbar (T11-l2) burst fractures

Multisegmental primary tumors and solitary metastasis of the thoracolumbar spine: results by management with multilevel en bloc spondylectomy and reconstruction using a carbon composite vertebral body replacement system

Surgical stabilisation of spinal metastases and neoplasia. Pre and post operative quality of life

Reliability of Tokuhashi Index

Risk factors for deep surgical site infections after lumbar spinal fusion

Venous Thromboembolism after spinal surgery: changes of the fibrin monomer complex and D-DIMER level during the perioperative period

Overlooked spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: analysis of misdiagnosed cases

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Nerve root sedimentation sign - evaluation of a new radiological sign in lumbar spinal stenosis

Introducing a new MRI classification of lumbar spinal stenosis based on cross-sectional morphology of the dural sac

The influence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis on bone mineral density measurements of the spine

Lumbar disc changes in MRI and low-back pain. A prospective long-term study in normal volunteers followed from early school age to the end of growth

Back pain and MRI changes in the thoraco-lumbar spine of top athletes in four different sports. A 15 year follow-up study

Quantitative measures of modic changes in lumbar spine MRI: intra- and inter-rater reliability

Lumbar degenenerative disc disease and low back pain: a 10 year longitudinal study in healthy twins

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Enhanced correction of main thoracic curve by pedicle screw construct causes left shoulder elevation in lenke type 1 curve

New strategy and decision making of whether the fusion should stop at l5 or extend to sacrum in the surgical treatment of neuromuscular scoliosis associated with severe pelvic tilt

The sagittal profile of thoracic lordoscoliosis: posterior pedicle screw fixation versus anterior dual rod instrumentation

Three-staged correction of severe rigid idiopathic scoliosis using halo-gravity traction

A common complication in anterior instrumentation of idiopathic scoliosis: lesions of the sympathetic chain

Pedicle screws versus hybrid/hook instrumentation for lenke type 1,2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis - what happens when judges are blinded to the instrumentation?

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Primary Tumors of the Mobile Spine

Metastatic Disease of the Mobile Spine

Sacral Tumors

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FREE; RCT on kyphoplasty vs. conservative treatment

Prospective studies on vertebroplasty long term results

Two RCTs comparing vertebroplasty with sham procedures find no difference in short-term pain relief - A critical appraisal

A prospective 1-year vertebroplasty case series in an academic spine department: patient characteristics, outcomes, complications, and predictors

New technology: Vertebral body stenting KIVA System

New technology: Vertebral body stenting KIVA System

Principles of cement / bone handling and its impact on leakage

Failure of fixation / adjacent fractures, rationale for prophylactic augmentation

Stabilization in osteoporosis: Experience with cement reinforced screws

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EuroSpine Medal Lecture: MAN IN THE UNIVERSE

Winner of 2009 EuroSpine Full Paper Award

Winner of 2008/2009 Grammer/European Spine Journal Award: Vertebral endplate trauma induces disc cell apoptosis and promotes organ degeneration in vitro

EuroSpine Presidential Address

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Lumbar degenerative cascade & Posterior Dynamic stabilization

Is Non-Fusion enough?

Disc repairing process

Conclusion

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How to Tango and current status

New horizons, objectives and future development

Implementing the ST in my hospital

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Clinical results and development of heterotopic ossification (HO) in total cervical disc replacement during a four-year follow-up

Long-term surgical resuts (over 10 years) of occipito-cervical fixation using rectangular rod and wiring for rheumatoid cervical spine

Direct removal of a cervical disc prolapse from anterior without touching the disc. A new non-fusion technique for cervical disc disease

Posterior C2 instrumentation: risks and accuracy associated with 4 techniques

Radio-frequency neurotomy (RF) of medial branch for chronic cervical facet joint pain. A randomized, double blind, controlled study with one-year follow-up

Anterior cervical decompression and fusion accelerates adjacent segment degeneration - comparison with asymptomatic volunteers in 10-year MRI follow-up study

Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the cervical spine. A single chinese institution experience with 30 cases

Circumferential resection of aggressive osteoblastoma of the cervical spine

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Low back pain in adolescents. Is quality of life poorer in those consulting at a hospital?

A comparison of 'tailor-made' and 'off-the-shelf' outcome instruments for assessing the results of physiotherapy for chronic low back pain

Referred pain can radiate below the knee

No effect of traction in patients with low back pain. A single centre, single blind, randomised controlled trial of Intervertebral Differential Dynamics Therapy®

Outcome after lumbar spine surgery: do the patient and surgeon see eye-to-eye?

Surgeon versus patient pre-operative expectations of spinal surgery

The spine registry did not provide the same result as a randomised controlled study

Postoperative continual epidural analgesia with Breivik's mixture (Bupivacain, Epinephrine and Fentanyl) vs. epidural Ropivacain and oral slow release Oxycodone after lumbar fusion surgery - a prospective randomized study

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Single stage front and back resection to correct neglected congenital angular deformities

Posterior Hemivertebra Resection combined with transpedicular instrumentation for the surgical treatment of congenital spinal deformity in children

Posterior Vertebral Column Resection in severe congenital Kyphosis, Scoliosis and Kyphoscoliosis

Residual Kyphosis after posterior vertebral column resection for severe Kyphoscoliosis: its risk factors and further surgical management

The alert applying value of Somatosensory evoked potential examination in Posterior Vertebral Column Resection (PVCR)

Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy is better than Anterior Corpectomy and grafting for correcting post-traumatic Kyphosis of the thoracolumbar spine

Treatment of severe proximal junctional Kyphosis following large posterior fusions of Thoraco-Lumbar Scoliosis pedicle screws-hooks constructs at upper level

Long instrumentation to L5 versus S1 in Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis: does pre-degeneration of l5/s1 matter?

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X-Stop Interspinous Decompression device in the management of symptomatic Lumbar Canal Stenosis - correlation between the change in canal area and clinical outcome at two years

Does Wallis Implant reduces adjacent segment degeneration above Lumbosacral Instrumented Fusion?

Does post-surgical rehabilitation influence the long-term outcome after surgical decompression of the lumbar spine? A randomized controlled trial with 5-year follow-up

New strategies in revision Lumbar Spine Surgery: the effectiveness of MESNA

SwissSPINE national mandatory registry for Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty; clinical results of 427 patients and 497 implants

Comprehensive wear assessment of Prodisc-L Total Disc Replacement

Midterm outcome after Microendoscopic Decompressive Laminotomy (MEDL) for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: 4-year prospective study

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