Scientific program

Friday, April 9

12:00 - 12:10Opening Ceremony - Uwe Kehler, Ioan-Stefan Florian, Horia Ples
12:10 - 14:10Session I - Degenerative Pathology
Chairmen: Uwe Kehler, Ioan-Stefan Florian
12:10 - 12:30Biomechanics of the Spine
Laura Popovici
12:30 - 12:50Lumbar Stenosis
Uwe Kehler
12:50 - 13:10Lumbar Disc Herniations
Carla Jung
13:10 - 13:30Cervical Disc Herniations
Florian Gessler
13:30 - 13:50 Cervical Myelopathy
Uwe Kehler
13:50 - 14:10Discussions
14:10 - 14:30Break
14:30 - 16:30Session II - Spinal Trauma
Chairmen: Cezar Popescu, Tiberiu Maior
14:30 - 14:50AOSpine Classification of Spinal Injuries
Cezar Popescu
14:50 - 15:10General Principles of Spinal Stabilization in Trauma
Dan Teleanu
15:10 - 15:30Cervical Trauma
Tiberiu Maior
15:30 - 15:50Thoraco-Lumbar Trauma
Cezar Popescu
15:50 - 16:10Spine Trauma in a Polytrauma Patient
Dan Negoescu
16:10 - 16:30Discussions
16:30 - 16:45Break
16:45 - 18:45Session III - Tumors
Chairmen: Joachim Oertel, Adrian Balasa
16:45 - 17:05 Metastasis of the Spine
Carla Jung
17:05 - 17:25Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
Adrian Balasa
17:25 - 17:45Intramedullar Tumors
Joachim Oertel
17:45 - 18:05Surgical Approaches for CVJ Lesions
Ioan-Stefan Florian
18:05 - 18:25Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
Joachim Oertel
18:25 - 18:45Discussions

Saturday, April 10

09:00 - 11:00Session IV - Complications
Chairmen: Jürgen Piek, Sorin Craciunas
09:00 - 09:20Failed Back Surgery Syndrome - Romanian Perspective
Sorin Craciunas
09:20 - 09:40Failed Back Surgery Syndrome - German Perspective
Thomas Freiman
09:40 - 10:00Lumbar Disc Surgery: Prevertrebral Vessel Lesion
Jürgen Piek
10:00 - 10:20Assesment of malpractice litigation following spine surgery
Alexandru Vlad Ciurea
10:20 - 10:40Spondylodiscitis
Jürgen Piek
10:40 - 11:00The Syndrome of Operated Cervical Spine
George Ungureanu
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 13:30Session V - Congenital
Chairmen: Philip Kunkel, Eugen Cezar Popescu
11:30 - 11:50Congenital Malformations of the Spine
Horatiu Stan, Ionut Olteanu
11:50 - 12:10Scoliosis
Philip Kunkel
12:10 - 12:30Tethered Cord
Philip Kunkel
12:30 - 12:50Spinal Cord Herniation
Uwe Kehler
12:50 - 13:10Cyst and Cystlike Tumors of the Spinal Cord
Ioan-Stefan Florian
13:10 - 13:30Discussions
13:30 - 14:00Break
14:00 - 16:00Session VI
Chairmen: Zoltan Major, Andrei Brinzeu
14:00 - 14:20 Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring for Spinal Surgery
Zoltan Major
14:20 - 14:40Robotics in Spine Surgery
Bogdan Costachescu
14:40 - 15:00Neuronavigation for Minimal Spine Surgery
Cezar Popescu
15:00 - 15:20Surgical Treatment of the Pain
Andrei Brinzeu
15:20 - 15:40 Radiotherapy for Spinal Tumors
Paula Pircalab, Daniela Sandu, Dana Cernea
15:40 - 16:00Surgical perspective of IONM in spine
Gordan Grahovac
16:00 - 16:15Break
16:15 - 18:15Session VII - Varia
Chairmen: Florian Gessler, Tiberiu Maior
16:15 - 16:35Tips and Tricks for Spinal Stabilisation
Tiberiu Maior
16:35 - 16:55Revision Surgery for Spinal Trauma
Rares Chinezu
16:55 - 17:15Postoperative CSF Fistula - How to deal with?
Horia Ples, Dan Negoescu
17:15 - 17:35Spine Surgery Training in Germany
Florian Gessler
17:35 - 17:55Romanian Project for Competence in Spinal Surgery
Ioan-Stefan Florian
17:55 - 18:15Discussions

Sunday, April 11

09:00 - 10:45Session VIII - Young Neurosurgeon's Corner
Chairmen: Philip Kunkel, Andrei Brinzeu
09:00 - 09:10360° decompression in a vertebral metastasis
Catalin Magan
09:10 - 09:20Case report: Surgical steps in spinal cord cavernous malformation in a patient with multiple cavernoma syndrome
Adina Popa
09:20 - 09:30Degenerative lumbar spodylolisthesis: to fuse or not?
Alexandru Stan
09:30 - 09:40Giant cystic sacral schwannoma – case report
Florin Tofan
09:40 - 09:50What is wrong when everything seems right? Finding the source of an unexplainable complication
Titus Fagarasi
09:50 - 10:00Laminoplasty in spinal tumors. Case report 6 yo boy with coonus medullaris meduloblastoma
Victor Granaci
10:00 - 10:10Incidental trauma after initial thoracolumbar spondilosynthesis
Sebastian Leuce
10:10 - 10:20Peculiar form of vertebral TB - case report and literature review
Alexandra Bibirita
10:20 - 10:30Discussions
10:30 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 12:15Session IX - Young Neurosurgeon's Corner
Chairmen: Jürgen Piek, Uwe Kehler, Ioan Stefan Florian
10:45 - 10:55The curious case of a nonconcerning thoracolumbar pain
Georgiana-Diana Ilie
10:55 - 11:05Cervical meningioma: evaluation and treatment.
Liviu Vilceanu
11:05 - 11:15Microsurgical DREZotomy following brachial plexus avulsion
Bogdan Maris
11:15 - 11:25Multilevel cervical ependimoma
Mihai Cosma
11:25 - 11:35Aneurysmal Bone Cysts of the Spine : Case report
Maria Teascu
11:35 - 11:45Multiple surgical interventions for recurrent multisite spinal G2 Ependimoma
Alexandru Bira
11:45 - 11:555-ALA guided cordectomy of primary spinal cord glioblastoma
Razvan Buga
11:55 - 12:05Intramedullary ependimoma at the paediatric age
Beni Lehel
12:05 - 12:15Discussions
12:15 - 12:30Break
12:30 - 14:00Session X - Young Neurosurgeon's Corner
Chairmen: Uwe Kehler, Jürgen Piek, Ioan-Stefan Florian
12:30 - 12:40Management of a patient with C6-C7 luxation associated with epidural haematoma
Lucian-Constantin Sopanada
12:40 - 12:50Delayed treatment of rigid severe adolescent idiopathic scoliosis- A case report
Radu Pop
12:50 - 13:00Adult clinical onset Klippel Feil syndrome
Miruna Andrasoni, Laura Muresan
13:00 - 13:10Myxopapillary Ependymoma of the Cauda Equina in a 31-Year-Old Female – A Case Report
Alin Maximilian Blega
13:10 - 13:20A rare case of dorsal Histiocytic Sarcoma
Vlad Padurean
13:20 - 13:30Vertebral metastases in prostate cancer- case presentation
Sergiu Maior
13:30 - 13:40Pearls and pitfalls in a C7/T1 grade III spondilolisthesys in a patient with wide broken cervical DISH
Cristina Mihoc
13:40 - 13:50A curious case of disk herniation
Mihai Alexandru Stanciuc
13:50 - 14:00Discussions
14:00 - 14:10Closing Ceremony