ACTIVITIES OF WFNS SPINE COMMITTEE DURING THE YEAR 2007
WFNS Spine Committee Symposium : May 2007 : Colombia
May 18, 2007 in ICSM Conference in Cartagena – ColombiaTheme : 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 IndiaTheme : 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 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 |