The 8th Annual Meeting of Asia Spine will be held at Osaka International Convention Center on June 9 - 10, 2017.

Scientific Program

International plenary symposium

Spine Surgery in clinical neurosurgery: Division and Integration for the Future

June 9th ( Fri.) 14:40~16:10 Room A
Chairmen: Yong-Eun Cho ( Gangnam Severance Hospital )
Phyo Kim ( Dokkyo University Hospital )
Kenji Ohata ( Osaka City University )

IPS-1:Laminectomy and Fusion for Advanced and Multilevel Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy (CSM)

Abdul Hafid Bajamal( Dr Sutomo General Hospital Medical Faculty of Airlangga University, Indonesia )

IPS-2:Incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) between surgical methods

for lumbar herniated intervertebral disc disease: Nation-wide cohort study

Chun Kee Chung ( Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea )

IPS-3:Spine Surgery in Clinical Neurosurgery: Division and Integration for the Future

Cheng-Hsing Kao ( Jhong Jheng spine Orthopedic Hospital )

IPS-4:Surgical education and training in spine-Preoperative simulation using multimodality fusion image

Hiroyuki Nakase ( Nara Medical University )

IPS-5:Spinal injuries in Nepal

Krishna Sharma ( Nepal Medical College, Nepal )

Spine scientific symposium

June 10th ( Sat.) 13:10~14:30 Room A
Chairmen: Izumi Koyanagi ( Hokkaido Neurosurgical Memorial Hospital )
Makoto Taniguchi ( Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital )

R-1:How we can strengthen function of residual spinal circuit after spinal cord injury

Keynote: Yukio Nishimura ( Neural Prosthesis Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science )

Symposium 1

Pediatric Spine Surgery: Current State and Future Perspective

June 8th ( Thu.) 10:35~11:40 Room A
Chairmen: Atul Goel(Seth G.S Medical College and K.E.M Hospital)
Nobuhito Morota(Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center)

S1-1:Current Issues in the Field of Pediatric Spinal Surgery

Keynote: Hiroaki Sakamoto ( Osaka City General Hospital )

Symposium 2

Craniovertebral Junction: Challenges and Solutions

June 8th ( Thu.) 14:50~16:10 Room A
Chairmen: Abdul Hafid Bajamal (Sutomo General Hospital)
Nobuyuki Shimokawa (Tsukazaki Hospital)

S2-1:Surgical strategy for craniovertebral junction

Keynote: Masashi Neo (Osaka Medical College)

S2-2:Lessons learnt during surgery on over 1700 cases by lateral mass atlantoaxial fixation over 30 years.

Keynote: Atul Goel (Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, India)

Symposium 3

Information-Guided Spine Surgery: Current State and Future Perspective

June 9th ( Fri.) 9:20~11:00 Room A
Chairmen: Kang Lu (E-Da Hospital)
Satoshi Tani (Jikei University)

S3-1:Information-guided Spine surgery: Current state and Future Perspective

Keynote: Yong Eun Cho (Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)

S3-2:Robotic application in Spine Surgery

Keynote: Yoon Ha
(Spine and Spinal Cord Institute, Spine Research Lab Severance Hospital, College of Medicine, Yonsei University,Korea)

Symposium 4

Spinal tumors or vascular lesions: Challenges and Solutions

June 10th ( Sat.) 8:55~10:25 Room A
Chairmen: Young Soo KIM (Yonsei University, College of Medicine)
Kazutoshi Hida (Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital)

S4-1:Strategies for treating intramedullary cavernous angioma

Keynote: Minoru Hoshimaru (Shin-aikai Spine Center)

S4-2:Special considerations in spinal tumor surgery

Keynote: Yung-Hsiao Chiang (Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan)

Symposium 5

Aging Spine: Challenges and Solutions

June 10th ( Sat.) 10:25~11:55 Room A
Chairmen: Jung Keun SUH (Korea University College of Medicine)
Toshiyuki Takahashi (Fujieda Heisei Memorial Hospital)

S5-1:Prognosis of osteoporotic vertebral fracture and its treatment strategy

Keynote: Hiroaki Nakamura (Osaka City University)

Symposium 6

Minimally invasive spine surgery: Current State and Future Perspective

June 10th ( Sat.) 14:30~15:50 Room A
Chairmen: Jun Ho Lee (Kyung Hee University Medical Centre)
Masakazu Takayasu (Aichi Medical University)

S6-1:The foraminoscope: The surgical characteristics in water and the microscopic anatomy of the vertebral foramen

Keynote: Yasuhiko Nishimura (Spinal surgery centre, Wakayama KOYO Hospital)

Meritorious Award lecture

June 9th ( Fri.) 11:05~11:40 Room A
Chairmen: Kenji Ohata (Osaka City University)
Masanori Ito (Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital)
Introduction: Hiroshi Nakagawa(Kushiro Kojinkai Memorial Hospital)

MAL-1:Radiofrequency Nucleoplasty For The Soft Cervical Disc Herniations

Young Soo KIM (Yonsei University, College of Medicine / Thomas Hospital ( Kim Young Soo Hospital ))

MAL-2:Microanatomical Consideration of Lumbosacral Extraforaminal Stenosis

Jung Keun Suh(Korea University College of Medicine / Spine Center, ChungDahm Cham TnTn Hospital, Korea)

Luncheon seminar 1

June 8th ( Thu.) 11:50~12:50 Room A
Chairmen: Junichi Mizuno (Center for Minimally Invasive SpinalSurgery, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital)

LS1-1:Laminoplasty Basket-Characteristics and tips for surgery-

Satoshi Tani (Jikei University School of Medicine)

LS1-2:Clinical characteristics and biomechanical data of Laminoplasty Basket

Junichi Mizuno (Center for Minimally Invasive SpinalSurgery, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital)

Luncheon seminar 2

June 8th ( Thu.) 11:50~12:50 Room B
Chairmen: Nobuyuki Shimokawa (Tsukazaki Hospital)

LS2:Spinal Navigation surgery; Past and Future

Yukoh Ohara (Shin-yurigaoka general hospital)

Luncheon seminar 3

June 8th ( Thu.) 11:50~12:50 Room C
Chairmen: Shigeo Ueda (Shin-aikai Spine Center)

LS3:Technical tips for proper bone resection in posterior lumbar surgeries

Manabu Sasaki (Iseikai Hospital)

Luncheon seminar 4

June 9th ( Fri.) 11:50~12:50 Room A
Chairmen: Masakazu Takayasu (Aichi Medical University)

LS4:Cervical Disc Replacement: Latest Update On Clinical Results

Jacgues Beaurain (Dijon University Hospital,France)

Luncheon seminar 5

June 9th ( Fri.) 11:50~12:50 Room B
Chairmen: Youichi Saitoh (Osaka University)

LS5:Pain related with spine and spinal cord diseases and their pharmacotherapy

Masahiko Sumitani (The University of Tokyo Hospital)

Luncheon seminar 6

June 9th ( Fri.) 11:50~12:50 Room C
Chairmen: Hiroyuki Nakase (Nara Medical University)

LS6:Complication avoidance in the surgery of spinal vascular lesions or tumors:

Meticulous nonbleeding surgery is one of the keys to success.

Toshihiro Takami (Osaka City University)

Luncheon seminar 7

June 10th ( Sat.) 12:05~13:05 Room A
Chairmen: Misao Nishikawa (Moriguchi-Ikuno Memorial Hospital)

LS7:Chiari malformation I: Is it a Nature’s protective‘ air-bag’?

Atul Goel (Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, India)

Luncheon seminar 8

June 10th ( Sat.) 12:05~13:05 Room B
Chairmen: Nobuyuki Shimokawa (Tsukazaki Hospital)

LS8-1:Comparison of cervical total disc replacement (TDR) and

anterior cervical decompression & fusion (ACDF) in single-level disc radiculopathy

Kyoung-Suok Cho (Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital The Catholic Univ. of Korea College of Medicine)

LS8-2:Treatment of lumbar spondylolysis

Ming-Chao Huang (Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)

Evening seminar 1

June 8th ( Thu.) 17:30~18:30 Room A
Chairmen: Junichi Mizuno (Center for Minimally Invasive SpinalSurgery, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital)

ES1:Safe and Secure Lateral Approach Surgery;

Importance of Understanding Anatomy in the Retroperitoneum

Tokumi Kanemura (Konan Kosei Hospital)

Evening seminar 2

June 9th (Fri.) 17:20~18:20 Room A
Chairmen: Yasuhiko Nishimura (Spinal surgery centre, Wakayama KOYO Hospital)

ES2:Percutaneous Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy for Herniated disc, a technical note

Gun Choi (Wooridul Hospital, Korea)

Evening seminar 3

June 9th ( Fri.) 17:20~18:20 Room B
Chairmen: Keisuke Takai (Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital)

ES3-1:Angiographical and clinical characteristics of

spinal epidural and dural arteriovenous fistulas of the thoracolumbar spine

Hiro Kiyosue (Oita University Hospital)

ES3-2:Endovascular treatment for dural and epidural arteriovenous shunts in thoracolumbar spine

Yuji Matsumaru (University of Tsukuba)

Scientific session 20

June 9th ( Fri.) 16:10~17:10 Room A

A2-9:Surgical managements of PLIF with PS for Lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Keynote: Motoi Shoda (Yachiyo Hospital)

Scientific session 21

June 9th ( Fri.) 8:20~9:15 Room B

B2-1:Surgical strategy for cervical OPLL:

Selection of various surgical methods for patients' satisfactionsurgical strategy for

cervical OPLL: Selection of various surgical methods for patients' satisfaction

Keynote: Masakazu Takayasu (Aichi Medical University)

Scientific session 22

June 9th ( Fri.) 9:15~10:10 Room B

B2-8:Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fixation with Bone Cement: A Technology in a Developing Country

Keynote: Prabin Shrestha (B&B Hospital, Nepal)

Scientific session 27

June 9th ( Fri.) 10:00~10:45 Room C

C2-15:Extended DREZ-lesioning for alleviating intractable arm pain following brachial plexus avulsion injury

Keynote: Makoto Taniguchi (Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital)

Scientific session 28

June 10th ( Sat.) 8:00~8:55 Room A

A3-1:Direct surgery to the intradural spinal vascular lesions

Keynote: Izumi Koyanagi (Hokkaido Neurosurgical Memorial Hospital)

Scientific session 32

June 10th ( Sat.) 9:30~10:15 Room B

B3-13:Surgical strategies for the various types of CVJ deformity

Keynote: Jae Taek Hong (St. Vincent's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea)
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