Discussion Platform for Pain, Surgery and Rehabilitation

Bodrum, April 30th to May 3rd 2007

Supported by the

Turkish Neurosurgical Society

Chairmen for the event are

Henk J. Stam, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mehmet Zileli, Professor of Neurosurgery, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

Program

Sunday, April 29th

17:00-19:00

Registration

Monday, April 30th

08:00-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:15

Introduction

Prof. Dr. Henk J. Stam, The Netherlands

09:15-09:45

Coffee break

09:45-10:30

Epidemiology

Prof. Dr. Bart W. Koes,The Netherlands

10:30-11:15

International guidelines

Prof. Dr. Bart W. Koes

11:15-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-12:30

Management of discogenic low back pain: Panel discussion

Prof. Dr. Henk J. Stam, Prof. Dr. Bart W. Koes, Dr. Paul J. Kluger

Moderator: Mehmet Zileli

12:30-14:30

Lunch break

14:30-15:15

New insights in the stabilization of lumbo-pelvic spine- an integrated clinical approach

Prof. Dr. Andry Vleeming, The Netherlands

15:15-15:30

Coffee break

15:30-16:15

Functional anatomy and the concept of functional spinal stability

Prof. Dr. Lieven A. Daneels, Belgium

16:15

Free presentations

18:00

Welcome cocktail and Welcome dinner

followed by a "Bodrum by night" tour

Tuesday, May 1st

08:30-09:15

Rehabilitation and stabilizing exercises

Prof. Dr. Lieven A. Daneels

09:15-10:00

Imaging of the spine

Dr. Wouter C.J. Huysse, Belgium

10:00-10:15

Coffee break

10:15-11:00

Hydroclimatology and balneotherapy

Prof. Dr. Zeki Karagülle

11:00-12:00

Management of failed back surgery syndrome: Panel discussion

Prof. Dr. Andry Vleeming, Prof. Dr. Serdar Erdine, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zileli

Moderator: Henk Stam

12:00-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-14:45

European guidelines on pelvic girdle pain: clinical consequences

Prof. Dr. Andry Vleeming

14:45-15:30

Percutaneous techniques for low back pain treatment

Prof. Dr. Serdar Erdine, Türkiye

15:30-15:45

Coffee break

15:45-16:15

Surgery for spinal stenosis

Dr. Patrick J. Kluger, Germany 

16:15-16:45

Corsets and braces

company demonstration

Free presentations

20:00

Turkish night (authentic meal with live music)

Wednesday May 2nd

08:30-09:00

Vertebrosplasty and kyphoplasty

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zileli

09:00-09:45

Milestones in spondylarthropathy in the last 50 years

Prof. Dr. Bernard P. Amor, France

09:45-10:00

Coffee break

10:00-10:45

Physical examination

Prof. Dr. Yeşim Kirazlı, Türkiye

10:45-11:30

Physiotherapeutical approaches

Prof. Dr. Filiz Can, Türkiye

11:30-12:00

Osteoporosis and low back pain

Asc. Prof. Güneş M. Yavuzer, Türkiye

12:00-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-14:30

Drug therapy - NSAID, various analgesics and adjuvant drugs

Asc. Prof. Tuncay Duruöz, Türkiye

14:30-15:00

Surgery for discogenic pain

Prof. Dr. Murat Hancı, Türkiye

15:00-15:15

Coffee break

15:15-15:45

Surgery for spinal deformities and spondylolisthesis

Dr. Patrick J. Kluger 

15:45-16:15

Spinal cord stimulation

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zileli

16:15

Closing ceremony

Thursday May 3rd

10:00

Boat trip on Turkish Wooden Sailing Boat