Belgian International Spine Symposium
XXXIst Edition
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
R. Gunzburg, M. Szpalski & S. Blumenthal
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
NEW SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES
- What is the learning curve for robotics and new technology?
- The future of spine imaging
- The future of biomechanics
- Are women the future of spine?
- Equipment that has changed the spinal surgery world – from bipolar to bone scalpels
- Technology without principles is useless
- C.Acnes-is it pathogenic or just along for the ride and influence of gut microbiome
- Spine surgery simulators for surgical training-if it’s good enough for pilots…
- The future of Surgical Site Infection (SSI): Will it become a “Never Event”?
- Are the next frontier robots providing anaesthesia?
- How is technological advancement measured appropriately
- Endoscopic anatomy
- Monkeys can be trained to use robots, the greater world needs skilled surgeons
- NASS President talk
AI SYMPOSIUM
- Physical medicine interventional therapy and AI
- Why and how you should adopt endoscopic spine surgery
- Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy (UBE) learning curve and future developments
- Patient-Specific Implants in Spine Surgery
- Beyond robotics, digital surgery
- Robot assisted endoscopic TLIF
- Lumbar TDR- will it be around in 10 years?
- Hand held navigation
- Cervical TDR in 10 years-incidence and treatment strategies for revisions
- Spinal Decompression in the Future: will the endoscope or the microscope prevail?
- Does robotics live up to it's promise or is this industry pushing technology?
- When technology goes wrong
- Endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy
- Physical and Virtual Simulation in spine surgery training
- Without BMP, is an endoscopic fusion appropriate?
- PRP and Stem Cells in Spine: Effective or a Scam.
- Approach to metastatic spine disease – what does the future hold?
- Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy: from decompression to fusion
- Use of 8I robot
- The future of cord lesion repair
ETHICS AND ECONOMY
- Intelligence-Based Spine Care: what is it and future direction
- Examples in healthcare and industry where artificial intelligence is utilized today and future direction
- Practical applications of artificial intelligence for the spine clinician
- Large language models and artificial intelligence - what are they, tips/tricks from the real world
- Implications of artificial intelligence in research/publishing
- Future Value in Spine Surgery: the role of government, comparative effectiveness research, economic credentialing and technology assessment
- “Future” Technologies that have come and gone – what have we learnt?
- Cost-benefit ratio for endoscopy
- Is the tail wagging the dog?
- Training in spinal surgery: the role of the basics and what are they?
- Patient Safety in Spine Surgery for the Future: Will organizational initiatives have an impact?
- Costs of adopting these technologies
- The future of surgical spine tourism