TUESDAY 27, EUROSPINE, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, ROOM A-B

14.00 LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE, Chairs: F. BALAGUÉ and J. DVORAK
14.00 AB35 COMPARISON OF OPEN DISCECTOMY WITH MICROENDOSCOPIC DISCECTOMY IN LUMBAR DISC HERNIATIONS: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
O. Righesso, A. Falavigna, O. Avanzi, Santa Casa School of Medicine and Hospitals of São Paulo, Brazil
14.10 AB36 MINIMALLY INVASIVE, EXTRACAVITARY APPROACH FOR THORACIC DISCECTOMY AND INTERBODY FUSION (MI-ECTDF): CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC 1-YEAR OUTCOMES IN 13 PATIENTS COMPARED WITH A COHORT OF TRADITIONAL ANTERIOR TRANSTHORACIC APPROACHES
S. Armin, F. Asgarzadie, N.F. Chen, H. Sheikh, L.T. Khoo, University of California at Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, USA
14.20 AB37 PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF PHYSICIAN-BASED OUTCOMES AFTER POSTERIOR LUMBAR FUSION IN THE SPINE TANGO REGISTRY
M. Melloh, E. Aghayev, L. Staub, T. Zweig, T. Barz, P. Rieger, J.C. Theis, C. Roeder, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, MEM Research Center, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland; Spine Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark, Schwedt/ Oder, Germany
14.30 AB38 EX-VIVO TRANSDUCED AUTOLOGOUS SKIN FIBROBLASTS EXPRESSING HUMAN LIM MINERALIZATION PROTEIN-3 EFFICENTLY INDUCE SPINE FUSION IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT ANIMALS
E. Pola, L. Oggiano, S. Casula, P.D. Robbins, C.A. Logroscino Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore School of Medicine, Rome, Italy; Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
14.40 AB39 INCIDENCE OF THROMBO-EMBOLIC COMPLICATIONS IN LUMBAR SPINAL SURGERY WITH AND WITHOUT CHEMICAL PROPHYLAXISI IN 1111 PATIENTS
D. Wardlaw, M. Nicol, S. Yu, N.C. Craig, NHS Grampian, Woodend Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
14.50 AB40 LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS: BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS, SURGICAL MEASURES, AND OUTCOMES IN THE SPINE TANGO REGISTRY
E. Aghayev, M. Melloh, L. Staub, T. Zweig, T. Barz, P. Rieger, J.C. Theis, C. Roeder Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, MEM Research Center, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Spine Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark, Schwedt/ Oder, Germany
15.00 AB41 CORRELATION BETWEEN CANAL DIAMETER CHANGE AND DISC DEGENERATION DURING FLEXION AND EXTENSION IN LUMBAR SPINE
F. Wei, A. Alanay, J.J. Abitbol, J. Wang, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center, SA Monica, USA
15.10 AB42 NOCTURNAL LEG CRAMPS A COMMON COMPLAINT IN PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR SPINAL CANAL STENOSIS
M. Matsumoto, K. Watanabe, T. Tsuji, K. Ishii, H. Takaishi, M. Nakamura, Y. Toyama, K. Chiba, Y. Nishiwaki, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
15.20 AB43 INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN EPIDURAL FAT FROM PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
S. Genevay, F. Mezin, E. Tessitore, C. Gabay, P.A. Guerne, Service of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 LUMBAR FUSION, Chairs: S. FERGUSON and F. CHRISTENSEN
16.00 AB44 TRANSAXIAL FIXATION OF THE LUMBOSACRAL SEGMENT AS A STAND-ALONE PROCEDURE
D. Zeilstra, Neurosurgical Center Zwolle, The Netherlands
16.10 AB45 LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE VERSUS OPEN TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION: SURGICAL RESULTS AND OUTCOMES IN A SERIES OF 128 PATIENTS
L.T. Khoo, N.F. Chen, H. Sheikh, S. Armin, University of California at Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, USA
16.20 AB46 MINIMALLY INVASIVE VERSUS OPEN TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION
S. Burneikiene, E.L. Nelson, C.M. Roeca, A.T. Villavicencio, Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado, USA
16.30 AB47 TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 112 PATIENTS AT 2 YEARS FOLLOW-UP
S.Y. Poh, W.M. Yue, L.T.J. Chen, C.M. Guo, W. Yeo, S.B. Tan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
16.40 AB48 ANTERIOR VERSUS POSTERIOR APPROACH FOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN POST-OPERATIVE LORDOSIS?
A. Faundez, James Schwender, Amir Mehbod, Denis Francis, Ensor Transfeldt Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie de l'Appareil Moteur, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland and Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, USA
16.50 AB49 THREE YEAR CLINICAL RESULTS OF 360 DEGREE FUSION OF LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS MANAGED BY TRANSPEDICULAR FIXATION AND PLIF OR ALIF TECHNIQUE
R. Chaloupka, M. Krbec, J. Cienciala, V. Tichy, M. Repko, F. Nemec, A. Svobodnik, P. Valis, Orthopaedic University Dept., Masaryk University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
17.00 AB50 FUNCTIONAL AND RADIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES OF 360° FUSION OF THREE OR MORE MOTION LEVELS IN THE LUMBAR SPINE FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE
S. Suratwala, T. Gilbert, R. Winter, M. Pinto, J. Wroblewski, Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, USA
17.10 AB51 MULTICENTER IDE STUDY ON THE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF TITANIUM SURGICAL MESH FOR ONE- AND TWO-LEVEL SPINAL FUSION: 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
T. Harbach, H. Barnard, A.W. McGee, S. Lasser, L.M. McKinley, P. Arnold, W. Krengel, D. Linville, T. Kuklo, T. Lowry, St. John's Regional Medical Center, Kansas city, KS, USA
17.20 AB52 COMPARISON OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM BONE MARROW AND ADIPOSE TISSUE ON EX VIVO GENE THERAPY IN RAT SPINAL FUSION MODEL
M. Miyazaki, A. Alaney, P.A. Zuk, J. Zou, S.H. Yoon, F. Wei, Y. Morishita, C. Sintuu, J.C. Wang, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center, Santa Monica, USA
17.30 End of day
EUROSPINE and SRS Dinner scheduled on Wednesday (pre-registration compulsory)