TUESDAY 27, E-CSRS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, ROOM C

08.00 CHALLENGING PROBLEMS, Chairs: E.M BUCHOLZ and Vincent POINTILLARD
08.00 C39 APPLICATION OF A COMPUTER-ASSISTED NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO ANTERIOR RESECTION OF UPPER CERVICAL CHORDOMAS
Masashi Neo, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Takashi Nakamura, Kyoto University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto, Japan
08.10 C40 OUTCOME OF SURGERY FOR CHORDOMAS OF THE CRANIOCERVICAL JUNCTION AND CERVICAL SPINE
David Choi, Robert Melcher, Jurgen Harms, Alan Crockard, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
08.20 C41 CRANIOVERTEBRAL TUBERCULOSIS TREATED CONSERVATIVELY
Manish Chadha,, University College Of Medical Sciences, Orthopaedics, New Delhi, India
08.30 C42 SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1 (NF-1): CASE SERIES
Eric Massicotte, Ab Guha, Faisal Taleb, University of Toronto, Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Canada
08.40 C43 SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR ATLANTO-AXIAL SUBLUXATION ASSOCIATED WITH DOWN SYNDROME
Kiyotaka Yamada, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, Koichiro Nishikawa, Mitsuo Ochi, Hiroshima University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima, Japan
08.50 C44 USING A CONTROLLED REDUCTION MANOEUVRE AS AN ADJUNCT TO CERVICO-THORACIC OSTEOTOMY FOR CERVICO-THORACIC KYPHOSIS
S. M. H. Mehdian, B. J. C. Freeman, M. Woo-Kie, A. Littlewood, Nottingham University Hospital, Centre For Spinal Studies & Surgery, Nottingham, United Kingdom
09.00 Guest Lecture
Thomas Zdeblick
09.20 MISCELLANEOUS, Chairs: E.M. BUCHOLZ and Vincent POINTILLARD
09.20 C45 INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON BASELINE SYMPTOMS AND OUTCOME AFTER CERVICAL SPINAL SURGERY
Dieter Grob, F. Porchet, J. Dvorak, F. Lattig, F. Kleinstück, D. Jeszenszky, A.F. Mannion, Schulthess Klinik, Spine Center, Zürich, Switzerland
09.30 C46 EVALUATION OF ANOMALOUS VERTEBRAL ARTERY IN PATIENTS WHO HAD INSTRUMENTATION SURGERY AT THE CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION
Masashi Yamazaki, Akihiko Okawa, Takayuki Fujiyoshi, Junko Kawabe, Tomonori Endo, Takeo Furuya, Koichi Hayashi, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Spine Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba, Japan
09.40 C47 COMPARISON OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PREDICTING FACET ARTHROSIS IN THE CERVICAL SPINE
Ronald Lehman, Melvin Helgeson, Kathryn Keeler, Torphong Bunmaprasert, K. Daniel Riew, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC, United States
09.50 C48 ANKYLOSIS OF THE ADJACENT SEGMENTS (O-C1, C2-C3) PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE FORMATION OF A RETRO-ODONTOID PSEUDOTUMOR
Hirotaka Chikuda, Atsushi Seichi, Katsushi Takeshita, Naoki Shoda, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan
10.00 Coffee break
10.30 TECHNICAL DETAILS, Chairs: Carlo LOGROSCINO and Robert MELCHER
10.30 C49 MICROSCOPICALLY ASSISTED SUBAXIAL CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION
Won Gyu Choi, Yi-Sheng Tsang, Chul-Jae Lee, Sang-Ho Lee, Busan Wooridul Spine Hospital, Neurosurgery, Busan, South Korea
10.40 C50 PLACEMENT AND COMPLICATIONS OF CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREWS IN 144 CERVICAL TRUMA PATIENTS USING PEDICLE AXIS VIEW TECHNIQUES
Yasutsugu Yukawa, Fumihiko Kato, Keigo Ito, Yumiko Horie, Hiroaki Nakashima, Zen-ya Ito, Norimitsu Wakao, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya, Japan
10.50 C51 FEASIBILITY OF C2 PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMNT IN PATIENTS WITH REUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Hiromi Ataka, Takaaki Tanno, Masashi Yamazaki, Matsudo City Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
11.00 C52 MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PEDICLES WITH RISK OF SCREW MALPLACEMENT IN DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL SPINE
Takashi Namikawa, Hiroshi Taneichi, Satoshi Inami, Daisaku Takeuchi, Nakayuki Katoh, Yutaka Nohara, Dokkyo Medical University, Orthopaedic Surgery, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan
11.10 C53 A NEW CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW INSERTION TECHNIQUE (CT CUTOUT) COMPARED WITH THE CONVENTIONAL PROCEDURE
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Koki Uno, National Hospital Organization Kobe Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe, Japan
11.20 C54 SIGNIFICANCE OF LATERAL PART RESECTION OF LATERAL MASS IN WHOLE POSTERIOR CERVICAL NERVE ROOT DECOMPRESSION USING OBLIQUE TUNNELING TECHNIQUE: MRI AND CT ANALYSIS
Kyoichi Hasegawa, Masanori Fujiya, Itaru Oda, Shigeo Matsuno Hokkaido Orthopaedic Memorial Hospital, Spine Service, Sapporo, Japan
11.30 C55 NEW ATLANTO-AXIAL FIXATION PROCEDURE FOR THE AXIS TO PRESERVE ALL MUSCULAR ATTACHMENTS TO THE SPINOUS PROCESS
Junichi Yamane, Tateru Shiraishi, Ukei Anazawa, Masashi Saitoh, Masahiro Katoh, Seiji Ueda, Yoshiyuki Yato Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba, Japan
11.40 C56 POSTERIOR OCCIPITOCERVICAL RECONSTRUCTION USING CERVICAL PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS -COMPARISON WITH SEGMENTAL SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM
Hideki Murakami, Ken Yamazaki, Satoshi Yoshida, Kazuhiro Sato, Hirooki Endo, Tadashi Shimamura, Iwate Medical University, Orthopaedic Surgery, Morioka, Japan
12.00 General Assembly at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
13.00 End of the General Assembly
12.00 Lunch & Workshops
Half day tour for accompanying persons and E-CSRS participants followed by the
E-CSRS Dinner (pre-registration compulsory)