TUESDAY 27, NASS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, ROOM C

15.55 Welcome NASS
16.00 COMPLICATIONS, Chair: Richard D. GUYER
16.00 C68 HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION (HO) AT THE INDEX LEVEL AFTER PRODISC®-C CERVICAL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT (TDR) SURGERY: WHAT IS THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE?
Michael Janssen, Jeff Goldstein, Daniel Murrey, Rick Delamarter, Center for Spinal Disorders, Thornton, United States
16.06 C69 ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODY OSTEOLYSIS WITH BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN USE IN TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION
Melvin Helgeson, Ronald Lehman, Andrew Mack, Michael Rosner Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC, United States
16.12 C70 MANAGING INFECTION FOLLOWING POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION
Iona Collins, James Wilson MacDonald, Jeremy Fairbank, Tony Berendt, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Spinal Surgery, Oxford, United Kingdom
16.18 C71 AIR EMBOLUS DURING GRAFT INSERTION IN AXIALIF
W. D. Smith, J. Anson, B. T. Burnett, C. Friesen, K. Malone, M. Fogarty, Nevada Neurosciences Institute Research Foundation, Western Regional Center for Brain and Spine Surgery, Las Vegas, United States
16.24 C72 PREDICTING C5 NERVE PALSY: THE TERRIBLE TRIAD
Mroz Thomas, Edward Benzel, Isador Lieberman, Jeffrey Wang, Warren Yu, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Neuroscience Institute, Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
16.30 Discussion
16.35 CERVICAL, Chair: Larry T. KHOO
16.35 C73 A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF CERVICAL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT TO ANTERIOR CERVICAL FUSION
Richard Guyer, Carl Lauryssen, Scott Blementhal, Texas Back Institute, Plano, United States
16.42 C74 CERVICORE DISC REPLACEMENT VS FUSION FOR CERVICAL NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION: FUNCTIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL OUTCOMES FROM A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED MULTICENTER TRIAL
Jean-Jacques Abitbol, Nevan G. Baldwin,, Jim A. Youssef,, Neill M. Wright, California Spine Group, San Diego, United States
16.49 C75 SURGICAL TREATMENT IS EFFECTIVE IN CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY - A PROSPECTIVE MULTI-CENTER STUDY OF 316 PATIENTS
M. Fehlings, B. Kopjar, T. Yoon, P. Arnold, M. Janssen, J. Chapman, E. Woodard, University of Toronto, Neurosurgery, Toronto, Canada
16.56 C76 ADJACENT LEVEL DEGENERATION AFTER CERVICAL SPINE FUSION: MYTH OR FACT?. AN ATTEMPT TO APPROACH THE TRUTH THROUGH A CONTROLLED STUDY
Carlos Villas, Pablo Diaz De Rada, Matias Alfonso, Ricardo Schlotterbeck, Clinica Universitaria De Navarra, Cirugía Ortopedica Y Traumatología, Pamplona, Spain
17.03 C77 ONE AND TWO YEAR CLINICAL RESULTS OF SECURE-C CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY: A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL
J. McConnell, J. M. Marzluff, C. Tomaras, I. Volcan, P. Asdourian, L. Hellbusch, Orthopedic Associates of Allentown, Allentown, PA, United States
17.10 Discussion
17.20 End of the day
BSS Dinner (pre-registration compulsory)