THURSDAY 29, ISSLS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, ROOM A-B

14.00 Special Poster session 1 (Exhibition hall)
14.50 IMAGING, Chairs: K. TAKAHASHI and C. O'NEILL
14.50 AB71 POST FINDINGS IN LOW FIELD MRI AS PREDICTORS OF CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH SCIATICA TREATED CONSERVATIVELY
T. Jensen, H. B. Albert, J. Solgaard Sorensen, C. Manniche, C. Leboeuf-Yde, The Back Research Center, University of Southern Denmark, Ringe, Denmark
14.57 AB72 THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE IN SPINAL SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
C. Bono, M. Glotzbecker, M. Harris, G. Brick, R. Heary, K. Wood, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women, Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, United States
15.04 AB73 DIAGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPARATIVE LATERASL SUPINE-AND SITTING POSITION XRAYS IN FRESH OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL FRACTURE
S. Kawaguchi, K. Horigome, H. Yajima, T. Oda, Asahikawa Kosei Hospital, Orthopaedic Surgery, Asahikawa, Japan
15.11 AB74 ARE ROUTINE RADIOGRAPHS NEEDED IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER LUMBAR SPINAL FUSIONS?
J. Glaser, N. Romero, Medical University of South Carolina, Orthopaedic Surgery, Charleston, SC, United States
15.18 AB75 SURGICAL RESULTS FOR DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN RANDOMIZED STUDY USING DISCOGRAPHY VS DISCOBLOCK
S. Ohtori, T. Kinoshita, S. Nakamura, T. Koshi, K. Yamauchi, M. Yamagata, K. Takahashi, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiba, Japan
15.25 Discussion
15.45 Coffee break
16.15 Posters visit
16.50 HEALTH/ECONOMICS (EPIDEMIOLOGY), Chairs: M. AEBI and C. CEDRASCHI
16.50 AB76 COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGERY FOR DEGENERATIVE SPONSYLOLISTHESIS: TWO YEAR SPINE PATIENT OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRIAL(SPORT) RESULTS
A. Tosteson, J. Lurie, H. Herkowitz, S. Boden, G. Andersson, J. Weinstein, Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Medicine and of Community and Family, Medicine, Lebanon, NH, United States
16.57 AB77 COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGERY FOR SPINAL STENOSIS OVER 2 YEARS IN THE SPINE PATIENT OUT COMES RESEARCH TRIAL (SPORT)
A. Tosteson, J. Lurie, M. Longley, T. Albert, K. Bridwell, J. Weinstein, Dartmouth Medical School, Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases, Lebanon, NH, United States
17.04 AB78 COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGERY FOR A LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION IN PATIENTS WITH WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: RESULTS FROM THE SPINE PATIENT OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRIAL (SPORT)
S. Atlas, A. Tosteson, T. Tosteson, E. Blood, G. Pransky, J. Weinstein, Massachusetts General Hospital, General Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
17.11 Discussion
17.21 AB79 ANALYSIS OF REIMBURSEMENT DECISIONS: THE EXAMPLE OF LUMBAR DISC ARTHROPLASTY
D. Wong, A. Kumar, S. Jatana, G. Ghiselli, S. Bainbridge, D. Pappas, K. Wong
Denver Spine, Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States
17.28 AB80 COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF PROLONGED CONSERVATIVE CARE VERSUS EARLY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH SCIATICA CAUSED BY LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION
W. C. Peul, W. van den Hout, B. Koes, Leiden University Medical Center-Medical Center The Hague, Neurosurgery, Leiden, Netherlands
17.35 AB81 EXPENDITURES AND HEALTH STATUS AMONG ADULTS WITH SPINE PROBLEMS: THE MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY
S. Mirza, B. Martin, R. Deyo, J. Turner, B. Comstock, S. Sullivan, W. Hollingworth University of Washington, Orthopaedics, Seattle, WA, United States
17.42 Discussion
17.52 AB82 LOW BACK PAIN IN JAPANESE ADULTS – A POPULATION BASED STUDY
S. Konno, S. Fukuhara, M. Sekiguchi, S. Kikuchi, Fukushima Medical University Shcool of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima, Japan
17.59 AB83 A PROSPECTIVE, MULTI-CENTERED VALIDATION STUDY EXAMINING THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF A PATIENTS SELF REPORTED HISTORY FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT (MVA) JUDGED AGAINST AN AUDIT OF THEIR RECORDS
E. Carragee, Stanford, CA, USA
18.06 AB84 MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN COMBINATIONS IN ADOLESCENTS
J. Auvinen, T. Tammelin, S. Taimela, P. Zitting, J. Karppinen, University of Oulu, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oulu, Finland
18.13 Discussion
18.22 End of day
All Societies Gala Dinner (pre-registration compulsory)