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Asia meets Switzerland: Building Bridges

Program | Thursday, August 27th

08.30 - 09.00

Check-in, Welcome Coffee & Exhibition

09.00 - 09.15

Opening Remarks

Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Nic Hausmann
Prof. Dr. Yoon Ha MD, PhD

East meets West I

Chairs: Ralph Schär, Constantin Schizas

09.15 - 10.15

Cervical Disc Degeneration

09.15 - 09.35

Surgical Management for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Prof. Jau-Ching Wu

09.35 - 09.55

DISH-phagia: Incidence and Role of Surgical Management
Dr. med. Ivan Cabrilo

09.55 - 10.15

Advanced Biomaterial Scaffolds for Post-Discectomy Disc Repair
Prof. Dr. med. Inbo Han

10.15 - 10.45

Cervical Endoscopy Jam-Session

Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Martin N. Stienen

Prof. Dongwuk Son
Prof. Chang-Il Ju
Prof. Chungkee Chough
PD Dr. med. Antonio Faundez
Dr. med. Vincent Hagel

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee Break & Exhibition

East meets West II

Chairs: Mazda Farshad, Gregory Jost

11.15 - 12.00

Cervical Fusion

11.15 - 11.40

Various Fixation Techniques in Craniocervical Junction
MD. Nobuyuki Shimokawa

11.40 - 12.00

From Anatomy to Automation? Navigation, 3D Imaging & Robotics in Cervical Fusion
PD Dr. med. Markus Bruder

12.00 - 12.45

Art and Neurospine: Beyond Science and Medicine

Prof. Dr. Yoon Ha MD, PhD

12.45 - 14.00

Lunch Break & Exhibition

East meets West III

14.00 - 14.45

Tumor / Vascular

Chairs: David Bellut, Ulf Schneider

14.00 - 14.25

Radical and Safe Surgical Strategy for Spinal Intramedullary Vascular Tumors
Prof. Toshihiro Takami

14.25 - 14.45

An Overview of Spinal Vascular Pathologies and their Surgical Management
PD Dr. med. Martina Sebök MD, PhD

14.45 - 15.30

Degenerative Scoliosis

Chairs: Dominique Rothenfluh, Cordula Netzer

14.45 - 15.00

Surgery in Complex Scoliotic Deformity
Prof. Seung Hwan Yoon

15.00 - 15.15

Mastering Anterior Column Realignment in Complex Adult Spinal Deformity
Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Albers

15.15 - 15.30

Case Discussion

15.30 - 16.00

Coffee Break & Exhibition

East meets West IV

16.00 - 16.45

Cervical Total Disc Replacement

Chairs: Gianluca Maestretti, Christian Zweifel

16.00 - 16.20

Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Prof. Dr. Se-Hoon Kim

16.20 - 16.35

Beyond Motion Preservation: A Swiss Approach to Cervical Disc Replacement
Dr. med. Alexander Mameghani

16.35 - 16.45

Modern Cervical Total Disc Replacement
Prof. Jau-Ching Wu

16.45 - 17.30

Lumbar Endoscopy Jam-Session

Chair: PD Dr. med. Jean-Yves Fournier

  • Complications and Management of Endoscopic Spine Surgery
    Prof. Chang-Il Ju
  • Complications in Lumbar Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Decompression
    Prof. Chungkee Chough
From 18.30

Networking Dinner

Grand Casino Luzern
Prior online registration required

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