|
|
|
|
| 08h20 |
Welcome |
Dunn / Vlok |
|
| 08h30 |
Pathophysiology of nerve pain – what irritates it, what happens to it, reversibility, how long to recover |
Henning |
20 |
| 08h50 |
Imaging as a correlation to pain and outcome in acute disc herniation |
Polley |
20 |
| 09h10 |
UK national spine database |
Hutton |
30 |
| 09h40 |
Discussion |
|
15 |
| 09h55 |
Iliolumbar ligament and pain |
Gunzburg |
10 |
| 10h05 |
Piriformis syndrome – does it exist? |
Wilson |
15 |
| 10h20 |
Discussion |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
| 10h30 |
Tea break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11h00 |
Do neurophysiological investigations add value to diagnosis and predicting outcome? |
Henning |
15 |
|
Discussion |
|
5 |
| 11h15 |
Sciatic mimickers |
Dunn |
15 |
| 11h30 |
Gluteal tendonopathy – more common than we think? |
Vlok |
15 |
| 11h45 |
The case of conjoined nerves – MRI recognition and getting around them |
Polley |
15 |
| 12h00 |
Sacro-iliac joint pathology – how do you make the diagnosis? |
Hilton |
15 |
| 12h15 |
Sacro-iliac joint interventions and Evidence based outcomes |
Hilton |
15 |
| 12h30 |
These troubling cysts – facet, Tarlov, perineural (management) |
Mbata |
15 |
| 12h45 |
Discussion |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
| 13h00 |
Lunch break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 14h00 |
Advanced interventional pain treatment techniques (root blocks, DRG blocks, stimulators) |
Wilson |
20 |
| 14h20 |
Evidence for epidurals – transforaminal and caudal |
Kruger |
15 |
| 14h35 |
Discussion |
|
10 |
| 14h45 |
Evidence for use in lumbar pain and sciatica: Paracetomol / NSAIDs |
Walker |
10 |
| 14h55 |
Evidence for use in lumbar pain and sciatica: Lyrica / Tricyclics |
Grobler |
10 |
| 15h05 |
Evidence for use in lumbar pain and sciatica: Opiates |
Tembo |
10 |
| 15h15 |
Discussion |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
| 15h30 |
Tea break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16h00 |
Tiger Woods: The sad tale of sciatica, non compliance with rehab and the modern golf swing |
Wong |
?15 / 20 |
| 16h20 |
Spontaneous CES – factors predicting outcome |
Mathole |
15 |
| 16h35 |
Drop foot – will surgery make a difference? |
Welsh |
15 |
| 16h50 |
Discussion |
|
10 |
| 17h00 |
Evidence based indications for conservative vs Surgery in acute lumbar disc herniation |
|
20 |
| 17h20 |
Discussion and close |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Saturday 25th February |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 08h30 |
Decompression only in foraminal stenosis |
Harrington |
15 |
| 08h45 |
Day case lumbar decompressive surgery – is it safe in SA? |
Davis |
15 |
| 09h00 |
Decompression surgery – loss leader? Whats an acceptable coding bundle? |
? Davis |
15 |
| 09h15 |
Discussion |
|
15 |
| 09h30 |
Case discussion – 3 cases (extraforaminal) |
Vlok |
15 |
| 09h45 |
Approach to early post-op recurrent leg pain |
Davis |
15 |
| 10h00 |
Does epidural scarring matter? If it does, how do you prevent it? |
Bolger |
15 |
| 10h15 |
Discussion |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
| 10h30 |
Tea break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11h00 |
Good to Great: Strategies to Achieve Advanced Surgical Skills in Microdiscectomy and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery |
Wong |
15 |
| 11h15 |
Endoscopic surgery – is the long learning curve justified? |
Botha |
15 |
| 11h30 |
Should we relook at nucleoplasty and equivalents? |
Tromp |
15 |
| 11h45 |
Discussion |
|
15 |
| 12h00 |
Once a discectomy, always a fusion? |
Szpalski |
15 |
| 12h15 |
Motion preservation devices in lumbar decompression |
Blumenthal |
15 |
| 12h30 |
Iterative Surgery: Finding the Pearls to Improve Outcomes for Revision Sciatic Surgery |
Wong |
15 |
| 12h45 |
L5 deficit after reduction of severe L5 spondylolisthesis |
Lamartini |
15 |
| 13h00 |
Discussion and close |
|
|