WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012
MERCREDI LE 29 FÉVRIER 2012

0800-
1500

SALON A Canadian Paediatric Spinal Deformities Study Group

1600-
2200

SUNBURST ROOM
Speaker Ready Room Open

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
JEUDI LE 1 MARS 2012

0600

SALON CD & PREFUNCTION AREA Breakfast & Exhibits

0630

SALON AB CASE PRESENTATIONS
MODERATORS Robert Broad & Andrew Nataraj

0700-0900

SALON AB PAPER PRESENTATIONS
SESSION CHAIRS Allan Beggs & Michael Chapman

0700

Mohammed Shamji Supraspinal Modulation of Gait Abnormalities
Associated with Non-Compressive Radiculopathy may be Mediated by Altered Neurotransmitter Sensitivity

0706

Eun Su Moon Neuroprotective Effects of The Sodium-Glutamate Blocker Riluzole in the Setting of Experimental Chronic Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM)

0712

Andrew Glennie The Effect of Timing to Decompression in Cauda Equina Syndrome Using a Rat Model

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0726

Alex Soroceanu Intraoperative waste in spine surgery: incidence, cost, and effectiveness of an educational program

0732

Clifford Lin Looking Beyond the Clinical Box: The Health Services Impact of Surgical Adverse Events

0738

Chris Bailey Brace versus no brace for the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurologic injury: A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Control Trial

0744

Andrea Simmonds Adverse event rates in surgically treated spine injuries without neurologic deficit

0750

Michael Fehlings Functional and Quality of Life Outcomes in Geriatric Patients with Type II Odontoid Fracture: One Year Results from the AOSpine North America Multi-Center Prospective GOF Study

0756

12 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0808

Emily Dodwell National U.S. Practices in Pediatric Spinal Fusion: In-Hospital Complications, Length of Stay, Mortality, Costs and BMP Utilization

0814

Andrew Dold Current Trends in the Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in Canada

0820

Ron El-Hawary Sagittal Spinopelvic Parameters Help Predict the Risk of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis for Children Treated with Posterior Distraction Based Implants

0826

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0834

Eric Parent Correlations between changes in surface topography and changes in radiograph measurements from before to 6 months after surgery in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

0840

Andrew Dold High UIV (Upper Instrumented Vertebra) sagittal angle is associated with UIV fracture in adult deformity corrections

0846

Andrew Dold Correction of Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Intra-operative Skeltal Traction

0852

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0900

SALON CD & PREFUNCTION AREA Coffee Break & Exhibits

0945

SALON AB SYMPOSIA Spinal Deformity: Transition from a
Pediatric to Adult Deformity Patient
MODERATOR Stefan Parent, Ron El-Hawary

1115

SALON AB POSTER DISCUSSIONS #1-8

1200

Afternoon Free

1515-1630

Family Snow Tubing (beside Village Platter Ski Lift)

1645-1800

ALPINE ROOM
CSS Annual General Meeting

1830-2100

SALON AB
Family Dinner

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
VENDREDI LE 2 MARS 2012

0600-2200

SUNBURST ROOM Speaker Ready Room Open

0600

SALON CD & PREFUNCTION AREA Breakfast & Exhibits

0630

SALON AB CASE PRESENTATIONS
MODERATORS Peter Jarzem & Eugene Wai

0700-0900

SALON AB PAPER PRESENTATIONS
SESSION CHAIRS Winston Gittens & Brian Wheelock

0700

Drew Bednar One Hundred Years of Spine Surgery – A Review of the Evolution of our Craft and Practice in the Spine Surgical Century

0706

Kris Lundine Prevalence of pre-operative MRI findings of adjacent segment disc degeneration in patients undergoing ACDF

0712

Dennis Hartig Adverse Event Rates of Surgically Treated Cervical
Spondylopathic Myelopathy

0718

Mohammed Shamji Morphometricand Dynamic Changes in the
Cervical Spine following Anterior CervicalDiscectomy and Fusion and Cervical Disc Arthroplasty

0724

Michael Fehlings Is Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Cost-Effective? A Cost-Utility Analysis Based on Data from the AO Spine North American Prospective CSM Study

0730

12 MINUTE DISCUSSION

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012(cont'd)
VENDREDI LE 2 MARS 2012

0742

Y Raja Rampersaud Cost-Utility of Lumbar Decompression with or without Fusion for Patients with Symptomatic Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis (DLS)

0748

Simon Harris MIS Lumbar Fusion for Low-Grade Isthmic and
Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: 2-5 year Follow-Up

0754

Clifford Lin Results and complications of posterior-only reduction and fusion for high-grade spondylolisthesis

0800

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0808

Darren Roffey Fusion versus no-fusion in patients with central lumbar spinal stenosis and foraminal stenosis undergoing decompression surgery: comparison of outcomes at baseline and follow-up

0814

Edward Abraham Two-year Results of Interspinous Spacers (DIAM) as an Alternative to Arthrodesis for Lumbar Degenerative Disorders

0820

Mohammed Shamji Treatment of Herniated Lumbar Disc by
Sequestrectomy or Conventional Discectomy

0826

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0834

Y Raja Rampersaud No Sustained Benefit of Continuous Epidural
Analgesia for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion: A Randomized Double- Blinded Placebo Controlled Study

0840

Christina Goldstein Evidence and Current Practice in the Radiologic Assessment of Lumbar Spine Fusion

0846

John Street Wiltse versus Midline Approach for decompression and fusion of the Lumbar Spine

0852

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0900

SALON CD & PREFUNCTION AREA Coffee Break & Exhibits

0945

SALON AB SYMPOSIA The Future of Spine Subspecialty
Training & Accreditation
MODERATORS Douglas Hedden, Scott Paquette, Albert Yee

1115

SALON AB POSTER DISCUSSIONS #9-16

1200-1700

Afternoon Free

1530-1630

ALPINE ROOM
CSS Spine Registry Meeting (by invitation only)

1700-1815

PREFUNCTION AREA
Wine Tasting

1830-2230

SALON AB
Presidential Banquet

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
SAMEDI LE 3 MARS 2012

0600

SALON CD & PREFUNCTION AREA Breakfast & Exhibits

0630

SALON AB CASE PRESENTATIONS
MODERATORS Jean-Francois Chevalier & Jean-Francois Roy

0700-0900

SALON AB PAPER PRESENTATIONS
SESSION CHAIRS Richard Brownlee & Paul Anderson

0700

Nicolas Dea Adverse Events in Emergent Oncologic Spine Surgery: A prospective analysis

0706

Arun Ranganathan En-bloc Resection of Primary Spinal and Paraspinal Tumours with Critical Vascular Involvement

0712

Yunyan Zhang The treatment impact of minocycline on quantitative MRI in acute spinal cord injury

0718

Steve Casha Benefit of Minocycline in Spinal Cord Injury – Results of a Double Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study

0724

10 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0734

Eve Tsai Improvement of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlation with Unilateral Motor or Sensory Deficits Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging

0740

Antoinette Cheung Comparing Care Delivery for Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Two Canadian Centres: How do the Processes of Care Differ?

0746

Antoinette Cheung Improving Access to Early Surgery: A Comparison of Two Centres

0752

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0800

Jeff Wilson The Effects of Early Surgical Decompression on Motor Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Results of a Canadian Multicenter study

0806

Jeff Wilson A Clinical Prediction Model for Long-Term Functional Outcome after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Based on Acute Clinical and Imaging Factors

0812

Antoinette Cheung Effect of Motor Score on Adverse Events and Quality of Life in Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

0818

8 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0826

Jeff Wilson The Impact of Facet Dislocation on Neurological Recovery after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: An analysis of data on 325 Subjects from the Surgical Trial in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS)

0832

Antoinette Cheung Towards a More Precise Understanding of the Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Canada

0838

Antoinette Cheung Access to Care (ACT) for Traumatic SCI: A Survey of Acute Canadian Spine Centres

0844

Antoinette Cheung Use of the Spine Adverse Events Severity (SAVES) Instrument for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

0850

10 MINUTE DISCUSSION

0900

SALON CD & PREFUNCTION AREA Coffee Break & Exhibits

0945

SALON AB Award Presentations – The Debbie Scarlett Award
The Best Resident’s Paper & The Best Fellow’s Paper Awards

1000

SALON AB SYMPOSIA The Spinal Cord Injured Patient
– timing of surgery, neuro protective treatment & future directions
MODERATORS Marcel Dvorak, Michael Fehlings

1145-1215

SALON AB POSTER DISCUSSIONS #17-24

1145-1215

MCGILLIVRAY ROOM
Exhibitor Wrap Up Meeting

1215

Adjournment