Conference Agenda

SEMIRIGID SPINAL FIXATION TECHNIQUES COULD HELP PREVENT PROXIMAL JUNCTIONAL KYPHOSIS – A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY

M. Turbucz^1,2, A. Pokorni^1,2, A. Lazary³, P. Eltes^1,3

¹In Silico Biomechanics Laboratory, National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest, Hungary; ²Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; ³National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest, Hungary

BIOMECHANICAL ALTERATIONS AFTER SPINAL FUSION TREATMENT AND THEIR RELATION TO CAGE SUBSIDENCE

S. Ananth Swaminathan¹, L. Becker², N. Taheri², M. Pumberger², H. Schmidt¹, S. Checa¹

¹Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Germany; ²Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF THE SPINE FROM MR AND SYNTHETIC CT IMAGES

J. Kok¹, Y. Shcherbakova², T. Schlösser², P. Seevinck^2,3, T. van der Velden^2,3, R. Castelein², K. Ito^1,2, B. van Rietbergen¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The; ²University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands, The; ³MRIguidance BV, Netherlands, The

BIOMECHANICAL EFFECT OF LUMBAR SPINE DECOMPRESSION: COMPARISON OF TWO DIFFERENT SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

S. Montanari¹, S. Di Santo¹, E. Serchi², A. Conti², L. Cristofolini¹

¹Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy; ²IRRCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital (BO), Italy

INFLUENCE OF CERVICAL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT ON MOTION IN THE TARGET SEGMENTS AND ADJACENT SEGMENTS

M. Vogt¹, C. Mehren², H.-J. Wilke¹

¹Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, University of Ulm, Germany; ²Spine Center, Schoen Clinic Munich-Harlaching, Munich, Germany