6th International Spine Tumor Days
May 20–21, 2022 • Dresden, Germany
Scientific programme
Here you find the preliminary programme:
Friday – May 20, 2022
| 08:35–08:45 Room | Opening ceremony – Welcome „6th International Spine Tumor Days“ Saal Bellevue | |
| 08:45–09:30 Room Chair | Session I – Molecular basis, imaging prognostic of spinal tumors Saal Bellevue Alexander C. Disch (Dresden/DE), Jan Stulik (Prague/CZ) | |
| 08:45 | An update of molecular pathology and genetic recurrence factors of bone sarcoma Daniel Baumhoer (Basel/CH) | |
| 09:00 | Individual risk evaluation for local recurrence and distant metastasis in Ewing sarcoma – Implication for spine surgeons? P. D. Sander Dijkstra (ZA Leiden/NL) | |
| 09:15 | PET Imaging of spinal tumors – What should spine surgeons know and be aware of? Winfried Brenner (Berlin/DE) | |
| 09:30–09:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 09:50–12:00 Room Chair | Session II – Benign tumors & tumor like lesions – Resection and reconstruction techniques Saal Bellevue Klaus-Dieter Schaser (Dresden/DE), P. D. Sander Dijkstra (ZA Leiden/NL) | |
| 09:50 | Influence of neoadjuvant denosumab therapy on surgical strategy in giant cell containing lesions (GCT, ABCs) Peter Reichardt (Berlin/DE) | |
| 10:05 | Resection of benign tumors and tumor like lesions in the cervical spine Jan Stulik (Prague/CZ) | |
| 10:20 | Surgical management of aggressive spinal / vertebral hemangioma Juan Antonio Martin-Benlloch (Valencia/ES) | |
| 10:30 | Endovascular management of aggressive spinal / vertebral hemangioma Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann (Dresden/DE) | |
| 10:45 | Osteoid-osteoma of the spine – Tips, tricks and limits of percutaneous ablation techniques Bernhard Gebauer (Berlin/DE) | |
| 11:00 | Benign pediatric spinal tumors – spectrum and treatment overview (Report from the AO knowledge forum Tumor) Alexander C. Disch (Dresden/DE) | |
| 11:15 | Keynote lecture The tactile Internet Gerhard Fettweis (Dresden/DE) | |
| 12:00–13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00–14:30 Room Chair | Session III – Spinal malignancies – Resection & Reconstruction Techniques Saal Bellevue Juan Antonio Martin-Benlloch (Valencia/ES), Nasir Quraishi (Nottingham/GB) | |
| 13:00 | En bloc resection for malignant cervical spine tumors: a desparate or worthwhile endeavor? Jeremy Reynolds (Oxford/GB) | |
| 13:15 | Role of navigation in spinal/ sacral tumor resection – rather obstructive than supportive Hagen Fritzsche (Dresden/DE) | |
| 13:30 | Multisegmental thoracolumbar en bloc spondylectomy – surgical feasibility versus ongological usefulness? Alessandro Luzzati (Milano/IT) | |
| 13:45 | Spinal tumors with involvement / encasement of large vessels patients – limit your challenge or challenging your limits? Klaus-Dieter Schaser (Dresden/DE) | |
| 14:00 | Excision and spinopelvic reconstruction for sacral tumors – nothing can substitute experience…! Aron Lazáry (Budapest/HU) | |
| 14:15 | Anterolateral approach to the V2 segment of the vertebral artery in tumors of the cervical spine Abolfazi Rahimizadeh (Teheran/IR) | |
| 14:30–14:40 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:40–16:00 Room Chair | Session IV – Abstract session Saal Bellevue Markus Schultheiss (Ulm/DE), Cordula Netzer (Basel/CH) | |
Saturday – May 21, 2022
| 09:00–10:30 Room Chair | Session V – Complications and failures Saal Bellevue Alessandro Luzzati (Milano/IT), Klaus-Dieter Schaser (Dresden/DE) | |
| 09:00 | Spinal reconstruction failure in long term survivors – concepts for anterior fusion after multisegmental resection Jeremy Reynolds (Oxford/GB) | |
| 09:15 | Managing sequalea of posterior approaches and wound complications – plastic coverage and flaps Adrian Dragu (Dresden/DE) | |
| 09:30 | Intra-/ postoperative CSF leakage in extradural spinal tumor resection – Recognition, avoidance and management? Florian Ringel (Mainz/DE) | |
| 09:45 | Local recurrencies – impact of underlying primary tumor biology on surgical treatment Nasir Quraishi (Nottingham/GB) | |
| 10:00 | Keynote lecture Modern concepts in surgical treatment of spinal chordoma Ziya L. Gokoslan (Providence/US) | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00–12:00 Room Chair | Session VI – New trends and perspectives Saal Bellevue Ziya L. Gokoslan (Providence/US), Aron Lazáry (Budapest/HU) | |
| 11:00 | Clinical results of proton-beam neo-/ adjuvant radiotherapy for primary spine/ paraspinal sarcomas Esther Troost (Dresden/DE) | |
| 11:15 | Carbon-fiber implants for the treatment of spinal tumors – biomechanical characteristics combined with advantages for radiation planning, restaging imaging? Florian Ringel (Mainz/DE) | |
| 11:30 | The NCT MASTER (Molecularly Aided Stratification for Tumor Eradication Research) program – role of precision oncology in sarcoma treatment Stefan Fröhling (Heidelberg/DE) | |
| 12:00–12:15 Room | Summary and Farewell – “Dresden calling” – announcement of the 7th ISTD Saal Bellevue | |