DOS Symposium:
“Chronic low back pain and choice of treatment”
Thursday, October 28th, 2010 08.00 - 10.00, Sal A
The purpose of the symposium is to provide orthopaedic surgeons with an up- to-date knowledge about the evidence based choices of treatment in patients with chronic low back pain. Therefore, all attendees at the DOS meeting are welcome.
08.00-08.05 Welcome
Moderators: Benny Dahl and Biren Desai 08.05-08.20
Dr. Martin Gehrchen
Uninstrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion vs. total disc replacement. A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
08.20-08.35
Professor Tom Bendix
Evidence-based non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain.
08.35-08.50
Professor Hans Tropp.
Instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion vs. total disc replacement.
A randomized controlled trial.
08.50-09.05
Biren Desai. Orthopädische Universitätsklinik der Universität Köln Possibilities and limitations of lumbar intervertebral disc prosthesis.
09.05-09.20
Jörg Franke. Spine Unit, Department of Orthopedics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
360-fusion, dynamic options and minimal invasive approach. Comparison of different surgical possibilities.
09.20-10.00 Discussion