Program

Keynote Lecture

Learning from our legends

Congress Presidential Lecture

Creating future legends

Special Lecture

Special Lecture 1

The significance of preoperative surgical planning, a process of careful inquisitiveness

History of Japanese society for spine surgery and related research

Researches on the spine and the spinal cord in Japan viewed in the light of citation

Memorial Lecture

The future society engendered by lithium-ion batteries

Speaker:	Akira Yoshino The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corp.

Supervisory Doctor's Evening Seminar

Surgery for thoracic ossification of the spinal ligaments (OPLL and OLF)

Lectures by Successive Presidents

Cheer for the next generation

A historical review of spine surgery in Japan with some messages to young spine surgeons

Challenge to difficult surgery -The backbone of success-

Passing the baton 1:
Functional diagnosis of the spinal cord

Study of spinal cord evoked potentials from the beginning to the next generation

Next generation technology for spinal cord function by magnetospinography

Passing the baton 2:
Paralysis and rehabilitation

Development and clinical application of advanced rehabilitation machine for spinal cord regenerative medicine

Regenerative medicine by intravenous infusion of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for spinal cord injury

Passing the baton 3:
Lumbar degenerative scoliosis

Problems of the health arising from degenerative lumbar scoliosis in a super-aging society

Current status of degenerative lumbar scoliosis in Japan

Passing the baton 4:
Pain

Current topics in pain -New findings on old issues of pain research-

Recent topics about pain -What we recently learned about new issues-

Passing the baton 5:
Spinal cord monitoring

Neurophysiologic evaluations of radiculopathy and myelopathy

Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring in Japan

Passing the baton 6:
Scoliosis checkups

Continuous school screening for scoliosis from past to current status in Japan.

School scoliosis screening in the world
: Historical review and future expectations

Passing the baton 7:
Osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Challenging starategy for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture

The past, present, and future of research on osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Passing the baton 8:
Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis

Surgical treatment of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: Indirect decompression of spinal canal due to anterior lumbar interbody fusion

Lateral interbody fusion for percutaneous reduction of degenerative spondylolisthesis: Indication, contraindication, effect of therapy

Passing the baton 9:
Intervertebral disk degeneration

The mechanism of natural resorption process of lumbar herniated disc and development of a less invasive intradiscal treatment

History and future of intradiscal treatment: Innovations for elucidation and treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration

Passing the baton 10:
Suppurative spondylitis

Percutaneous suction aspiration and drainage for pyogenic spondylitis

Surgical treatment for thoracolumbar pyogenic spondylitis using full endoscopic discectomy and less invasive posterior spinal instrumentation

Passing the baton 11:
The upper cervical spine

The upper cervical spine… to approach easily, from its complicated standpoint.

Upper cervical spine surgery: Subsequent advancements
-To upper cervical spine surgery using O-arm navigation-

Basics of Spinal and Spinal Cord Disorders

Basics of spinal and spinal cord disorders 1

How to carry out research and write a paper

How to conduct a strong clinical study: An issue-driven approach

How to write a scientific paper as a simple research diary

Basics of spinal and spinal cord disorders 2

Spinal deformity

Basic study and clinical practice of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Introduction to whole body sagittal alignment for spine surgeons

Basics of spinal and spinal cord disorders 3

Neurological diagnosis

Neurosymptomatology and treatment strategy for cervical disorders
-Focus on the story of pathophysiology-

Neurologic examination of thoraco-lumbar disorders
-Physical examination and level-diagnosis-

Basics of spinal and spinal cord disorders 4

Basics of surgical techniques

How to use surgical instruments

Treatment strategy and surgical techniques for refractory spinal cord tumors

Basics of spinal and spinal cord disorders 5

Pediatric cervical spine disorders

Neck disorders in children: role of the pediatric orthopaedic doctor

Cervical spine surgery for pediatric patients

Basics of spinal and spinal cord disorders 6

Newly revised guidelines

JOA clinical practice guideline for the management of low back pain
- The revised 2019 edition -

How to use the clinical guideline for ossification of the spinal ligament

Symposium

Symposium 1

History and future of cervical laminoplasty

At the time of development of the first cervical laminoplasty

Cervical laminoplasty with C3 laminectomy preserving the semispinalis cervicis inserted into axis

Surgical indication and limitation of laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy with kyphosis

Selection of surgical approach for cervical myelopathy

Demerits of "First of all, laminoplasty !"

Symposium 2

The challenges of being a female spinal surgeon

From a member of the electric group to mavericks in the Okayama spine group

Going my way as a woman spine surgeon

The passage of years as a spine specialist. -Continuation of research-

The reality of female spine surgeon

Is it difficult for female doctors to specialize in spine surgery?

Symposium 3

Legends’ Symposium: My work and what I want young people to know (treatment version)

Serendipity to open-door ELAP (Expansive laminoplasty) and healthy skepticism to challenge some assignments around ELAP

Development and practice of muscle-sparing cervical spine surgeries

Reconstructive surgery of the cervical spine using pedicle screw fixation

TES: Total en bloc spondylectomy --- What forced me to develop TES?

Progress in microendoscopic spinal surgery - The new world discovered by betting my future on one thing

Symposium 4

Legends’ Symposium: My work and what I want young people to know (diagnosis version)

Neurological level diagnosis of cervical myelopathy: Creativity in research has its root in awareness

An experience in the process of discovery of myelopathy hand

The significance of K-line as an index of the surgical method for cervical OPLL

History of axial pain, a noticeable complication after laminoplasty

Tokuhashi score

Symposium 5 (English Session)

Sagittal alignment : Past history and future prospects

Sagittal malalignment of the adult spine, esp. degenerative kyphosis in Japan: What I have learned

Postural study as my thesis project

Sagittal alignment in France: Past, present and future

The importance of sagittal alignment: A German perspective

Standing whole body alignment and balance for the future

Optimal sagittal alignment: The road we have passed over this ten years and how to prevent complication

Symposium 6

Speaking truth to orthopedic surgery

Clinical and neuroimaging findings of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: How to avoid misdiagnosis of this disease.

Diagnosis of non-neoplastic lesions in the spinal cord

Diagnosis should be made primarily by clinical history and neurological findings, not by image findings.

Utility of neurological findings and neuromuscular electrodiagnosis

Pathophysiology and treatment of vertebral artery injury associated with cervical spine injury

The practical use of intraoperative fluorescence technology in the surgery of spinal intramedullary tumors

Symposium 7

History and future of cadaver use

History of the dissection of human body, comparing Japan with Western countries

Recent biomechanical and anatomical studies and surgical workshops using fresh-frozen cadavers in the world

Current status and issues of surgical training using donated bodies in Japan

Availability of clinical anatomy laboratory in research and clinical medicine

Clinical Anatomy Lab (CAL) surely educates and grow up the spine surgeons.

Will VR replace the cadaver-based clinical anatomy lab?

Sponsored Symposium

The near-future operating room from the viewpoints of safety and cost-effectiveness

Possibility of head-up surgery by using surgical microscope "ORBEYE" equipped with 4K 3D technology-Introduction of development concept and technology-

The next generation operating room that takes advantage of medical images

Spinal sterilized disposable system that has four features: "Emergency," "infection," "efficiency," and "expense."

Management of short-term borrowed orthopedic equipment and its importance

Proposal for the surgical instruments management in the new era transform assets into expenses, using a subscription service