Exciting Spine Patient Society News: SPS Representing the Spine Patient Community @ 10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology

[Justin]

Hello Everyone,

The Spine Patient Society (SPS) has some exciting news to share. The SPS has been invited to represent the Spine Patient community at this years Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS) --the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery--Meeting: the 10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology.

The SAS is a global, scientific and educational society focused on educating surgeons and spine care professionals.

The SPS, being the first society created for Spine Patients, is most excited about this opportunity and we are looking forward to fostering meaningful relationships with those performing ground-breaking research and providing exceptional clinical care to Spine Patients around the world.
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10th Annual SAS Global Symposium on Motion Preservation Technology Details:

April 27 – 30, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

The SAS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery - Is a global, scientific and educational society organized to provide an independent venue to discuss and address the issues involved with all aspects of basic and clinical science of motion preservation, stabilization, innovative technologies, MIS procedures, biologics and other fundamental topics to restore and improve motion and function of the spine for: surgeons, scientists, inventors and others. SAS is dedicated to advancing major evolutionary steps in spine surgery.

We invite you to visit the Spine Arthroplasty Society website at www.spinearthroplasty.org for further SAS information.

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We will be blogging live during the Global Symposium, sharing the latest on motion preservation technologies. If any SPS Members are headed to the SAS Meeting this year, please stop by our exhibition to say hello.

[Cindylou]

That is awesome news Justin! Very cool! Congrats!

[sportsnut3007]

Hey I definitely will try to make it. I only live an hour away. Do you have to register or anything? Ill go check the site right now. Try some jambalaya and listen to some cajun music.

[Katie]

Justin, that is quite the coup! And what a chance to gather information for our first annual get-together just a few weeks later!

Is there any way to get a copy of relevant PP Presentations and be able to show those of us who are coming to that? Or any other handouts, etc.??? You are definitely going to be well travelled by then

Perhaps there will be something that we can list here as well for education.

[Justin]

Justin, that is quite the coup! And what a chance to gather information for our first annual get-together just a few weeks later!

Is there any way to get a copy of relevant PP Presentations and be able to show those of us who are coming to that? Or any other handouts, etc.??? You are definitely going to be well travelled by then

Perhaps there will be something that we can list here as well for education.

I will be posting & blogging throughout the conference. I'll be sharing highlights from the Scientific Program, see the schedule here: SAS10 New Orleans -- Scientific Program.

[ajj1001]

Can we put in requests? if so -

Abstract: 195
ProDisc®-L Total Disc Replacement over Time: Five-to-eight Year Follow-up
R. Bertagnoli1
1Pro-Spine, Straubing, Germany

Abstract: 120
Prospective Evaluation of the Charite™ Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement with Minimum Three-year Follow up
K.A.Pettine1
1The Spine Institute, Loveland, CO, United States

Abstract: 227
A Long Term Clinical Experience with Three Different Nucleus Replacement Devices – Lessons Learned after 9 Years Follow up
L. Pimenta1,2, L. Marchi1, E. Coutinho1, L. Oliveira1,3
1Instituto de Patologia da Coluna, São Paulo, Brazil, 2University of California San Diego, Neurosurgery, San Diego, CA, United States, 3Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Radiology, São Paulo, Brazil


Abstract: 76
Clinical Results of Total Lumbar Disc Replacement Regarding to Various Aetiologies of the Disc Degeneration: A Study with a 2 Year Minimal Follow-up
B. Blondel1, P. Tropiano1, T. Marnay2
1Université de la Méditerranée, Orthopaedic Surgery, Marseille, France, 2Clinique du Parc, Orthopaedic Surgery, Montpellier, France


Abstract: 471
Total Lumbar Disc Replacement: Comparison of Clinical and Radiological Outcomes between L4L5 and L5S1 Levels
J. Delécrin1, J. Allain2, J.P. Steib3, J. Beaurain4, T. Dufour5, J. Huppert6, H. Chataigner7, L. Aubourg8, J.M. Nguyen9
1University Hospital, Nantes, France, 2University Hospital, Creteil Paris, France, 3University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, 4University Hospital, Dijon, France, 5Hospital, Orléans, France, 6Clinique du Parc, St Etienne, France, 7Clinique, Besançon, France, 8LDR Medical, Troyes, France, 9University Hospital, Nantes, France

Abstract: 58
Analysis of Adjacent Segment Re-operation Following Lumbar Total Disc Replacement
S.L. Blumenthal1, S. Rainey1, D.D. Ohnmeiss1 ,J.E. Zigler2, R.D. Guyer2
1 Texas Back Institute Research Foundation, Plano, TX, United States, 2 Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX, United States

Abstract: 287
Effect of Operative Level and Lumbar TDR Design on Disc Height, Settling, and Subsidence: A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing an Unconstrained, Semi-constrained, and Constrained Implant
R. Garcia1, J. Yue2, P. Newman3, N. Wharton3, J. Hipp3
1Orthopedic Care Center, Aventura, FL, United States, 2Yale University School of Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, New Haven, CT, United States, 3Medical Metrics, Inc, Houston, TX, United States

Abstract: 165
Facet Joint Biomechanics at the Treated and Adjacent Levels after Total Disc Replacement
V.V. Patel1, S. Botolin1, E.L. Burger1, T. Baldini1, C. Puttlitz2, A. Petrella3, C. Abjornson4,
1University of Colorado Denver, Orthopaedics, Aurora, CO, United States, 2Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, United States, 3Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, 4Synthes Spine, West Chester, PA, United States

Ok, so thats maybe most of it I want to hear, no pressure Justin!