Final Program
BASS / BCSS Combined Annual Meeting
Sheffield City Hall
26-27 February 2009
Thursday 26 February
08.00-09.00 Registration and coffee
09.00-09.20 Welcome N Chiverton / LM Breakwell/ AA Cole
09.20-10.30 Session 1: Tumour and Trauma Moderator G Marsh, R Strachan
(1) 09.20-09.30 Benign bone forming tumours of the spine: Biological behaviour in adults compared to children
H Sharma, R Reid, AT Reece (Glasgow)
(3) 09.30-09.40 Ewing's sarcoma of the axial skeleton: a review of 15 cases
H Sharma, R Reid, AT Reece (Glasgow)
(4) 09.40-09.50 Cerebrospinal fluid leak incidence post intradural spinal tumour excision - a comparison and change in suture material and technique
V Selvaratnam, J Kandasamy, M Jenkinson, T Pigott (Liverpool)
(5) 09.50-10.00 Short-segment posterior stabilisation and fusion for thoraco-lumbar burst fractures
A Konyves, N Chiverton, DL Douglas, LM Breakwell, AA Cole (Sheffield)
(6) 10.00-10.10 Non-operative management of atlanto-axial fractures: Maintaining rigid immobilization until CT scanning confirms fracture union improves outcomes and reduces the need for subsequent surgery
AJ Highcock, L Moulton, K Rourke, M de Matas, R Pillay (Liverpool)
10.15-10.45 Coffee / Exhibition
10.45-11.30 BCSS Debate: Management of cervical spine trauma: Moderator: DL Douglas
Speaker: BCSS Executive
11.30-12.30 Session 2: Radicular Pain Moderator R Laing, T Germon
(7) 11.30-11.40 Selective nerve root infiltration in the lumbar spine: A prospective outcome study with 5 year results
RS Ahluwalia, JM Powell, DJ Sharp, NA Quraishi (Cambridge)
(8) 11.40-11.50 Nerve root infiltration of corticosteroids for lumbosacral radiculopathy: Systematic review and meta-analysis
RS Ahluwalia, A Karthikesalingam, NA Quraishi (Cambridge)
(9) 11.50-12.00 Treating the patient: The use of nerve root injections for patients with lumbar radicular signs and symptoms in the absence of concordant MRI findings
RJ Newsome, M Reddington, LM Breakwell, N Chiverton, AA Cole (Sheffield)
(10) 12.00-12.10 Does patients' positioning following caudal epidural injection alter the outcome?
D Makki, R Francis, D Hamed, R Nawabi, A Hussein (Harlow)
(11) 12.10-12.20 Three strikes and your out! - the accuracy of "blind" placement of spinal needles in caudal epidurals
GS Barham, A Hilton (Dorset)
(12) 12.20-12.30 Scoliosis and its associated neural axis abnormalities
JR Panchmatia, ATH Casey (Stanmore)
12.30-13.00 Guest Lecture - Conservative v Surgery for Sciatica, a randomised control trial: Mr W Peul
13.00-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.30 BCSS AGM
14.30-15.30 Session 3: Cervical Spine Moderator R Johnston, N Chiverton
(13) 14.30-14.40 Skip laminectony and laminoplasty for cervical spondolytic myelopathy: A prospective study of clinical and radiological outcomes
A Sivaraman, F Altaf, AK Bhadra, A Singh, AS Rai, AT Casey, RJ Crawford (Norwich & Stanmore)
(14) 14.40-14.50 Prospective study of outcome of foramen magnum decompressions in patients with syrinx and non-syrinx associated Chiari malformations
VN Vakharia, MJ Guilfoyle & RJ Laing (Cambridge)
(15) 14.50-15.00 Management of extensive cervical spine disease with corpectomy and cage reconstruction
AA Kamat; NA Farroqi; JJD Bosma (Sheffield)
(16) 15.00-15.10 Multi-level cervical disc disease managed by ACDF with stand-alone intervertebral cages: Safe and effective
JCD Leach, EAC Pereira, H Chandran, TAD Cadoux-Hudson (Oxford)
(17) 15.10-15.20 An assessment of cervical cage fixation by spiral CT imaging
J Cowie , I Beggs , JNA Gibson (Edinburgh)
(18) 15.20-15.30 The lamina as a guide for safe lateral mass screw placement in the sub-axial cervical spine - a computed tomography study / The ipsilateral lamina - pedicle angle: Can it be used to guide pedicle screw placement in the cervical spine?
E Bayley, Z Zia, R Kerslake, Z Klezl, B Boszczyk (Nottingham)
15.30-16.00 Coffee / Exhibition
16.00-16.30 Ask the Expert: How I do an L4/5 decompression: MP Grevitt, P Statham
16.30-17.00 BASS Audit
17.00-17.30 Instructional Session/Debate: Spinal Surgery as a Sub-speciality: Moderator C Greenough
Speaker A Stirling
17.30-18.15 BASS AGM Meeting
19.30-23.30 BASS/BCSS Dinner - Cutlers Hall : Lounge Suits
Friday 27 February
08.30-09.00 Breakfast
09.00-10.00 Session 4: Non-Fusion Techniques Moderator D Wardlaw, LM Breakwell
(19) 09.00-09.10 The early clinical outcome of a consecutive series of interspinous distraction devices
P Sell, M Newy (Leicester)
(20) 09.10-09.20 The clinical, biomechanical and radiological features of failure of an interspinous distraction device
P Sell (Leicester)
(21) 09.20-09.30 X stop for lumbar radiculopathy secondary to foraminal stenosis: Still working after 2 years
CE Gilkes, JC Hobart, T Germon (Plymouth)
(22) 09.30-09.40 Prospective clinical and radiographic results of the Charite total disc replacement. Average 5 year follow-up
M Katsimihas, CS Bailey, K Issa, P Rosas-Arellano, SI Bailey, KR Gurr (London, Canada)
(23) 09.40-09.50 Subsidence of the Charite total disc arthroplasty and predisposing factors
M Katsimihas, CS Bailey, K Issa, P Rosas-Arellano, SI Bailey, KR Gurr (London, Canada)
(24) 09.50-10.00 Influence of implant position in the outcome of Charite III lumbar disc replacement
I Siddique, M Khatri, H Norris, R Ross (Manchester)
10.00-10.30 Guest Lecture - Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression, NICE Guidelines: B White
10.30-11.00 Coffee / Exhibition
11.00-11.30 Debate: How best to provide emergency spinal care in the UK? Moderator: P Sell
Speakers: R Crawford, C Greenough, P Thorpe
11.30-12.30 Session 5: Outcome Measures Moderator N Henderson, J Nissen
(25) 11.30-11.40 Spinal surgery: Do current measures measure what needs to be measured?
KT Tsang, JC Hobart, N Sudhakar, TJ Germon (Plymouth)
(26) 11.40-11.50 Self-rated disability and physical function should be measured separately in patients with chronic low back pain
M Reddington, N Chiverton (Sheffield)
(27) 11.50-12.00 Ethnic differences in Oswestry disability scores pre- and post-operatively
S Chaudhry, P Fenton, D Baker, D Sethi, M Grainger (Birmingham)
(28) 12.00-12.10 Does walking change the Romberg sign?
GFG Findlay, B Balain, DC Jaffray (Oswestry)
(29) 12.10-12.20 Spinal stenosis and the accuracy of patient assessment of walking distance
T Okoro, B Sell, P Sell (Leicester)
(30) 12.20-12.30 Payment by Results (PbR) in spinal surgery
NS Harshavardhana, J Hegarty, BJC Freeman, BM Boszczyk, HV Dabke, J Weston, A Race (Nottingham)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.00 Joint AGM
14.00-15.00 Session 6: Special Posters Moderator CJ Getty, R Ross
3 minute presentation 2 miniute questions. 5 slides maximum
(31) 14.00-14.05 Biomechanical study of laminotomy versus spinous process osteotomy for lumbar spine decompression in a calf spine model
HV Dabke, JH Kuiper, C Mauffrey, JM Trivedi (Oswestry)
(32) 14.05-14.10 Safety of BMP-7 in anterior cervical fusion surgery
JCD Leach, RG Bittar (Melbourne)
(33) 14.10-14.15 Outcome of non-rigid lumbar stabilisation using Dynesys
I Siddique, M Hakimi, Z Javed, R Smith, M Khatri (Lancashire)
(34) 14.15-14.20 Consent for spinal surgery - are we getting it right?
S Ramakrishna, S Ahuja (Cardiff)
(35) 14.20-14.25 The relationship between cervical pathology and headache
KT Tsang, JC Hobart, TJ Germon (Plymouth)
(36) 14.25-14.30 Recurrence rate of giant cell tumours involving spine
H Sharma, R Reid, AT Reece (Glasgow)
(37) 14.30-14.35 Lumbar spine range of motion following Dynesys: radiographic evaluation of dynamic x ray views
F Dakhil-Jerwe, JAN Shepperd (Hastings)
(38) 14.35-14.40 Spinal lipomatosis: a new way of recognising a seldom reported but common condition
NM Orpen, T Barton, R Ahmad, I Nelson, J Hutchinson (Bristol)
(39) 14.40-14.45 Accuracy of Jerome halo pin self-limiting torque screw drivers
P Kempshall, P jemmett, S Evans, P Davies, DA Jones, J Howes, S Ahuja (Cardiff)
(40) 14.45-14.50 Clinical and functional evaluation of cervical spine after two level cervical disc replacement
SR Hadgaonkar, A Kasis, G Reddy, C Bhatia, M Hernandez, M Krishna, T Friesem ()
15.00-15.30 Spinal Finances in the NHS: Moderator J Fowler
Speaker AA Cole
15.30-15.45 Prize presentation and Meeting Close
Posters
1. Percutaneous approach to the upper thoracic spine - optimal patient positioning
E Bayley, J Clamp, BM Boszczyk (Nottingham)
2. Value of 3D intraoperative imaging acquisition in C1-C2 posterior stabilization for atlantoaxial instability. Review of 10 patients
D Boscherini, M Pintucci, C Freuler (Lugano, Switzerland)
3. Refinement of the clinical indications for dynamic neutralisation system for the spine for the treatment of backpain
F Dakhil-Jerew, JAN Shepperd (Hastings)
4. Minimally displaced unilateral cervical facet fractures: Factors influencing failure of non-operative treatment
JCD Leach, GM Malham (Melbourne, Australia)
5. Symptomatic spondylolysis and the association with spina bifida occulta
NB Vannet, S James, K Hammer, A Jones, J Howes, J Davies, S Ahuja (Cardiff)
6. Protein hydrogel nucleus replacement device - 2-year clinical results of a pilot study
A Pawulska, V Singh, A Nandakumar, NJ Craig, FW Smith, D Wardlaw (Aberdeen)
7. Incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm on lumbosacral MRI
AJ Trompeter, GP Paremain (Guildford)
8. Symptomatology of cauda equina syndrome and red flag signs
C Thakar, NA Quraishi, E Buchanan, J Fairbank (Oxford)
9. In children with scoliosis and syringomyelia secondary to Chiari malformation, what is the role of foraman magnum decompression? a retrospective review
C Barrett, D Fender, M Gibson, J Nissen (Newcastle)
10. Simultaneous tuberculosis and carcinoma of the lung in 2 patients presenting with spinal lesions
S Tafazal, M Newey, P Sell (Leicester)
11. An observational study on incidental lumbar spinal stenosis
T Okoro. F Chinwalla. P Sell (Leicester)
12. A new fixation technique for French door cervical laminaplasty
HV Dabke, UK Debnath, SHM Mehdian (Nottingham)
13. Early technical experience with mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
JCD Leach, GM Malham (Melbourne, Australia)
14. Effectiveness of sacro-iliac joint steroid injections
JP Peehal, A Nandakumar, A Thompson, D Wardlaw, FW Smith (Aberdeen)
15. Facet joint disease, identified by SPECT, in a hospital-wide population
D Makki, R Khazim, A Zaidan, K Ravi, T Toma (Southend)
16. Change in curve magnitude in degenerative scoliosis in lying and standing positions
TM Barton, N Orpen, R Ahmed, IJ Harding (Bristol)
