12th meeting - 2019 - Programme
The Scottish Spine Surgeons seek to promote safe and best practice spinal surgery across Scotland. Our annual meeting is a friendly forum for learning, discussion and promotion of this aim.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD): An award of 9 CPD hours has been approved for our meeting by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Recognition number – RCSEd02365 (6 hours Day 1, 3 hours Day 2).
Edinburgh is ready to welcome you all.
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Day 1: Friday 1st November |
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09:45 – 10:20 |
Arrival, meet sponsors at displays and coffee – King Khalid Event Space |
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Session 1 - Spine Conditions Consultant and Trainee Symposium Chair: Mr Tony Reece King Khalid Lecture Theatre |
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10:20 – 12:30 |
10:20 |
Welcome |
Mr Jothy Kandasamy and Mr Chris Adams |
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10:30 |
Are we there yet? – cauda equina syndrome in Scotland |
Mr Patrick Statham |
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11:00 |
‘Oncologists perspective on malignant spinal cord compression’ |
Dr Ashley Horne |
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11:30 |
Cervical radiculopathy – front (ACDF) or back (Foraminotomy)? |
Mr Senthil Selvanathan |
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12:00 |
Complex case - ‘Horizontal fracture of the Atlas – rare and unstable’ |
Miss Jennifer Brown |
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12:20 |
Discussion |
Scottish Spine Surgeons |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Meet sponsors at displays and lunch – King Khalid Event Space |
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Session 2 - Achieving the best daily practice of spine surgery Chair: Mr Andreas Demetriades King Khalid Lecture Theatre |
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13:30 – 15:30 |
13:30 |
Spine outcomes and registries now and into the future in the U.K. |
Mr Tim Pigott |
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14:00 |
How to introduce and use the British Spine Registry in a Scottish Spine unit. |
Mr Tony Reece |
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14:30 |
What will win the battle – insurance v indemnity? The U.K. Government consultation closed February 2019. |
Dr Chris Godeseth MDDUS |
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15:00 |
A perspective on present and future spine surgery private practice in Scotland. |
Mr Damian McClelland, FRCS T&O and Medical Director, T&O, BUPA |
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15:20 |
Discussion |
Scottish Spine Surgeons |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Meet sponsors at displays and coffee – King Khalid Event Space |
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Session 3 - Consent Forum and Working Together Chair: Mr Chris Adams King Khalid Lecture Theatre |
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16:00 – 17:45 |
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‘Montgomery – the journey from Hippocrates to paternalism to patient choice’ |
Ms Lauren Sutherland QC to Mrs Montgomery |
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16:40 |
Consent for spine surgery – am I achieving it with my ‘reasonable patients’? The start of a Delphi process to outline a Scottish consent for discectomy/ decompression for cervical and lumbar spine surgery. |
A unit representative from: Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness |
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17:25 |
WORKING TOGETHER – Radiology ‘Moving toward a Scottish reporting standard for spine imaging’ - Preventing the ‘never event’ of wrong level spine surgery. |
Dr Angus Thompson and Dr Daniel Reynolds |
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Scottish Spine Surgeons Drinks 18:30 – 20:15 – venue to be confirmed Annual dinner – 20:30 at Fazenda - where Brazil meets Scotland https://fazenda.co.uk/edinburgh/ 102 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DF
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Day 2: Saturday 2nd November |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Meet sponsors at displays and coffee – King Khalid Event Space |
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Session 4 - Free Papers Chair: Mr Jothy Kandasamy King Khalid Lecture Theatre |
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09:30 – 10:30 |
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Free papers - see list below in final programme |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Meet sponsors at displays and coffee – King Khalid Event Space |
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Session 5 – Keep or Send it elsewhere? Chair: Mr Sonnie Khan King Khalid Lecture Theatre |
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11:00 – 12:20 |
11:00 |
DEBATE – This house proposes that adult degenerative spine deformity surgery should be available in Scotland? - ‘Realistic’ spine surgery in Scotland in 2019? |
For – Mr Odhrán Murray Agin – Mr Enrique Garrido |
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11:20 |
Discussion and ‘Indicative’ Vote |
Scottish Spine Surgeons |
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11:40 |
My worst case / Complex case / Complication(s) case – spine surgeons’ Morbidity and Mortality |
Various (intentionally not listed on this programme) |
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12:20 – 12:30 |
12:20 |
Where shall we meet again? |
Proposal for Dundee |
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12:25 |
Awards of free paper prizes Award of ‘Visit the Sponsor’ raffle prize Closing remarks |
Mr Jothy Kandasamy and Mr Chris Adams |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch – King Khalid Event Space
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SAFE HOME |
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