Program ’The cervical spine’
| 09:30-09:35 | Welcome Adrian Merlo, President SSN, Bern |
| Chairs: Hans A. Schwarz, Thun | Paul Fayada, Neuilly-sur-Seine; France | |
| 09:35-10:00 | Chronic pain: cellular and molecular aspects Romain-Daniel Gosselin, Lausanne |
| 10:00-10:25 | Clinical Spectrum of cervical spine disorders André Aeschlimann, Bad Zurzach |
| 10:25-10:50 | Minimal invasive treatment options: chances and limitations Christoph Zurschmiede, Bad-Ragaz |
| 10:50-11:15 | Coffee break |
| Chairs: Enrico Tessitore, Geneva | Markus Rühli, Zurich | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Conservative and surgical approaches to the painful cervical spine Oliver Hausmann, Luzern, Werner Heller, Luzern |
| 11:45-12:10 | Cervical pain syndromes: Diagnostic workup and therapeutic options Paul Fayada, Paris; France |
| 12:10-12:30 | Surgical pathology of the cervical spine Joachim Oberle, Winterthur |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch break |
| Chairs: Thomas Markwalder, Muri b. Bern | Gianluca Maestretti, Fribourg | |
| 13:45-14:15 | Cervical trauma Andrej Grin, Moskau; Russia |
| 14:15-14:40 | Treatment of posttraumatic syringomyelia and associated lesions Raoul Heilbronner, St.Gallen |
| 14:40-15:00 | Vascular and neoplastic lesions of the cervical spine Andreas Raabe, Bern |
| 15:00-15:20 | Semi-dynamic devices for cervical disc replacement Sindhu Winkler-John, Bern |
| 15:20-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-17:15 | The enigmatic wishplash injury: medicine entrenched between judicial arbitra-riness, aggravation and patient’s needs (Roundtable & discussion) Organization: Thierry Ettlin, Rheinfelden |