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International Spine Meeting in Munich
Spine-Specialists met in Munich to discuss and introduce the newest trends and methods / Spinal diseases increase world-wide / lack of exercise viewed as chief cause / Specialisation becomes increasingly important / The future of spine-surgery belongs to
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Munich, Mai 19-23, 2004
180 attendees from more than 25 nations have come together in Munich for the 17th international spine-meeting of the
IITS (International Intradiscal Therapy Society). Orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons from around the world debated new methods, ideas and techniques. Central point of the meeting were the safer, less risky minimal-invasive techniques, in comparison to the common "gold standard". Host and current president of the IITS was Dr. Thomas Hoogland.
Dr. Hoogland´s live endoscopy-workshop drew a surprisingly large crowd of attendees. Throughout the workshop they were able to interact with Dr. Hoogland during the live-coverage of an endoscopic spine surgery and retrace the technique while working with Hoogland´s surgical instruments (THESSYS, Thomas Hoogland Endoscopy System) on spine-models.
40 international capacities shared their experiences, pitfalls and results throughout the 4 day meeting.
Prof. Harms (Germany, Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach) and Dr. Etter (Swiss Spine Society) debated in a heated discussion on the pros and cons of "gold standard" fusion in comparisson to artificial disc surgery, considering long time results, risks, pitfalls, and the individual design of various artificial discs available today.
The 18. international meeting will be held 25.05 - 28.05.2005 in San Diego, California. President Dr. Thomas Hoogland turned over the presidency to Dr. Tony Yeung from Phoenix, Arizona, who concluded the meeting by inviting colleagues to join IITS for new exchange and debate in 2005.
The 2004 Munich meeting has been said to be the most successful annual meeting to date.
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Dr. T. Hoogland |
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Workshop with Joimax, the surgical instrument company for THESSYS. |
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Workshop Joimax |
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New President Anthony Yeung - Dr.T. Hoogland, Johanna Miklitz and Agnes Ramirez |
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Award Dinner 1 |
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Awards Dinner 2 |
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Awards Dinner 3 |
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More articles:
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 New endoscopic technique
04.06.2008. Dr. Hoogland develops in cooperation with Dr. Ahrens a new endoscopic technique for nucleus replacement |
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Operation better as injection!
02.04.2008. The latest study in Spine Journal proves:
Operative treatment shows clearly better results for a herniated disc as conservative treatment
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Endoscopy Workshops
15.02.2007. Dr. Hoogland´s interactive endoscopy workshops for spine surgeons will take place on February 23-24, April 13-14 and July 13-14.2007. |
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"Familie Journal"
26.10.2006. Danish patients discover the minimal invasive, endoscopic methods offered in the Alpha Klinik. |
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"Familie Journal"
26.10.2006. The popular Danish journal reports on cases from the Alpha Klinik. |
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Olympia here I come!
07.08.2006. Mexicos hope for Olympia 2008 buffing up after spine surgery at Alpha Klinik |
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He has helped me!
24.07.2006. Slipped Disc: "Forever Young" fitness guru Dr. Strunz operated by Dr. Hoogland |
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FOCUS ON THE SPINE – Changing Gold Standards
22.02.2005. Spine-Specialists met in Munich to discuss and introduce the newest trends and methods / Spinal diseases increase world-wide / lack of exercise viewed as chief cause / Specialisation becomes increasingly important / The future of spine-surgery belongs to minimal-invasive methods / |
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Cabaret artist Maxi Peter de Jong operated
22.02.2005. Dutch cabaret artist, Peter de Jong, more familiar to his audience as Maxi - the "larger" part of favoured duo Mini & Maxi - was operated on by Dr. Hoogland on two herniated levels of the cervical spine.
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Alpha Klinik Munich 1000th artificial disc replacement
22.02.2005. Spine-Specialists met in Munich to discuss and introduce the newest trends and methods / Spinal diseases increase world-wide / lack of exercise viewed as chief cause / Specialisation becomes increasingly important / The future of spine-surgery belongs to minimal-invasive methods / |
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