PROGRAM

Thursday, 19th March
08:50 h - 09:00 h

Welcome and introduction to the course

Speaker: Francisco Del Piñal,

GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
Chairman: Joaquín Casañas, Allan Belzberg

09:00 h - 09:15 h

Mechanisms of neuropathic pain

Speaker: Ana Lovaglio,
09:15 h - 09:30 h

An anesthesiologist viewpoint

Speaker: Maite Bovaira,
09:30 h - 09:45 h

How radiology can help in pain detection

Speaker: Luis Cerezal,
09:45 h - 10:00 h

Latest tests to assess pain

Speaker: Jordi Serra Catafau,
10:00 h - 10:15 h

Ultrasound guided block techniques

Speaker: Robert Hagan,
10:15 h - 10:35 h

Preventing painful neuromas an overview

Speaker: Jorge Clifton,
10:35 h - 11:00 h

Discussion

Chairman: Joaquín Casañas,
Allan Belzberg,
11:00 h - 11:30 h

Coffee Break

GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
Chairman: Sami Tuffaha, Henk Coert

11:30 h - 11:45 h

TMR

Speaker: Kyle Eberlin,
11:45 h - 12:00 h

RNPI and inconsitencies

Speaker: Sami Tuffaha,
12:00 h - 12:15 h

Decision Making in Neuroma in continuity

Speaker: Joaquín Casañas,
12:15 h - 12:30 h

Handling Neurodesis

Speaker: David Elliot,
12:30 h - 12:45 h

Wrapping of nerves

Speaker: Neil Jones,
12:45 h - 13:05 h

DISCUSSION

Chairman: Sami Tuffaha,
Henk Coert,
13:05 h - 13:30 h

CHALLENGING THE FACULTY: CLINICAL CASES

Speaker: Sami Tuffaha,
13:30 h - 14:00 h

Conference: What I have learnt through out my career

Speaker: Lee Dellon,
14:00 h - 15:00 h

Lunch

NECK and SHOULDER
Chairman: Mariano Socolovsky, Robert Hagan

15:00 h - 15:20 h

Whiplash syndrome an overview

Speaker: Elizabet Hagert,
15:20 h - 15:35 h

Root problems in the D/D

Speaker: Allan Belzberg,
15:35 h - 15:50 h

Occipital nerve in the differential diagnosis

Speaker: Ivan Ducic,
15:50 h - 16:10 h

TOS and preTOS

Speaker: Jorge Clifton,
16:10 h - 16:25 h

TOS: dorsal scapular and LT nerves

Speaker: Robert Hagan,
16:25 h - 16:40 h

TOS : pectoral minor release

Speaker: Eric Wagner,
16:40 h - 17:00 h

Discussion

Chairman: Mariano Socolovsky,
Robert Hagan,
17:00 h - 17:30 h

Coffee Break

NECK and SHOULDER
Chairman: Jorge Clifton, Lee Dellon

17:30 h - 17:50 h

Suprascapular nerve in the D/D

Speaker: Amy Moore,
17:50 h - 18:10 h

Pain after brachial plexus injury

Speaker: Allan Belzberg,
18:10 h - 18:30 h

Recurrent TOS

Speaker: Mariano Socolovsky,
18:30 h - 18:45 h

Shoulder denervation

Speaker: Lee Dellon,
18:45 h - 19:15 h

Discussion and cases

Chairman: Jorge Clifton,
Friday, 20th March

PERIPHERAL UPPER LIMB
Chairman: Steve Moran, Glenn Gaston MD

09:00 h - 09:30 h

CONFRONTATION: Surgery in painful compression neuropathy

Speaker: Amy Moore,
Mariano Socolovsky,
09:30 h - 09:45 h

Failed Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Speaker: Henk Coert,
09:45 h - 10:00 h

Failed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Speaker: Neil Jones,
10:00 h - 10:15 h

Digital and distal neuromas

Speaker: Joaquín Casañas,
10:15 h - 10:30 h

Neuromas of the radial side of the wrist

Speaker: David Elliot,
10:30 h - 10:45 h

CRPS of the upper limb

Speaker: Francisco Del Piñal,
10:45 h - 11:00 h

Discussion

Chairman: Steve Moran,
Glenn Gaston MD,
11:00 h - 11:30 h

Coffee Break

LOWER LIMB
Chairman: Kyle Eberlin, Ivan Ducic

11:00 h - 11:15 h

Handling neuropathic pelvic pain

Speaker: Steve Moran,
11:15 h - 11:30 h

Pudendal nerves as a source of neuropathic pain

Speaker: Ana Lovaglio,
11:30 h - 11:45 h

Neuropatic pain after hip surgery

Speaker: Ivan Ducic,
11:45 h - 12:00 h

Femoral and obturator nerve

Speaker: Amy Moore,
12:00 h - 12:15 h

Dynamic compressive neuropaties in soccer players

Speaker: Jorge Clifton,
12:15 h - 12:30 h

CRPS of the knee: Neuropathic pain after knee surgery

Speaker: Kyle Eberlin,
13:00 h - 13:15 h

CRPS of the ankle foot

Speaker: Francisco Del Piñal,
13:15 h - 13:40 h

Discussion

Chairman: Kyle Eberlin,
Ivan Ducic,
13:40 h - 14:00 h

CHALLENGING THE FACULTY: CLINICAL CASES

Speaker: Kyle Eberlin,
14:00 h - 15:00 h

Lunch

LAST FRONTIERS
Chairman: Amy Moore, Ana Lovaglio

15:00 h - 15:15 h

Update in diabetic neuropathy

Speaker: Lee Dellon,
15:15 h - 15:30 h

CRPS in children

Speaker: Steve Moran,
15:30 h - 15:45 h

How can electrodiagnostic studies help us to achive a good result

Speaker: Joaquín Casañas,
15:45 h - 16:00 h

Handling failures in neuroma management

Speaker: Henk Coert,
16:00 h - 16:15 h

Handling failures in TOS

Speaker: Robert Hagan,
16:15 h - 16:35 h

Mindsets and pain: Accurate and timely diagnosis

Speaker: David Ring,
16:35 h - 17:00 h

Discussion

Chairman: Amy Moore,
Ana Lovaglio,
17:00 h - 17:30 h

Coffee Break

LAST FRONTIERS
Chairman: Francisco Del Piñal, David Ring

17:30 h - 17:50 h

Salvage: DRG Stimulators

Speaker: Ana Lovaglio,
17:50 h - 18:10 h

Virtual Reality in Phantom Limb Pain

Speaker: Glenn Gaston MD,
18:10 h - 18:30 h

Conference: Future directions

Speaker: Ivan Ducic,
18:30 h - 19:00 h

PANEL ALL SPEAKERS: unanwsered questions