Day 0: 16 August 2024: PRE-RECORDED SURGERY
Patient 1; Room 3; 17/F

Attending Physician: Dr. Jose Martin S. Paiso
Foreign Surgeons: Prof. Dato Mun-Keong Kwan, Prof. Chris Chan Yin Wei
Diagnosis: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis; Lenke 4CN
Procedure: All posterior T2-L4 fusion
 

Day 1: 17 August 2024

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0700-0800          Registration

 

OPENING CEREMONIES

0800-0820         

Invocation
National Anthem
Welcome Remarks/Messages
Dr. Ronald P. Tangente (President, Philippine Spine Society)
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Kwan Mun-Keong (President, Asia Pacific Spine Society)
Dr. Harish Pillai (Chief Executive Officer, Metro Pacific Hospital Holding, Inc.)
Dr. Saturnino P. Javier (Medical Director, Makati Medical Center)
Dr. Angel C. Gozum (Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Makati Medical Center)

 

Day 1: 17 August 2024: LIVE SURGERIES

Patient 2; 1st Case; Room 3; 35/F

Attending Physician: Dr. Anne Kathleen Ganal-Antonio
Local Surgeons: Dr. Richard V. Condor, Dr. Elmer Jose A. Meceda
Diagnosis: Lumbar Degenerative; L4/5, Right with L5/S1 spondylolisthesis grade 2
Procedure: L4/L5 PELD + L5/S1 ALIF

 

Patient 3; 1st Case; Room 4; 40/F

Attending Physician: Dr. Angelo Phillip P. Ong
Foreign Surgeons: Dr. Wong Chung Chek
Diagnosis: Cervical Degenerative; Cervical Stenosis C7-T1
Procedure: ACDF C7-T1

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Patient 4; 2nd Case; Room 4; 42/F

Attending Physician: Dr. Buenaventura Alfredo B. Canto IV
Foreign Surgeon: Prof. Jason Pui Yin Cheung
Diagnosis: Lumbar Degenerative; Adult spinal Deformity. Complex spinal stenosis with Degenerative spondylolisthesis L4-L5
Procedure: ATP LIF L4-5

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CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE SESSION
Moderators: Dr. Rommel L. Tan/Dr. Yehlen Francis R. Saligumba

0830-0840 Operating Theatre Live Surgery

CASE DISCUSSION 1: DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL CASE [Expert Panels: Dr. Wong Chung Chek (Surgeon)/ Dr. Mario R. Ver/Dr. Adrian B. Catbagan]

0840-0850 Outcomes of Fusion Surgeries to the Degenerative Cervical Spine [Dr. Mikhail Lew P. Ver]
0850-0900 Outcomes of Non-fusion Surgeries to the Degenerative Cervical Spine [Dr. Kin Cheung Mak]
0900-0915 Operating Theatre 3 and 4 Live Surgery
0915-0925 (Personal) Approach to the Treatment of Symptomatic Kyphotic Cervical Spine [Dr. Choong Hoon Foo]
0925-0935 Operating Theatre 4 Live Surgery
0935-0945 CASE DISCUSSION 1 (Continued): DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL CASE [Expert Panels: Dr. Wong Chung Chek/ Dr. Mario R. Ver/Dr. Adrian B. Catbagan]
0945-1010 Q&A

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DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SESSION
Moderators: Dr. Jose Miguel T. Lumawig/Dr. Samuel Arsenio M. Grozman

1010-1020 CASE DISCUSSION 2: LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE [Expert Panel: Dr. Gian Karlo P. Dadufalza/Dr. Kin Cheung Mak/Dr. Jose Joefrey F. Arbatin Jr.]
1020-1030 Operating Theatre 3 and 4 Live Surgeries
1030-1040 Outcomes of Endoscopic Decompression Surgeries to the Lumbar Spine [Dr. Buenaventura Alfredo B. Canto IV]
1040-1050 Fusion Options to the Lumbar Spine: Indications and Outcomes [Dr. Orland Joshua M. Alimbuyuguen]
1050-1100 Operating Room 3 and 4 Live Surgeries
1100- 1115 Technique of Cervical and Lumbar Spine Injections [Prof. Rafael C. Bundoc]
1115-1125 Q and A
1125-1135 CASE DISCUSSION 2 (Continued): LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE [Expert Panel: Dr. Gian Karlo P. Dadufalza/Dr. Kin Cheung Mak/Dr. Jose Joefrey F. Arbatin Jr.]
1135-1145 CASE DISCUSSION 3: LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE [Expert Panel: Prof. Jason Pui Yin Cheung (Surgeon)/Dr. Anthony A. Suguitan/Prof Tomohiko Hasegawa]
1145-1200 Operating Room 3 and 4 Live Surgeries

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1200-1300    Lunch Symposium: Medtronic

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DEFORMITIES SESSION (AIS)
Moderators: Dr. Ryan Conrad A. Carnero/Dr. Ana Rosario Merceditas P. Sta Ana-Famador

1300-1315 Surgical Treatment for Severe Deformities in the Adolescent Spine [Prof. Chris Chan Yin Wei]
1315-1330 Non-fusion Surgery for AIS [Prof. Jason Pui Yin Cheung]
1330-1345 Operating Theatre 4 Live Surgery
1345-1515 CASE DISCUSSION 4: SEVERE AIS [Expert Panels: Dr Jose Martin S. Paiso/Prof. Dato Kwan Mun Keong/Dr. Choong Hoon Foo]
1515-1530 Operating Theatre 4 Live Surgery

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DEFORMITIES SESSION (POTT’S DISEASE)
Moderators: Dr. Ma. Ramona B. Reyes-Diyco/Dr. Frederick Patrick I. Nicomedez

1545-1600 Treatment of Kyphotic Spine in Healed Pott’s (Pediatric) [Dr. Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan]
1600-1615 Q&A
1615-1630 Recap and Announcements
Special Message: Prof. Yat Wa Wong (In-coming APSS President)​

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1800    FACULTY DINNER

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​Day 2: 18 August 2024: LIVE SURGERIES

Patient 5; 1st Case; Room 3; 45/M

Foreign Surgeon: Dr. Kin Cheung Mak
Local Surgeon: Dr. David T. Endriga
Diagnosis: C4-5, C5-6 HNP
Procedure: Hybrid vs 2 level ACDF

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Patient 6; 1st Case; Room 4; 62/F

Foreign Surgeon: Prof. Tomohiko Hasegawa
Local Surgeon: Anne Kathleen Ganal-Antonio
Diagnosis: Spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis
Procedure: 2 level XLIF L3-4, L4-5

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Patient 7; 2nd Case; Room 3; 42/M

Attending Physician: Dr. Marc Anthony M. Limson
Local Surgeon: Dr. Elmer Jose A. Meceda
Diagnosis: Lumbar Degenerative
Procedure: Endoscopic decompression, L4/5

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Day 2: 18 August 2024

0800-0810    Welcome Remarks: Dr. Anne Kathleen Ganal-Antonio (PSS Chairman, Scientific Committee)
 

CASE DISCUSSIONS

0810-0820 Operating Theatre 3 Live Surgeries Discussion

CASE DISCUSSION 5: CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE (ACDF vs TDR) [Expert Panels: Dr. Kin Cheung Mak (Surgeon)/ Dr. Wong Chung Chek/
Dr. Paul Julius Medina]

0820-0830 Operating Theatre 4 Live Surgeries Discussion

CASE DISCUSSION 6: LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE (XLIF) [Expert Panels: Prof Tomohiko Hasegawa (Surgeon)/Dr. Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan/Dr. Larry V. Acuña]

 

DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR
Moderators: Dr. David T. Endriga/Dr. David M. Cabatan, Jr.

0830-0840 Approach to Treatment of Symptomatic Degenerative Scoliosis [Prof. Tomohiko Hasegawa]
0840-0850 Outcomes in Operative and Conservative Management of Degenerative Scoliosis [Dr. Wong Chung Chek]
0850-0900 Operating Theatre 1 and 2 Live Surgeries
0900-0930 Sacropelvic Fixation Techniques with Saw Bone Demonstration [Prof. Yat Wa Wong]
0930-0950 Operating Theatre 1 and 2 Live Surgeries
0950-1000 Q&A
1000-1020 Operating Theatre 3 and 4 Live Surgeries
1020-1050 Snack Symposium: ASpine
1050-1110 Operating Theatre 3 and 4 Live Surgeries

 

DEGENERATIVE ADULT DEFORMITY Part 2
Moderators: Dr. Neilson G. Palabrica/Dr. Dave Anthony G. Dizon

1110-1125 Approach to Treatment of Non-union of OVCF (Kummels) [Prof. Jose Manuel F. Ignacio]
1125-1140 Operating Theatre 3 and 4 Live Surgery
1140-1200 Q&A
 

1200-1315    Lunch Symposium: Pacific Surgical/AMGEN

 

CASE DISCUSSIONS
Moderators: Dr. Ferdinand R. Bernal/Dr. Gian Karlo P. Dadufalza

1315-1345 CASE DISCUSSION 7: LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE, ENDOSCOPIC DECOMPRESSION [Expert Panels: Dr. Elmer Jose A. Meceda (Surgeon)/ Dr. Richard Condor/Dr. Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan]
1345-1530 Operating Theatre 3 and 4 Live Surgery
1530-1600 Recap and Announcements

 

1800    FELLOWSHIP NIGHT

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