Programme

Friday 27 March  and Saturday 28 March 2026

The Geriatric Spine

TIMESUBJECT AND LECTURER
08.25Welcome and introduction
Dr. Jasper van Tiel and Dr. Sander Muijs
08.30Bone metabolism, the biological problem of which the surgeon is
unaware
Prof. dr. Harrie Weinans, professor of tissue biomechanics and implants and Dr. Hester Moens, anatomist
09.00 Novelties in imaging of
osteoporosis
Dr. Arnold Schilham, medicall physicist
09.30Traumatic osteoporotic fracturs
Dr. Jasper van Tiel , orthopedic surgeon and Drs. Timon Vercoulen, resident orthopedic surgery
10.00Coffee Break
10.30Battle: odontoid fractures “fix” or “neglect”
Prof. dr. Moyo Kruyt, orthopedic
surgeon and
Prof. dr. Cumhur Öner, orthopedic
surgeon
11.00 Osteoporosis treatment and peri-operative optimalisation of geriatric patients
Dr. Geert Lafeber, geritrician
11.30Is this patient rehabilitatable and is that a word?
Dr. Janneke Stolwijk-Swüste, rehabilitation specialist
12.00Break and Lunch
TIMESUBJECT AND LECTURER
13.00Osteoporotic pelvic and sacral fractures Dr. Falco Hietbrink, traumasurgeon
13.40Screws, glues and why we still loose Dr. S. Muijs, orthopedic surgeon
14.00Prevention of junctional failures Dr. Tom Schlösser, orthopedic surgeon
14.30Tea Break
15.00Case discussion: spinal cord injury and cauda syndrome in the elderly Dr. Sander Diederen, neurosurgeon
15.30My worst case, participants are
encouraged to bring their own cases
too! Faculty: Dr. Tom Schlösser, orthopedic
surgeon
Dr. Jasper van Tiel, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Sander Muijs, orthopedic surgeon
Prof. Dr. Moyo Kruijt, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Sander Diederen, neurosurgeon
16.00Shared decision making in geriatric
trauma Dr. Detlef van der Velden, traumasurgeon
16.30Closure and drinks
Saturday 28 March 2026: Hands-on cadaveric lab
08:00 Hands-on training
10:00 Break
10:30 Hands-on training
13:30 Closure and lunch
Surgical skills stations:
- Percutanious augmentation techniques for screws
Dr. S. Muijs
- Soft landing options and application Dr. T.P.C. Schlösser
- Percutanious lumbopelvic fixation
Dr. J. van Tiel
- Optimal techniques to achieve a posterolateral fusion
Prof. dr. M. Kruijt

Faculty

Dr. Sander Diederen, neurosurgeon
Dr. Falco Hietbrink, trauma surgeon
Prof.dr. Moyo Kruyt, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Geert Lafeber, geritrician
Drs. Hugo Martijn, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Nizar Moayeri, neurosurgeon
Dr. Hester Moens, anatomist
Dr. Sander Muis, orthopedic surgeon
Prof. dr. Cumhur Öner, orthopedic surgeon

Prof dr. Lodewijk van Rhijn, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Arnold Schilham, medicall physicist, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Tom  Schlösser, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Willem Bart Slooff, neurosurgeon
Dr. Janneke Stolwijk – Swüste, rehabilitation specialist
Dr. Jasper van Tiel, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Detlef van der Velden, traumasurgeon
Drs. Timon Vercoulen, resident orthopedic surgery
Prof. dr. Harrie Weinans, professor of tissue biomechanics and implants

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