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Programme

Friday 27 March  and Saturday 28 March 2026

The Geriatric Spine

TIMESUBJECT AND LECTURER
08.25Welcome and introduction
Dr. J. van Tiel and Dr. S. Muijs
08.30Osteoporosis in spine, how big of a problem is it? TBD
09.00 Radiological classification and diagnosis of osteoporosis
Dr. W. Foppen, radiologist
09.30Traumatic osteoporotic fracturs: the healthy osteoporotic patient with a traumatic fracture, what to do?
Dr. J. van Tiel , orthopedic surgeon and Drs. T. Vercoulen, resident orthopedic surgery
10.00Coffee Break
10.30Bone metabolism, the biological problem of which most surgeons are unaware
Prof. Dr. H. Weinans, professor of tissue biomechanics and implants and Prof. Dr. R. Bleys, anatomist
11.00 Osteoporosis treatment and peri-operative optimalisation of geriatric patients
Prof. Dr. M. Emmelot-Vonk, geritrician
11.30Is this patient rehabilitatable and is that a word?
Dr. J. Stolwijk-Swüste, rehabilitation specialist
12.00Break and Lunch
TIMESUBJECT AND LECTURER
13.00Battle osteoporotic pelvic and sacral fracture: fix what is needed or fix it all?Prof. dr. M. Kruijt, orthopedic surgeon and Dr. Falco Hietbrink, trauma surgeon
13.40How to get grip on the osteoporotic spine, screws, glues and why we still often loose Dr. S. Muijs, orthopedic surgeon
14.00Does a soft landing prevent junctional failure? Prof. dr. L. van Rhijn, orthopedic surgeon
14.30Tea Break
15.00Neurologic involvement in osteoporotic trauma Dr. N. Moayeri, neurosurgeon
15.30Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: should we fuse or fix them and if yes, how? Dr. T.P.C. Schlösser, orthopedic surgeon
16.00My worst case Drs. H. Martijn, orthopedic surgeon
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

Prof. dr. Ronald Bleys, anatomist
Dr. Sander Diederen, neurosurgeon
Prof. dr. Marielle Emmelot-Vonk, geriatrician
Dr. Wouter Foppen, radiologist
Dr. Falco Hietbrink, trauma surgeon
Prof.dr. Moyo Kruyt, orthopedic surgeon
Drs. Hugo Martijn, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Nizar Moayeri, neurosurgeon

Dr. Sander Muijs, orthopedic surgeon
Prof dr. Lodewijk van Rhijn, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Tom Schlösser, orthopedic surgeon
Dr. Willem Bart Slooff, neurosurgeon
Dr. Janneke Stolwijk – Swüste, rehabilitation specialist
Dr. Jasper van Tiel, orthopedic surgeon
Drs. Timon Vercoulen, resident orthopedic surgery
Prof. dr. Harrie Weinans, professor of tissue biomechanics and implants

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