RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Canadian Spine Society, Third Annual Meeting, Glynn Mill Inn, Corner Brook, Nfld1. FLEXION–DISTRACTION INJURIES OF THE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE: HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (HRQoL) AND RADIOGRAPHIC OUTCOMES2. PREOPERATIVE PREDICTIVE FACTORS IN LUMBAR DISCECTOMY3. RESULTS OF POSTEROLATERAL FUSION VERSUS COMBINED POSTEROLATERAL AND INTERBODY FUSION IN THE LUMBAR SPINE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS4. POSTEROLATERAL INTERBODY FUSION USING A UNIQUE OSTEOCONDUCTIVE IMPLANT, SUPPLEMENTED WITH POSTERIOR PEDICLE-SCREW INSTRUMENTATION AND UNILATERAL INTERTRANSVERSE FUSION USING LOCAL GRAFT. EARLY RESULTS5. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE L4–L5 AND L5–S1 DISCS IN ASYMPTOMATIC AND SYMPTOMATIC SPINES: MRI STUDY OF NORMAL AND DEGENERATED DISCS IN THE SITTING AND KNEELING POSITIONS WITH OR WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF 40-LB WEIGHTS6. CAPACITY OF A SINGLE-UNIT PROSTHETIC DISC NUCLEUS TO RESTORE BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR IN A SIMULATED PROLAPSED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC7. ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT: THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE8. CRYOTHERAPY OF THE FACET JOINTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE FACET SYNDROME. TREATING AT −150°C INSTEAD OF −80°9. A PRIORITY SCORING SYSTEM TO ASSIGN URGENCY TO REFERRALS IN A SCIENTIFIC AND TIME EFFICIENT MANNER10. TYPE II ERROR IN THE SPINE SURGICAL LITERATURE11. ANTERIOR TRANSARTICULAR C1–C2 FIXATION: A BIOMECHANICAL STUDY12. ACCURACY AND SAFETY OF PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION IN THORACIC SPINE FRACTURES13. A COMPARISON OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC THORACIC DISCECTOMY VERSUS THORACOTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC DISC HERNIATION14. THE STRENGTH PROFILE OF THE THORACOLUMBAR ENDPLATE REFLECTS THE SAGITTAL CONTOURS OF THE SPINE15. SURGEON RELIABILITY IN RATING COSMESIS IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS (AIS)16. EN BLOC RESECTION FOR PRIMARY BONE TUMOURS OF THE SPINE17. CONTROVERSIES IN PERFORMING ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION: A SURVEY OF PRACTICE PATTERNS AMONG CANADIAN SURGEONS18. ANTERIOR CERVICAL RECONSTRUCTION AND INTERBODY FUSION USING TITANIUM HARMS CAGES WITH ANTERIOR PLATING19. CLOSED REDUCTION OF CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE DISLOCATIONS WITH MRI GUIDANCE20. ANTERIOR STABILIZATION FOR FRACTURE DISLOCATIONS OF THE CERVICAL SPINE21. THE FEASIBILITY OF TRANSARTICULAR SCREW FIXATION IN THE RHEUMATOID PATIENT22. ARTIFICIAL DISC INSERTION FOLLOWING ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY: REPORT OF 10 CASES23. ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN POSTERIOR APPROACH TO VENTRAL EPIDURAL SPACE OF AXIS24. MINOCYCLINE FACILITATES RECOVERY OF HIND-LIMB FUNCTION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION IN MICE25. THE OPERATED-ROOM C-SPINE TRACTION TEST AS A METHOD OF ASSESSING CERVICAL INSTABILITY IN MULTIPLE TRAUMA PATIENTS. PROTOCOL AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS26. FACET RHIZOTOMY FOR NECK PAIN27. A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY (IDET)28. ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION FOR PERSISTENT PAIN AFTER POSTERIOR FUSION29. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY: A REGIONAL STUDY30. PRIMARY EXTRAOSSEOUS SPINAL EPIDURAL EWING’S SARCOMA31. POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION USING FEMUR ALLOGRAFT32. CERVICAL OPEN-DOOR LAMINOPLASTY: THE MINI-PLATE AND KEYHOLE TECHNIQUE33. CURRENT OPTIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS IN IMAGING MANAGEMENT FOR SPINE SURGERY JF Canadian Journal of Surgery JO CAN J SURG FD Canadian Medical Association SP 7 OP 16 VO 46 IS Suppl A1 F. Miyanji A1 D. Yen A1 E.P. Abraham A1 D.A. Bednar A1 J.F. Roy A1 B. Norton A1 K.R. Gurr A1 J.F. Roy A1 G. Harvey A1 C.S. Bailey A1 M. Sen A1 V. Sahajpal A1 B. Drew A1 C.S. Bailey A1 S. Donaldson A1 C.G. Fisher A1 G.E. Pickett A1 R.G. Perrin A1 A. Woo A1 R. Reindl A1 R. Rampersaud A1 G.E. Pickett A1 R. Grondin A1 J. Wells A1 D.A. Bednar A1 G. Swamy A1 E. Belanger A1 G. Swamy A1 M. Campos A1 A. Modha A1 K. Al-Musrea A1 S. Paquette A1 J. Splawinski A1 C. Fisher A1 M. Dvorak A1 P. Wing A1 B. Toorani A1 J.M. Moutquin A1 P. Montminy A1 M. Dufour A1 G. Bouchard A1 C. Moisan A1 A. Bain A1 S. Kavanagh A1 T. Sherman A1 L. Bauer A1 J. Gainor A1 W. Hutton A1 S.I. Bailey A1 D. Viskontas A1 D. Bruyere A1 W. Vogt A1 P. Montminy A1 C. Moisan A1 S.J. Du-Plessis A1 R.J. Hurlbert A1 T.L. Whittaker A1 C. Fisher A1 M.F. Dvorak A1 M. Aebi A1 T. Steffen A1 R. Reindl A1 C. Fisher A1 M. Dvorak A1 J. Hurlbert A1 S.G. Sjovold A1 M.F. Dvorak A1 C. Fisher A1 T.R. Oxland A1 J.G. Wright A1 D. Stephens A1 D. Hedden A1 B. Alman A1 A. Howard A1 M.F. Dvorak A1 M. Boyd A1 N. Duggal A1 R. McBroom A1 D.H. Zhang A1 R. Fox A1 M. Aebi A1 E. Massicotte A1 M. Fehlings A1 N. Duggal A1 F. Kortbeek A1 R.J. Fox A1 J. Hurlbert A1 V.W. Yong A1 H. Abdelbary A1 M. Dekker A1 T. Lafreniere A1 M. Goyal A1 C. Lum A1 T. Nguyen A1 E. Belanger A1 M. Goyal A1 G. Swamy A1 F. Siddiqi A1 K. Brennan A1 G. Johnson A1 G.E. Pickett A1 N. Duggal A1 D. Gandhi A1 M. Goyal A1 J. Woulfe A1 E. Belanger A1 B. Lo A1 K. Brennan A1 E. Belanger A1 F. Sidiqi A1 K. Brennan A1 E. Belanger A1 R. Fox YR 2003 UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/46/supplement/7.abstract