Academic activities of the Spine Centre in 2006-2009
Abstracts (2006-2009)

Safety of Instrumentation in Unstable Spine Infections. Oh KS, Chow CC. 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Orthopaedic Association, Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association Trauma
Section, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. June 1st - 4th 2006.

The Effect of Coxibs on Fracture Healing. Tan HM, Oh KS, Chow CC. 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Orthopaedic Association, Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association Trauma Section,
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. June 1st - 4th 2006.

Spine Surgery in the Elderly -- an algorithm for successful outcome. Oh KS. International Congress on Spine & Joint Reconstruction, Qingdao, CHINA. Nov 4 – 5th 2006.

Handling Spine Surgery in the Elderly: Septuagenarians & Older. Oh KS, Chow CC. Chinese Medical Association Congress, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, CHINA. Sept 14th – 17th
2007

The Reliability of Primary Instrumentation in Unstable Tuberculous Spine Infections. Oh KS, Loo KH, Chow CC. 15th Triennial Congress of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association, Seoul COEX, KOREA.
Sept 9-13th 2007

Comparing Range of Neck Motion in Patients Receiving Artifical Disc Replacement vs Smith-Robinson Fusion. Oh KS, Chow CC, 81st Japanese Orthopaedic Association Congress, Sapporo,
Hokkaido, JAPAN May 22nd-25th 2008.

The Reliability of a Vertical Posterior Iliac Incision in Preventing Cluneal Neuroma during bone graft harvest. Oh KS, Tan HM, Chow CC. Combined Meeting of the 28th ASEAN Orthopaedic
Association Congress, 38th Malaysian Orthopaedic Association AGM/ASM, 4th Instructional Course , American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.  26th - 29th June 2008

Comparison of Range of Neck Motion in Patients with Artificial Disc Replacement vs Smith-Robinson fusion. Oh KS, Chow CC. Combined Meeting of the 28th ASEAN Orthopaedic Association
Congress, 38th Malaysian Orthopaedic Association AGM/ASM, 4th Instructional Course , American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.  26th - 29th June 2008

Adjacent  level disease following Cervical Fusion. Oh KS, Chow CC. Combined Meeting of the 28th ASEAN Orthopaedic Association Congress, 38th Malaysian Orthopaedic Association AGM/ASM, 4th
Instructional Course , American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.  26th - 29th June 2008

The efficacy of motion preservation in single-level cervical disc replacement surgery. Oh KS. 4th International Conference of the Chinese Orthopaedic Congress, Xiamen, CHINA. Nov 19th - 22nd
2009

Lumbosacral-pelvic fixation using iliac screws affects sacroiliac joint function minimally. Tan HM, Ng LL, Goh BC, Oh KS. 4th International Conference of the Chinese Orthopaedic Congress,
Xiamen, CHINA. Nov 19th - 22nd 2009



Preceptorship (2006-2009)

Cadaveric Spine Workshop. Thoracic & Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement. 3rd Asia-Pacific Spine Symposium. Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA. June 17th 2006

Inaugural Meeting of the Spine Society, Malaysia. Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Dec 4th - 5th 2006

Live Surgery in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 13th Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association Operative Spine Course, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, INDIA March 8th – 12th 2007.

PreCongress Workshop on Cervical Disc Replacement. Combined Meeting of the 28th AOA Congress, 38th MOA AGM/ASM, 4th Instructional Course , AAOS, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.  26th
June 2008.

Live Surgery Demonstration, Cervical Disc Replacement. OASISCON 2008 Pondicherry, INDIA Aug 21st - 23rd 2008

Workshop, Cervical Spine Artificial Disc Replacement, Motion Preservation. 4th International Conference of the Chinese Orthopaedic Congress, Xiamen, CHINA. Nov 19th - 22nd 2009
Lectures (2006-2009)

Instrumentation in Vertebral Osteomyelitis. 3rd Asia-Pacific Spine Symposium, Chengdu,  Sichuan, CHINA. June 15th – 16th 2006.

The Artificial Intervertebral Disc – boon or bane? International Congress on Spine & Joint Reconstruction, Qingdao, CHINA. Nov 4 – 5th 2006.

Spine Surgery in Octogenarians & Older. 4th Asia Pacific Spine Symposium. Macau, CHINA. May 16th-18th 2007.

Primary Instrumentation in Unstable Tuberculous Spine Infections. 7th International Spine Course, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, JAPAN. July 12th – 14th 2007.

Seeking An Effective Bone Graft Substitute. Korean Spine Society Congress. Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA. April 3rd - 4th 2008.

Injury Issues at the Workplace. NIOSH - FMM Safety & Health Conference, Penang, MALAYSIA. May 14th - 15th 2008

Lessons Learnt Along The Way. Pre-Congress Workshop on Cervical Disc Replacement. Combined Meeting, 28th ASEAN Orth Assoc Congress, 38th Malaysian Orth Assoc AGM/ASM, 4th Instructional
Course, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.  26th - 29th June 2008

Practical Issues in Cervical Disc Replacement. 5th Asia Pacific Spine Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Aug 6th - 8th 2008

Deciding Issues in Cervical Disc Replacement. Orthopaedic Associations of South Indian States' Conference 2008, Pondicherry, INDIA Aug 21st - 23rd 2008

Advances in Cervical Spine Surgery.
6th Asia-Pacific Spine Symposium, Kobe, JAPAN July 4th - 5th 2009
Academic Activities
Copyright  iSpine 2006 - 2009
EVENTS

The Spine Centre is one of the 11 global sites selected for the multicentric study  No. CT05/25 -  
Comparison of DISCOVER™ Artificial Cervical Disc and ACDF for Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Disk Disease
(http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00700739) the ex-US arm to the
United States Food & Drug Administration IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) Study NCT00432159  for the DePuy DISCOVER™
Dr Oh attended the 2nd Investigators Meeting for the prospective  
DePuy DISCOVER disc study, in Barcelona from Feb 26th till 27th
2009. In picture from Lt to Rt -
Prof Henry Halm, Orth Surg, Univ
Neustadt, Germany (Principal Investigator),
Dr Berlemann, Orth
Surg, Spine Inst Thun, Switzerland,
Prof Raco, Chief Of Neurosurg,
Univ di Roma Sapienza, Italy,
Dr Gnanalingham, Neurosurg, Hope
Hosp, Manchester, UK,
Dr Oh, Dr Andrew Kam, Neurosurg,
Westmead Hosp, Sydney, Australia,
Dr Isla, La Paz Hosp, Neurosurg,
Madrid, Spain
The Centre is grateful to Prof Achim Luth from Freiburg, Germany
who demonstrated refinements in percutaneous disc nucleoplasty in
5 consecutive cases on April 13th 2009. He shared with us insightful
experience gleaned from his series of 1500 nucleoplasties.
Dr Oh conducted a workshop on artificial disc replacement
technique at the International Conference for Chinese Orthopaedic
Congress, Xiamen from 19th - 22nd Nov 2009. He also updated the
Congress on current results from existing trials and audits on the
implant.