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The Swiss Neuromodulation Society formed in 2011 under the leadership of: Dr. Christophe Perruchoud, President Pr. Eric Buchser, Vice President Contact address: Swiss Neuromodulation Society Case Postale 393 1009 Pully - Switzerland Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.neuromodulation.ch
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Past Events
The 2016 annual meeting
18-19 November
Montreux, Switzerland
The 2013 annual meeting was held in Montreux from 15-16 November, 2013.
FRIDAY, November 15, 2013
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SESSION 1 – SPINAL STENOSIS |
Chair: Philippe Mavrocordatos, Lausanne |
Diagnosis and conservative therapies
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Constantin Schizas, Lausanne
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Minimally invasive approach
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Salim Hayek, Cleveland (USA)
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Spinal cord stimulation for lumbar stenosis
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Elliot S. Krames, San Francisco (USA)
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SESSION 2 - HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN
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Chair: Christophe Perruchoud, Morges
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Differential diagnosis and conservative therapies
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Reto Agosti, Zurich (CH)
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Minimally invasive approach
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Marteen van Kleef, Maastricht (NL)
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Neuromodulation
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Jean-Pierre van Buyten, Sint-Niklaas (BE)
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SESSION 3 - CRPS
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Chair: Patrick Willimann, Zurich (CH)
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Conservative therapies: an update
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Salim Hayek, Cleveland (USA)
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Minimally invasive approach
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Salim Hayek, Cleveland (USA)
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Neuromodulation
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TBD
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SPECIAL LECTURE
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Electrical stimulation of the nervous system : an overview of the mechanisms of action. |
Elliot S. Krames, San Francisco (USA)
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SATURDAY, November 16, 2013
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SESSION 4 – BACK AND LEG PAIN
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Chair: Vera Sattelmeyer, Vevey (CH)
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Diagnostic strategy |
Martine Puylaert, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg (BE)
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Minimally invasive approach
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Richard Rauck, Winston Salem (USA)
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Neuromodulation
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Sam Eldabe, Middlesbrough (UK)
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Surgical approach
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Constantin Schizas, Lausanne (CH)
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SESSION 5 – CANCER PAIN |
Chair: Danielle E. Skouvaklis, Lausanne |
Pathophysiology of cancer pain |
Michael Gofeld, Seattle (USA) |
Minimally invasive approach |
Salim Ghazy, Jacksonville (USA) |
Intrathecal therapies |
Richard Rauck, Winston Salem (USA) |
Therapeutic radiological approach |
Nicolas Theumann, Lausanne (CH) |
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SPECIAL LECTURE |
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Future of invasive pain therapy |
Marteen van Kleef, Maastricht (NL) |
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FRIDAY, November 15, 2013
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WORKSHOP 1 : Neuromodulation/Interventional Training on Phantom
Sponsors: Medtronic, Parimed, Philips, St-Jude
Chair : Edzard Ellerkmann, Marc-André Schwab and Christophe Zurschmiede
WORKSHOP 2 : Ultrasound for Interventional procedures
Sponsor: SIEMENS
Chair: Dr Andreas Siegenthaler, Bern
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SATURDAY, November 16, 2013 |
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WORKSHOP 3 : Ultrasound for Interventional procedures
Sponsor: SIEMENS
Chair: Dr Andreas Siegenthaler, Bern
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Congress venue and location
The Swiss Pain Congress will be held at the Grand-Hotel Suisse Majestic, Montreux:
Grand-Hotel Suisse Majestic Avenue des Alpes 45H – 1820 MontreuxT +41 21 966 33 33F +41 21 966 34 60[email protected]www.suisse-majestic.ch
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Joint Annual Meeting, Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management and the Swiss Neuromodulation Society
Montreux, Switzerland, Nov. 9-10, 2012
Swiss Neuromodulation Society Announces 1st Annual Congress
Montreux Golf Hotel, Montreaux, Switzerland
December 02-03, 2011
The Swiss Neuromodulation Society and the Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management held a joint annual meeting in Montreux. It was the third annual congress of the SSIPM and the first for the SNS. The specific focus was the link between research and clinical practice, with the hope to help participants to treat patients better under the light of new developments and updated research.
Plenary speakers:
Kaare Meier, Århus (DK) Tools for follow-up: the Århus SCS database and the Danish Pain Research Center model.
David Abejón, Madrid (ES) Spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome.
Mark Plazier, Antwerben (BE) Peripheral nerve stimulation for fibromyalgia.
Declan O’Keeffe, Dublin (IR) High frequency stimulation.
Steven P. Cohen, Baltimore (USA) Do diagnostic spinal injections improve surgical outcomes? Low back pain interventional pain management: evidence based and cost-effective strategy
Cesar Margarit Ferri, Alicante (SP) How well is the mechanism based approach replacing the WHO ladder?
Nagy A. Mekhail, Cleveland (USA) Spinal stenosis: new options?
Beverly-Jane Collet, Leicester (UK) What psycho-social factors really impact on pain management?
Salim Hayek, Cleveland (USA) Complex regional pain syndrome: impact of research on the clinical management strategy
Anthony Davison, Lausanne (CH) Lies, damned lies, and medical statistics?
Philippe Ducor, Genève (CH) Medico-legal aspects of interventional treatments in Switzerland
Swiss Neuromodulation Society, Case Postale 393, 1009 Pully, Switzerland
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