10th International European association of research groups for spinal osteosynthesis symposium: thoracolumbar fractures (original) (raw)

2006, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

This year’s ARGOS International Symposium, held in Paris, January 26–27, focused on thoracolumbar fractures and their assessment.Indeed this topic is of high interest for spine surgeons around the world as the treatment of thoracolumbar is still a matter of debate. As in every year, over 250 attendees gathered at the Salons d’Iéna eager to exchange their ideas and different points of view in the well-established friendly and collegial atmosphere of ARGOS meetings. Together with the faculty members, who covered most of the issues related to this particularly hot topic, they tried to better understand thoracolumbar fractures mechanisms and define therapeutic patterns.Thursday January 26Session 1Starting the first session on Thursday afternoon, Professor Jean-Paul Steib, MD, Strasbourg, France, and Doctor Mark Weidenbaum, MD, New York, USA, discussed the “Choice of approach—Posterior, anterior, double approach—decision criteria”.The indications for surgery when dealing with thoracolumbar