It is our privilege to invite you to the Slovenia 2010 Spine Symposium, to be held between 9 and 10 April 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Symposium is organized by the Slovenian Spine Society and by the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Please, note the Final Program is now available online.

The modern way of life and aging population have prompted the degenerative spine conditions to be constantly on the increase. Many of these patients, especially those whose lumbar spine has been affected, will need operative treatment at some point in their lives. Even greater percentage of patients will need surgery for metastatic and infectious thoracolumbar spine affection.

New surgical techniques and stabilization devices have emerged recently in reply to the increasing surgical challenges. That is why the topics of the Slovenia 2010 Spine Symposium will deal with various implants in degenerative conditions and trauma and with surgical techniques in infectious and metastatic diseases of the thoracolumbar spine. Several of the topics will be presented by the leading experts in the field of spine surgery. During live surgeries, the faculty will discuss the indications and surgical techniques for various spine pathology.

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to participate in this exciting program.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Ljubljana.

Yours sincerely

Organizing Committee
Rok Vengust
Tadej Strojnik
Radko Komadina
Vane Antolič

Scientific Committee
Gorazd Bunc
Samo Karel Fokter
Aleksander Frank
Miro Gorenšek
Nikša Hero
Robert Košak
Slavko Kramberger
Tadej Strojnik
Ludvik Travnik
Vilibald Vengust
Miloš Vesel