Scientific Programme

State of The Art on Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis | Florence, 17-18 April, 2026

09:15
Welcome and introduction
Cristian Falzone
09:30
Degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) and cauda equina syndrome: beyond the definition and what clinical signs and evolution can we expect?
Colin Driver
10:15
Imaging of DLSS: only MRI? Focus on findings of potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance
Cristian Falzone
11:00 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:30
Is electrodiagnostic of any help? How and when
Frank Steffen
12:15
Manual and instrumental physiotherapy as an alternative or supportive therapy to surgery: what are the possibilities?
Angela Martins
13:00 Lunch break and Exhibition
14:30
When to consider surgical therapy and how it has changed over the past few decades
Frank Steffen
15:15 Short communication
15:30 Coffee break and Exhibition
16:45
Surgical Decompressive techniques: which patients can benefit from dorsal laminectomy, discectomy and mini-invasive approaches?
Lucas Smolders
17:30
Foraminotomy: which patients can benefit from it?
Thomas Goedde
18:15 Discussion and closure of the day
09:00
Vertebral Stabilization: when and how to do it
Massimo Baroni
09:45
Combination of different surgical techniques: what are the possibilities
Robert Bergman
10:30 Coffee break and Exhibition
11:15
Most common post-operative complications: impact on the patient and rescue measurments
Bjorn Meij
12:00
Beyond Conservative and Surgical Therapy: is there something else that can help?
Robert Trujanovic
12:45
DLSS in French bulldogs and cats: a different story?
Cristian Falzone
13:15 Lunch break and Exhibition
Chairperson: Cristian Falzone
14:15
Round table: from diagnosis to prognosis through the evaluation of the most critical and debated aspects of DLSS
All the Speakers
16:30 Discussion
17:00 End of the Congress