Scientific Program

8:00 – 8:30	Opening Ceremony

08:30 – 10:20	*Moderators: G. Varrassi, S. Erdine* *G. Varrassi: President of WIP* *S. Erdine; Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section* *İ. Aşık: Co-Chair of WIP Registered Turkish Section*
8:30 – 8:50	Goals of WIP and FIPP exam *G. Varrassi*
8:50 – 9:10	Flouroscopic Radiology for Interventions and Radiation Safety *E. A. Yentür*
9:10 – 9:30	Ultrasound in Interventional Pain Management *F. Micheli*
9:40 – 10:00	Epidural Neuroplasty, Indications and Technique after Half a Century *G. Racz*
10:00 – 10:20	Progress in Regenerative Procedures for Chronic Pain *R. Ruiz Lopez*
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee Break
10:50 – 12:30	Recent developments in radiofrequency and neuromodulation therapies Moderators: İ. *Aşık, K. Vissers*
10:50 – 11:10	Evolution of Radiofrequency, from Conventional to pRF *O. Rohof*
11:10 – 11:30	Recent Advances in Interventional Treatment of Facial pain *S. Erdine*
11:30 – 11:50	Evidence Neuromodulation Overview; Old and New *P. Staats*
11:50 – 12:10	Subcutaneous Stimulation (Peripheric Field) *M. Akbaş*
12:10 – 12:30	Drugs and Pumps for Intrathecal Drug Delivery *A. Vadalouca*
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch

Afternoon Session: Cadaver Workshop (for only participants who registered this particular Workshop)

For the symposium participants; Afternoon Sessions will be as follow;

13:30 – 15:30	Head and facial pain *Moderators: E.Tan, G.K. Talu*
13:30 – 13:50	The Patient, Flow From Diagnosis to Treatment U. Uygunoğlu
13:50 – 14:10	Primary Headaches L. Inan
14:10 – 14:30	Cranial Neuralgias E. Tan
14:30 – 14:50	Cervicogenic Headache: Diagnosis and Treatment C. Eyigor
14:50 – 15:10	Fibromyalgia and Fibrofog A. Akıncı
15:10 – 15:40	Coffee break
15:40 – 17:20	Cancer Pain and Palliative Care *Moderators: A.Vadalouca, I.Yegul*
15:40 – 16:00	Neurosurgical Approaches to Intractable Cancer Pain *A. Savaş*
16:00 – 16:20	Palliative Care *M. Uyar*
16:20 – 16:40	Cancer Pain Management: Reducing Pain and Suffering through Combined Approach Therapy *K. Vissers*
16:40 – 17:00	Neurolytic Blocks In Cancer Pain *İ. Yegul*
17:00 – 17:20	The Role of Opioids in Cancer Pain *G. Varrassi*

Symposium: 26 October , Saturday, 2019

8:00 – 10:00	Interventional techniques for spinal pain I Moderators: M. Uyar, C. Eyigör
08:00 – 08:20	Cervical Spinal Interventions (Interlaminar, Transforaminal Injections, Medial Branch Block) *M. Uyar*
8:20 – 8:40	Sympathetic Nervous System: Interventional Treatments (Stellate, Thoracic Symphathetic, Lumbar Symphathetic Ganglions) S. Güleç
8:40 – 9:00	Lumbar and Sacral Spinal Interventions (Transforaminal Injection, Medial Branch Block, DRG O. Rohov
9:00 – 9:20	Interventional Techniques for Cancer Pain A. Bashkar
9:20 – 9:40	Intradiscal Decompression Techniques for LBP and Radiculopathy *İ. Aşık*
9:40 – 10:00	Epiduroscopy *A. Şahin*
10:00 – 10:30	*Coffee Break*
10:30 – 13:30	Miscellaneous interventional procedures for chronic pain management Moderators: R. Ruiz Lopez, M. Akbaş
10:30 – 10:50	Interventional pain in cancer patients,vertebro kypho rf versus cryo O. Palea
10:50 – 11:10	Techniques and Therapies for Chronic Pain Originating in Major Joints; Shoulder, Hip and Knee S.Kutlay
11:10 – 11:30	Sacroiliac Joint Pain, Diagnosis and Treatment *P. De Negri*
11:30 – 11:50	Percutaneous Interventions on Spinal Nerve Root, *O. Palea*
11:50 – 12:10	Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures *S. Erdine*
12:10 – 13:30	Lunch

Afternoon Session: Cadaver Workshop (for only participants who registered this particular Workshop)

For the symposium participants; Afternoon Sessions will be as follow;


13:30 – 15:10	Interventional techniques for spinal pain II Moderators: G Varrassi ,A.Yücel
13:30 – 13:50	Sedation for pain procedures P.Kırdemir
13:50 – 14:10	Placebo effect in interventions, social benefit of interventions A. Bashkar
14:10 – 14:30	Cervical pain and radiculopathy A.R.Rahimi
14:30 – 14:50	Thoracic pain, diagnosis and treatment Pasquale de Negri
14.50 – 15:10	Pelvic Pain, Diagnosis and treatment A. Yücel
15:10 – 15:40	Coffee Break
15:40 – 17:40	Management of Axial pain and FBSS Moderators: S.Güleç, G.Dağıstan
15:40 – 16:00	Role of injections in spinal stenosis, A surgeon’s perspective *A. Alanay*
16:00 – 16:20	Individualized spinal sagittal plane and shape and alignment and its role as a back-pain generator *Ç. Yılgör*
16:20 – 16:40	Failed back surgery syndrome; Treatment options *A.Yentür*
16:40 – 17:00	Safety and efficiancy of percutaneous neurolysis L. Gerdesmeyer
17:00 – 17:20	Future of Pain Medicine-Algology *S. Erdine*
17:20 – 17:40	Closing session