CURRICULUM VITAE. ChristianRolandEter, M.D.,FMHSpecialistofOrthopaedicSurgery,SpineSurgeon OFFICEADDRESSES:

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE ChristianRolandEter, M.D.,FMHSpecialistofOrthopaedicSurgery,SpineSurgeon OFFICEADDRESSES: Chairman Swiss Spine Clinic Group Das Rückenzentrum Zürich Lindenstrasse Zurich Phone: ++41(0) Fax: ++41(0) Head Department of Spine Medicine and Pain Therapy Hirslanden Clinic, Aarau Schänisweg 5001 Aarau Phone: ++ (0) Fax: +141 (0) Founding President/Board Director Swiss Spine Institute Lindenstrasse Zürich Phone: ++41(0) Fax: ++41(0)

2 2 PERSONALDATA: Birth Date: 28 March 1953 Birth Place: Herisau, Citizenship: Swiss EDUCATION: University of Basel Graduated: 1979 Degree: Medical Practitioner University of Basel Graduated: 1983 Degree: M.D. University of Berne Graduated: 1988 Degree: FMH Specialist of Orthopaedic Surgery TRAINING: Felowship University of Ulm Ulm, Germany Department of Biomechanics (Traumatology, Spine) Director: Professor L. Claes Type: Experimental Bone Transplantation/Bone Banking, Biomechanics of the Spine Dates: Residency University of Ulm Ulm, Germany Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery Director: Professor C. Burri Type: Surgical Intern Dates: University of Ulm Ulm, Germany Department of Emergency Care (Vascular and General Surgery) Directors: Professor Ch. Herfarth and Professor J. Vollmar Type: Surgical Intern Dates: Hospital for General Surgery New Ulm, Germany Director: A. Rosch, M.D. Type: Surgical Intern Dates:

3 3 University of Berne Inselspital Berne, Department of Anaesthesiology Director: Professor R. Tschirren Type: Surgical Intern Dates: 1985 (3 months) University of Berne Inselspital Berne, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Directors: Professor M. Müller and Professor R. Ganz Type: Senior Surgical Resident Dates: HOSPITALOROTHERPROFESSIONALAPPOINTMENTS: FacultyAppointment Head of the Bone Bank Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery University of Ulm, Germany Dates: Staff Surgeon for Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery, Associate Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Berne, Dates: Affiliate Staff/Consultant for Biomechanics of the Spine Department of Biomechanics Maurice E. Müller Institute University of Berne, Dates: Founding President of the Swiss Spine Institute Dates: Board Member Swiss Spine Institute Dates: 2005 to present Member of the Board and Co-founder Spina Sana patient organisation Dates: 1999 to 2006 CEO Swiss Spine Services AG Dates: Chairman Swiss Spine Clinic Group Dates: 2005 to present Co-Chairman Spine Courses MEM Media Foundation/University of Berne Dates: 2005 to present

4 4 HospitalAfiliations Head Department Spinal Medicine and Pain Therapy Clinic Hirslanden Hospital for Special Surgery Aarau, Dates: 1989 to present Head Department Spinal Medicine and Pain Therapy Clinic Hirslanden Zürich, Dates: Consultant Spine Surgeon Kantonsspital Olten Department of Orthopaedics Olten, Dates: Consultant Spine Surgeon Clinic Birshof Private Hospital for Orthopaedics Münchenstein/Basel, Dates: Consultant Spine Surgeon Pain Clinic Kirschgarten Interdisciplinary Pain Center Basel, Dates: MajorProfessionalMemberships: Gesellschaft für Unfallheilkunde, Germany Orthopaedic Research Society, USA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Wirbelsäule, Germany Swiss Medical Association Swiss Association of Orthopaedic Surgery North American Spine Society, USA Arbeitsgemeinschaft Spinale Chirurgie, Swiss Spine Institute, Spine Arthroplasty Society GuestLectures: Dynamic neutralization for treatment of degenerative lumbar spine disease, 5th International Spine Congress, Orthopeadics Department Ain Shams University, April 18 19, 2002, Cairo, Egypt Rationale and results of a modified BAK-C threaded cages insertion technique in cervical radiculopathy, 5th International Spine Congress, Orthopeadics Department Ain Shams University, April 18 19, 2002, Cairo, Egypt Artificial Intervertebral Disc and Beyond, 15 th annual meeting of the international intradiscal therapy society, Seoul, Korea, August 22, 2002

5 5 Lumbar intervertebral disc replacement, Third Live Spine Surgery Symposium LISS, January 24-25, 2003 Berne, (AO Spine Group M.E. Müller Center) Dynamic Stabilisation with Dynesys: Concept, Indications and Results, 17 th Annual Meeting of the International Intradiscal Therapy Society IITS, May 19-23, Munich, Germany. Total Disc Arthroplasty versus Fusion in the Lumbar Spine: Pro Total Disc Position in the Presentation and following Debate with Prof. Harms, 17 th Annual Meeting of the International Intradiscal Therapy Society IITS, May 19-23, Munich, Germany. Lumbar Disc Replacement: ProDisc versus Charité III Comparative Prospective Study, Via Video Conference Basel-Dallas, 2 nd Trans Atalantic Spine Congress Innovations in Spine Surgery, November 12-13, 2004, Basel/ and Dallas/USA Is Non-Fusion Technology a real alternative to solve fixation problems in the degenerative spine? 4 th Congress of Neurosurgeons of Russia, June 18-22, 2006, Moscow, Russia Total Disc Prosthesis versus Fusion in the Degenerative Lumbar Spine, 3 rd International Congress Modern Technologies in Traumatology and Orthopedics, People s Friendship University of Russia, October 25-27, Moscow, Russia InvitedGuestSurgerywithLiveTransmission: Total lumbar disc replacement, Precongress 15 th annual meeting of the intradiscal therapy society, Seoul, Korea, August 21, 2002 international Lumbar intervertebral disc replacement, Third Live Spine Surgery Symposium LISS, January 24-25, 2003 Berne, (AO Spine Group M.E.Müller Center) Lumbar intervertebral disc replacement, Disc Arthroplasty Workshop, Spine Center/Department of Neurosurgery ( Prof.Young Soo Kim), Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, February 18 th, 2003 Seoul, Korea Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Replacement, Advanced Concepts in Disc Arthroplasty, Seoul Spine Institute/Inje University Medical School, Sanggye Paik Hospital (Prof. Se-IL Suk), February 19 th, 2003 Seoul, Korea Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Replacement, Advanced Concepts in Disc Arthroplasty (Live Surgery and Workshop), Spine Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sun General Hospital (Prof. Han Chang/ Prof. Myung-Sang Moon), February 21th, 2003 Daejeon, Korea Lumbar intervertebral disc replacement, Forth Live Spine Surgery Symposium LISS, January 19 th, 2004, Nijmegen Berne, (AO Spine Group M.E.Müller Center) Cervical total disc replacement, 6 th Bernese Live Spine Surgery Symposium Degenerative Spinal Disease, AO Spine International, MEM MEDIA Foundation and University of Bern, February 11 th, 2006, Bern,

6 6 ChairmanofInternationalSymposias: Ch.R.Etter, O.Schwarzenbach. Strategies to restore the motion segment, International Symposium with Live Surgery, Swiss Spine Institute, Zürich, June 8-9, 2001, Zürich, Ch.R.Etter, M.Aebi, O.Schwarzenbach. Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, International Symposium Swiss Spine Institute, October 19 20, 2001, Zürich, Ch.R.Etter, H.Halm, J.Taylor. Progress in Spinal Fixation International Symposium with Live Surgery, M.E.Müller Center for Continuing Education Berne,, June 21 22, 2002 Ch.R.Etter, M.Nordin, M.Stepniewski. The Aging Spine, International Interdisciplinary Symposium of the Swiss Spine Institute, October 11 12, 2002, Basel Ch.R.Etter, D.Grob, H.J.Wilke, M.Nordin. The Degenerative Cervical Spine, Interdisciplinary Symposium with Live Transmitted Procedures at the Schulthess Clinic, Zürich,, September 4-5, 2003, Zürich, Ch.R.Etter, S.Hochschuler. Non-Fusion Technology with Live Transmitted Surgeries A State of the Art Debate, Live via satellite between New York & Zürich, December 12-13, 2003, Zürich/ and New York/USA Ch.R.Etter, G.Dubois. 10 th Anniversary of Dynesys The Past, Present and Future, Palais Ferstel, May 3 rd, 2004, Vienna, Austria Ch.R.Etter, J.E.Zigler. Innovations in Spine Surgery Live Interactive Surgery via Satellite, 2 nd Trans Atlantic Spine Congress, November 12-13, November 2004, Basel/ and Dallas/USA Ch.R.Etter, T.Errico. Live Instructional Non-Fusion Spine Course Live via Satellite from to the New York University School of Medicine, May 3 rd, 2005, Aarau/ and New York/USA. Ch.R.Etter, J.E.Zigler. Innovations in Spine Surgery Live Interactive Surgery via Satellite, 3rd Trans Atlantic Spine Congress, November 4-5, 2005, Zürich/ and Dallas/USA ChairmanandSpeakerofNationalSymposias: 18 local national symposias at the clinic hirslanden zürich, aarau, olten, bern and birshof/basel VISITING PROFFESSORSHIPS: 1981 Department of Microsurgery/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Munich, Germany 1984 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Presbytarien Columbia Hospital, New York, USA Bone Research Laboratory, Division Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles 1986 Servicio de Cirugia de Columna Vertebral, Hospital Ramon Y Cajal (Dr. M. Sanchez Vera), Madrid 1987 Endoklinik, Hamburg (Prof. Buchholz), Germany

7 Institute of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Professor I. Bayley) London; GB 1989 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York 1990 Department of Spinal Surgery, Hopital Saint-Roch (Prof. C. Argenson) University of Nice, France Department of Spinal Surgery, Centre Hospitalier, University of Aix-en-Provence (Prof. M. Bergoin), France 1993 Ambulantes Operationszentrum für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie (Dr. Th. Hoogland), München, Germany 1994 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University (Prof. M. Aebi), Montreal, Canada 1998 Texas Back Institute (Dr. Rashbaum,Dr. Hochschuler), Dallas, USA TEACHING: Instructor Student Courses in Traumatology, University of Ulm, Germany 1982 Instructor 34 th AO German Basic Course in Operative Fracture Treatment, Davos, 1983 Instructor 36 th AO English Basic Course in Operative Fracture Treatment, Davos, 1985 Instructor 41 th AO French Advanced Course in Operative Fracture Treatment, Geneva, Instructor student courses in Orthopeadic Surgery, University of Berne, Instructional courses for nurses, Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, University of Berne, 1986 Instructor 44 th AO Advanced English Course in Operative Fracture Treatment, Davos, Instructor 37 th Hip Course, MEM-Institute, University of Berne, Berne, 1986 Instructor Spine Meeting, Servicio de Cirurgia de Columna Vertebral, Madrid, Spain 1987 Instructor 38 th Hip Course, MEM-Institute, University of Berne, Berne, 1988 Instructor AO Basic Course for Nurses, Waldenburg, 1988 Expert Final Examen (Degree Medical Practitioner), University of Berne, 1988 Supervision Thesis M. Käser: Spätresultate nach operativer Behandlung von Pilon tibial Frakturen, University of Berne, 1989 Supervision Thesis A. Wegmüller: Entwicklung eines In-vitro-Testverfahrens zum Vergleich von Implantaten zur dorsalen Spondylodese am lumosacralen Uebregang, University of Berne, 1993 Instructor 58 th AO Spine Course, Davos, 1994 Instructor 61 th AO Spine Course, Davos, 1995 Spinal Fusion Focus Group, Auto Suture Europe Education Center, Elancourt/Paris, France 1997 Workshop Fusion Cages, Surgical Dynamics, Wiesbaden, Germany

8 8 GrantSupport: 1980 AO-International: Tierexperimentelle Untersuchung zu unterschiedlich zubereiteten homologen Knochentransplantaten und Modelluntersuchungen zur Leitschienenhypothese bei der Auffüllung von Knochendefekten AO ResearchFonds: Vergleichende biomechanische Untersuchungen zur Stabilität verschiedener lumbosacraler Fixationssysteme unter Berücksichtigung eines neu entwickelten lumbosacralen Abstütz-Distraktions-Instrumentariums AO ResearchFonds:Tierexperimentelle Untersuchungen zur osteoinduktiven Eigenschaft von autologen und allogenen Kortikalispräparationen im kortikalen Defekt und heterotopen Lager StrykerBiotechUSA:Safety and Efficacy of The Osteogenic Protein Device for Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Threaded Cages SpineWaveUSA:Preclinical Trial of a injectable Nucleus NuCore 2003 Centerpulse/Zimmer:Development Total Artificial Disc Dynardi Publications: OriginalObservationsinReferedJournals:, Burri C, Kinzl L, Raible M Belastungsstabilität in Abhängigkeit von Osteosyntheseverfahren, Verlauf und Komplikationen bei offenen Unterschenkelfrakturen mit schwerem Weichteilschaden. Akt Traumatol 1982;12:78-82, Burri C, Claes L, Kinzl L, Raible M Treatment by external fixation of open fractures associated with severe soft tissue damage of the leg - biomechanical principles and clinical experience. Clin Orthop. 1983; 178: 80-88, Burri C, Kinzl L, Raible M Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Fixateur externe bei offenen Unterschenkelfrakturen. Helv Chir Acta 1983; 50: Burri C, Partial and complete pelvic replacement in tumor patients. Acta Orthop Belg 1985; 52: Claes L, : Composite plates for less rigid fracture fixation. Composites in Bio-Medical Engineering 1985; 11: Claes L, Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Einfluss neuer Implantatmaterialien auf die Biomechanik der Plattenosteosynthese. Hefte Unfallheilk 1985; 174: 53-57, Claes L, Burri C Experimentelle Rekonstruktion grosser kortikaler Defekte mit unterschiedlich konservierter homologer Spongiosa und osteogeninhaltiger Gelatine. Hefte Unfallheilk 1986; 181:

9 9, Aebi M, Kehl Th, Ganz R Operatives Behandlungskonzept und Ergebnisse nach 8 Jahren bei Frakturen des Pilon tibial. Hefte Unfallheilk 1987; 189/2: , Kinzl L Operationsindikation, Technik und Ergebnisse bei Metastasen der Wirbelsäule. Therap Umschau 1987; 44/10: Aebi M,, Kehl Th, Thalgott J Stabilization of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine with the internal spinal skeletal fixation system. Spine 1987; 12/6: Aebi M,, Kehl Th The treatment of thoracolumbar fractures and other spinal disorders with the internal spinal skeletal fixation system. Clin Orthop 1988; 227: 30-43, Coscia M, Aebi M Die Schraubenosteosynthese von Densfrakturen - Operationstechnische Aspekte und Ergebnisse. Unfallchirurg 1989; 92: Aebi M,, Coscia M Fractures of the odontoid process - Treatment with anterior screw Fixation. Spine 1989; 14/10, , Ganz R Long-term results of tibial plafond fractures treated with open reduction and internal fixation. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 1991; 110: , Coscia M, Jaberg H, Aebi M Direct anterior fixation of dens fractures with a cannulated screw system. Spine 1991; 16/3: Lund T, Oxland TR, Jost B, Cripton P, Grassmann S,, Nolte LP Interbody cage stabilization in the lumbar spine Biomechanical evaluation of cage design, posterior instrumentation and bone density. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1998; 80-B: Manuscripts: Kinzl L, Burri C, Die anbehandelte Fraktur beim Weichteilschaden. Orthopäde 1983; 12: Aebi M, Vertebralchirurgie - Die Entwicklung neuer Instrumentarien und Verfeinerung der Operationstechniken verbesserte die Erfogsrate bei Wirbelsäulenoperationen. Gazette Medicale/Informierte Arzt 1987; 18: Aebi M, Das Kreuz mit der Wirbelsäule. Gazette Medicale/Informierte Arzt 1987; 20: 56-66

10 10 Aktuelle Wirbelsäulenchirurgie. Der Basler Arzt 1993; 29: Operatives Behandlungskonzept bei degenerativen LWS Affektionen - Trend zur minimalinvasiven Chirurgie. Erkrankungen des Bewegungsapparates 1994; 3: BookChapters: Burri C, Totale und partielle innere Hemipelvektomie In: Rahmanzadeh R, Faensen M, eds. Hüftgelenksendoprothetik - Aktueller Stand und Perspektiven. Springer Verlag Berlin 1984; Claes L, Neue Verbundmaterialien für Osteosyntheseplatten In: Friedbold G et al.,eds. Entwicklungstendenzen bei Implantatwerkstoffen. DMV Berlin 1984; Stäubli HU,, Jakob RP, Witschger P Kreuzbandaplasie In: Chapchal G. ed. Kongenitale Dysplasien und Defekte der unteren Extremitäten. Thieme Verlag Stuttgart 1986; Aebi M,, Ganz R Ein modifizierter Fixateur interne für die lumbo-sacrale Wirbelsäule. In: Wirbelsäule in Forschung und Praxis - Die instumentierte Fusion von Wirbelsäulenfrakturen und - erkrankungen. Hippokrates Verlag Stuttgart 1988; , Ochsner P, Aebi M, Thielemann F Die osteoinduktive Eigenschaft von Osteogenin-containing Gelatine (OCG) unter verschiedenen tierexperimentellen Bedingungen. In: Hackenbroch MH, Refior HJ, Wirth CJ eds. Knorpel-Knochentransplantation - Experimentelle Grundlagen und neuere Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart-New-York 1988; Thielemann FW, Evaluation of Experimental Osteoinduction in Different Animal Models. In: Aebi M, Regazzoni P eds. Bone Transplantation. Springer Verlag Berlin -Heidelberg 1989; Foreword Nonfusion techniques for he spine: motion preservation & balance / edited by James H. Maxwell, Steven L. Griffith, William C. Welch Quality Medical Publishing, INC., 2006

11 11 PublishedAbstracts: Burri C, Gerngross H, Kinzl L, Total and partial internal hemipelvectomy Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop of the Design and Application of Tumor Prostheses for Bone and Joint Reconstruction. Vienna, 1983; Mutschler W, Burri C, Operative Behandlung von Knochenmetastasen des Beckens und des proximalen Femurs Arch Chir 1983; 361: 729, Burri C, Claes L Strength and Morphology of different Bone Transplants following their Implantation into Diaphyseal Defects Biomat Trans 1984; 7: 78, Claes L, Burri C A comparative biomechanical and morphological evaluation of different bone transplants Proceedings Congress forth meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics. Davos, 1984; 74, Kehl Th, Aebi M Verfahrenswahl und Ergebnisse offener intraartikulärer Frakturen des distalen Unterschenkels. Langenbecks Arch Chirurg 1986; 369: 761, Aebi B, Aebi M Die operative Korrektur der Beinlängendifferenz - Indikation, Technik und Ergebnisse Mitt'blatt Dtsch Ges f Orthopädie 1986; 3: 61, Aebi M Die distrahierende dorsale Spondylodese der lumbalen und lumbo-sacralen Wirbelsäule bei voroperierten Problempatienten. Mitt'blatt Dtsch Ges f Orthopädie 1986; 3: 55, Kehl Th, Aebi M Technique and first results of the anterior screw fixation of odontoid fractures. Proceedings Hungarian Orthop Assoc and Hungarian Soc Traumat. Budapest 1986; 79, Kehl Th, Aebi M Technik und Ergebnisse der direkten Schraubenfixation von Densfrakturen ( Poster ) Proceedings Kongress Union Schweiz Chir Fachgesellsch. Luzern 1986 Kehl Th,, Aebi M Brustwirbelfrakturen - Indikation zur operativen und konservativen Therapie. Proceedings Kongress Union Schweiz Chir Fachgesellsch. Luzern 1986 Aebi M, Kehl Th, The anterior fixation of odontoid fractures, technique and results. Proceedings Italien-American Joint Meeting of Orthop Surg and Traumt - MAOST'86 Pavia 1986; 23, Fleischhauer J, Boesch U, Schläpfer F, Aebi M Die translaminäre Verschraubung der lumbo-sacralen Wirbelsäule, eine biomechanische Untersuchung. Abstracts Jahreskongress SGO Bern 1987 Gauthier E,, Stäubli H

12 12 Resultate nach Talusfrakturen. Abstracts Jahreskongress SGO Bern 1987, Nagy L, Isler B, Ganz R Special Applications of the External Fixator in Fractures about the Knee. Proceedings third Congress European Society of Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy - ESKA. Amsterdam 1988, Aebi M, Marchesi D, Coscia M Treatment of Odonoid Fractures with Anterior Srew Fixation. Proceedings American Spinal Injury Association ASIA. Las Vegas 1989, Aebi M Screw Fixation of Fractures of the Dens: Complications and Results. Proceedings 6th Annual Meeting Cervical Spine Research Society. St.Gallen 1989, Aebi M, Ganz R Die Schraubenosteosynthese von Densfrakturen - Operationstechnische Aspekte und Ergebnisse. Abstracts Jahreskongress SGO. Chur 1989, Ochsner P, Thielemann F, Aebi M Osteostimulation durch BMP im stabilen diaphysären Rattendefekt. Kongressbericht Deutsche Gesellsch Unfallheil Berlin 1989 Zuber K, Die automatisierte perkutane Disco-Nucleotomie. Abstracts Unionskongress Schweiz Chirurg Fachgesellsch - SGO. Luzern 1990, Fleischhauer J, Beosch U, Schläpfer F, Aebi M Die Instrumentation der lumbo-sacralen Wirbelsäule - Biomechanische Testung prinzipieller Systeme. Abstracts Jahreskongress SGO Basel 1991, Lund T, Oxland T, Jost B, Cripton B, Grassmann S, Nolte L-P Ray Threaded Fusion Cage (TFC): Biomechanical Evaluation and Early Clinical Results. Abstracts First International Disc cage meeting. Valbella 1996 Lund T, Oxland T, Jost B, Cripton S, Grassmann S,, Nolte L-P The effect of interbody cages with and without posterior instrumentation on the three-dimensional stability of the spine - a biomechanical evaluation. Proceedings European Spine Society Meeting Zürich 1996 Lund T, Oxland T, Jost B, Cripton S, Grassmann S,, Nolte L-P The effect of interbody cages with and without posterior instrumentation on the three-dimensional stability of the spine - a biomechanical evaluation. Proceedings Annual Meeting International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Burlington Vermont USA 1996, Panoussopoulos A, Holm L Computertomographische Verlaufsanalyse zur ossären Integration von perforierten interkorporellen Titanhohlschrauben. Schweiz Med Wochenzeitschr 1997; 91; 5. Fusion vs. Nonfusion Where are the Indications? International Symposium New Horizons in Spinal Surgery Strategies to Restore the Motion

13 13 Segement, Abstract Book SSI, 2001, Zürich. Pre-clinical Study of OP1 (rhbmp) in a Patient Safety First Test Model Proceedings SSI Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, Zürich, Diagnostic Value of CT Scan in Spinal Fusion Assessment Proceedings SSI Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, Zürich, Modified BAK-C Threaded Cage Insertion to Promote Interbody Fusion Proceedings SSI Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, Zürich, 2001 Rühli M.,. Modified Application Technique of the External Fixator for Low Back Pain Evaluation Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI Progress in Spinal Fixation, Bern/, 2002 Schwarzenbach O.,. Salvage Surgery in Lumbar Cage Failures Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI Progress in Spinal Fixation, Bern/, Disc Replacement A State of the Art Overview Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI The Aging Spine, Basel/, 2002 Hofer H.O., Ch.Etter, A.Steiner, R.Klöti SpineNet The Swiss Spine Institute Outcome Assessement System Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI The Aging Spine, Basel/, 2002 M.Stepniewski, Ch.Etter, Padel Ph. Technique and results of selective nerve root blocks with the catheter method Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI The Degenerative Cervical Spine, Zürich/, 2003 Ph.Padel, A.Steiner, Ch.Etter Spine Net Outcome Assessement System in Cervical Spine Disorders Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI The Degenerative Cervical Spine, Zürich/, 2003 Ch.Etter Debate about the coversion process from fusion to total disc arthroplasty Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI Nonfusion Technology A State of the Art Debate, Zürich&NewYork, 2003 Ch.Etter, O.Schwarzenbach ProDisc versus SB Charité III Comparative Study Update Proceedings/Abstract Book SSI Innovations in Spine Surgery, Basel & Dallas, 2004 Ch.R.Etter Preliminary Results of the Prospective Study Comparing ProDisc versus Charité Disc Arthroplasty Proceedings/Abstract Book 4 th International Symposium SAS, May 4-7, Vienna, 2004 DVDProduction: Ch.R.Etter, H.Halm, J.Taylor. Progress in Spinal Fixation International Symposium with Live Surgery, M.E.Müller Center for Continuing Education Berne,, June 21 22, 2002

14 14 Ch.R.Etter, J.E.Zigler. Innovations in Spine Surgery Live Interactive Surgery via Satellite, 2 nd Trans Atlantic Spine Congress, November 12-13, November 2004, Basel/ and Dallas/USA Ch.R.Etter, T.Errico. Live Instructional Non-Fusion Spine Course Live via Satellite from to the New York University School of Medicine, May 3 rd, 2005, Aarau/ and New York/USA. Presentations:, Burri C, Kinzl L, Raible M Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Fixateur externe bei offenen Unterschenkelfratkuren Kongress Union Schweiz Chir Fachges, Luzern,, 1982 Mutschler W, Burri C, Operative Behandlung von Knochenmetastasen des Beckens und des proxialen Femur Tagung der Deutschen Ges für Chirurgie, München, Germany, 1983 Burri C, Totale und partielle innere Hemipelvektomie Symposium zur Hüftgelenksendoprothetik (Aktueller Stand Perspektiven), Berlin, Germany, 1983 Burri C, Gerngross H, Kinzl L, Total and partial internal hemipelvectomy 2nd Internat Workshop on the Design and Application of Tumor Prostheses for Bone and Joint Reconstruction, Wien, Austria, 1983, Claes L, Burri C Die Auffüllung von Kortikalisdefekten mit verschieden konservierter homologer Spongiosa und osteogeninhaltiger Gelatine im Vergleich zur autologen Spongiosa 8. Symp d Arbeitskr für Osteologie, Davos,, 1984, Burri C, Claes L Strength and morphology of different bone transplants following their implantation into diaphyseal defects Second World Congr on Biomat, Washington DC, USA, 1984, Burri C, Claes L A comparative biomechanical and morphological evaluation of different bone transplants Fourth Meet Europ Soc Bioemech, Davos,, 1984 Claes L, Neue Verbundmaterialen für Osteosyntheseplatten 5. Vortragsreihe des DVM-Arbeitskreises Implantate und der deutschen Sektion der AO International, Berlin, Germany, 1984, Burri C, Neugebauer R, Röttinger H Der biologische Acetabulumaufbau mit tiefgekühlter, homogler Spongiosa beim Hüftprothesenwechsel 45. Tagung Schweiz Ges f Orthopädie, Interlaken,, 1985, Burri C, Claes L Experimentelle Anwendung von allogenen Knochentransplantaten und derivaten zur Rekonstruktion eines kortikalen Defektes 62. Tagung der Vereinigung der Bayerischen Chirurgen e.v., München, Germany, 1985

15 15 Claes L, Weiss P,, Kempa B Quantitative Bestimmung des Knochenumbaus unter Implantaten 9. Symp d Arbeitskr f Osteologie Deutschland-Österreich-Schweiz, Hamburg, Germany, 1985 Kinzl L,, Neugebauer R Der biologische Acetabulumaufbau im Rahmen von Hüftgelenksaustauschprothesen 1. Tagung des Internat Freundeskr der TGOT, Antalya, Turkey, 1985, Claes L, Burri C Experimentelle Rekonstruktion grosser kortikaler Defekte mit unterschiedlich konservierter allogener Spongiosa und osteogeninhaltiger Gelatine Deutsche Ges f Unfallheilk, Berlin, Germany 1985 Stäubli HU,, Jakob RP, Witschger P Kreuzbandaplasie 12. Internat Symp spez Fragen Orthop Chir, Luzern,, 1986 Aebi M,, Ganz R A modification of the internal spinal skeletal fixation system for the lumbar and lumbosacral spine Internat Symp on Segm Spinal Instrument, Düsseldorf, Germany 1986 Aebi M,, Ganz R The application of modified internal fixator at the lumbosacral spine Internat Symp on Segm Spinal Instr f Fract, Tumors and Degen Diseases (ISSI), Düsseldorf, Germany 1986, Kehl Th Verfahrenswahl und Ergebnisse bei offenen intaartikulären Fratkuren des distalen Unterschenkels (Sammelstatistik der AO Schweiz) Kongress Deutsche Ges f Chir, 103. Tagung, München, Germany, 1986 Aebi M, Knochenallotransplantation Oeffentl Fortbildungsveranst Orthop Universitätsklinik, Inselspital, Bern,, 1986 Aebi M, Kehl Th,, Ganz R The anterior screw fixation of odontoid fractures: technique and results Italian-American Joint Meeting of Orthop Surg and Traumat (MAOSt 86), Pavia, Italy, 1986, Kehl Th, Ganz R, Aebi M Technique and first results of the anterior screw fixation of odontoid fractures Congress of the Hungarian Orthop Assoc and the Hungarian Soc of Trumat, Budapest, Hungary, 1986, Aebi M Die distrahierende dorsale Spondylodese der lumbalen und lumbosakralen Wirbelsäule beim voroperierten Problempatienten Deutsche Ges f Orthop u Traumat, 73. Tagung, Erlangen, Germany, 1986, Aebi B, Aebi M, Ganz R Die operative Korrektur der Beinlängendifferenz Indikation, Technik und Ergebnisse Deutsche Ges f Orthop u Traumat, 73. Tagung, Erlagen, Germany, 1986 Kehl Th,, Aebi M Brustwirbelfrakturen: Indikationen zur operativen und konservativen Therapie Kongr Union Schweiz Chir Fachges, Luzern,, 1986

16 16, Kehl Th, Aebi M Technik und Ergebnisse der direkten Schraubenfixation von Densfrakturen Kongr Union Schweiz Chir Fachges, Luzern,, 1986, Aebi M, Kehl Th, Ganz R Operatives Behandlungskonzept und Ergenbnise nach 8 Jahren bei Frakturen des Pilon tibial 50. Jahrestagung Deutsche Ges f Unfallheilk, Berlin, Germany, 1986, Fleischhauer J, Boesch U, Schläpfer F, Aebi M Die translaminäre Verschraubung der lumbosakralen Wirbelsäule eine biomechanische Untersuchung Jahreskongress der SGO, Bern,, 1987 Gautier E,, Stäubli HU, Aebi M Resultate nach Talusfrakturen Jahreskongress der SGO, Bern,, 1987 Die Knochenbank 37. Kurs für Hüftgelenkschirurgie, Bern,, 1987 Anwendungsmöglichkeiten des Fixateur externe bei Frakturen im Kniebereich 5. Deutsch-Österreichisch-Schweizerische Unfalltagung, Berlin, Germany, 1987 Tieresperimentelle Untersuchungen zum Einfluss des Versuchsmodells auf die Wirksamkeit von BMP Unfallchirurgische Tagung, Städtische Kliniken Kassel, Kassel, Germany, 1987 Thielemann FW, Evaluation of experimental Osteoinducation in different Animal Moels Symposium on Bone Transplantation (Up-dating on Osteochondral Auto- and Allografting), Bern,, 1987, Ochsner M, Aebi M, Thielemann F Die osteoinduktive Eigenschaft von Osteogenin-Containing-Gelatine (OCG) unter verschiedenen tierexperimentellen Bedingungen 10. Münchner Symposion für experimentelle Orthopädie, 1988, Aebi b, Kehl Th, Noesberger BB, Aebi M Existiert die spinale Stenose nach thorako-lumbalen Wirbelfrakturen? Eine Analyse der Spätresultate konservativ behandelter Berstungfrakturen SGO, Montana, 1988, Nagy L, Isler B, Ganz R Special Applications of the External Fixator in Fractures about the Knee Third Congress of the European Soc of Knee Surg and Arthroscopy, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988 Wenig invasive Operationstechniken Forum Das Kreuz mit dem Kreuz, Basel,, 1993 Percutane Discectomie: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen Ärztefortbildung Neues in der Orthopädie,?

17 17 Percutane Operationstechniken an der Schulter und der Wirbelsäule Ärztefortbildung Neues in der Orthopädie,? Rekonstruktion und Fixation Ludwigsburger Fortbildungstag, Chirurgie der instabilen Wirbelsäule, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1994 Spinal Fusion Focus Group Auto Suture Europe, Elancourt, France, 1995 Tendenz zur minimalinvasiven Chirurgie an der LWS Ärztefortbildung Aktuelle Aspekte in der Behandlung von lumbalen Rückenschmerzen, Olten,, 1996 Biomechanical investigations and clinical experience with Ray-Cages First International Disc Cage Meeting, Valbella,, 1996 Ergebnisse TFC (PLIF) Workshopf Fusion Cages (Ray Cage), Wiesbaden, Germany, 1997, Panoussopoulos A, Holm L Computertomographische Verlaufsanalyse zur ossären Integration von perforierten interkorporellen Titanhohlschrauben (Ray-Cages) Jahreskongr der SGO, Montreux,, 1997 Why I don t use ADCON-L Symposium Epidural Fibrosis, Is prevention possible with ADCON-L?, Schulthess Clinic, Zürich,, Fusion vs. Nonfusion Where are the Indications? International Symposium New Horizons in Spinal Surgery Strategies to Restore the Motion Segement,, Zürich, Pre-clinical Study of OP1 (rhbmp) in a Patient Safety First Test Model, International SSI Symposium Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, Zürich, Diagnostic Value of CT Scan in Spinal Fusion Assessment International SSI Symposium Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, Zürich, Modified BAK-C Threaded Cage Insertion to Promote Interbody Fusion International SSI Symposium Bone Substitutes in Spinal Fusion, Zürich, 2001 Rühli M.,. Modified Application Technique of the External Fixator for Low Back Pain Evaluation International Symposium SSI Progress in Spinal Fixation, Bern/, 2002

18 18 Schwarzenbach O.,. Salvage Surgery in Lumbar Cage Failures International Symposium SSI Progress in Spinal Fixation, Bern/, Disc Replacement A State of the Art Overview International Symposium SSI The Aging Spine, Basel/, 2002 Hofer H.O., Ch.Etter, A.Steiner, R.Klöti SpineNet The Swiss Spine Institute Outcome Assessement System International Symposium SSI The Aging Spine, Basel/, 2002 Ch.R.Etter Indications and Clinical Results of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Advanced Concepts in Disc Arthroplasty - Inje University, Sanggye-Paik Hospital, February 18 th, Seoul, South Corea, Yonsei University Yongdong Severance Hospital, February 19 th, Seoul, South Corea, Inje University, Sanggye-Paik Spine Center, Sum General Hospital, 21th February, Daejoen, South Corea, Central Clinic University, 24 th February, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2003 Ch.R.Etter Indikation und Patientenauswahl Link SB Charité Artificial Disc Workshop mit Live OP Universitätsklinikum, May 23 rd, Giessen Germany, 2003 M.Stepniewski, Ch.Etter, Padel Ph. Technique and results of selective nerve root blocks with the catheter method International Symposium SSI The Degenerative Cervical Spine, Zürich/, 2003 Ph.Padel, A.Steiner, Ch.Etter Spine Net Outcome Assessement System in Cervical Spine Disorders International Symposium SSI The Degenerative Cervical Spine, Zürich/, 2003 Ch.Etter Debate about the coversion process from fusion to total disc arthroplasty International Symposium SSI & TBI Nonfusion Technology A State of the Art Debate, Zürich&NewYork, 2003 Ch.R.Etter Preliminary Results of the Prospective Study Comparing ProDisc versus Charitö Disc Arthroplasty 4 th International Symposium SAS, May 4-7, Vienna, 2004 Ch.Etter, O.Schwarzenbach ProDisc versus SB Charité III Comparative Study Update International Symposium SSI & TBI Innovations in Spine Surgery, Basel & Dallas, 2004 Ch.R.Etter ProDisc SB Charité Comparative Prospective Study 5 th Bernese Live Spine AO Surgery Symposium, February 4-5,Berne/, 2005 Ch.R.Etter Disc Replacement vs Fusion in the Cervical Spine 5 th Bernese Live Spine AO Surgery Symposium, February 4-5,Berne/, 2005 Ch.R.Etter Die lumbale Diskusprothese im politischen Umfeld: Der medizinische Vorteil

19 19 Symposium Lumbar Disc Prosthesis: State of the Art Schulhess Clinic, January 21-22, Zürich/, 2005 Ch.R.Etter TDR Concepts, Indications and Approach Stryker Meeting, February 24 th, Paris/France, 2006 Ch.R.Etter The Anterior Surgical Approach Flexicore European Surgeon Meeting April 21-22, Nizza/France, 2006