Scientific meeting 

Thursday, November 19th 2026

12:00 Lunch at exhibition area with our sponsors

12:55 Associate professor Adrian Elmi Terander

Welcome remark

Session 1: Abstract presentations

13:00 Josefin Åkerstedt
           "AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations: When to Operate in   Lumbar Disc                   Herniation"

13:10 Martin Isaksson 
          "Impact of complications on survival after surgery for metastatic spinal cord                            compression"

13:20 Abdulrahman Albarni
          "Predictors of survival and functional outcomes after spinal surgery for multiple                     myeloma: a nationwide study of 200 patients"

13:30 Mikael Klingenstierna
          "Full-Endoscopic Medial Branch Neurotomy Provides Sustained Pain Relief and                        Functional Improvement in Lumbar Facetogenic Low Back Pain"

13:40 Benjamin Beygi
          "Center-level differences in patient-reported outcome achievement after anterior                   cervical discectomy and fusion for degenerative cervical radiculopathy"

13:50 Mikael Klingenstierna
          "Good Long Time Patient-Reported Outcomes after Full-Endoscopic Lumbar                           Discectomy: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study"

14:00-14:30 Break Exhibition 30 min

14:30 Zehra Nazar
          “A Nationwide Registry Study Comparing Long-term Risk of Adjacent Segment                      Disease Requiring Reoperation Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion                Versus Cervical Disc Arthroplasty” 

14:40 Tiger Gripensvärd
          "Extended fusion versus decompression alone for adjacent segment stenosis after                 cervical or lumbar fusion: a nationwide register-based cohort study"

14:50 Kinana Aljaraidah
          "Adjacent segment disease requiring operation after isolated single-level L4–L5                      fusion in Sweden: a nationwide retrospective cohort study"

15:00 Tiger Gripensvärd
           "Antithrombotic Prophylaxis in Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: a Nationwide                          RegistryBased Cohort Study with Propensity Score Matching"

15:10 Ebba Sturesson
         "Conversion to surgery following initial non-surgical management of thoracic and                   lumbar fractures: A nationwide register-based cohort study"

15:20 Ahmed Haydar Sameer
          "Do patients with predominant neck pain improvr after cervical discectomy and                     fusion?"

15:30-16:00 Break Exhibition 30 min

Session 2: More abstracts and News from members

16:00 Adrian Elmi-Terander "Federated Registry Research Methods: Empowering Big Data Spine Research in the Era of Privacy"

16:10 Fredrik Nerelius "Long-term lower urinary tract symptoms following surgical evacuation of postoperative spinal epidural hematoma"

16:20 Johan Wänman
          "Hur kan/bör föreningen möta framtidens utmaningar?"

16:30 Björn Knutsson
          "Using Swespine Data for Digital Implant Reporting to Meet MDR Requirements"

16:40 Christoffer Kjaer
          "Fusion or no fusion for love back pain"

16:50 Adrian Elmi-Terander
          "Swespine in the literature: a bibliometric analysis of trends and characteristics of                   publications"

Session 3: Mingle and dinner

17:00-18:30 Drinks and snacks at Exhibition area 90 min

19:00 Dinner at Westmanska Palatset