5TH CONGRESS OF BALTIC SPINAL CORD SOCIETY

21 November 2008

Aula of the Main Building of the University of Tartu (Ülikooli 18)

Opening ceremony

Mrs Heli Paluste, Head of Health Care Policy, Ministry of Social Affairs

Prof Toomas Asser, Dean of Medical Faculty, University of Tartu

1st plenary session

(Chairpersons: Mati Pääsuke and Eve Sooba, Estonia)

Spinal cord injury and mechanisms of spinal cord recovery.

Eija Ahoniemi, MD, Finland

Ethical issues in spinal cord injury treatment.

Prof. Toomas Asser, MD, PhD, Estonia

2nd plenary session

(Chairpersons: Toomas Asser, Estonia and Aivars Vetra, Latvia)

Modern surgical fixation techniques following spinal cord injury.

Girts Murans, MD Latvia

Early rehabilitation after spinal cord injury.

Tiina Rekand, PhD, MD Norway