The 9th MISS Summit Forum

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Welcome Message

Welcome Message Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 9th MISS Summit Forum will be scheduled for March 12, 2016 (Sat) at “Aichi Spine Institute" located in Niwa District of Aichi Prefecture. We have held this meeting once a year, with the aim of promoting and spreading Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS). I am deeply grateful for your supports that we have had this meeting every year.

MISS has been developed as a cutting edge surgical technique to minimize invasiveness to a patient, which leads to quicker recovery. We also have tried to minimize adverse effects and recurrence to eliminate the patient’s anxiety for operation. I believe that risk control is and will be another important theme.

Last year we had many presentations with motion pictures, which were very popular and instructive. Again this year we call for abstracts with surgical movies. We would like to pick up the lumbar foraminal stenosis as a main topic. But presentation on any MIS field with or without video will be welcome.

As MIS tools developed, the surgical skill must be also improved. We will have many booths from the leading MIS companies. You will see many new surgical and diagnostic instruments. I assure that many forms of new rationale, technique, skill and tools about MIS will be seen and obtained in the meeting. I expect a hot discussion after every presentation.

The year after next will be the 10th anniversary of this forum. I would like to ask further support to promote MISS. The forum venue is located in the northwest of Aichi prefecture. The national treasure Inuyama Castle and the traditional townscape make it the leading tourist destination of the region.

We would like you to join the meeting. I look forward to seeing you in Aichi.

Thank you.

Professor Fujio Ito
President & Representative Organizer of the MISS Summit Forum