Program

 11 October, 2024
8:45-9:30Registration open
9:30-9:40

Opening ceremony

Mihails Arons (LV), Ināra Logina (LV)

Hosam Abu Meri , Minister for Health of the Republic of Latvia (LV)

9:40-11:201st session. Acute pain 
 CHAIRS – Winfried Meissner (DE), Aleksejs Miščuks (LV)
9:40-10:05Winfried Meissner (DE) – Acute pain management – state of the art 2024
10:05-10:20Iveta Golubovska (LV) – Results of the PAIN OUT project in Latvia
10:20-10:40Aleksejs Miščuks (LV) – Diagnostic tools in diagnostics of acute pain
10.40-10:50Kestutis Petrikonis (LT) – Acute Neuropathic pain 
10:50-11:05Evija Švalkovska (LV) TAP Block after laparotomy in ICU
11:05-11:20Gül Obert (DE) – Serynox. What is known about inhaled analgesia in acute pain management?
  
11:20-11:30Coffee break
  
11:30-13:302nd session. Headache
 CHAIRS – Messoud Ashina, Guntis Karelis (LV) 
  
11:30-11:55Zaza Katsarava (DE) – Practical training: how to diagnose primary headaches
11:55-12:20Aydin Gozalov (DK) – Management of migraine in 10 steps
12:20-12:50Messoud Ashina (DK) – Emerging Targets in Migraine Therapy
12:50-13:05Saulius Andruškevičius (LT) – Ahead of the pain: biosensors in migraine attack prediction
13:05-13:20Liga Mekša (LV) – Epidemiology of migraine
13:20-13:30Discussion
13:30-14:00

Poster Session

Iveta Golubovska

Afrodīte Jankovska Evaluation of the results of early and late postoperative pain in elective total hip arthroplasty

Iveta Golubovska

Ruth Zaslansky Introducing the perioperative pain registry –  PAIN OUT – to the Baltic Countries

Gabija Laubner Sakalauskienė Impact of Prescription Opioid Detoxification on Quality of Life and Pain Levels

14:00-15:00Lunch
  
15:00-16:303rd session. Neuromodulation: 
 CHAIRS – Rokas Tamosauskas (UK), Iveta Golubovska (LV)
  
15:00-15:25Pedram Tabatabaei (SE) – Burst DR stimulation and DRG stimulation: Mechanism of action and Indications
15:25-15:50Rokas Tamosauskas (UK) – To implant or not to implant: the role of Spinal Cord Stimulation in modern pain medicine
15:50-16:15Basels Jakubs Vahbe (LV) – Vagus nerve stimulation experience in Latvia
16:15-16:30Discussion
  
16:30-18:004th session. Chronic localized and diffuse pain
 CHAIRS – Magdalena Kocot-Kępska (PL), Irina Evansa (LV)
  
16:30-16:55Magdalena Kocot- Kępska (PL) – Are we expecting new analgesics?
16:55-17:15Egija Lapiņa (LV) – Multidisciplinary approaches to Improving Patient Experience in Chronic Pain treatment
17:15-17:40Vladimir Romanenko (UA) – “Pain the guts”: How microbiota regulates pain
17:40-18:00Larisa Ēriksone (LV) – Three technologies used in pain therapy
18:00-18:20Edgars Vasilevskis (LV) – Pain mechanisms in Chinese medicine. What is  common with western way? 
  
20:00Social Evening (with invitations only)
  
 12 October, 2024
  
09:00-10:00Registration open
10:00-11:301st session. Chronic localized and diffuse pain
 CHAIRS – Ināra Logina (LV), Arunas Sciupokas (LT)
  
10:00-10:20Vladimirs Skļarevičs (LV) – Patogenesis of shoulder impigement and how to help
10:20-10:40Sergei Gordienko (EE) – Aerobic exercise training to improve treatment outcomes in adult patients with fibromyalgia. Theory and our experience
10:40-11:00Arunas Sciupokas (LT) – Education in Pain Medicine: Where we are going to? 
11:00-11:25Arturs Šilovs (LV) – When the Pressure Drops: Solving the Puzzle of Intracranial Hypotension
11:25-12:00Coffee break
  
12:00-14:002nd session. Invasive pain management
 CHAIRS – Arun Bhaskar (UK), Alfredas Vaitkus (LT)
  
12:00-12:25Francesca Marsili (NL) – The Potential of PRF-treatment in Immune Modulation and Pain Management: Bridging the Gap between Engineering and Clinical Practice
12:25-12:50Arun Bhaskar (UK) – Sacroiliac joint – a not so uncommon cause for low back pain? 
12:50-13:15Nadiya Segin (UA) – Invasive treatment of phantom pain
13:15-13:30Rihards Starinskis (LV) – Epidural steroid injection- are they still as relevant? 
13:30-13:50Darius Dicevičius (LT) – Autologous platelet rich plasma ultrasound guided epidural injections: case series
14:00-15:00

WORKSHOP (separate registration is required   https://www.mittoevents.com/pain-in-the-baltics-2024/workshop-registration)

1st Group: 
Iveta Golubovska (LV) – Shoulder
Alfredas Vaitkus (LT) – Cervical facets, cervical roots
Aleksejs Miščuks ( LV) – Occipital nerves, g. stellatum

2st Group: 
Mihails Arons (LV) – Hip, trochanter, iliotibial tract
Anna Plūde (LV) – Gluteal muscles, Piriformis muscles, N.pudendalis
Irina Evansa (LV) – Low back