Dynamic Programme
Congress participation

13th Advanced Pain Course

"Science, technique and humanity in the treatment of pain". Thursday: lectures at the Real Casino de Tenerife. Friday: live procedures in two operating theatres at the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. Dynamic Programme: the room votes on Thursday when it meets each patient and votes again on Friday after watching the procedure live.

19–20 Nov 2026 · Tenerife · Thursday: Real Casino de Tenerife · Friday: Day Surgery Unit, HUNSC

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How to take part

A space of its own for each area: before, during and after.

1 · FeedForward

Share your expectations and questions. Answer the vote before the session starts.

2 · Q&A

During the area, send your question, suggestion or doubt for the discussion.

3 · FeedBack

Answer again at the end and share what you take away or would improve.

Areas and talks

Choose the area and the moment you want to take part. To answer you need the congress code, shown in the room.

Thursday 19 November

AREA

Area 1 · Neuromodulation: from tonic stimulation to closed loop

Key question: In 2026, whom do we implant, with or without a trial, with which stimulation and with which criterion of success? Friday live procedures 1, 2, 3 and 10.

Speaker: Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy · Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · King's College London

Speaker: Dr David Abejón González · Pain Unit, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid

Speaker: Dr Javier Arranz Durán · Pain Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (HUNSC)

Speaker: Dr M.ª Ángeles Canós Verdecho · Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia

Chair: Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy · Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · King's College London

09:20–11:05 Main room

FeedForward · before Q&A · during FeedBack · after
TALK

Keynote · Expanding the Toolbox: Multimodal SCS for Individualized Care

15 min

Speaker: Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy · Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · King's College London

09:20–09:35 Main room

TALK

Phenotype before technology: choosing waveform, closed loop and target in 2026

10 min

Speaker: Dr David Abejón González · Pain Unit, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid

09:35–09:45 Main room

AREA

Area 2 · Lumbar stenosis and radicular pain: percutaneous decompression and epidurolysis

Key question: When does a percutaneous decompression or an epidurolysis avoid or delay surgery? Friday live procedures 4 and 6.

Speaker: Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy · Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · King's College London

Speaker: Dr Alberto Ríos Llorente · Pain Unit, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid [to be confirmed]

Speaker: Dr David Abejón González · Pain Unit, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid

Chair: Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy · Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · King's College London

Chair: Dr Douglas P. Beall · Comprehensive Specialty Care, Oklahoma (United States)

11:30–13:05 Main room

FeedForward · before Q&A · during FeedBack · after
TALK

Neurogenic claudication: the therapeutic gap between conservative care and surgery

10 min

Speaker: Dr Alberto Ríos Llorente · Pain Unit, Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid [to be confirmed]

11:30–11:40 Main room