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Spine Summit


  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:06 AM – 7:09 AM EST
    Tension Parameters of Junctional Tethers in Proximal Junction Kyphosis: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Study
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Mohamed AR Soliman, MD, PhD – University of Buffalo
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:15 AM – 7:18 AM EST
    Identification of Novel Differentially Methylated Positions in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients that Experienced Perioperative Complications
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Quante A. Singleton, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:28 AM – 7:31 AM EST
    Comparative analysis of the quality of life of brazilian children with early onset scoliosis using the eosq-24 and chq pf-50 questionnaires.
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B, 2nd Floor
    Presenting Author: Robert Meves, Prof – Santa Casa de São Paulo
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:30 AM – 7:33 AM EST
    Bilateral Anterior Lumbar Vertebral Body Tethering: A Feasibility Cohort Study
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Alan Stein, MD – Westchester Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:36 AM – 7:39 AM EST
    DNA-Based Epigenetic Age is a Better Predictor of Complications than Chronological Age and Frailty
    Location: Ybor Ballroom IV (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Rohit Bhan, MD, MS – University of Illinois Chicago
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:42 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Changes in Thoracolumbar Vertebral Pelvic Angles Between Standing and Sitting
    Location: Ybor Ballroom IV (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Atahan Durbas, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:42 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Decision-tree algorithm to predict postoperative kyphosis after cervical laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: MIguel Ruiz Cardozo, MD, MPH – Washington University in St. Louis
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:48 AM – 7:51 AM EST
    Early Reoperations Do Not Adversely Affect Long Term Pain and Activity Scores in Adult Deformity Patients
    Location: Ybor Ballroom IV (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Sarthak Mohanty, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:57 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Sagittal Plane Alignment and Balance in Operative Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Vertebral Pelvic Angles
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Thaddeus K. Woodard, MD – University of California San Diego, Department of Orthopaedics
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    8:00 AM – 8:03 AM EST
    Optimizing Lower Instrumented Vertebra Selection in Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Preoperative Upright and Supine Last Touched Vertebra
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Josephine Rose Coury, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    8:03 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Bone quality and paraspinal musculature influence proximal junctional kyphosis failure mode amongst patients undergoing lumbopelvic fusion terminating at the thoracolumbar junction
    Location: Ybor Ballroom IV (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Zachary Pennington, MD – Mayo Clinic
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:02 AM – 7:04 AM EST
    Construct Failure in Single versus Stacked S2AI Constructs for Spinopelvic Fixation
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: David W. Polly, Jr., MD – University of Minnesota
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:04 AM – 7:06 AM EST
    A Novel 3D Coupler for Automated Correction of Spinal Deformities: In Vitro Precision and Functionality Testing
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD – San Diego Spine Foundation
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:06 AM – 7:08 AM EST
    Topical Tranexamic in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery (TTADS): A Double-Blinded, Placebo Controlled Randomized Controlled Trial
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Han Jo Kim, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:10 AM – 7:12 AM EST
    Impact of Adjacent Muscular Anatomical Preservation on Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Joshua Chalif, MD PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:12 AM – 7:14 AM EST
    Fatty Infiltration Of The Paravertebral Muscles Independently Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis And/or Failure After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Esteban Quiceno Restrepo, M.D – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery - UBNS
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:14 AM – 7:16 AM EST
    Waiting on a Response: A Full Body Analysis of Patients Maintaining Pelvic Compensation Following Adult Spinal Deformity Corrective Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Ethan Cottrill
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:16 AM – 7:18 AM EST
    Comparison of Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Three-Column lumbar Osteotomies with and without Interbody Cages for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Database Analysis
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Esteban Quiceno Restrepo, M.D – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery - UBNS
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:20 AM – 7:22 AM EST
    Identifying Tranexamic Acid Dosing Predictive of Decreased Risk of Intra-Operative Transfusion Accounting for Body Mass Index and Surgical Invasiveness in Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Travis Hamilton, MD – Henry Ford Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:24 AM – 7:26 AM EST
    Do contemporary realignment schemas predict mechanical complication risk for minimally-invasive ASD surgery equally to open cases?
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Ethan Cottrill
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:26 AM – 7:28 AM EST
    Sagittal Alignment Showdown: SRS-Schwab vs Age-Adjusted vs T4-L1 Hip Axis – Which is Superior?
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Jay I. Kumar, MD, MBA – University of South Florida, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:28 AM – 7:30 AM EST
    If Not Now, When?: A Comparative Analysis of Early-Term Versus Late-Term Complication Rates Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Nima Alan, MD – University of California San Francisco Department of Neurological Surgery
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:30 AM – 7:32 AM EST
    Quantifying the Impact of Postoperative C2 Tilt on Pelvic Tilt Prediction Error After Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Karan Joseph, BS – Washington University in St. Louis
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:32 AM – 7:34 AM EST
    A Matter of Perspective: How Much Variance Exists Among Accepted Definitions of Proximal Junction Kyphosis?
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Tim T. Bui – Washington University in St. Louis
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:34 AM – 7:36 AM EST
    The Impact of Bone Graft Volume on Risk of Pseudarthrosis, Screw Loosening, and Rod Breakage in Surgical Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Atahan Durbas, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:36 AM – 7:38 AM EST
    Automate Thoracic Cobb Angle Measurements in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Whole-Spine Standing Radiographs: Development and Validation of a Keypoint Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Zihan M. Masood, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:38 AM – 7:40 AM EST
    Cost-Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Surgical Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Nima Alan, MD – University of California San Francisco Department of Neurological Surgery
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:40 AM – 7:42 AM EST
    Reduction of C2 Slope as an Indicator of Adequate Postoperative Thoracolumbar Deformity Correction
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Isabelle Stockman, MPH – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery (UBNS)
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:42 AM – 7:44 AM EST
    Can Short-Term Recovery as Defined by Minimal Clinically Important Difference Predict 2-Year Outcomes After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: brian Neuman, MD – Washington University in St. Louis
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:44 AM – 7:46 AM EST
    Anterior-only correction of cervical kyphotic deformity using long-segment anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Michael D. White, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:46 AM – 7:48 AM EST
    Evolution of Medical Complication Profiles in Adult Spinal Deformity Corrective Surgery May be Reflective of Changing Pre-operative Preparation and Intra-operative Management
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    Achieving Alignment and Implant-Specific Goals in ALIF: The Role of Intraoperative Consistency, Surgical Technique, and Treated Level
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Abdelrahman M. Hamouda, MD – Mayo Clinic
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    The interaction of upper instrumented vertebrae screw angle and tilt angle on development of proximal junctional failure following correction of adult spinal deformity
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Yohannes Ghenbot, MD – University of Pennsylvania Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Optimizing Surgical Timing: Evaluating Disability, Frailty, and Deformity Severity Thresholds in Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Pegah Ghamasaee, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Low Incidence of Local Complications with Countersunk Iliac Screws for Spinopelvic Fixation: A Case Series of 1,263 Screws
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Mykhaylo D. Krushelnytskyy, MD – McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Mythbusters Conclusion: Postoperative Bracing is Unnecessary in Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Chloe Chose, BS – USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    More rods, better outcomes? Impact of Multi-Rod Constructs on Rod Fracture Rates in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Diego T. Soto Rubio, MD – Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA.
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Enhanced Cost Utility in Adult Deformity Corrections Can Be Achieved by Application of Contemporary Age-Adjusted Realignment Criteria
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Pawel P. Jankowski, MD – Hoag Neurosciences Institute
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:07 AM – 8:09 AM EST
    The Perseverance of Optimal Realignment Through Transient Perioperative Complications on the Path to Long-Term Success in Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Shaleen Vira, MD – Banner University Medical Center
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:11 AM – 8:13 AM EST
    Validation of a Predictive Equation for Postoperative Pelvic Tilt in Spinal Deformity Surgery Comparing Short and Long Fusion Cases
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Camilo A. Molina, MD – Washington University School of Medicine
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:13 AM – 8:15 AM EST
    A Novel Cervical Coronal Alignment Parameter in Adults Without Neck Symptoms
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Esteban Quiceno Restrepo, M.D – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery - UBNS
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:15 AM – 8:17 AM EST
    Identifying Thresholds for Optimal Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients with Isolated Pelvic Incidence Minus Lordosis (PI-LL) Mismatch
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Tyler K. Williamson, DO – UT Health San Antonio
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:17 AM – 8:19 AM EST
    Who Remains Intubated After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery?
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Harsh Jain, MBBS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:21 AM – 8:23 AM EST
    Bracing for Recovery: Enhancing Support and Reducing Opioid Dependency Post-Surgery
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Schahin Salmanian, MS – University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:23 AM – 8:25 AM EST
    Quantifying the Impact of Spinal Shape: Incorporating Roussouly Criteria into Novel Alignment Schemata Increases Probability of Optimal Radiographic Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Abdul Yassin-Kassab, MD, FRCSC – Medical College of Wisconsin
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:27 AM – 8:29 AM EST
    Predicting Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Patients undergoing Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Multifactorial Artificial Intelligence Based Approach
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Ted Shi, BS – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:31 AM – 8:33 AM EST
    Personalized Interbody Implants Achieve Targeted Intervertebral Lordosis in Transforaminal, Lateral, and Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusions
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Sigurd Berven, MD – UCSF
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:33 AM – 8:35 AM EST
    Compensatory mechanism and alignment change of unfused remnant region: A long-term follow-up study
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: MUHA LEE, MD – GANGNAM SEVERANCE HOSPITAL
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:35 AM – 8:37 AM EST
    Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols on Outcomes Up to Two Years After Adult Structural Spine Disorder Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Deb A. Bhowmick, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:37 AM – 8:39 AM EST
    Determination of Risk Factors for Pseudoarthrosis in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Khoi D. Than, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:39 AM – 8:41 AM EST
    Impact of Obesity on Alignment and Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity: A 3-Year Category-Based Analysis
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Stephen M. Bergin, MD PhD – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:41 AM – 8:43 AM EST
    Comparative Performance of the ESSG-ADSCI and ISSG-SII in a Single-Center Adult Spinal Deformity Database
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Alexander D. Suarez, MD – Duke University Medical Center
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:43 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    Anterior to Psoas (ATP) Surgical Approach to the Lumbar Spine with the Patient in the Supine Position
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Thomas T. Terramani, MD – Vascular Associates Of San Diego
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:43 AM – 8:45 AM EST
    Risk Factors for Total Hip Arthroplasty Following Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Large Propensity Matched Study
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Joshua Wiener, BS – Case Western Reserve University
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:45 AM – 8:47 AM EST
    Evolution of Outcomes since the Integration of Anterolateral Reconstruction (ALR) in Adult Spinal Deformity Correction
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Peter G. Passias, MD – Duke University
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:51 AM – 8:53 AM EST
    What Degree of Malalignment Justifies Performance of Three Column Osteotomy in Revision Lumbar Spinal Fusion?
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Matthew Galetta, MD – NYU Langone Health
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:53 AM – 8:55 AM EST
    Impact of L1 Pelvic Angle and T4 Pelvic Angle Errors on Pelvic Tilt Deviation in Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Munish Gupta, MD, MBA – Washington University
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:55 AM – 8:57 AM EST
    Disparities in Presentation and Outcomes of Symptomatic Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Based on Over and Under Correction in Adult Spinal Deformity Corrections
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Jeffrey Mullin, MD MBA – UBNS
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:57 AM – 8:59 AM EST
    Are we getting better at Achieving Optimal Lumbar Segmental Sagittal Alignment in Complex Adult Spine Deformity Surgery?
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Alexander Parsons, MD, MS – Duke university Hospital
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:59 AM – 9:01 AM EST
    A Machine Learning Powered Calculator for Prediction of 2 Year Post-Operative Neck Pain in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Quality Outcomes Database Study
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Zachary Brumm, BA – UC San Francisco
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    9:01 AM – 9:03 AM EST
    Quantifying the Importance of Upper Cervical Extension Reserve in Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery and its Impact on Baseline Presentation and Outcomes
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Brett Rocos, MD – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
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  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    9:03 AM – 9:05 AM EST
    Stratification of L1 Pelvic Angle and T4 Pelvic Angle Errors by Post-Operative C2 Tilt: Implications for Pelvic Tilt Deviation in Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Michael P. Kelly, MD – University of California, San Diego
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