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    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 1

    Saturday, February 22, 2025
    7:00 AM – 8:30 AM EST

    Disclosure(s):
    Yi Lu, MD PhD: J&J MedTech: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)
    Eve Tsai, MD, PhD: Abbvie: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Mitsubishi: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Spiderwort: Consultant (Ongoing)
    Corinna Zygourakis, MD, FAANS: Stryker: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

    Presentations:

    • 7:03 AM – 7:06 AM EST
      Mitigating Post-Operative Opioid Use in Lumbar Spine Surgery: Implementing a Statewide Morphine Milliequivalent Prescribing Cutoff - A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Study

      Presenting Author: Dheeraj Kagithala, BS – Henry Ford Hospital

    • 7:06 AM – 7:09 AM EST
      Impact of multipoint pelvic fixation and multirod distal constructs on proximal junction biomechanics

      Presenting Author: Robert Rudy, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    • 7:09 AM – 7:12 AM EST
      Weight Loss Following Treatment with Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists Significantly Decreases Bone Mineral Density in the Spine As Measured by CT-Based Hounsfield Units

      Presenting Author: Michael L. Martini, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    • 7:12 AM – 7:15 AM EST
      Immunosuppressive B-cells shape T-cell immune response in Chordomas via TGF-beta

      Presenting Author: Rebecca Du, MD – McGaw Northwestern

    • 7:15 AM – 7:18 AM EST
      Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for The Evaluation of Intraoperative Spinal Cord Perfusion Before and After Surgical Decompression of a Chronically Compressed Spinal Cord

      Presenting Author: Brian F. Saway, MD – Medical University Of South Carolina Department Of Neurosurgery

    • 7:18 AM – 7:21 AM EST
      Minimum Clinically Important Differences in Quantitative Objective Markers of Physical Function in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery

      Presenting Author: Justin K. Zhang, MD, MSCI – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    • 7:21 AM – 7:24 AM EST
      Days Alive and At Home After Treatment of Spinal Metastases: Measurement and Validation of a Novel Patient Centered Outcome

      Presenting Author: Husain Shakil, MD, MSc – University of Toronto

    • 7:24 AM – 7:27 AM EST
      Work-Life Balance and Its Impact on Burnout in Healthcare Professionals: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis

      Presenting Author: Mahmoud M. Elsayed, MD – MME Foundation

    • 7:27 AM – 7:30 AM EST
      Operative Efficiency of Dueling Technique for Two Level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Junior versus Senior Resident Assistant

      Presenting Author: Gnel Pivazyan, MD – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

    • 7:30 AM – 7:33 AM EST
      Bilateral Anterior Lumbar Vertebral Body Tethering: A Feasibility Cohort Study

      Presenting Author: Alan Stein, MD – Westchester Medical Center

    • 7:33 AM – 7:36 AM EST
      Single Versus Double Fascicular Nerve Transfer to Restore Elbow Flexion in Brachial Plexus Injury

      Presenting Author: Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi, MD – Johns Hopkins University

    • 7:36 AM – 7:39 AM EST
      Predictors of maximizing the degree of listed interbody lordosis imparted during one- or two-level TLIF for degenerative pathology

      Presenting Author: Zachary Pennington, MD – Mayo Clinic

    • 7:42 AM – 7:45 AM EST
      Parkinson’s Disease and Lumbar Fusion: Balancing Early Risks with Long-Term Symptom Relief

      Presenting Author: Youssef M. Khalafallah, MD – Baylor College of Medicine

    • 7:45 AM – 7:48 AM EST
      Comparing Postoperative Neck Pain Outcomes in ACDF Patients with Varying Global Spinal Alignment

      Presenting Author: Adin M. Ehrlich, BA – Hospital For Special Surgery

    • 7:48 AM – 7:51 AM EST
      Ethnic Differences in Preoperative Paraspinal Muscle Health in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Comparison of US and India Cohorts

      Presenting Author: Rujvee P. Patel, MBBS, MPH – Hospital for Special surgery

    • 7:51 AM – 7:54 AM EST
      Efficacy of Intradiscal Injection of Platelet-rich Plasma in the Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials.

      Presenting Author: Sereen Halayqeh, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 7:54 AM – 7:57 AM EST
      The Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Deciding Fusion Treatment of Lumbar Degeneration: A Comparative Analysis and Narrative Review

      Presenting Author: Taha Taka, MD – Loma Linda University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

    • 7:57 AM – 8:00 AM EST
      Sagittal Plane Alignment and Balance in Operative Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Vertebral Pelvic Angles

      Presenting Author: Thaddeus K. Woodard, MD – University of California San Diego, Department of Orthopaedics

    • 8:00 AM – 8:03 AM EST
      Optimizing Lower Instrumented Vertebra Selection in Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Preoperative Upright and Supine Last Touched Vertebra

      Presenting Author: Josephine Rose Coury, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    • 8:03 AM – 8:06 AM EST
      The Influence of Preoperative Cervical Curvature on Clinical and Radiological Outcomes after Uniportal Posterior Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy

      Presenting Author: Kuan Hung Chen, Doctor of Medicine – Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Branch

    • 8:06 AM – 8:09 AM EST
      Temporal Trends of Improvement in Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy After Anterior Cervical Surgery

      Presenting Author: Mihir S. Dekhne, MD, MS – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 8:09 AM – 8:12 AM EST
      Impact of Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia on Postoperative Complications and Opioid Use in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Fusion: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

      Presenting Author: Adham M. Khalafallah, MD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine