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    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 2

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

    Disclosure(s):
    John H. Chi, MD MPH: Orthofix: Consultant (); Stryker: Consultant ()
    Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD: ATEC Spine: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing); SeaSpine: Consultant (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing); SI-BONE: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (Ongoing)
    Taemin Oh, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

    Presentations:

    • 7:03 AM – 7:06 AM EST
      Preoperative Molecular Blood Test Predicts Neurologic Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury

      Presenting Author: Tej D. Azad, MD, MS – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • 7:06 AM – 7:09 AM EST
      Different Gabapentin and Pregabalin Dosages for Perioperative Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

      Presenting Author: Joshua Weinberg, MD – Ohio State University Medical Center

    • 7:09 AM – 7:12 AM EST
      Type of nerve reconstruction impacts the optimal timing of brachial plexus reconstruction after neonatal brachial plexus palsy

      Presenting Author: Whitney E. Muhlestein, MD – University of Michigan

    • 7:12 AM – 7:15 AM EST
      Psychiatric Comorbidities Increase Opioid Use and Complications Following Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

      Presenting Author: Syed I. Khalid, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago

    • 7:15 AM – 7:18 AM EST
      Mobile Health Assessment of the Recovery Process in the First Month Following Lumbar and Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery

      Presenting Author: Salim Yakdan, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis

    • 7:18 AM – 7:21 AM EST
      Functional Neurologic and Survival Outcomes following Definitive Surgical Resection for Spinal Chondrosarcoma

      Presenting Author: Jawad M. Khalifeh, MD – Johns Hopkins University - Department of Neurosurgery

    • 7:21 AM – 7:24 AM EST
      Implementation of a Morphine Milliequivalent Prescribing Cutoff in Cervical Spine Surgery: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Study

      Presenting Author: Heegook Yeo, MD – Henry Ford Health System, Department of Neurological Surgery

    • 7:24 AM – 7:27 AM EST
      A Novel Clinical Calculator to Identify Patients at Risk for Ileus after Short-Segment Lumbar Fusion

      Presenting Author: Austin C. Kaidi, MD, MSc – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 7:27 AM – 7:30 AM EST
      Impact of Radiographic Complexity on MIS-TLIF Outcomes in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Comparison Between Simple and Challenging Cases

      Presenting Author: John E. Lama, MS – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 7:30 AM – 7:33 AM EST
      Two-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Two-Level Cervical Hybrid Construct

      Presenting Author: Philip Ratnasamy, BS – Yale School of Medicine

    • 7:33 AM – 7:36 AM EST
      Temporal Trends of Improvement After Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Surgery

      Presenting Author: Jung Mok, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 7:36 AM – 7:39 AM EST
      DNA-Based Epigenetic Age is a Better Predictor of Complications than Chronological Age and Frailty

      Presenting Author: Rohit Bhan, MD, MS – University of Illinois Chicago

    • 7:39 AM – 7:42 AM EST
      IGF-1 Serum Levels are Associated with Early Recovery and In-Hospital Complications after Spinal Fusion.

      Presenting Author: Francis C. Lovecchio, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 7:42 AM – 7:45 AM EST
      Changes in Thoracolumbar Vertebral Pelvic Angles Between Standing and Sitting

      Presenting Author: Atahan Durbas, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    • 7:48 AM – 7:51 AM EST
      Early Reoperations Do Not Adversely Affect Long Term Pain and Activity Scores in Adult Deformity Patients

      Presenting Author: Sarthak Mohanty, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    • 7:51 AM – 7:54 AM EST
      Multiple Sclerosis and Lumbar Fusion: Elevated Risks and Long-Term Outcomes Revealed

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

    • 7:54 AM – 7:57 AM EST
      The Association of Neighborhood-level Socioeconomic Status and Rurality on Lumbar Deformity Outcomes

      Presenting Author: Sasha Howell, MD, MS – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    • 7:57 AM – 8:00 AM EST
      The Influence of Fracture Status in Determining the Effectiveness of Surgical Intervention in Central Cord Syndrome

      Presenting Author: Karlo Pedro, MD – Toronto Western Hospital

    • 8:00 AM – 8:03 AM EST
      What Proportion of Operative Cervical Degenerative Cases at a Tertiary Academic Center Meet Criteria for Cervical Arthroplasty?

      Presenting Author: Darius Ansari, MD – University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

    • 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

      Presenting Author: Zachary Pennington, MD – Mayo Clinic

    • 8:09 AM – 8:12 AM EST
      Health Outcome Disparities After Treatment of Spinal Metastases: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Patients with High and Low Neighbourhood Material Deprivation

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