Agenda
Moderated by Byron Schneider, MD; Vivek Babaria, DO
Jr. Moderator John Hesling, MD

3:30-3:35 PM Incomplete (A3) versus complete (A4) thoracolumbar burst fractures: Results from a prospective international multicenter cohort study
Charlotte Dandurand, MD, MSc, FRCSC

3:35-3:40 PM Epigenetic regulation of IL-4 promoter targeting p300 attenuating intervertebral disc degeneration and pain by inhibiting IL-1β
Haowen Cui, MD

3:40-3:45 PM A biomechanical assessment of novel soft-landing techniques to prevent distal junctional kyphosis
Yevgeniy Freyvert, MD

3:45-3:50 PM Effect of semaglutide on 90-day and 2-year surgical and medical complications in diabetic patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Uttsav Patel, BA

3:50-3:55 PM Preoperative MRI-based endplate quality: A novel tool for predicting cage subsidence after anterior cervical spine surgery
Sibo Wang, PhD

3:55-4:00 PM Discussion

4:00-4:05 PM Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare access and utilization among patients with low back pain: A cross-sectional study
Joseph Nassar, BS

4:05-4:10 PM Retrospective review of outcomes in patients with Bertolotti’s Syndrome who underwent intra-articular pseudo-joint injection
Rachel Pooley, BS

4:10-4:15 PM Optimizing spine transfer decisions: Assessing appropriateness and reducing unnecessary transfers
Michelle Zhang, BSN, RN

4:15-4:20 PM Postoperative physical therapy utilization for cervical disc replacement: An analysis of practice patterns in the United States and comparison to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Aidan Lindgren, BS

4:20-4:25 PM Return to work, activities of daily living, and disability improvement of an FDA IDE trial of decompression and dynamic sagittal tether stabilization versus decompression and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
William Lavelle, MD, MBA

4:25-4:30 PM Discussion

4:30-4:35 PM Beyond the clinic: A social media network analysis of 5466 posts reveals the interconnected challenges facing sarcoma patients
Ethan Brown, BS

4:35-4:40 PM Elevated postoperative T1 slope (T1S) is reflective of poor surgical correction of cervical deformity
Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD

4:40-4:45 PM Extension of fusion to cervical spine vs. upper thoracic spine for the management of proximal junctional kyphosis
Ahmed Sulieman, MD

4:45-4:50 PM The association between postoperative physical therapy and opioid prescription after posterior lumbar interbody fusion: A retrospective cohort study of United States Academic Health Centers
Anthony Baumann, DPT

4:50-4:55 PM The association of venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis and complications following spinal trauma surgery
Sanket Mehta, MD

4:55-5:00 PM Discussion
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