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  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    7:30 AM - 7:33 AM MST
    Biomechanical Impact of Screw Length and Addition of Posterior Fixation to Fatigue Failure in Worst-Case Conditions for Anterior Cervical Fixation Models
    Location: Grand Canyon 9-10, Level 1
    Presenting Author: Jaskaran Singh, MD – University of Manitoba
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    7:42 AM - 7:45 AM MST
    Development of BMP-2 Releasing Nanoparticles in a Biomimetic Bone Graft: Enhancing Spinal Fusion in a Rat Model
    Location: Desert Suite 3/5, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Mahnoor Shafi, MBBS – Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    7:48 AM - 7:51 AM MST
    Paired Biomechanical Comparison of Cortical and Traditional Pedicle Screw Constructs Under Cyclic Loading in a Severely Destabilized Lumbar Spine Model
    Location: Desert Suite 3/5, Level 2
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 28th
    8:06 AM - 8:09 AM MST
    Piezo 1-Dependent Mechanotransduction as a Target to Improve Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
    Location: Grand Canyon 9-10, Level 1
    Presenting Author: Ian Connolly, MD, MS – MGH
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    7:02 AM - 7:04 AM MST
    Biomechanical Impact of Splint Rods in Posterior Cervicothoracic Fixation: A Finite Element Analysis
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Jaskaran Singh, MD – University of Manitoba
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    7:12 AM - 7:14 AM MST
    Long-term Safety and Clinical Outcomes from a Single-site Phase I Study of Neural Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Mickey E. Abraham, MD MS MBA – UC-San Diego
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    7:14 AM - 7:16 AM MST
    Norepinephrine-Mediated Closed-Loop Feedback Control of Blood Flow After Spinal Cord Injury Outperforms Constant Infusion
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Denis Routkevitch, BS – Johns Hopkins
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    7:18 AM - 7:20 AM MST
    Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging Reveals Spatiotemporal Vascular and Glial Remodeling Following Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Abdul Ghaith, MD, PHD – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    7:36 AM - 7:38 AM MST
    Injury-specific effect of Schwann cell-derived exosome treatment for peripheral nerve injury
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Adham M. Khalafallah, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    8:18 AM - 8:20 AM MST
    A Signal Transducing Covalently Bound Peptide Coating for Titanium Spine Implants
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Presenting Author: Joseph Scott Hudson, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Mar 1st
    8:38 AM - 8:40 AM MST
    Burst Versus Tonic Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Radicular Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Crossover Trials and a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
    Location: Desert Suite 4/6, Level 2
    Basic Science