Abstracts
Canadian Spine Society1.01: Do lumbar decompression and fusion patients recall their preoperative status? Recall bias in patient-reported outcomes1.02: Trends and costs of lumbar fusion and disc replacement surgeries in Ontario: a population-based study1.03: Ontario’s Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): patient, provider and system impact of an integrated model of care for the management of LBP1.04: Validation of the self-administered online assessment of preferences (SOAP) utility elicitation tool1.05: Performance indicators in spine surgery: a systematic review1.06: Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): a networked model of care with changes to referral population profile and reduced surgical wait-times1.07: Improving spine surgical access, appropriateness and efficiency in metropolitan, urban and rural settings1.08: Reliability of the spine CPR score among emergency physicians1.09: Deriving a clinical prediction model for degenerative spine disorders1.10: Development of validated computer-based preoperative predictive model for reaching ODI MCID with 86% accuracy based on 198 ASD patients with 2-year follow-up1.11: Validation of the spine CPR score1.12: Can ultrasound detect curve progression of scoliosis without ionizing radiation?1.13: Relationship between age and nonoperative utilization in elective cervical spine surgery1.14: Larger global sagittal correction associated with increased PJK and major complications, but lead to better correction and HRQoL scores1.15: Comprehensive analysis of SRS appearance domain score drivers and comparative relationship to satisfaction in adults2.16: Incremental cost to Canada’s health care system of acute complications following spinal cord injury2.17: The prevalence and natural history of problematic spasticity following traumatic spinal cord injury2.18: Exploring the possibility of using artificial neural networks to predict mortality after spinal cord injury2.19: Developing a new index to predict mortality after spinal cord injury using machine learning techniques2.20: The impact of complications and opportunities to improve function, health and quality of life: our best approach to “cure” SCI today2.21: Delays in time from injury to specialized SCI centres increase in-hospital mortality in acute SCI2.22: The modified extremity motor (MEM) classification: A neurological classification of traumatic central cord syndrome (TCCS)2.23: The stable spine central cord syndrome (SCCS): a prospective surgical cohort2.24: Changes following acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective pilot study on serial MRIs2.25: Next-generation MRI identifies tract-specific injury and predicts focal neurological deficits in degenerative cervical myelopathy: development and characterization of accurate imaging biomarkers for spinal cord pathologies2.26: Translating state-of-the-art spinal cord MRI techniques to clinical use: a systematic review of clinical studies using DTI, MT, MWF, MRS and fMRI2.27: Motor cortex electrical stimulation to promote spinal cord injury recovery in an animal model2.28: Role of muscle damage on loading at the level adjacent to a lumbar spine fusion: a biomechanical analysis2.29: Classifying injury severity and predicting neurologic outcome after acute human spinal cord injury with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers2.30: Spine surgery a mari usque ad mare3.31: Prognostic factors for survival in a surgical series of symptomatic metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: a prospective North American multi-centre study in 142 patients3.32: Surgical management of spinal osteoblastomas3.33: General population utilities for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression health states3.34: Instrumentation following decompression for spinal metastases — Is there a need for fusion in addition to internal fixation?3.35: Do racial differences affect surgical outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy? Results from the prospective, multicentre AOSpine International study on 479 patients3.36: Is preoperative duration of symptoms a significant predictor of functional status and quality of life outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathy?3.37: Surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy from an economic and outcome perspective: a cost–utility analysis of the combined data from the AOSpine North America and International studies3.38: Laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicentre AOSpine North America and International CSM studies3.39: The impact of spinal manipulation on lower extremity motor control in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: a single-blind randomized clinical trial3.40: Predictors of improved pain, function and quality of life following elective lumbar spine fusion surgery3.41: Objective measurement of free-living physical activity (performance) in lumbar spinal stenosis: Are physical activity guidelines being met?3.42: Two-year follow-up in spine clinical research: An adequate benchmark?3.43: The impact of presurgical self-reported exercise patterns on postsurgical outcomes3.44: Baseline and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylo-listhesis: a comparison study between single-payer and multitier health care systems3.45: An exploration of the inter-relationships between low back pain, obesity, inflammation and diabetic statusP01: Methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysisP02: The relationship between preoperative clinical presentation and quantitative MRI features in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathyP03: Change in function, pain and quality of life following structured nonoperative treatment in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic reviewP04: Tobacco smoking and outcomes following surgical decompression in patients with symptomatic degenerative cervical myelopathyP05: Predicting the minimum clinically important difference in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathyP06: Timing of decompression in patients with acute spinal cord injury: a systematic reviewP07: Defining the pathway to definitive care and surgical decompression after traumatic spinal cord injury: results of a Canadian population-based cohort studyP08: Assessment of surgical treatment strategies for moderate to severe cervical spinal deformity reveals marked variation in approaches, osteotomies and fusion levelsP09: Frailty and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative spine diseaseP10: Does sarcopenia as assessed by the normalized total psoas area predict early outcomes in elderly patients undergoing elective surgery for degenerative spine disease?P11: The relationship between pre-existing comorbidities and postinjury adverse events in traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective Canadian cohort study focusing on potentially modifiable conditionsP12: The incidence, severity and impact of adverse events in adult spinal deformity patients: an ambispective cohort analysisP13: Factors affecting length of stay following 3-column spinal osteotomies in paediatric patientsP14: The rate and risk of curve progression following skeletal maturity — Does the story end with curve magnitude?P15: Integration of a spine assessment clinic prior to surgical consult — a program descriptionP16: Improved data capture and quality following implementation of standard operating procedures for a single site in the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network databaseP17: Survival and clinical outcomes in patients with meta-static epidural spinal cord compression: results from the AOSpine Prospective Multicentre Study of 142 patientsP18: The clinical utility of the spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS) and its role in surgical management of patients with spinal metastatic diseaseP19: Patterns of spinal metastatic disease and mechanical instability: a retrospective correlation with tumour histologyP20: A retrospective analysis of the clinical utility of the Tokuhashi scale, and its impact in surgical management of spinal metastatic diseaseP21: Length of hospital stay following elective lumbar spine fusion surgeryP22: Interspinous process device versus decompression and fusion: further investigation with 2 year follow-up in a degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis patient populationP23: The outcomes following decompression and fusion are compromised when it is preceded by a discectomy or decompressionP24: Predictors of response following nonsurgical treatment of low back pain
16th Annual Scientific Conference, The Fairmont Château Whistler, Whistler, British Columbia, Feb. 24–27, 2016
Ilyas Aleem, Yan Xu, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Markian Pahuta, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Eric Crawford, Mohammad Zarrabian, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Michael Yang, Justin Scheer, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Edmond Lou, Sarfraz Malleck, Alex Soroceanu, Alex Soroceanu, Barry White, Kaila A. Holtz, Nader Fallah, Vanessa Noonan, Joel Finkelstein, Carly Rivers, Jin Tee, Jérôme Paquet, Joost Rutges, Allan R. Martin, Allan R. Martin, Andrew Jack, Masoud Malakoutian, Brian Kwon, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Anick Nater, Anne Versteeg, Markian Pahuta, Eoin Fenton, Narihito Nagoshi, Lindsay Tetreault, Christopher Witiw, Carlo Santaguida, Mina Aziz, Morsi Khashan, Christy Tomkins-Lane, Firoz Miyanji, Michael Johnson, Jin Tee, Darren M. Roffey, Nathan Evaniew, Aria Nouri, Lindsay Tetreault, Paul Arnold, Lindsay Tetreault, Michael Fehlings, Jefferson Wilson, Justin S. Smith, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Travis Marion, Travis Marion, So Kato, Firoz Miyanji, Austin Enright, Eden Daly, Michael Fehlings, Ayoub Dakson, Ayoub Dakson, Erika Leck, Morsi Khashan, Edward Abraham, Neil Manson, Markian Pahuta, Jonathan Duncan, Amin Ahmed, Jason Eck, John Rhee, Bradford Currier, Ahmad Nassr, David Yen, Ana Johnson, Andrew Bidos, Sue Schultz, Caroline Fanti, Barry Young, Brian Drew, David Puskas, David Henry, Aaron Frombach, Gunita Mitera, Doug Coyle, Joel Werier, Eugene Wai, John Hurlbert, Robert Ravinsky, Andrew Bidos, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Andrew Bidos, Caroline Fanti, Barry Young, Brian Drew, David Puskas, Raja Rampersaud, Michael Yang, John Hurlbert, Ken Thomas, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Stephan Duplessis, Tamir Ailon, Justin Smith, Christopher Shaffrey, Eric Klineberg, Frank Schwab, Christopher Ames, International Spine Study Group, Michael Yang, John Hurlbert, Ken Thomas, Andrew Nataraj, Rui Zheng, Doug Hill, Marc Moreau, Douglas Hedden, Sarah Southon, Michael Johnson, Michael Goytan, Steven Passmore, Greg McIntosh, Justin Smith, Virginie Lafage, Eric Klineberg, Tamir Ailon, Christopher Ames, Christopher Shaffrey, Munish Gupta, Khaled Kebaish, Daniel Scubbia, Robert Hart, Richard Hostin, Frank Schwab, Michael Kelly, Justin Smith, Justin Scheer, Virginie Lafage, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Richard Lafage, Richard Hostin, Khaled Kebaish, Munish Gupta, Robert Hart, Frank Schwab, Christopher Ames, Nicolas Dea, John Street, Marcel Dvorak, Rachel Lipson, Vanessa K. Noonan, Brian K. Kwon, Patricia B Mills, Vanessa Noonan, Jeffery Shum, Carly Rivers, John Street, So Eyun Park, Elaine Chan, Tova Plashkes, Marcek Dvorak, Nader Fallah, Manekta Bedi, Elaine Chan, Carly Rivers, John Street, Tova Plashkes, Marcel Dvorak, Vanessa Noonan, Nader Fallah, Chester Ho, Eve Tsai, Carly Rivers, Catherine Truchon, A. Gary Linassi, Colleen O’Connell, Andrea Townson, Henry Ahn, Brian Drew, Marcel Dvorak, Michael G. Fehlings, Carolyn Schwartz, Luc Noreau, Freda Warner, Vanessa Noonan, Nader Fallah, Charles Fisher, Colleen O’Connell, Eve Tsai, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Sean Christie, Brian Drew, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, Jérôme Paquet, Stefan Parent, Dilinuer Kuerban, Marcel Dvorak, Jérôme Paquet, Vanessa Noonan, Brian Kwon, Eve Tsai, Sean Christie, Carly Rivers, Dilinuer Kuerban, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher Bailey, Brian Drew, Michael Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, R. John Hurlbert, Stefan Parent, Charles Fisher, Marcel Dvorak, Vanessa Noonan, Brian Kwon, Eve Tsai, Sean Christie, Carly Rivers, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher Bailey, Brian Drew, Michael Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, R. John Hurlbert, Stefan Parent, Dilinuer Kuerban, Marcel Dvorak, Brian Kwon, Marcel Dvorak, Izabela Aleksanderek, Julien Cohen-Adad, David W. Cadotte, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, Benjamin De Leener, Justin Wang, Adrian Crawley, David J. Mikulis, Howard Ginsberg, Michael G. Fehlings, Izabela Aleksanderek, Julien Cohen-Adad, Zenovia Tarmohamed, Lindsay Tetreault, Nathaniel Smith, David W. Cadotte, Adrian Crawley, Howard Ginsberg, David J. Mikulis, Michael G. Fehlings, Andrew Nataraj, Karim Fouad, John Street, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Ian Stavness, Marcel Dvorak, Sidney Fels, Thomas Oxland, Femke Streijger, Nader Fallah, Vanessa Noonan, Scott Paquette, Michael Boyd, Tamir Ailon, John Street, Charles Fisher, Marcel Dvorak, John Hurlbert, Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Dekutoski, Joel Finkelstein, Charles Fisher, John France, Ziya Gokaslan, Eric Massicotte, Laurence Rhines, Peter Rose, Arjun Sahgal, James Schuster, Alexander Vaccaro, Nicolas Dea, Stefano Boriani, Peter P. Varga, Alessandro Luzzati, Michael Fehlings, Mark Bilsky, Laurence Rhines, Jeremy Reynolds, Mark Dekutoski, Ziya Gokaslan, Niccole Germscheid, Charles Fisher, Carl van Walraven, Doug Coyle, Joel Werier, Eugene Wai, Philippe Mercier, Ish Bains, W. Bradley Jacobs, Lindsay Tetreault, Hiroaki Nakashima, Aria Nouri, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Jefferson Wilson, Paul Arnold, Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Eric Massicotte, Michael Fehlings, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Helton Defino, Shashank Kale, S. Tim Yoon, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Ronald Bartels, Qiang Zhou, Alexander Vaccaro, Michael Johnson, Steven Passmore, Michael Goytan, Cheryl Glazebrook, Jeff Golan, Greg McIntosh, Joy Barker, Michael Weber, Richard Hu, Justin Norden, Aman Sinha, Matthew Smuck, Sameer Desai, Amer F. Samdani, Suken A. Shah, Jahangir Asghar, Burt Yaszay, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. Betz, Peter Newton, Steven Passmore, James McCammon, Michael Goytan, Greg McIntosh, Charles Fisher, Adbdulghader Alfasi, Emile L. Hashem, Gabrielle D. Papineau, Stephen P. Kingwell, Eugene K. Wai, Emilie P. Belley-Côté, Nader Fallah, Vanessa K. Noonan, Carly S. Rivers, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lindsay Tetreault, Kristian Dalzell, Juan Jose Zamorano, Michael Fehlings, Mohammed Shamji, John Rhee, Jefferson Wilson, Ian Andersson, Anna Dembek, Krystle Pagarigan, Joseph Dettori, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Lindsay Tetreault, Hiroaki Nakashima, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Kotter, Michael Fehlings, Jefferson Wilson, Paul Arnold, Christopher Shaffrey, Mohammed Shamji, Thomas Mroz, Andrea Skelly, Jens Chapman, Lindsay Tetreault, Bizhan Aarabi, Steve Casha, Susan Jaglal, Jennifer Voth, Albert Yee, Michael Fehlings, Eric Klineberg, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Justin K. Scheer, Tamir Ailon, Subaraman Ramachandran, Alan Daniels, Gregory Mundis, Munish Gupta, Vedat Deviren, Christopher P. Ames, International Spine Study Group, John Street, Liam Stobart, Christopher J. Ryerson, Alana Flexman, John Street, Alana Flexman, Carly Rivers, Dilinuer Kuerban, Christiana Cheng, Vanessa Noonan, Marcel Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Brian Kwon, John Street, Tamir Ailon, Michael Boyd, Marcel Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Brian Kwon, Scott Paquette, John Street, Stephen Lewis, Chris Reilly, Suken A. Shah, David H. Clements, Amer F. Samdani, Sameer Desai, Baron S. Lonner, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. Betz, Peter Newton, Mike Johnson, Steve Passmore, Mike Goytan, Neil Manson, Erin Bigney, Kate Wagg, Edward Abraham, Anick Nater, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Dekutoski, Joel Finkelstein, Charles Fisher, John France, Ziya Gokaslan, Eric Massicotte, Laurence Rhines, Peter Rose, Arjun Sahgal, James Schuster, Alexander Vaccaro, Erika Leck, Sean Christie, Erika Leck, Sean Christie, Ayoub Dakson, Sean Christie, Michael Weber, Greg McIntosh, Joy Barker, Jeff Golan, Kate Wagg, Maxwell Armstrong, Erin Bigney, Eden Daly, Neil Manson, Erin Bigney, Kate Wagg, Eden Daly, Edward Abraham, Anthony Perruccio, Elizabeth Badley and Raja Rampersaud
Can J Surg June 01, 2016 59 (3 Suppl 2) S39-S63; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.006916
Ilyas Aleem
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Yan Xu
From Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
Y. Raja Rampersaud
*University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
†Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont.
Markian Pahuta
*University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Eric Crawford
*Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Mohammad Zarrabian
*Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Michael Yang
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Justin Scheer
*University of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif.
Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Edmond Lou
*University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
†Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.
Sarfraz Malleck
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Alex Soroceanu
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Alex Soroceanu
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Barry White
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Kaila A. Holtz
*Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Nader Fallah
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Joel Finkelstein
*Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Carly Rivers
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Jin Tee
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Jérôme Paquet
*Laval University, Québec, Que.
Joost Rutges
From the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Allan R. Martin
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Allan R. Martin
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Andrew Jack
From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Masoud Malakoutian
*Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian Kwon
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Anick Nater
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Anne Versteeg
*University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Markian Pahuta
From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Eoin Fenton
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Narihito Nagoshi
From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Christopher Witiw
*University of Toronto, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Ont.
Carlo Santaguida
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Mina Aziz
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Morsi Khashan
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Christy Tomkins-Lane
*Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alta.
†Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Firoz Miyanji
*BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Michael Johnson
*University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Jin Tee
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
†National Trauma Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Darren M. Roffey
*University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
†Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
Nathan Evaniew
*McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Aria Nouri
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Paul Arnold
*University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Jefferson Wilson
*Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Justin S. Smith
*University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Raphaële Charest-Morin
*Université Laval, Québec, Que.
Raphaële Charest-Morin
*Université Laval, Québec, Que.
Travis Marion
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Travis Marion
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
So Kato
From the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Firoz Miyanji
*BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Austin Enright
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Eden Daly
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Ayoub Dakson
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Ayoub Dakson
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Erika Leck
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Morsi Khashan
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Edward Abraham
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Neil Manson
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Markian Pahuta
*University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Jonathan Duncan
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Amin Ahmed
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Jason Eck
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
John Rhee
†Emory Hospital, Atlanta, Ga.
Bradford Currier
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Ahmad Nassr
*Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
David Yen
From Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
Ana Johnson
From Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
Andrew Bidos
†Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont.
Sue Schultz
‡Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
Caroline Fanti
†Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont.
Barry Young
†Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont.
Brian Drew
†Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont.
§Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ont.
David Puskas
†Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont.
¶Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ont.
David Henry
‡Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
Aaron Frombach
*University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Gunita Mitera
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Doug Coyle
*University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Joel Werier
*University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Eugene Wai
*University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
John Hurlbert
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Robert Ravinsky
*Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Andrew Bidos
†Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
Y. Raja Rampersaud
*Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
‡Spine Program, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
Andrew Bidos
†University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
Caroline Fanti
‡Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ont.
Barry Young
§Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics, Hamilton, Ont,
Brian Drew
¶Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
David Puskas
‡Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ont.
Raja Rampersaud
*Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Yang
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
John Hurlbert
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Ken Thomas
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Stephan Duplessis
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Tamir Ailon
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Justin Smith
‡University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Christopher Shaffrey
‡University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Eric Klineberg
§University of California Davis, Davis, Calif.
Frank Schwab
¶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Christopher Ames
**University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
††International Spine Study Group.
Michael Yang
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
John Hurlbert
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Ken Thomas
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Andrew Nataraj
†University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Rui Zheng
*University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Doug Hill
*University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
†Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.
Marc Moreau
*University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Douglas Hedden
*University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Sarah Southon
*University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
†Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alta.
Michael Johnson
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Michael Goytan
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Steven Passmore
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Greg McIntosh
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Justin Smith
†University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Virginie Lafage
‡Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Eric Klineberg
§University of California Davis, Davis, Calif.
Tamir Ailon
¶University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Christopher Ames
**University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Christopher Shaffrey
†University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Munish Gupta
††Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Khaled Kebaish
‡‡Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Ma.
Daniel Scubbia
‡‡Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Ma.
Robert Hart
§§Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.
Richard Hostin
¶¶Baylor Scoliosis Center at Plano, Tx.
Frank Schwab
‡Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Michael Kelly
†Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Justin Smith
‡University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Justin Scheer
§University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
Virginie Lafage
¶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Themistocles Protopsaltis
**New York University, New York, N.Y.
Richard Lafage
¶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Richard Hostin
††Baylor Scoliosis Center at Plano, Tx.
Khaled Kebaish
‡‡Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Ma.
Munish Gupta
†Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Robert Hart
§§Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.
Frank Schwab
¶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Christopher Ames
§University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
Nicolas Dea
†Service de neurochirurgie, l’Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.
John Street
‡Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
‡Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Rachel Lipson
†Emmes Canada, Burnaby, B.C.
Vanessa K. Noonan
‡Rick Hansen Insitute, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian K. Kwon
§ICORD (International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries), Vancouver, B.C.
¶Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Patricia B Mills
*Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Jeffery Shum
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Carly Rivers
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
John Street
‡Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
So Eyun Park
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Elaine Chan
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Tova Plashkes
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcek Dvorak
‡Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Nader Fallah
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Manekta Bedi
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Elaine Chan
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Carly Rivers
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
John Street
‡Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Tova Plashkes
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
‡Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
‡University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Nader Fallah
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
‡University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Chester Ho
§University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Eve Tsai
¶University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Carly Rivers
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Catherine Truchon
**Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS), Québec, Que.
A. Gary Linassi
††University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
Colleen O’Connell
‡‡Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.
Andrea Townson
‡University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Henry Ahn
§§University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Brian Drew
¶¶McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Marcel Dvorak
‡University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Michael G. Fehlings
§§University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
***Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Carolyn Schwartz
†††Delta-Quest Foundation Inc., Concord, Mass.
Luc Noreau
‡‡‡Université Laval, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Quebec City, Que.
Freda Warner
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Nader Fallah
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Charles Fisher
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Colleen O’Connell
‡Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation, Fredericton, N.B.
Eve Tsai
§University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Henry Ahn
¶University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Najmedden Attabib
**Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Sean Christie
**Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Brian Drew
††McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Joel Finkelstein
‡‡Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Daryl Fourney
§§University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
Jérôme Paquet
¶¶Laval University, Québec, Que.
Stefan Parent
***Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
Dilinuer Kuerban
*Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
¶¶Laval University, Québec, Que.
Jérôme Paquet
†Laval University, Québec, Que.
Vanessa Noonan
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian Kwon
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Eve Tsai
§University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Sean Christie
¶Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Carly Rivers
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Dilinuer Kuerban
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Henry Ahn
**University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Najmedden Attabib
¶Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Christopher Bailey
††Western University, London, Ont.
Brian Drew
‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
**University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Joel Finkelstein
**University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Daryl Fourney
§§University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
R. John Hurlbert
¶¶University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Stefan Parent
***Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Charles Fisher
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian Kwon
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Eve Tsai
§University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Sean Christie
¶Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Carly Rivers
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Henry Ahn
**University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Najmedden Attabib
¶Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Christopher Bailey
††Western University, London, Ont.
Brian Drew
‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
**University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Joel Finkelstein
**University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Daryl Fourney
§§University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
R. John Hurlbert
¶¶University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Stefan Parent
***Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Dilinuer Kuerban
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian Kwon
From the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
From the Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Izabela Aleksanderek
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Julien Cohen-Adad
†École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Que
David W. Cadotte
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Benjamin De Leener
†École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Que
Justin Wang
‡Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
Adrian Crawley
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
David J. Mikulis
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Howard Ginsberg
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael G. Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Izabela Aleksanderek
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Julien Cohen-Adad
†École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Zenovia Tarmohamed
‡Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Nathaniel Smith
§McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
David W. Cadotte
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Adrian Crawley
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Howard Ginsberg
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
David J. Mikulis
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael G. Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Andrew Nataraj
From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Karim Fouad
From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
John Street
†Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Hans-Joachim Wilke
‡Centre of Musculoskeletal Research, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Ian Stavness
§Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
Marcel Dvorak
†Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Sidney Fels
¶Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Thomas Oxland
*Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
†Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Femke Streijger
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Nader Fallah
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Scott Paquette
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Michael Boyd
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Tamir Ailon
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
John Street
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Charles Fisher
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
John Hurlbert
From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
†University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Paul Arnold
‡University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Mark Dekutoski
§CORE Institute, Phoenix, Ariz.
Joel Finkelstein
¶Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Charles Fisher
**University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, B.C.
John France
††West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Ziya Gokaslan
‡‡Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R.I.
Eric Massicotte
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Laurence Rhines
§§University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Peter Rose
¶¶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Arjun Sahgal
¶Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
James Schuster
***University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Alexander Vaccaro
†††Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Nicolas Dea
†Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.
Stefano Boriani
‡Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Peter P. Varga
§National Center for Spinal Disorders and Buda Health Center, Budapest, Hungary
Alessandro Luzzati
¶Ortopedica Oncologica e Ricostruttiva del Rachide, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
Michael Fehlings
**University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Mark Bilsky
††Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
Laurence Rhines
‡‡University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Jeremy Reynolds
§§Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, U.K.
Mark Dekutoski
¶¶CORE Institute, Phoenix, Ariz.
Ziya Gokaslan
***Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Niccole Germscheid
†††AOSpine International, Davos, Switzerland
Charles Fisher
‡‡‡University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Carl van Walraven
From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Doug Coyle
From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Joel Werier
From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Eugene Wai
From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Philippe Mercier
†Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Miss.
Ish Bains
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
W. Bradley Jacobs
*University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Lindsay Tetreault
From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Hiroaki Nakashima
From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Aria Nouri
From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
†University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Jefferson Wilson
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Paul Arnold
‡University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
†Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Eric Massicotte
*University of Toronto, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
‡University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Paul Arnold
§University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas
Helton Defino
¶University of Sao Paulo Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Shashank Kale
**AIIMS, New Delhi, India
S. Tim Yoon
††Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Giuseppe Barbagallo
‡‡Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
Ronald Bartels
§§Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Qiang Zhou
¶¶Southwest Hospital, Chongqing, China
Alexander Vaccaro
***Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Michael Johnson
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Steven Passmore
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Michael Goytan
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Cheryl Glazebrook
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Jeff Golan
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Greg McIntosh
†Canadian Spine Society, Markdale, Ont.
Joy Barker
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Michael Weber
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Richard Hu
‡University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
Justin Norden
†Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Aman Sinha
†Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Matthew Smuck
†Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
Sameer Desai
*BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Amer F. Samdani
†Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, Pa.
Suken A. Shah
‡Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Del.
Jahangir Asghar
§Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, Fla.
Burt Yaszay
¶Children’s Specialists, San Diego, Calif.
Harry L. Shufflebarger
§Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, Fla.
Randal R. Betz
**Institute for Spine and Scoliosis, Lawrenceville, N.J.
Peter Newton
††Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, Calif.
Steven Passmore
*University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
James McCammon
*University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Michael Goytan
*University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Greg McIntosh
†CSORN, Hamilton, Ont.
Charles Fisher
†National Trauma Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Adbdulghader Alfasi
†Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
Emile L. Hashem
‡Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
Gabrielle D. Papineau
*University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
§Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
Stephen P. Kingwell
*University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
§Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
Eugene K. Wai
†Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
§Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
Emilie P. Belley-Côté
*McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Nader Fallah
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa K. Noonan
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Carly S. Rivers
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel F. Dvorak
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
‡Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Kristian Dalzell
†Christchurch Hospital and Burwood Spinal Unit, Christchurch, New Zealand
Juan Jose Zamorano
‡Hospital del Trabajador, Santiago, Chile.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Mohammed Shamji
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
John Rhee
†Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Jefferson Wilson
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Ian Andersson
‡University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.
Anna Dembek
‡University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.
Krystle Pagarigan
§Spectrum Research Inc., Tacoma, Wash.
Joseph Dettori
§Spectrum Research Inc., Tacoma, Wash.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
†University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Lindsay Tetreault
‡University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Hiroaki Nakashima
‡University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
‡University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
†University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Paul Arnold
‡University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Mark Kotter
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Jefferson Wilson
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Paul Arnold
†University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Christopher Shaffrey
‡University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Mohammed Shamji
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Thomas Mroz
§Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Andrea Skelly
¶Spectrum Research Inc., Tacoma, Wash.
Jens Chapman
**Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, Wash.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Bizhan Aarabi
††University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
Steve Casha
‡‡Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alta.
Susan Jaglal
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Jennifer Voth
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Albert Yee
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Michael Fehlings
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Eric Klineberg
†University of California Davis, Davis, Calif.
Christopher I. Shaffrey
*University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Virginie Lafage
‡Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Frank J. Schwab
‡Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.
Themistocles Protopsaltis
§NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, N.Y.
Justin K. Scheer
¶University of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif.
Tamir Ailon
**University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Subaraman Ramachandran
*University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Alan Daniels
††Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Gregory Mundis
‡‡San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, La Jolla, Calif.
Munish Gupta
†University of California Davis, Davis, Calif.
Vedat Deviren
§§University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Christopher P. Ames
§§University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
†University of California Davis, Davis, Calif.
††Brown University, Providence, R.I.
John Street
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Liam Stobart
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Christopher J. Ryerson
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Alana Flexman
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
John Street
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Alana Flexman
†University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Carly Rivers
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Dilinuer Kuerban
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Christiana Cheng
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Vanessa Noonan
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Charles Fisher
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian Kwon
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
John Street
†Rick Hansen Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Tamir Ailon
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Michael Boyd
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Marcel Dvorak
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Charles Fisher
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Brian Kwon
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Scott Paquette
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
John Street
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Stephen Lewis
From the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Chris Reilly
*BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Suken A. Shah
†Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Del.
David H. Clements
‡Cooper Bone and Joint Institute, Camden, N.J.
Amer F. Samdani
§Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sameer Desai
*BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Baron S. Lonner
¶Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, N.Y.
Harry L. Shufflebarger
**Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, Fla.
Randal R. Betz
††Institute for Spine & Scoliosis, Lawrenceville, N.J.
Peter Newton
‡‡Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, Calif.
Mike Johnson
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Steve Passmore
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Mike Goytan
From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
Neil Manson
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Erin Bigney
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Kate Wagg
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Edward Abraham
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Anick Nater
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Lindsay Tetreault
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Branko Kopjar
†University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Paul Arnold
‡University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Mark Dekutoski
§CORE Institute, Phoenix, Ariz.
Joel Finkelstein
¶Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Charles Fisher
**University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, B.C.
John France
††West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
Ziya Gokaslan
‡‡Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Eric Massicotte
*University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Laurence Rhines
§§University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Peter Rose
¶¶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Arjun Sahgal
¶Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
James Schuster
***University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Alexander Vaccaro
†††Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Erika Leck
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Sean Christie
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Erika Leck
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Sean Christie
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Ayoub Dakson
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Sean Christie
From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
Michael Weber
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Greg McIntosh
†Canadian Spine Society, Markdale, Ont.
Joy Barker
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Jeff Golan
*McGill University, Montreal, Que.
Kate Wagg
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Maxwell Armstrong
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Erin Bigney
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Eden Daly
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Neil Manson
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Erin Bigney
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Kate Wagg
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Eden Daly
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
Edward Abraham
*Canada East Spine Centre, Horizon Health Network, Saint John, N.B.
†Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.
Anthony Perruccio
*University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Elizabeth Badley
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Raja Rampersaud
*University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
†University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
In this issue
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Canadian Spine Society1.01: Do lumbar decompression and fusion patients recall their preoperative status? Recall bias in patient-reported outcomes1.02: Trends and costs of lumbar fusion and disc replacement surgeries in Ontario: a population-based study1.03: Ontario’s Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): patient, provider and system impact of an integrated model of care for the management of LBP1.04: Validation of the self-administered online assessment of preferences (SOAP) utility elicitation tool1.05: Performance indicators in spine surgery: a systematic review1.06: Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): a networked model of care with changes to referral population profile and reduced surgical wait-times1.07: Improving spine surgical access, appropriateness and efficiency in metropolitan, urban and rural settings1.08: Reliability of the spine CPR score among emergency physicians1.09: Deriving a clinical prediction model for degenerative spine disorders1.10: Development of validated computer-based preoperative predictive model for reaching ODI MCID with 86% accuracy based on 198 ASD patients with 2-year follow-up1.11: Validation of the spine CPR score1.12: Can ultrasound detect curve progression of scoliosis without ionizing radiation?1.13: Relationship between age and nonoperative utilization in elective cervical spine surgery1.14: Larger global sagittal correction associated with increased PJK and major complications, but lead to better correction and HRQoL scores1.15: Comprehensive analysis of SRS appearance domain score drivers and comparative relationship to satisfaction in adults2.16: Incremental cost to Canada’s health care system of acute complications following spinal cord injury2.17: The prevalence and natural history of problematic spasticity following traumatic spinal cord injury2.18: Exploring the possibility of using artificial neural networks to predict mortality after spinal cord injury2.19: Developing a new index to predict mortality after spinal cord injury using machine learning techniques2.20: The impact of complications and opportunities to improve function, health and quality of life: our best approach to “cure” SCI today2.21: Delays in time from injury to specialized SCI centres increase in-hospital mortality in acute SCI2.22: The modified extremity motor (MEM) classification: A neurological classification of traumatic central cord syndrome (TCCS)2.23: The stable spine central cord syndrome (SCCS): a prospective surgical cohort2.24: Changes following acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective pilot study on serial MRIs2.25: Next-generation MRI identifies tract-specific injury and predicts focal neurological deficits in degenerative cervical myelopathy: development and characterization of accurate imaging biomarkers for spinal cord pathologies2.26: Translating state-of-the-art spinal cord MRI techniques to clinical use: a systematic review of clinical studies using DTI, MT, MWF, MRS and fMRI2.27: Motor cortex electrical stimulation to promote spinal cord injury recovery in an animal model2.28: Role of muscle damage on loading at the level adjacent to a lumbar spine fusion: a biomechanical analysis2.29: Classifying injury severity and predicting neurologic outcome after acute human spinal cord injury with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers2.30: Spine surgery a mari usque ad mare3.31: Prognostic factors for survival in a surgical series of symptomatic metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: a prospective North American multi-centre study in 142 patients3.32: Surgical management of spinal osteoblastomas3.33: General population utilities for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression health states3.34: Instrumentation following decompression for spinal metastases — Is there a need for fusion in addition to internal fixation?3.35: Do racial differences affect surgical outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy? Results from the prospective, multicentre AOSpine International study on 479 patients3.36: Is preoperative duration of symptoms a significant predictor of functional status and quality of life outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathy?3.37: Surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy from an economic and outcome perspective: a cost–utility analysis of the combined data from the AOSpine North America and International studies3.38: Laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicentre AOSpine North America and International CSM studies3.39: The impact of spinal manipulation on lower extremity motor control in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: a single-blind randomized clinical trial3.40: Predictors of improved pain, function and quality of life following elective lumbar spine fusion surgery3.41: Objective measurement of free-living physical activity (performance) in lumbar spinal stenosis: Are physical activity guidelines being met?3.42: Two-year follow-up in spine clinical research: An adequate benchmark?3.43: The impact of presurgical self-reported exercise patterns on postsurgical outcomes3.44: Baseline and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylo-listhesis: a comparison study between single-payer and multitier health care systems3.45: An exploration of the inter-relationships between low back pain, obesity, inflammation and diabetic statusP01: Methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysisP02: The relationship between preoperative clinical presentation and quantitative MRI features in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathyP03: Change in function, pain and quality of life following structured nonoperative treatment in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic reviewP04: Tobacco smoking and outcomes following surgical decompression in patients with symptomatic degenerative cervical myelopathyP05: Predicting the minimum clinically important difference in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathyP06: Timing of decompression in patients with acute spinal cord injury: a systematic reviewP07: Defining the pathway to definitive care and surgical decompression after traumatic spinal cord injury: results of a Canadian population-based cohort studyP08: Assessment of surgical treatment strategies for moderate to severe cervical spinal deformity reveals marked variation in approaches, osteotomies and fusion levelsP09: Frailty and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative spine diseaseP10: Does sarcopenia as assessed by the normalized total psoas area predict early outcomes in elderly patients undergoing elective surgery for degenerative spine disease?P11: The relationship between pre-existing comorbidities and postinjury adverse events in traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective Canadian cohort study focusing on potentially modifiable conditionsP12: The incidence, severity and impact of adverse events in adult spinal deformity patients: an ambispective cohort analysisP13: Factors affecting length of stay following 3-column spinal osteotomies in paediatric patientsP14: The rate and risk of curve progression following skeletal maturity — Does the story end with curve magnitude?P15: Integration of a spine assessment clinic prior to surgical consult — a program descriptionP16: Improved data capture and quality following implementation of standard operating procedures for a single site in the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network databaseP17: Survival and clinical outcomes in patients with meta-static epidural spinal cord compression: results from the AOSpine Prospective Multicentre Study of 142 patientsP18: The clinical utility of the spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS) and its role in surgical management of patients with spinal metastatic diseaseP19: Patterns of spinal metastatic disease and mechanical instability: a retrospective correlation with tumour histologyP20: A retrospective analysis of the clinical utility of the Tokuhashi scale, and its impact in surgical management of spinal metastatic diseaseP21: Length of hospital stay following elective lumbar spine fusion surgeryP22: Interspinous process device versus decompression and fusion: further investigation with 2 year follow-up in a degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis patient populationP23: The outcomes following decompression and fusion are compromised when it is preceded by a discectomy or decompressionP24: Predictors of response following nonsurgical treatment of low back pain
Ilyas Aleem, Yan Xu, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Markian Pahuta, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Eric Crawford, Mohammad Zarrabian, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Michael Yang, Justin Scheer, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Edmond Lou, Sarfraz Malleck, Alex Soroceanu, Alex Soroceanu, Barry White, Kaila A. Holtz, Nader Fallah, Vanessa Noonan, Joel Finkelstein, Carly Rivers, Jin Tee, Jérôme Paquet, Joost Rutges, Allan R. Martin, Allan R. Martin, Andrew Jack, Masoud Malakoutian, Brian Kwon, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Anick Nater, Anne Versteeg, Markian Pahuta, Eoin Fenton, Narihito Nagoshi, Lindsay Tetreault, Christopher Witiw, Carlo Santaguida, Mina Aziz, Morsi Khashan, Christy Tomkins-Lane, Firoz Miyanji, Michael Johnson, Jin Tee, Darren M. Roffey, Nathan Evaniew, Aria Nouri, Lindsay Tetreault, Paul Arnold, Lindsay Tetreault, Michael Fehlings, Jefferson Wilson, Justin S. Smith, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Travis Marion, Travis Marion, So Kato, Firoz Miyanji, Austin Enright, Eden Daly, Michael Fehlings, Ayoub Dakson, Ayoub Dakson, Erika Leck, Morsi Khashan, Edward Abraham, Neil Manson, Markian Pahuta, Jonathan Duncan, Amin Ahmed, Jason Eck, John Rhee, Bradford Currier, Ahmad Nassr, David Yen, Ana Johnson, Andrew Bidos, Sue Schultz, Caroline Fanti, Barry Young, Brian Drew, David Puskas, David Henry, Aaron Frombach, Gunita Mitera, Doug Coyle, Joel Werier, Eugene Wai, John Hurlbert, Robert Ravinsky, Andrew Bidos, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Andrew Bidos, Caroline Fanti, Barry Young, Brian Drew, David Puskas, Raja Rampersaud, Michael Yang, John Hurlbert, Ken Thomas, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Stephan Duplessis, Tamir Ailon, Justin Smith, Christopher Shaffrey, Eric Klineberg, Frank Schwab, Christopher Ames, International Spine Study Group, Michael Yang, John Hurlbert, Ken Thomas, Andrew Nataraj, Rui Zheng, Doug Hill, Marc Moreau, Douglas Hedden, Sarah Southon, Michael Johnson, Michael Goytan, Steven Passmore, Greg McIntosh, Justin Smith, Virginie Lafage, Eric Klineberg, Tamir Ailon, Christopher Ames, Christopher Shaffrey, Munish Gupta, Khaled Kebaish, Daniel Scubbia, Robert Hart, Richard Hostin, Frank Schwab, Michael Kelly, Justin Smith, Justin Scheer, Virginie Lafage, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Richard Lafage, Richard Hostin, Khaled Kebaish, Munish Gupta, Robert Hart, Frank Schwab, Christopher Ames, Nicolas Dea, John Street, Marcel Dvorak, Rachel Lipson, Vanessa K. Noonan, Brian K. Kwon, Patricia B Mills, Vanessa Noonan, Jeffery Shum, Carly Rivers, John Street, So Eyun Park, Elaine Chan, Tova Plashkes, Marcek Dvorak, Nader Fallah, Manekta Bedi, Elaine Chan, Carly Rivers, John Street, Tova Plashkes, Marcel Dvorak, Vanessa Noonan, Nader Fallah, Chester Ho, Eve Tsai, Carly Rivers, Catherine Truchon, A. Gary Linassi, Colleen O’Connell, Andrea Townson, Henry Ahn, Brian Drew, Marcel Dvorak, Michael G. Fehlings, Carolyn Schwartz, Luc Noreau, Freda Warner, Vanessa Noonan, Nader Fallah, Charles Fisher, Colleen O’Connell, Eve Tsai, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Sean Christie, Brian Drew, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, Jérôme Paquet, Stefan Parent, Dilinuer Kuerban, Marcel Dvorak, Jérôme Paquet, Vanessa Noonan, Brian Kwon, Eve Tsai, Sean Christie, Carly Rivers, Dilinuer Kuerban, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher Bailey, Brian Drew, Michael Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, R. John Hurlbert, Stefan Parent, Charles Fisher, Marcel Dvorak, Vanessa Noonan, Brian Kwon, Eve Tsai, Sean Christie, Carly Rivers, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher Bailey, Brian Drew, Michael Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, R. John Hurlbert, Stefan Parent, Dilinuer Kuerban, Marcel Dvorak, Brian Kwon, Marcel Dvorak, Izabela Aleksanderek, Julien Cohen-Adad, David W. Cadotte, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, Benjamin De Leener, Justin Wang, Adrian Crawley, David J. Mikulis, Howard Ginsberg, Michael G. Fehlings, Izabela Aleksanderek, Julien Cohen-Adad, Zenovia Tarmohamed, Lindsay Tetreault, Nathaniel Smith, David W. Cadotte, Adrian Crawley, Howard Ginsberg, David J. Mikulis, Michael G. Fehlings, Andrew Nataraj, Karim Fouad, John Street, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Ian Stavness, Marcel Dvorak, Sidney Fels, Thomas Oxland, Femke Streijger, Nader Fallah, Vanessa Noonan, Scott Paquette, Michael Boyd, Tamir Ailon, John Street, Charles Fisher, Marcel Dvorak, John Hurlbert, Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Dekutoski, Joel Finkelstein, Charles Fisher, John France, Ziya Gokaslan, Eric Massicotte, Laurence Rhines, Peter Rose, Arjun Sahgal, James Schuster, Alexander Vaccaro, Nicolas Dea, Stefano Boriani, Peter P. Varga, Alessandro Luzzati, Michael Fehlings, Mark Bilsky, Laurence Rhines, Jeremy Reynolds, Mark Dekutoski, Ziya Gokaslan, Niccole Germscheid, Charles Fisher, Carl van Walraven, Doug Coyle, Joel Werier, Eugene Wai, Philippe Mercier, Ish Bains, W. Bradley Jacobs, Lindsay Tetreault, Hiroaki Nakashima, Aria Nouri, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Jefferson Wilson, Paul Arnold, Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Eric Massicotte, Michael Fehlings, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Helton Defino, Shashank Kale, S. Tim Yoon, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Ronald Bartels, Qiang Zhou, Alexander Vaccaro, Michael Johnson, Steven Passmore, Michael Goytan, Cheryl Glazebrook, Jeff Golan, Greg McIntosh, Joy Barker, Michael Weber, Richard Hu, Justin Norden, Aman Sinha, Matthew Smuck, Sameer Desai, Amer F. Samdani, Suken A. Shah, Jahangir Asghar, Burt Yaszay, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. Betz, Peter Newton, Steven Passmore, James McCammon, Michael Goytan, Greg McIntosh, Charles Fisher, Adbdulghader Alfasi, Emile L. Hashem, Gabrielle D. Papineau, Stephen P. Kingwell, Eugene K. Wai, Emilie P. Belley-Côté, Nader Fallah, Vanessa K. Noonan, Carly S. Rivers, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lindsay Tetreault, Kristian Dalzell, Juan Jose Zamorano, Michael Fehlings, Mohammed Shamji, John Rhee, Jefferson Wilson, Ian Andersson, Anna Dembek, Krystle Pagarigan, Joseph Dettori, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Lindsay Tetreault, Hiroaki Nakashima, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Kotter, Michael Fehlings, Jefferson Wilson, Paul Arnold, Christopher Shaffrey, Mohammed Shamji, Thomas Mroz, Andrea Skelly, Jens Chapman, Lindsay Tetreault, Bizhan Aarabi, Steve Casha, Susan Jaglal, Jennifer Voth, Albert Yee, Michael Fehlings, Eric Klineberg, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Justin K. Scheer, Tamir Ailon, Subaraman Ramachandran, Alan Daniels, Gregory Mundis, Munish Gupta, Vedat Deviren, Christopher P. Ames, International Spine Study Group, John Street, Liam Stobart, Christopher J. Ryerson, Alana Flexman, John Street, Alana Flexman, Carly Rivers, Dilinuer Kuerban, Christiana Cheng, Vanessa Noonan, Marcel Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Brian Kwon, John Street, Tamir Ailon, Michael Boyd, Marcel Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Brian Kwon, Scott Paquette, John Street, Stephen Lewis, Chris Reilly, Suken A. Shah, David H. Clements, Amer F. Samdani, Sameer Desai, Baron S. Lonner, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. Betz, Peter Newton, Mike Johnson, Steve Passmore, Mike Goytan, Neil Manson, Erin Bigney, Kate Wagg, Edward Abraham, Anick Nater, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Dekutoski, Joel Finkelstein, Charles Fisher, John France, Ziya Gokaslan, Eric Massicotte, Laurence Rhines, Peter Rose, Arjun Sahgal, James Schuster, Alexander Vaccaro, Erika Leck, Sean Christie, Erika Leck, Sean Christie, Ayoub Dakson, Sean Christie, Michael Weber, Greg McIntosh, Joy Barker, Jeff Golan, Kate Wagg, Maxwell Armstrong, Erin Bigney, Eden Daly, Neil Manson, Erin Bigney, Kate Wagg, Eden Daly, Edward Abraham, Anthony Perruccio, Elizabeth Badley, Raja Rampersaud
Can J Surg Jun 2016, 59 (3 Suppl 2) S39-S63; DOI: 10.1503/cjs.006916
Canadian Spine Society1.01: Do lumbar decompression and fusion patients recall their preoperative status? Recall bias in patient-reported outcomes1.02: Trends and costs of lumbar fusion and disc replacement surgeries in Ontario: a population-based study1.03: Ontario’s Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): patient, provider and system impact of an integrated model of care for the management of LBP1.04: Validation of the self-administered online assessment of preferences (SOAP) utility elicitation tool1.05: Performance indicators in spine surgery: a systematic review1.06: Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC): a networked model of care with changes to referral population profile and reduced surgical wait-times1.07: Improving spine surgical access, appropriateness and efficiency in metropolitan, urban and rural settings1.08: Reliability of the spine CPR score among emergency physicians1.09: Deriving a clinical prediction model for degenerative spine disorders1.10: Development of validated computer-based preoperative predictive model for reaching ODI MCID with 86% accuracy based on 198 ASD patients with 2-year follow-up1.11: Validation of the spine CPR score1.12: Can ultrasound detect curve progression of scoliosis without ionizing radiation?1.13: Relationship between age and nonoperative utilization in elective cervical spine surgery1.14: Larger global sagittal correction associated with increased PJK and major complications, but lead to better correction and HRQoL scores1.15: Comprehensive analysis of SRS appearance domain score drivers and comparative relationship to satisfaction in adults2.16: Incremental cost to Canada’s health care system of acute complications following spinal cord injury2.17: The prevalence and natural history of problematic spasticity following traumatic spinal cord injury2.18: Exploring the possibility of using artificial neural networks to predict mortality after spinal cord injury2.19: Developing a new index to predict mortality after spinal cord injury using machine learning techniques2.20: The impact of complications and opportunities to improve function, health and quality of life: our best approach to “cure” SCI today2.21: Delays in time from injury to specialized SCI centres increase in-hospital mortality in acute SCI2.22: The modified extremity motor (MEM) classification: A neurological classification of traumatic central cord syndrome (TCCS)2.23: The stable spine central cord syndrome (SCCS): a prospective surgical cohort2.24: Changes following acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective pilot study on serial MRIs2.25: Next-generation MRI identifies tract-specific injury and predicts focal neurological deficits in degenerative cervical myelopathy: development and characterization of accurate imaging biomarkers for spinal cord pathologies2.26: Translating state-of-the-art spinal cord MRI techniques to clinical use: a systematic review of clinical studies using DTI, MT, MWF, MRS and fMRI2.27: Motor cortex electrical stimulation to promote spinal cord injury recovery in an animal model2.28: Role of muscle damage on loading at the level adjacent to a lumbar spine fusion: a biomechanical analysis2.29: Classifying injury severity and predicting neurologic outcome after acute human spinal cord injury with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers2.30: Spine surgery a mari usque ad mare3.31: Prognostic factors for survival in a surgical series of symptomatic metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: a prospective North American multi-centre study in 142 patients3.32: Surgical management of spinal osteoblastomas3.33: General population utilities for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression health states3.34: Instrumentation following decompression for spinal metastases — Is there a need for fusion in addition to internal fixation?3.35: Do racial differences affect surgical outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy? Results from the prospective, multicentre AOSpine International study on 479 patients3.36: Is preoperative duration of symptoms a significant predictor of functional status and quality of life outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathy?3.37: Surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy from an economic and outcome perspective: a cost–utility analysis of the combined data from the AOSpine North America and International studies3.38: Laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicentre AOSpine North America and International CSM studies3.39: The impact of spinal manipulation on lower extremity motor control in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: a single-blind randomized clinical trial3.40: Predictors of improved pain, function and quality of life following elective lumbar spine fusion surgery3.41: Objective measurement of free-living physical activity (performance) in lumbar spinal stenosis: Are physical activity guidelines being met?3.42: Two-year follow-up in spine clinical research: An adequate benchmark?3.43: The impact of presurgical self-reported exercise patterns on postsurgical outcomes3.44: Baseline and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylo-listhesis: a comparison study between single-payer and multitier health care systems3.45: An exploration of the inter-relationships between low back pain, obesity, inflammation and diabetic statusP01: Methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysisP02: The relationship between preoperative clinical presentation and quantitative MRI features in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathyP03: Change in function, pain and quality of life following structured nonoperative treatment in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic reviewP04: Tobacco smoking and outcomes following surgical decompression in patients with symptomatic degenerative cervical myelopathyP05: Predicting the minimum clinically important difference in patients undergoing surgery for the treatment of degenerative cervical myelopathyP06: Timing of decompression in patients with acute spinal cord injury: a systematic reviewP07: Defining the pathway to definitive care and surgical decompression after traumatic spinal cord injury: results of a Canadian population-based cohort studyP08: Assessment of surgical treatment strategies for moderate to severe cervical spinal deformity reveals marked variation in approaches, osteotomies and fusion levelsP09: Frailty and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative spine diseaseP10: Does sarcopenia as assessed by the normalized total psoas area predict early outcomes in elderly patients undergoing elective surgery for degenerative spine disease?P11: The relationship between pre-existing comorbidities and postinjury adverse events in traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective Canadian cohort study focusing on potentially modifiable conditionsP12: The incidence, severity and impact of adverse events in adult spinal deformity patients: an ambispective cohort analysisP13: Factors affecting length of stay following 3-column spinal osteotomies in paediatric patientsP14: The rate and risk of curve progression following skeletal maturity — Does the story end with curve magnitude?P15: Integration of a spine assessment clinic prior to surgical consult — a program descriptionP16: Improved data capture and quality following implementation of standard operating procedures for a single site in the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network databaseP17: Survival and clinical outcomes in patients with meta-static epidural spinal cord compression: results from the AOSpine Prospective Multicentre Study of 142 patientsP18: The clinical utility of the spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS) and its role in surgical management of patients with spinal metastatic diseaseP19: Patterns of spinal metastatic disease and mechanical instability: a retrospective correlation with tumour histologyP20: A retrospective analysis of the clinical utility of the Tokuhashi scale, and its impact in surgical management of spinal metastatic diseaseP21: Length of hospital stay following elective lumbar spine fusion surgeryP22: Interspinous process device versus decompression and fusion: further investigation with 2 year follow-up in a degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis patient populationP23: The outcomes following decompression and fusion are compromised when it is preceded by a discectomy or decompressionP24: Predictors of response following nonsurgical treatment of low back pain
Ilyas Aleem, Yan Xu, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Markian Pahuta, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Eric Crawford, Mohammad Zarrabian, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Michael Yang, Justin Scheer, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Edmond Lou, Sarfraz Malleck, Alex Soroceanu, Alex Soroceanu, Barry White, Kaila A. Holtz, Nader Fallah, Vanessa Noonan, Joel Finkelstein, Carly Rivers, Jin Tee, Jérôme Paquet, Joost Rutges, Allan R. Martin, Allan R. Martin, Andrew Jack, Masoud Malakoutian, Brian Kwon, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Anick Nater, Anne Versteeg, Markian Pahuta, Eoin Fenton, Narihito Nagoshi, Lindsay Tetreault, Christopher Witiw, Carlo Santaguida, Mina Aziz, Morsi Khashan, Christy Tomkins-Lane, Firoz Miyanji, Michael Johnson, Jin Tee, Darren M. Roffey, Nathan Evaniew, Aria Nouri, Lindsay Tetreault, Paul Arnold, Lindsay Tetreault, Michael Fehlings, Jefferson Wilson, Justin S. Smith, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Raphaële Charest-Morin, Travis Marion, Travis Marion, So Kato, Firoz Miyanji, Austin Enright, Eden Daly, Michael Fehlings, Ayoub Dakson, Ayoub Dakson, Erika Leck, Morsi Khashan, Edward Abraham, Neil Manson, Markian Pahuta, Jonathan Duncan, Amin Ahmed, Jason Eck, John Rhee, Bradford Currier, Ahmad Nassr, David Yen, Ana Johnson, Andrew Bidos, Sue Schultz, Caroline Fanti, Barry Young, Brian Drew, David Puskas, David Henry, Aaron Frombach, Gunita Mitera, Doug Coyle, Joel Werier, Eugene Wai, John Hurlbert, Robert Ravinsky, Andrew Bidos, Y. Raja Rampersaud, Andrew Bidos, Caroline Fanti, Barry Young, Brian Drew, David Puskas, Raja Rampersaud, Michael Yang, John Hurlbert, Ken Thomas, Godefroy Hardy St-Pierre, Stephan Duplessis, Tamir Ailon, Justin Smith, Christopher Shaffrey, Eric Klineberg, Frank Schwab, Christopher Ames, International Spine Study Group, Michael Yang, John Hurlbert, Ken Thomas, Andrew Nataraj, Rui Zheng, Doug Hill, Marc Moreau, Douglas Hedden, Sarah Southon, Michael Johnson, Michael Goytan, Steven Passmore, Greg McIntosh, Justin Smith, Virginie Lafage, Eric Klineberg, Tamir Ailon, Christopher Ames, Christopher Shaffrey, Munish Gupta, Khaled Kebaish, Daniel Scubbia, Robert Hart, Richard Hostin, Frank Schwab, Michael Kelly, Justin Smith, Justin Scheer, Virginie Lafage, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Richard Lafage, Richard Hostin, Khaled Kebaish, Munish Gupta, Robert Hart, Frank Schwab, Christopher Ames, Nicolas Dea, John Street, Marcel Dvorak, Rachel Lipson, Vanessa K. Noonan, Brian K. Kwon, Patricia B Mills, Vanessa Noonan, Jeffery Shum, Carly Rivers, John Street, So Eyun Park, Elaine Chan, Tova Plashkes, Marcek Dvorak, Nader Fallah, Manekta Bedi, Elaine Chan, Carly Rivers, John Street, Tova Plashkes, Marcel Dvorak, Vanessa Noonan, Nader Fallah, Chester Ho, Eve Tsai, Carly Rivers, Catherine Truchon, A. Gary Linassi, Colleen O’Connell, Andrea Townson, Henry Ahn, Brian Drew, Marcel Dvorak, Michael G. Fehlings, Carolyn Schwartz, Luc Noreau, Freda Warner, Vanessa Noonan, Nader Fallah, Charles Fisher, Colleen O’Connell, Eve Tsai, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Sean Christie, Brian Drew, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, Jérôme Paquet, Stefan Parent, Dilinuer Kuerban, Marcel Dvorak, Jérôme Paquet, Vanessa Noonan, Brian Kwon, Eve Tsai, Sean Christie, Carly Rivers, Dilinuer Kuerban, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher Bailey, Brian Drew, Michael Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, R. John Hurlbert, Stefan Parent, Charles Fisher, Marcel Dvorak, Vanessa Noonan, Brian Kwon, Eve Tsai, Sean Christie, Carly Rivers, Henry Ahn, Najmedden Attabib, Christopher Bailey, Brian Drew, Michael Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, Daryl Fourney, R. John Hurlbert, Stefan Parent, Dilinuer Kuerban, Marcel Dvorak, Brian Kwon, Marcel Dvorak, Izabela Aleksanderek, Julien Cohen-Adad, David W. Cadotte, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, Benjamin De Leener, Justin Wang, Adrian Crawley, David J. Mikulis, Howard Ginsberg, Michael G. Fehlings, Izabela Aleksanderek, Julien Cohen-Adad, Zenovia Tarmohamed, Lindsay Tetreault, Nathaniel Smith, David W. Cadotte, Adrian Crawley, Howard Ginsberg, David J. Mikulis, Michael G. Fehlings, Andrew Nataraj, Karim Fouad, John Street, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Ian Stavness, Marcel Dvorak, Sidney Fels, Thomas Oxland, Femke Streijger, Nader Fallah, Vanessa Noonan, Scott Paquette, Michael Boyd, Tamir Ailon, John Street, Charles Fisher, Marcel Dvorak, John Hurlbert, Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Dekutoski, Joel Finkelstein, Charles Fisher, John France, Ziya Gokaslan, Eric Massicotte, Laurence Rhines, Peter Rose, Arjun Sahgal, James Schuster, Alexander Vaccaro, Nicolas Dea, Stefano Boriani, Peter P. Varga, Alessandro Luzzati, Michael Fehlings, Mark Bilsky, Laurence Rhines, Jeremy Reynolds, Mark Dekutoski, Ziya Gokaslan, Niccole Germscheid, Charles Fisher, Carl van Walraven, Doug Coyle, Joel Werier, Eugene Wai, Philippe Mercier, Ish Bains, W. Bradley Jacobs, Lindsay Tetreault, Hiroaki Nakashima, Aria Nouri, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Jefferson Wilson, Paul Arnold, Michael Fehlings, Lindsay Tetreault, Branko Kopjar, Eric Massicotte, Michael Fehlings, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Helton Defino, Shashank Kale, S. Tim Yoon, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Ronald Bartels, Qiang Zhou, Alexander Vaccaro, Michael Johnson, Steven Passmore, Michael Goytan, Cheryl Glazebrook, Jeff Golan, Greg McIntosh, Joy Barker, Michael Weber, Richard Hu, Justin Norden, Aman Sinha, Matthew Smuck, Sameer Desai, Amer F. Samdani, Suken A. Shah, Jahangir Asghar, Burt Yaszay, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. Betz, Peter Newton, Steven Passmore, James McCammon, Michael Goytan, Greg McIntosh, Charles Fisher, Adbdulghader Alfasi, Emile L. Hashem, Gabrielle D. Papineau, Stephen P. Kingwell, Eugene K. Wai, Emilie P. Belley-Côté, Nader Fallah, Vanessa K. Noonan, Carly S. Rivers, Marcel F. Dvorak, Lindsay Tetreault, Kristian Dalzell, Juan Jose Zamorano, Michael Fehlings, Mohammed Shamji, John Rhee, Jefferson Wilson, Ian Andersson, Anna Dembek, Krystle Pagarigan, Joseph Dettori, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Lindsay Tetreault, Hiroaki Nakashima, Michael Fehlings, Branko Kopjar, Paul Arnold, Mark Kotter, Michael Fehlings, Jefferson Wilson, Paul Arnold, Christopher Shaffrey, Mohammed Shamji, Thomas Mroz, Andrea Skelly, Jens Chapman, Lindsay Tetreault, Bizhan Aarabi, Steve Casha, Susan Jaglal, Jennifer Voth, Albert Yee, Michael Fehlings, Eric Klineberg, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Virginie Lafage, Frank J. Schwab, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Justin K. Scheer, Tamir Ailon, Subaraman Ramachandran, Alan Daniels, Gregory Mundis, Munish Gupta, Vedat Deviren, Christopher P. Ames, International Spine Study Group, John Street, Liam Stobart, Christopher J. Ryerson, Alana Flexman, John Street, Alana Flexman, Carly Rivers, Dilinuer Kuerban, Christiana Cheng, Vanessa Noonan, Marcel Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Brian Kwon, John Street, Tamir Ailon, Michael Boyd, Marcel Dvorak, Charles Fisher, Brian Kwon, Scott Paquette, John Street, Stephen Lewis, Chris Reilly, Suken A. Shah, David H. Clements, Amer F. Samdani, Sameer Desai, Baron S. Lonner, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. 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