ISASS is pleased to announce this year’s award winning papers.

Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Hansen Yuan
Best overall Paper, The ISASS Leon Wiltse Award

#100: Minimally Invasive SI Joint Fusion Using Triangular Implants vs. Non-surgical Management of Chronic SI Joint Dysfunction: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Randomized Trial
Presenting Author: Peter Whang, MD

Best Clinical Paper, The Charles D. Ray Award

#498: Predictors of Revision Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity and Impact on Patient-reported Outcomes and Satisfaction – 2-year Follow-up
Presenting Author: Cyrus Jalai

Best Basic Science Paper

#362: Intervertebral Kinematics Correlate with T2 Relaxation Times in the Lower Human Cervical Spine
Presenting Author: Thomas Cha, MD

Best Poster

#46: Comparison of One-level versus Two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Clinical and Radiographic Follow-up at 60 Months in Patients Serving as Control Groups in Randomized Trials
Presenting Author: Donna Ohnmeiss, PhD

Sponsored by Tom Errico, MD
Kostuik Innovation Award

#514: Post Operative Cervical Deformity in 215 Thoracolumbar Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact on Patient-reported Outcome and Satisfaction at 2 Year Follow up
Presenting Author: Nancy Worley