David G. Kline Lecture: A Peripheral Nerve Injury Is Also a Brain Injury – Plus Peripheral Nerve Abstracts

Moderator(s)

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  Mariano Socolovsky, MD, IFAANS

  Chief and Head Professor of Neurosurgery
  Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Clinicas, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine
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  Jason Huang, MD, FAANS, FACS

  Chair & Professor of Neurosurgery
  Baylor Scott & White Health

The session will start with the presentation of the Integra Research Award, followed by research abstracts highlighting new findings in peripheral nerve repair and regeneration. The Kline Lecture will then examine the relationship between peripheral nerve injury and brain function, emphasizing neuroplasticity, cortical reorganization, and advances in nerve reconstruction that support functional recovery.

Presentations:

• 2:05 PM - 2:10 PM CT

  Award Presentation
  

  Speaker: Sama Noroozi Gilandehi, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah
• 2:10 PM - 2:14 PM CT

  Reproducibility of Advanced Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerves in Healthy Controls Across Sites and Scanners
  

  Presenting Author: Maya E. Khoury, MS – Barrow Neurological Institute
• 2:14 PM - 2:18 PM CT

  The Paraneurial Rim Sign: A Novel Imaging Marker of Neurolymphomatosis
  

  Presenting Author: Ken Porche, MD – Mayo Clinic Arizona
• 2:18 PM - 2:22 PM CT

  Functional Sequelae of T1 Nerve Root Sacrifice in Spinal and Brachial Plexus Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Linda Liverani, MD – Stanford University
• 2:22 PM - 2:26 PM CT

  RESTORE: One-Year Outcomes of Control Crossover from Optimal Medical Management to Restorative Neuromodulation
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
• 2:26 PM - 2:30 PM CT

  Cervical Myelopathy is Associated With Higher Revision Rates After Open Decompression of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study
  

  Presenting Author: Torben Pearson – University of Minnesota
• 2:30 PM - 2:35 PM CT

  Discussion Abstracts 1-5
• 2:35 PM - 2:39 PM CT

  Exploring Long-Pulse Muscle Activation in Denervated Forearm Extensors Following Radial Nerve Injury and Repair in Non-Human Primates
  

  Presenting Author: Armando Armas-Salazar, MD. MS – Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School
• 2:39 PM - 2:43 PM CT

  Neurological Outcome Following Resection of Benign Presacral Neurogenic Tumors
  

  Presenting Author: Rasha Hassan, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester
• 2:47 PM - 2:51 PM CT

  In Vivo Real Time Histological Assessment of Cranial and Peripheral Nerves Using Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
  

  Presenting Author: Yuan Xu, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
• 2:51 PM - 2:55 PM CT

  Radar Reflector Localization for Peripheral Nerve Surgery: First Multi-Surgeon Clinical Series of 57 Cases
  

  Presenting Author: Katelyn Candido, BA – Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM CT

  Discussion Abstracts 6-10
• 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM CT

  Introduction to Kline Lecturer
  

  Speaker: Robert Spinner, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester
• 3:05 PM - 3:30 PM CT

  David G. Kline Lecture: A Peripheral Nerve Injury Is Also a Brain Injury: Current Concepts of Brain Plasticity and Nerve Reconstruction
  

  Speaker: Mariano Socolovsky, MD, IFAANS – Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Clinicas, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine