The top paper of the year, titled “PUFS Trial: Long-term Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes Following PED Treatment of Complex ICA Aneurysms: Five-year Results of the Pipeline for Uncoilable or Failed Aneurysms (PUFS) Trial” was authored by:
• Tibor Becske, MD
• Waleed Brinjikji, MD
• Matthew B. Potts, MD
• David F. Kallmes, MD
• Maksim Shapiro, MD
• Christopher J. Moran, MD
• Elad I Levy, MD
• Cameron G. McDougall, MD
• Istvan Szikora, MD, PhD
• Giuseppe Lanzino, MD
• Henry H. Woo, MD
• Demetrius K. Lopes, MD
• Adnan H. Siddiqui, MD, PhD
• Felipe C. Albuquerque, MD
• David J. Fiorella, MD, PhD
• Isil Saatci, MD
• Saruhan H. Cekirge, MD
• Aaron L. Berez, MD
• Daniel J. Cher, MD
• Zsolt Berentei, MD
• Miklos Marosloi, MD
• Peter K. Nelson, MD
The top runner-up paper of the year was authored by the International Spine Study Group, titled “Outcomes of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Prospective, Multicenter Propensity-matched Cohort Assessment with Minimum 2-year Follow-up.”
Within the spine and peripheral nerve category, CNS recognized the article “Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated with Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Secondary Fusion Rates Following Open Versus Minimally Invasive Decompression,” by Karsten Scholler, MD, Marjan Alimi, MD, Guang-Ting Cong, BS, Dr. Paul Christos, PHMS, and Roger Härtl, MD.
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