The Congress of Neurological Surgeons granted Paper of the Year awards to highlight the best original science published in the journal Neurosurgery over the past year, according to Newswise.
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.