Road to Rio—AO Spine Europe and Southern Africa Traveling Grants 2025
Every year 5 abstract submitters are selected for the AO Spine Europe and Southern Africa Traveling Grants to support their participation at the Global Spine Congress (GSC).
The selected abstracts were reviewed by the AO Spine ESA Board members and the winners will have the opportunity to present their papers to the AO Spine ESA Board Members in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in addition to the official congress abstract sessions.
Congratulations to the winners
The following five winning abstracts from the ESA region will be presented at the Global Spine Congress as outlined above.
Julian Scherer, South Africa
Validation of the AO Spine-DGOU Osteoporotic Fracture Classification—Effect of surgical experience, surgical specialty, work-setting and trauma center level on reliability and reproducibility
Sonja Häckel, Switzerland
Promoting intervertebral disc fusion: The prostaglandin E2 receptor 4 agonist KMN159 acts synergistically with BMP2 and L51P to induce osteogenic differentiation of human annulus fibrosus cells
Jana Schader, Switzerland
Irrigation induced cerebrospinal fluid glucose wash-out during spine endoscopy with dural lesion: a proof of concept study
Chiara Cini, Italy
Proposal of a novel approach to graft fashioning for posterior column reconstruction after en bloc resection of primary spine tumors: the Roof Technique
Duran Sahin, Türkiye
Measuring The Pressure Changes at Spinal Epidural and Intracranial Areas in Fresh Cadavers During the Full Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery With Continuous Irrigation—Preliminary Report
Don't miss the online webinar
Ahead of the Global Spine Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, AO Spine ESA invites you to join us at an online webinar. The online session will include the award ceremony for the 2025 Traveling Grants, and the winners will give presentations outlining their work.
Topic: Road to Global Spine Congress 2025 – Online Presentation
Date: May 20, 2025
Time: 18:00 CEST
Duration: 1 hour
Moderator: Aron Lazary, AO Spine Europe and Southern Africa (ESA)—Regional Research Officer
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