Sofamor Danek Paper and Poster Awards 2006

PAPER AWARDS
  Surgical versus non-operative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: RCT and observational cohort outcomes from SPORT ( Spine patient outcomes research trial)
J Weinstein, J Lurie, T Tosteson, B Hanscom, A Tosteson, J Skinner, W Abdu, T Albert, S Boden, F Cammisa, J Fischgrund, H Herkowitz, A Hilibrand, R Deyo, Philadelphia, PA, Atlanta, GA, New York, NY, Royal Oak, MI, Seattle, WA, USA

Diffusion of human lumbar intravertebral discs can be enhanced pharmacologically with oral nimodipine
S Rajasekaran, N Babu, K Murugan, A Shetty, Coimbatore, India

POSTER AWARDS
  Bone morphogenic protein rescues human intervertebral disc cells in-vitro from apoptosis
A Wei, S Chung, H Brisby, A Diwan, Sydney, Australia

Genome-wide linkage analysis for lumbar disc disease characterized by sciatica
I Virtanen, N Noponen-Hietala, S Barral, J Karppinen, H Li, M Vuoristo, J Niinimaki, J Ott, L Ala-Kokko, M Mannikko, Oulu and Helsinki, Finland, New York, NY, USA