This was the first Joint SOSORT-IRSSD meeting

• 4 joint awards were presented.
• 4 days of programming
• 1 pre-conference clinical course with split society-specific half-day.

SOSORT 2016 – Banff – Book of Abstracts

Local Host – Eric Parent for SOSORT and Edmond Lou for IRSSD

Organizing Chair – Dr Theodoros Grivas

Conservative Treatments and Screening

Sub-committee Chair: Fabio Zaina

Sub-committee: Gabriele Aulisa, Nachiappan Chockalingham, Lori Dolan, Sabrina Donzelli, Douglas Hill, Thomasz Kotwicki, Tsz Ping Lam, Edmond Lou, Stefano Negrini, Eric Parent, Jim Raso, Sanja Schreiber, Sarah Southon, Man-San Wong

Etiology and Pathogenesis

Sub-committee Chair: Keith M. Bagnall

Sub-committee: Jack Cheng, Alain Moreau, Ian Stokes

Imaging

Sub-committee Chair: Carl-Eric Aubin

Sub-committee: Winnie Chu, Jacob Jaremko, Patrick Knott

Quality of Life

Sub-committee Chair: Josette Bettany-Saltikov

Sub-committee:  Joe O’Brien, Elizabetta D’Agata

Surgery

Sub-committee Chair: Rene Castelein

Sub-committee members: Kajsa Duke, Stefan Parent, Jean-Marc Thiong

Award Reviewers

Conservative Treatments and Screening
Angelo Gabriele Aulisa, Nachiappan Chockalingham, Patrick Knott, Jean-Claude de Mauroy, Maciej Plaszewski, Josette Bettany-Saltikov, Man-Sang Wong

Imaging
Angelo Gabriele Aulisa, Jean-Claude de Mauroy, Douglas Hill, Ian Stokes

Surgery
Steven Glassman, Nigel Price, Ian Stokes

Award Winners

1st Place: Conservative Care Research
Recipient: Nikita Cobetto, Carl-Éric Aubin, Stéfan Parent, Soraya Barchi, Isabelle Turgeon, Hubert Labelle
Title: 3D Correction of braces designed using CAD/CAM and finite element simulation for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A randomized controlled trial

2nd Place: Conservative Care Research
Recipient: Edmond H Lou, Doug L Hill, Andreas Donauer, Melissa Tilburn, Douglas Hedden, Marc Moreau
Title: Results of Ultrasound-assisted brace casting for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

2016 SOSORT-IRSSD J Sevastic Award Winner in Imaging Research 
Recipient: Steve C.N. Hui, Jean-Philippe Pialasse, Judy Y.H. Wong , Tsz-ping Lam, Bobby K.W. Ng, Jack C.Y. Cheng, Winnie C.W. Chu 
Title: Radiation dose of digital radiograph (DR), versus micro-dose x-ray on patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 

2016 SOSORT-IRSSD J Sevastic Award Winner in Surgery Research 
Recipient: Xiaoyu Wang, A. Noelle Larson, Dennis G. Crandall, Stefan Parent, Hubert Labelle, Charles G. T. Ledonio, Carl-Eric Aubin
Title: Biomechanical effect of pedicle screw distribution in Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis instrumentation using a segmental translation technique: Computer modeling and simulation

Invited speakers

Dr David Polly, SRS presidential lecture
Dr Hubert Labelle
Dr Marc Moreau (lifetime honorary member award)
Dr Matthew Halsey, SRS non-operative committee lecture
Dr Yong Qiu (delivered by Bangping Qian)