ASPN Poster Session
Moderators: Allan Belzberg, MD

A Detailed Investigation of the Potential Role of Anabolic Steroid Reversal of Denervation Atrophy in a Rodent Model
Jonathan Isaacs, MD; Satya Mallu, MD; Ilvy Friebe, MD; Ashkon Razavi, MD; Joseph Feher, PhD; Mary Shall, PhD; Michael Fox, PhD; Scott Vota, MD; Sagar Shah, BS
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

Transplantation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Neurospheres for Peripheral Nerve Repair
Takuya Uemura, MD; Kiyohito Takamatsu, MD; Mikinori Ikeda; Mitsuhiro Okada; Hiroaki Nakamura
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

A Combination of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Enhances Sciatic Nerve Regeneration in Mice
Mikinori Ikeda; Takuya Uemura; Kiyohito Takamatsu; Mitsuhiro Okada; Hiroaki Nakamura
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

A Study of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Using 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging System and Nerve Conduction Study
Mikinori Ikeda; Mitsuhiro Okada; Takuya Uemura; Kiyohito Takamatsu; Hiroaki Nakamura
Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Assessment of Neurotrophin Presence in Avance® Nerve Grafts
Curt Deister, PhD; Florence C. Beck; Mark Friedman, PhD; Erick DeVinney
AxoGen Inc, Alachua, FL, USA

Minimal Incision Cubital Tunnel Release
Nash Naam, MD
Southern Illinois University and Southern Illinois Hand Center, Effingham, IL, USA

Motor Axon Misdirection and Behavioral Deficit in Rat Sciatic Neuroma in Continuity Injuries
Jacob D. Alant, MBChB, FRCS(C); Ferry Senjaya; Joanne Forden; Aleksandra Ivanovic; Antos Shakhbazau, PhD; Rajiv Midha, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Injury Causes Degradation of the Motor Endplate
Tom Chao, MD; Derek Frump; Tahseen Mozaffar; Ranjan Gupta
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

Extrapelvic Obturator Nerve Release Guided by MR Neurography
Benjamin Z. Phillips, MD, MPH; Francesco Gargano, MD; Peter Evangelista, MD; Scott Schmidt, MD
The Warrern Albert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

Restoration Of Shoulder Abduction using Double Muscle Transfer In Brachial Plexus Injury
Ashok Gupta, MS, MCh
Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, India

Relationship between the Elbow Position and the Morphology of the Cubital Tunnel: An in vivo Study
Jing Xu, MD; Jianguang Xu, MD; Lei Xu, MD
Department of Hand Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Transfer of the Pronator Teres Motor Branch of Median Nerve to the Deep Branch of Radial Nerve: an Anatomic Study
Dong Han, MD; Jianguang Xu; Lei Xu
Department of Hand Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Comparisons of Functional Recovery Outcomes with Increasingly Rigorous Threshold Parameters from a Multi-center Registry Study of Processed Nerve Allografts
Gregory M. Buncke, MD; John Ingari, MD; Renata V. Weber, MD; Wesley Thayer, MD, PhD; Brian Rinker, MD; Bauback Safa, MD; Darrell Brooks, MD
The Buncke Clinic, San Francisco, CA, USA

End-to-side Neurorrhaphy Versus End-to-End Neurorrhaphy at the Peroneal Nerve in Rats: the Same Amazing Result
Fausto Viterbo, PhD; Ryane Brock; Fábio Oliveira Maciel; Benoit Ayestaray; Cecilia Pessoa Rodrigues; Jose Antonio Garbino
Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil

Double Fascicular Nerve Transfer for Elbow Flexion and Extension
Paul R. Yang; Louis Brunworth; Robert R. Gray; Roy Cardoso
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

A Mechanism to Explain the "Bands Of Fontana" in Peripheral Nerve
Antonio Merolli, MD, FBSE
Universita Cattolica, Rome, Italy