The 35th National Congress of the Portuguese Society of Neurosurgery was held on May 23-25, 2019 at the SANA Malhoa Hotel | Lisbon.

As usual, the Congress Scientific Committee awarded prizes to the free papers with the best evaluations.

SPNC|CODMAN AWARD – Best Oral Communication

MCO001 – HIPTCN – HYPOCOAGULATED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS WITH NORMAL INITIAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS

Pedro Duarte Batista1; Renata Marques2; João Páscoa Pinheiro3; João Silva4; Rui Tuna5; José Hipólito Reis1; Cristiano Antunes2; Maria João Machado2; Nuno Farinha1; Samuel Sequeira Lemos1; Jessica Branco1; Diogo Roque1; Diogo Simão1; Nuno Simas1; Wilson Teixeira1; Cátia Felício6; Miguel Ferreira4; Eduardo Cunha4; Luís Rocha4; Gonçalo Figueireido4; Carolina Noronha4; Vasco Pinto4; Filipe Silva4; Ana Ferreira5; Osvaldo Sousa5

1 – Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte; 2 – Neurosurgery Department, Hospital de Braga; 3 – Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra; 4 – Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto; 5 – Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João; 6 – General Surgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte

SPNC|CODMAN AWARD – Best Poster

EP002 – INFILTRATIVE LESION OF THE CAVERNOUS SINUS AS A PRESENTATION OF LYMPHOMA: WHEN NOT TO SUSPECT?

Vasco Carvalho1,2; Rui Tuna1,2; Rui Vaz1,2,3; Bruno Carvalho1,2

1 – Neurosurgery Service, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto; 2 – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto; 3 – Neurosciences Unit, Hospital CUF, Porto

SPNC | DEPUY SYNTHES AWARD – Best Oral Communication in the Spine area

CO030 – VIOLATION OF UPPER FACETS BY PEDICLE SCREWS DOES NOT LEAD TO RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE ADJACENT SEGMENT AFTER MINIMALLY INVASIVE TLIF

Ana V. Ferreira1,2; Gibran Wibawa3; Pedro Santos Silva1,2,5; Ashraf Eldesouky4; Rui Vaz1,2,5; Paulo Pereira1,2,5

1 – Neurosurgery Service, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João; 2 – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto; 3 – Neurosurgery Service, Graha Amerta Hospital, Surabaia, Indonesia; 4 – Neurosurgery Service, Benha University, Egypt; 5 – Neurosciences Unit, Cuf Porto Hospital

SPNC | DEPUY SYNTHES AWARD – Best Poster in the Spine area
EP013 – POSTERIOR REDUCTION AND OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF AN UNSTABLE C1 FRACTURE WITH MONOAXIAL LATERAL MASS SCREWS
Joana Tavares1; Carla Reizinho1; Ana Luís1; António Cuco1; José Cabral1
1 – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental

SPNC AWARD – Best 1st Year Internal Oral Communication
MCO002 – HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY: APPLICATIONS AND RESULTS IN NEUROSURGICAL PATHOLOGY
Pedro Valente Aguiar1; Bruno Carvalho1,2; Pedro Monteiro1,2; Paulo Linhares1,2,3; Óscar Camacho4; Rui Vaz1,2,3
1 – Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; 2 – Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto; 3 – Hospital da CUF – Porto; 4 – Unidade de Medicina Hiperbárica da Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos