Session IX - Foot and Ankle Saturday, October 14, 2000

Moderator: Justin G. Lamont, MD & Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD
10:15 am *Tibial Plafond Fractures - Do These Ankles Function Over Time?

J. L. Marsh, MD; Dennis Weigel, MD; Douglas Dirschl, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA (all authors - a,b-EBI Medical)

10:21 am The Treatment of 100 Tibia/Fibula, Distal Segment (43) Fractures with Circular Tensioned Wire Fixators

James J. Hutson, Jr, MD; Gregory A. Zych, DO, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

10:34 am Analysis of Failure of Hybrid External Fixation Techniques for the Treatment of Distal Tibial Pilon Fractures

J. Tracy Watson, MD; David E. Karges, DO; Kathryn E. Cramer, MD; Berton R. Moed, MD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

10:40 am Anatomic Compression Arthrodesis Technique (ACAT) for Post-Traumatic Arthrosis of the Ankle: Results of Treatment

Steven D. Steinlauf, MD; Keith Heir, MD; Arthur Walling, MD; Roy Sanders, MD, Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, FL

10:53 am Prospective Randomized Clinical Multi-Center Trial: Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures: A Two- to Eight-Year Follow-Up

Richard E. Buckley, MD; Robert G. McCormack, MD: Ross K. Leighton, MD; Graham C. Pate, MD; David P. Petrie, MD; Robert D. Galpin, MD, Multi Canadian Centers, Canada, Supported by OTA Research Grant

10:59 am Operative Treatment of 635 Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures

Anthony F. Infante, Jr. DO; Keith Heier, MD;Thomas DiPasquale, DO; Arthur Walling, MD; Dolfi Herscovici, DO; Roy Sanders, MD, Florida Orthopedic Institute, Tampa, FL

11:43 am Bioabsorbable versus Stainless Steel Screw Fixation of the Syndesmosis in PLR Ankle Fractures: A Prospective, Randomized Trial

David B. Thordarson, M.D; Michael Samuelson, MD; Lane E. Shepherd, MD; Paul F. Merkle, MD; Jackson Lee, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

11:05 am Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures: Who Fails Treatment and Needs Subtalar Fusion?

Robert G. McCormack, MD; Richard E. Buckley, MD; Ross K. Leighton, MD; David P. Petrie, MD; Robert D. Galpin, MD; Marcel Csizy, MD; Graham C. Pate, MD, Four Level I Trauma Centers, Canada, Supported by OTA Research Grant

11:18 am Talus Fractures: Experience of Two Level I Trauma Centers

Hossein Elgafy, MD, FRCS (Ed); Nabil A. Ebraheim, MD; Marvin Tile, MD, FRCS(C); David Stephen, MD, FRCS(C); Jonathan Kase, BS, Medical College of Ohio,Toledo, OH and Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

11:24 am Isolated Displaced Fractures of the Talar Neck and Body: Results of Treatment with Open Reduction and Stable Fixation

Eric M. Lindvall, DO; George Haidukewych, MD; Thomas G. DiPasquale, DO; Dolfi Herscovici, Jr., DO; Roy Sanders, MD, Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, FL

11:37 am Comparison of SF-36 and SMFA in Recovery from Fixation of Unstable Ankle Fractures

William T. Obremskey, MD; Ouida Brown, MS; Douglas R. Dirschl, MD; Robin Driver, RN, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC