Session VI - Geriatric Trauma Friday, October 13, 2000

Moderator: Michael R. Baumgaertner, MD & David W. Lhowe, MD
10:10 am Injury Patterns in Older Female Trauma Patients Compared with Men and Younger Women

Paul Tornetta, III, MD; Edwin F. Hirsch, MD; Robert Howard, MD; Timothy McConnell, MD; Eric Ross, PhD, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

10:16 am Outcomes of Operatively Treated Acetabulum Fractures in the Elderly Population

Walter W. Virkus, MD; Pamela Williams-Russo, MD, MPH; Jeremy Sussman, BS; Allison Gill, RN; David L. Helfet, MD, The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

10:29 am Effect of Depression on Functional Recovery following Hip Fracture

Kimberly Cusimano, PhD; Philip Wolinsky, MD; Gina Aharonoff, MPH; Joseph Zuckerman, MD; Kenneth Koval, MD, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY

10:35 am Fractures of the Femur Following Hip Fracture Surgery

C.M. Robinson, FRCS; C.I. Adams; M. Craig; W. Doward; M.C.C. Clarke; J. Auld, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

10:41 am Fixation of Distal Femoral Fractures above Total Knee Arthroplasty Utilizing the Less Invasive Surgical Stabilization (L.I.S.S.) System

Philip James Kregor, MD; Peter A. Cole, MD; James L. Hughes, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS