Session III - Combined Meeting with AAST Thursday, October 12, 2000

Moderator: Steven R. Shackford, MD & John H. Wilber, MD
2:30 pm Confirmation of the Safety and Accuracy of Physical Examination in the Evaluation of Knee Dislocation for Popliteal Artery Injury: A Prospective Study

F.E. Miranda, MD; J.W. Dennis, MD; H.C. Veldenz, MD; P.S. Dovgan, MD; E.R. Frykberg, MD; University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

2:50 pm Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF-1) Protects Human Stromal Cells and Induces Differentiation into the Osteoblast Lineage

Donald A. Reiff, MD; Stacey Kelpke, PhD; John A. Thompson, PhD; University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

3:10 pm Repair of Comminuted Distal Radius Fractures: Allogenic versus Autogeneic Transplants

J. Fornaro, MD; R. Zellweger, MD; C. Sommer, MD; O. Trentz, MD, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

3:30 pm Influence of Injury Pattern on Incidence and Severity of Inflammatory Post-Traumatic Complications in 1277 Severely Injured Patients

Marius Keel, MD; Otmar Trentz, MD; Wolfgang Ertel, MD, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

3:50 pm The Coagulative Response to Reamed Intramedullary Nailing

C.M. Robinson, FRCS; C.A. Ludlam; D.C. Ray; D.G. Swann; J. Christie, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K.

4:10 pm *The Insensate Foot: An Indication for Amputation?

Alan L. Jones, MD; Melissa L. McCarthy, ScD; Lawrence X. Webb, MD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Roy W. Sanders, MD; and the LEAP Study Group, University of Maryland Medical Center ­ R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD (all authors - a-NIH-NIAMS Grant)