OTA 2000 Posters - Trauma Issues

*A Prospective Protocol for the Prevention of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Routine Ultrasound Surveillance in Blunt Trauma Patients

J. Spence Reid, MD (a-Aventis Corporation); John Blebea, MD; Robert Cooney, MD; Sara Service, RN; Josh Klatt, BS; Maureen Kelley, RN, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

An Assessment of the Abbreviated Injury Scale 90 in Characterizing Mortality Risks of Fractures in Trauma Centers

R. Shayn Martin, BS; J. Wayne Meredith, MD; Jason Castle, MD; James Farmer, MD; Lawrence X. Webb, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

High Velocity Parallel Fluid Flow for Debridement of Contaminated Wounds in a Pig Model

Lawrence X. Webb, MD; Michael J. Morykwas, PhD, Thomas L. Smith, PhD; Paul E. Banwell, MD; James Bapst, BS; Alina M. Waite, MS, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure Therapy for the Management of Patients with High-Energy Soft Tissue Injuries: A Preliminary Report

Dolfi Herscovici, Jr, DO; Julia M. Scaduto, ARPN; Roy W. Sanders, MD; Thomas DiPasquale, DO; Anthony Infante, DO; Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

The Use of Fasciocutaneous Flaps in Soft Tissue Defects of the Distal Lower Extremity

David A. Volgas, MD; Brian M. Scholl, MD; James P. Stannard, MD; Mary A. Chiaranda, BS, Jorge E. Alonso, MD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Gun Shot Fractures with Associated Vascular Injuries

Michael Stracher, MD; Paul Tornetta, III, MD, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Fractures with Major Vascular Injuries from Gunshot Wounds: Implications of Surgical Sequence

Timothy P. McHenry, MD; John B. Holcomb, MD; Ronald W. Lindsey, MD, Joint Trauma Training Center, Ben Taub General Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX