ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA ASSOCIATION

ABSTRACTS

FINAL PROGRAM

2002 ANNUAL MEETING

October 11-13, 2002

Toronto, Ontario

Thomas A. Russell, MD, OTA President

Paul Tornetta, III, MD, Program Chair

David C. Templeman, MD, Program Co-Chair

Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C), Local Host

OTA Staff

Nancy E. Franzon, Society Director

Kathleen A. Caswell , Society Coordinator

Michele L. Garrett-Heim , Society Coordinator

Sharon M. Moore, Meeting Registrar

"It takes me several hours to go through a very short paper."

Robert E. Leach, MD; Editor of American Journal of Sports Medicine; OTA 96

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