Session 1 - Basic Science - Combined (International Society for Fracture Repair) Friday, October 18, 2002

Moderator: Douglas R. Dirschl, MD & Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C),
8:16 AM The Effect of Early Stability on Fracture Repair

Theodore Miclau, III, MD; Zachary Thompson, BS; Celine Colnot, PhD; Diane Hu, MD; Zena Werb, PhD; Jill Helms, DDS; S. Huang; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco, California, USA

8:22 AM *BMP-2 Coating of Titanium Implants Increases Biomechanical Strength and Accelerates Bone Remodeling in Fracture Treatment: A Biomechanical and Histological Study on Rats

Gerhard Schmidmaier, MD; Britt Wildemann, MD; Felix Cromme, MD; F. Kandziora, MD; Norbert P. Haas, MD; Michael Raschke, MD; Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery-Charité, Campus Virchow, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany (a-Charitè Hospital Research Support)

8:28 AM Intracellular Staphylococcus Aureus: A Proposed Mechanism for the Indolence of Osteomyelitis

J. Kent Ellington, MS; Mitchel B. Harris, MD; Lawrence X. Webb, MD; Beth P. Smith, PhD; Thomas Smith, PhD; Kim Tan, PhD; Michael C. Hudson, PhD; Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

8:41 AM Potentiation of Osteo- and Angiogenesis in Vivo after Implantation of Hydroxyapatite Combined with Autogenous Growth Factors

Olaf Kilian, MD; Sabine Wenisch; Ingo Flesch; Reinhard Schnettler; Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

8:47 AM A Validated Classification System for Distraction Osteogenesis and Its Correlation with Outcome in Adolescent and Adult Limb Lengthening

Ru Li; M. Saleh; Les Coulton, MD; Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery Research Group; University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

8:53 AM Growth Factor Expression in a New Atrophic Nonunion Model: Implications for the Treatment of Fractures

Anita Reed, DPhil; Clive Joyner, DPhil; Harry Brownlow, FRCS Orth; Hamish Simpson, Prof/FRCS Orth; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

9:06 AM The Effect of Muscle Contusion on Cortical Bone and Muscle Perfusion after Reamed Intramedullary Nailing: A Novel Canine Tibia Fracture Model

Henry Koo, MD; Alex Tov, MD; Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C); St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

9:12 AM *Near Infra-red Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Acute Compartment Syndrome

Matthew J. Hope, MRCSE; Carol Hajducka, RN; Hamish Simpson, MD; Margaret M. McQueen, MD, FRCS; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (a-Hutchinson Technology)