Session VI - Geriatrics Saturday, October 12, 2002

Moderators: Richard F. Kyle, MD & James P. Waddell, MD
11:15 AM How to Prevent Fixation Failure in Patients with an Osteoporotic Trochanteric Fracture Treated with Dynamic Hip Screw: A Prospective Randomized Study

Antonio Moroni, MD; Cesare Faldini, MD; Francesco Pegreffi, MD; Sandro Giannini, MD; Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

11:21 AM Salvage of Failed Internal Fixation of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: Revision Internal Fixation or Hip Arthroplasty?

George J. Haidukewych, MD; Daniel J. Berry, MD; Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation; Rochester, Minnesota, USA

11:37 AM Early Mortality after Hip Fracture: Is Delay to Surgery Important?

Christopher G. Moran, MD; Andrew M. Taylor, MD; University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

11:44 AM Outcomes after Hip Fracture: The Results of a Prospective Multicenter Database

Kenneth J. Koval, MD; Andrew L. Chen, MD; Ethan A. Halm, MD; Sean R. Morrison, MD; Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD; Gretchen Orosz, MD; Jay Magaziner, PhD; Albert Siu, MD, Hospital for Joint Diseases-New York University, New York, New York, USA

11:53 AM Randomized Trial of Reduction and Fixation versus Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty versus Total Hip Arthroplasty for Displaced Subcapital Fractures in the Fit Older Patient

John F. Keating, FRCSEd (Orth); Moyra A. Masson, RGN; John F. Forbes, PhD; Neil W. Scott, PhD; Adrian Grant, PhD; Multicentre trial coordinated by Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom