Session IX - Spine Sunday, October 13, 2002

Moderator: Mitchel B. Harris, MD
9:03 AM ·Safety of Thoracic Pedicle Screw Instrumentation for the Treatment of Traumatic Spinal Instability

Carlo Bellabarba, MD; Jason H. Thompson, MD; Richard Bransford, MD; M. Bradford Henley, MD, MBA; Sohail K. Mirza, MD; Jens R. Chapman, MD; University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

9:09 AM Results of Spinal Cord Decompression and Thoracolumbar Pedicle Stabilization in Relation to the Time of Operation

Christian Gaebler, MD1; Friedrich Kutscha-Lissberg, MD2; Richard Maier, MD3; Vilmos Vécsei, MD1; Manfred Greitbauer, MD; 1University of Vienna Medical School, Department of Traumatology, Vienna, Austria; 2Bergamnnsheil Trauma Hospital, Bochum Germany; 3General Hopital Baden, Baden, Austria

9:15 AM Cervical Spine Clearance in the Obtunded Patient

John B. Sledge, MD; Scott Dupar, MD; Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

9:21 AM *Prospective Evaluation of Acute Cervical Spine Clearance in Unresponsive Trauma Patients

Clifford B. Jones, MD; Timothy D. Henne, MD; Wayne E. Vanderkolk, MD; Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (a-Zimmer, Inc.)