OTA 2002 Posters - Upper Extremity

Fixation of Proximal Humerus Fractures with Use of a Spiral Blade Intramedullary Nail System Augmented with Norian Cement

Michael S. Wildstein, MD; Yuhei H. An, MD; Jeffrey M. Conrad, MD; David G. Everman, MD; Stan Kmiec; Jim M. Green; Kathleen A. Hogan, MD; Langdon A. Hartsock, MD; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Posterolateral Rotatory Instability in Posttraumatic Cubitus Varus Deformity: A Biomechanical Analysis

Jeffrey Reid, MD; Murray Beuerlein, MSc ; Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS(C); Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C); St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

·*A Biomechanical Analysis of Proximal Humeral Fracture Fixation with Three Methods of Plate Fixation on Third Generation Composite Humeral Sawbones

William W. Allanach, MD; Kelly Collier, BEng; Kevin Deluzio, PhD; Mark Filiaggi, PhD; Ross K. Leighton, BSc, MD, FRCS; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (a-Capital Health District Research Grant; Synthes Grant, b-Synthes-Canada)

*Condylar Blade Plate Fixation of Unstable Fractures of the Distal Ulna Associated with Fracture of the Distal Radius

David C. Ring, MD; Douglas Campbell, MD; Reinhold Stober, MD; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a-AO Foundation)

*Intraarticular Osteotomy of the Distal Radius

David C. Ring, MD¹; Karl-Josef Prommersberger, MD²; Lauren P. Adey, MD¹; Miguel Capomassi, MD³; Miguel Slullitel, MD³; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD¹; ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ²The Klinik fur Handchirurgie, Badneristaat, Germany, and ³The Intituto Jaime Slullitel, Rosario, Argentina (a-AO Foundation)

*Comparison of Techniques for Immobilizing Extraarticular Distal Radius Fractures

Colin M. Jackson, MD; Eric Grafstein, MD; Robert G. McCormack, MD; Thomas Goetz, MD; Jim Christenson, MD; Grant Innes, MD; Keith Stothers, MD; Robert Stenstrom, MD, PhD; Vancouver General Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (a-Smith + Nephew Grant)

*Computed Tomography of Suspected Scaphoid Fractures

David C. Ring, MD; Lauren P. Adey, MD; Seth Levitz, MD; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a-AO Foundation)

Predictors of Re-perfusion Time for Humerus Fractures with Vascular Injury Requiring Repair

Thomas F. Higgins, MD²; Walter Andrew Egelseder, MD¹; ¹R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

*Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Elbow Injuries: Initial Splinting in Extension Compared with Flexion

Clifford B. Jones, MD; Becky DeVault, AT; Jeffrey Regan, PT; James R. Ringler, MD; Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan,USA (a-Zimmer)

Early Results of the Locking Proximal Humerus Plate in the Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures

Stefaan J. Nijs, MD; Pieter d'Hooge, MD; Peter Reynders, MD, PhD; Paul Vanderschot, MD; Paul L.O. Broos, MD, PhD; UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Radial Nerve Transposition during Humeral Fracture Fixation: Indications, Technique, and Results

C. M. Olarte, MD; M. Darowish, MD; Bruce H. Ziran, MD; University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Incidence of Heterotopic Ossification after Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Intraarticular Distal Humerus Fractures

Micheal T. Mazurek, MD; J. Andrew I. Trenholm, MD; Patrick M. Connor, MD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Michael J. Bosse, MD; James F. Kellam, MD; Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Revision Operative Repair after Failed Surgical Treatment of Humeral Nonunions

Edward H. Yian, MD; Madhav A. Karunakar, MD; Todd Borus, MD; T. Toan Le, MD; James A. Goulet, MD; University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Fixation of Unstable Capitellum Fractures: Effects of Screw Type and Orientation

Stuart J. Elkowitz, MD; Daniel B. Polatsch, MD; Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Kenneth J. Koval, MD; Hospital for Joint Diseases-New York University, New York, New York, USA

A Population Review of 7687 Humerus Fractures in Adults: Determinants of Outcome

Hans J. Kreder, MD, MPH; David J. G. Stephen, MD; Emil H. Schemitsch, MD; Michael D. McKee, MD; Jack I. Williams, PhD; Jang Yun, PhD; Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre and St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

*Ununited Fractures of the Distal Humerus with Flail Instability: Can the Native Elbow Be Preserved?

David C. Ring, MD; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD; Lawrence Gulotta, BA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a-AO Foundation)

*Radial Nerve Palsy Associated with Humeral Shaft Fracture: Should High-Energy Injuries Be Explored?

David C. Ring, MD; Kingsley Chin, MD; Amir H. Taghinia, BA; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a-AO Foundation)

*Technique and Results of Percutaneous Pinning of Three- and Four-Part Proximal Humeral Fractures

Clifford B. Jones, MD; James R. Ringler; Karl C. Roberts, MD; Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (a-Zimmer)

*Locking Compression Plates Used for Delayed Unions and Nonunions of the Diaphyseal Humerus

David C. Ring, MD¹; Peter Kloen, MD²; John J. Kadzielski, BA¹; David L. Helfet, MD²; Jesse B. Jupiter, MD¹; ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and ²The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA (a-AO Foundation)

Percutaneous Screw Fixation versus Nonoperative Treatment in Undisplaced Scaphoid Fractures

Christian Gaebler, MD¹, Margaret M. McQueen, MD, FRCS²,Vilmos Vécsei, MD¹,¹University of Vienna Medical School, Department of Traumatology, Vienna, Austria; and ²Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust, Edinburgh, United Kingdom