OTA 2002 Posters - Basic Science

*Biomechanical Stability Provided by Oblique Screws in Intramedullary Nailed Proximal Tibial Fractures

Cari M. Whyne, PhD ( a-Zimmer, Inc. USA); G. Yves LaFlamme, MD, FRCS(C); Daniela Heimlich, BS; Hans J. Kreder, MD, FRCS(C); David J. Stephen, MD, FRCS(C); Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Efficacy of Telemedicine in the Initial Management of Orthopaedic Trauma

Kenneth A. Egol, MD; David L. Helfet, MD; Kenneth J. Koval, MD; New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA

Wound Debridement: A Comparison to Two Techniques for Particle Clearance

Lawrence X. Webb, MD; Michael O. Morykwas, PhD; Tom Smith, PhD; Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Biomechanical Study of Three Fixation Constructs

Kelly L. Mueller, MD; Elizabeth P. Frankenburg, MS; Derek Scott, MD; Madhav A. Karunakar, MD; University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Thermal Effects of Intramedullary Reaming

Madhav A. Karunakar, MD; Elizabeth P. Frankenburg, MS; T. Toan Le, MD; Janette Hall, MS; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (OTA/Smith + Nephew Grant)

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

Comparison of the LISS and a Retrograde Inserted Supracondylar Intramedullary Nail for Fixation of a Periprosthetic Distal Femur Fracture Proximal to a Total Knee Arthroplasty

Matthew R. Bong, MD; Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Kenneth J. Koval, MD; Frederick J. Kummer, PhD; Edward T. Su, MD; Kazuho Iesaka, MD; Jordi Bayer; Paul E. Di Cesare, MD; New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA

Effect of Nail Design on Cortical Bone Flow after Reamed Intramedullary Fixation of Segmental Tibial Fractures

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

*Bioabsorbable Antibiotic Delivery System in the Treatment of Fractures and Infections: Preliminary Report

Bruce H. Ziran, MD (b-Wright Medical Corp); Wade R. Smith, MD (b-Wright Medical Corp); N. Rao, MD; Ronald A. Hall, MD; University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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

*The Effects of Gentamicin-Impregnated Pastes on Acute Osteomyelitis

Douglas C. Fredericks, BS; Emily B. Petersen, BS; John A. Bobst, BA; James V. Nepola, MD; University of Iowa College of Medicine, Bone Healing Research Lab, Orthopaedics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (a-Purdue Pharma)

Percutaneous Retrograde Placement of Superior Ramus Screws: A Cadaver Study

Peter C. Krause, MD; Ulises P. Militano, MD; Jose Cancio, MD; Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA

*The Effect of Cannulated Screw Orientation on Force Needed to Create Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures in Human Cadaveric Femora

Jerome W. Oakey, MD (b-Synthes); Michael D. Stover, MD; Avinash Patwahrden, PhD; Robert Havey, BS; Mark Sartori, BS; Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA; Edward Hines Jr Veterans Administration Hospital, Maywood, Illinois, USA

Increased Compressive Strength of Bone Substitution Material over Cancellous Bone Shown in a Cadaver Model of a Tibial Plateau Fracture

Andrew Trenholm, MD, FRCS(C); Scott Landry, BEng; Kevin Deluzio, PhD; Ross K. Leighton, MD, FRCS(C); Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

*Reduced Pressures with a Single-Pass Irrigated Reamer Seen in a Cadaveric Model of Femoral Intramedullary Reaming

Gordon Goplen, MD, FRCS(C); Janie Astephen, BScE; Stan Kmiec; Kevin Deluzio, PhD; Ross K. Leighton, MD, FRCS(C); Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (a-Synthes)

·*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)

Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of Coralline Hydroxyapatite (CHA) with Autogenous Growth Factors (AGF) versus Iliac Crest Bone Graft (ICBG) for the Treatment of Skeletal Nonunions and Defects

Gary Davis, MD; Joseph N. Rudd, PhD; Peter J. Nowotarski, MD; Brent L. Norris, MD; University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA