OTA 2002 Posters - Femur/Knee

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

*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

*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)

The Double Oblique Osteotomy: A Method for Correction of Posttraumatic Deformities of the Distal Femur

Michael A. Miranda, MD; George H. Canizares, MD; Durgesh Nagerkatti, MD; Jeffrey W. Mast, MD; Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Treatment of Femoral Head Fractures: Fifteen-Year Experience

John B. Catalano, MD; Robert Taffet, MD; Mark Pfaff, MD; William M. Iannocone, MD PhD; Beth Chekkeman, BA; Cooper Hospital University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey, USA

Separate Vertical Wiring Technique for the Treatment of a Comminuted Fracture of the Inferior Pole of the Patella

Kyu Hyun Yang, MD; Young Soo Byun, MD; Seoung-Jin Prak, MD; Yonsei University College of Medicine, Fatima Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Distal Femoral Articular Reconstruction of Acute and Salvage Cases with the LISS System

Asad A. Syed, FRCS; Manish Agarwal, FRCS; Peter V. Giannoudis, FRCS; Anis Dosani, FRCS; Stuart J. E. Matthews, FRCS; St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Closed Intramedullary Nailing of Femur Fractures with Closed Titanium Cannulated Femoral Nails: A Prospective Report on One Hundred Fifty Consecutive Femoral Fractures

Chris J. Manion, MD; Wade R. Smith, MD; Steve Morgan, MD; Eric Dorf, BS; Fredrick N. Meyer, MD; Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

·*The Kinematics of Single-Hinge External Fixation of the Knee

J. Lawrence Marsh, MD; Michael Bottlang, PhD; Mark B. Sommers, FH; Kevin Kahn, MD; James V. Nepola, MD; The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (a-EBI Medical)

Mortality and Complications after Stabilization of Femoral Metastatic Lesions: A Population Study

Hans J. Kreder, MD, MPH, FRCS(C); David J.G. Stephen, MD, FRCS(C); Joel Finkelstein, MD; Michael D. McKee, MD, MSc, FRCS(C); Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C); Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre and St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

*Percutaneous Femoral Nailing: Technique and Results

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

*Knee Dislocations after Blunt Trauma: Treatment with a Hinged External Fixator

James P. Stannard, MD; E. Ratcliffe Anderson, III, MD; Todd M. Sheils, MD; Renee' S. Riley, MD; Gerald McGwin, Jr, PhD; David A. Volgas, MD; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (a-Smith + Nephew)

Retrograde Femoral Nail Placement: Quantifying the Limits of Knee Flexion and Extension

Paul Tornetta III, MD; Eric G. Bonenberger, MD; Fletcher Reynolds, MD; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA