OTA 2002 Posters - Tibia

*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

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

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

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

The Role of Exchange Intramedullary Nailing in Infected Tibial Nonunion

Nadir Kalap, MD; D. A. MacDonald; Stuart J. Matthews, MD; Peter V. Giannoudis, MD, FRCS; St James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Soft Tissue Injuries of the Knee Associated with Fractures of the Tibial Plateau: An Evaluation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

James P. Stannard, MD; Stephen L. Brown, MD; Renee' S. Riley, MD; Robert R. Lopez-Ben, MD; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

The Management of Patients Who Have Open Fractures: A Survey

Dolfi Herscovici, Jr., DO; Julia M. Scaduto, MA, ARNP; Roy W. Sanders, MD; Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA

*Treatment of Complex Tibial Plateau Fractures with the Less Invasive Stabilization System Plate: Clinical Experience and a Laboratory Comparison with Double Plating

Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Edward Su, MD; Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Frederick J. Kummer, PhD; Kenneth J. Koval, MD; New York University-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA (a-AONA Resident Grant)

Operative Treatment of Ipsilateral Unicondylar Tibial Plateau and Shaft Fractures

Matthew R. Camuso, MD; David P. Barei, MD; Sean E. Nork, MD; Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

Comparison of Outcomes of Intramedullary Nailing of Distal-Third Tibia Fractures

Miquel Medina, BS; Robin Driver, RN; William T. Obremskey, MD; WakeMed Medical Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Rotational Malalignment of the Tibia after Reamed Intramedullary Nail Fixation

Shannon K. T. Puloski, MD; Clare Romano, MD; Richard E. Buckley, MD; James N. Powell, MD; Foothills Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Validation of a Scale to Assess Radiographic Union of Tibial Shaft Fractures Treated with Intramedullary Nailing

Daniel Whelan, MD, FRCS(C); Mohit Bhandari, MD, FRCS(C); Hans J. Kreder, MD, FRCS(C); David J. Stephen, MD, FRCS(C); Michael D. McKee, FRCS(C); Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C); St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

History of Smoking as a Predictor of Fracture Outcome

Renan C. Castillo, MS; Michael J. Bosse, MD; Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD; and the LEAP Study Group The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA