Session I - Foot and Ankle Friday, October 8, 2004


Moderators: Bruce G. French, MD & Paul Tornetta, III, MD
Fri., 10/8/04 Foot & Ankle, Paper #1, 9:15 am

Is Delayed Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Calcaneal Fractures Effective?

John R. Shank, MD (n); Michael P. Swords, MD (n);
Patricia A. Kramer, PhD (n); Stephen K. Benirschke, MD (n);
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington,
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
Fri., 10/8/04 Foot & Ankle, Paper #2, 9:21 am

Long-term Outcome of Calcaneal Fractures as a Single Injury

Tobias M. Hüfner, MD (n); Martinus Richter, MD (n);
Jens Geerling, MD (n); Thomas M. Goesling, MD (n); Musa Citak, MD (n);
Axel Gaensslen, MD (n); Reinhard Meier, MD (n); Christian Krettek, MD (n);
Trauma Department Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Fri., 10/8/04 Foot & Ankle, Paper #3, 9:34 am

Open Fractures and Dislocations of the Talus

Allison Paige Whittle, MD (n);
Bradley D. Dresher, MD (n); Thomas Giel (n);
University of Tennessee - Campbell Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Fri., 10/8/04 Foot & Ankle, Paper #4, 9:40 am

The Extruded Talus: Results of Reimplantation

Carla S. Smith, MD, PhD1,2 (n); Sean E. Nork, MD2 (n); Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD2 (n);
1The Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Center of the Cascades, Bend, Oregon, USA
2Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

Fri., 10/8/04 Foot & Ankle, Paper #5, 9:46 am

Real-Time Transient and Whole-Stance Phase-Contact Stress and Contact-Stress Gradient Changes in an Ankle Incongruity Model

Todd O. McKinley, MD; M. James Rudert, PhD; Daniel C. Koos;
Douglas R. Pedersen, PhD; Thomas E. Baer; Yuki Tochigi, MD;
J. Lawrence Marsh, MD; Thomas D. Brown, PhD;
(a-all authors OREF, CDC, NIH)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA