OTA 2004 Posters - Foot & Ankle Fractures

An Economic Evaluation of Operative versus Non-Operative Management of Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures

Carmen Brauer, MD, MSc Health Econ, FRCSC¹; Braden Manns, MD, MSc Health Econ, FRCPC²; Michael Ko; Richard Buckley, MD, FRCSC²

(all authors: a-Grant Alberta Heritage Foundation);

¹Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;

²Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Scientific Poster #5 Foot and Ankle

The Pilon Map: Assessment of Fracture Lines and Comminution Zones in AO C3 Type Pilon Fractures

Peter A. Cole, MD; Robert K. Mehrle, MD; Mohit Bhandari, MD;

Michael Zlowodzki, MD (all authors - n);

University of Minnesota, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Scientific Poster #6 Foot and Ankle

Results of Periarticular Distal Tibia Fractures Treated with Subcutaneous Medial Plating

Cory Collinge, MD; Richard Schuster, MD; Kirk Larson, RN (all authors - n);

Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Scientific Poster #7 Foot and Ankle

Soft-tissue Complications with Use of a Protocol of Aggressive Debridement and Primary Wound Closure for Open Injuries Around the Distal Leg and Ankle

Cory Collinge, MD; Warren Butterfield, MD; Larry Reaves, MD (all authors - n);

Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Scientific Poster #8 Foot and Ankle

Functional Outcome after Ankle Fracture: The Results from a Prospective Database

Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Edward L. Capla, MD; Gina B. Aharonoff, MD;

Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD; Toni McLaurin, MD; Kenneth J. Koval, MD

(all authors - n);

NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA

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Scientific Poster #9 Foot and Ankle

Extracapsular Placement of Distal Tibial Transfixation Wires

Anand M. Vora, MD¹; Steven L. Haddad, MD²; Anish Kadakia, MD³;

Martin L. Lazarus, MD⁴; Bradley R. Merk, MD³ (all authors - n);

¹Lake Forest Orthopaedic Associates, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute,

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA;

²Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Glenview Medical Arts Building,

Glenview, Illinois, USA;

³Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA;

⁴Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA

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Scientific Poster #10 Foot and Ankle

Baseline Compartment Pressure Measurements in Isolated Lower Extremity Fractures without Clinical Compartment Syndrome

Michael J. Prayson, MD^1, (b-Stryker); Marilyn S. Palcic, PA-C¹(n);

Douglas Hampers, MD²; Molly Vogt, PhD²; James Fenwick, MD³;

Richard Meredick, MD⁴

¹Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

³Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA

⁴Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, USA

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Scientific Poster #11 Foot and Ankle

Foot, Ankle and Pilon Trauma Care with Intraoperative 3-D Imaging with a Mobile Image Amplifier (ISO-C-3D)

Martinus Richter, MD; Jens Geerling, MD; Stefan Zech, MD;

Thomas Goesling, MD; Daniel Kendoff, MD; Stefan Hankemeier, MD;

Christian Krettek, MD (all authors - n),

Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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Scientific Poster #12 Foot and Ankle

Comparison of Outcomes of Comminuted Intra-articular Fractures of the Tibial Plafond Treated by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation or Ilizarov External Fixation

Stacy Bacon, MD¹; Wade R. Smith, MD²; Steven J. Morgan, MD²;

Zachery Lahti²; Kenneth Thomas¹ (all authors - n),

¹University Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

²Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Scientific Poster #13 Foot and Ankle

Prognostic Value of CT Classification Systems for Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures

Michael P. Swords, DO; John R. Shank, MD; Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD; Stephen K. Benirschke, MD (all authors - n),

University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center,

Seattle, Washington, USA

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Scientific Poster #14 Foot and Ankle

·Suture-Button Fixation in Ankle Syndesmosis Injuries

Brian Thornes, FRCSI (c-Royalties from Patent #10/233,122);

Fintan Shannon, FRCSI (n); Eric Masterson, FRCSI (n)

Department of Orthopaedics, Limerick Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland

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