Session IV - Upper Extremity Friday, October 21, 2005


Moderators: William T. Obremskey, MD & David C. Ring, MD
Fri., 10/21/05 Upper Extremity, Paper #12, 9:15 am

Plate ORIF of Humeral Shaft Nonunions: Is Healing Dependent on Type of Bone Graft?

Christian Hierholzer, MD; Jose B. Toro-Arbelaez, MD;
Domenico Sama, MD; David L. Helfet, MD (n-all authors);
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA
Fri., 10/21/05 Upper Extremity, Paper #13, 9:21 am

Distal Third Diaphyseal Humerus Fractures: Operative versus Non-operative Treatment

David C. Ring, MD1 (a-AO Foundation); Andrew Jawa, MD2 (n);
L. Pearce McCarty, MD2 (n); Mitchel B. Harris, MD2 (n);
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Fri., 10/21/05 Upper Extremity, Paper #14, 9:33 am

A Multicenter Randomized Control Trial of Non-Operative and Operative Treatment of Displaced Clavicle Shaft Fractures

Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS(C); Jeremy A. Hall, MD, FRCS(C);
and the Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Association;
(all authors a-OTA/DePuy Grant; Zimmer, Inc. Grant)
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fri., 10/21/05 Upper Extremity, Paper #15, 9:39 am

Analysis of Efficacy and Failure in Proximal Humerus Fractures Treated with Angular Stable Locking Plates

Juan F. Agudelo, MD1; Matthias Schürmann, MD2; Philip F. Stahel, MD3; Wade R. Smith, MD1; Peter Helwig, MD4; Wolfgang Zechel, MD2;
Christian Bahrs; Anand Parekh, MD1; Daniel Spachtholz, MD2;
Steven J. Morgan, MD1; (n-all authors)
1Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA;
2Klinikum Hof, University of Erlangen, Germany;
3Charité University Medical School, Berlin, Germany;
4Eberhard-Karls Universitat Tubingen, Baden-Wurltemberg, Germany
Fri., 10/21/05 Upper Extremity, Paper #16, 9:51 am

Distal Radius Fractures and Concomitant Ulnar Styloid Fractures

Jorge L. Orbay, MD (d-Hand Innovations);
Alejandro Badia, MD (n); Roger K. Khouri, MD (n);
Eduardo González-Hernandez, MD (n); Igor R. Indriago, MD (n);
Miami Hand Center, Miami, Florida, USA
Fri., 10/21/05 Upper Extremity, Paper #17, 9:57 am

Outcome after Operative Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures: Does Function follow Form?

Christopher Gorczynski, MD1 (n); Kenneth J. Koval, MD2 (n);
Kenneth A. Egol, MD1 (n); Rudi Hiebert, BS1 (n);
1NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA
2Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA