Session X - Pediatrics/Spine

Moderator: Bruce G. French, MD & Mitchel B. Harris, MD

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #60, 3:15 pm OTA-2007

Expanding Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Volume at a Pediatric Level 1
Trauma Hospital

Dan Chan, MD (n); David A. Podeszwa, MD (n); Debra Brown, RN (n);
Adam Starr, MD (e-Smith+Nephew);
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #61, 3:21 pm OTA-2007

Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Call and Emergency Fracture Management

Susan A. Scherl, MD1 (n); Karl E. Rathjen, MD2 (n); Joseph A. Gerardi, DO3 (n);
Gerhard N. Kiefer, MD4 (n); Gaia Georgopoulos, MD5 (n); M. Siobhan Murphy-Zane, MD6 (n); R. Dale Blasier, MD7 (n); Perry L. Schoenecker, MD8 (n);
1The University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, USA;
2Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA;
3Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera, California, USA;
4The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
5The University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA;
6Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
7The University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA;
8St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #62, 3:27 pm OTA-2007

Comparison of Intramedullary Nailing to Plating for Both-Bone Forearm Fractures in Older Children

David M. Scher, MD1 (n); Keith R. Reinhardt, MD1 (n); David Feldman, MD2 (n);
Daniel Green, MD1 (n), Debra A. Sala2 (n); Roger Widmann, MD1 (n);
1Hospital for Special Surgery and 2Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York, USA

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #63, 3:33 pm OTA-2007

Clinical Scaphoid Fractures in Children

Andrea Evenski, MD1 (n); Mark Adamczyk, MD2 (n); Alonna Norberg, MD3 (n);
Jon Norberg, MD4 (n); Patrick Riley, MD2 (n);
1Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, USA;
2Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA;
3Red River Children’s Advocacy Center, Fargo, North Dakota, USA;
4Advanced Hand & Upper Extremity Center, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #64, 3:47 pm OTA-2007

Postoperative Infections in Fractures of the Spine: A Review of 340 Consecutive Cases at a Level I Trauma Center

Gregory M. Mundis, MD (n); John T. Glomset, BS (n); Timothy A. Puckett, MD, DC (n);
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #65, 3:53 pm OTA-2007

Operative versus Nonoperative Management of Supracondylar Femur Fracture in
Myelopathic, Nonambulatory Patients

Joseph R. Cass, MD (n); S. Andrew Sems, MD (n);
Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Sat., 10/20/07 Pediatrics/Spine, Paper #66, 3:59 pm OTA-2007

Treatment and Outcomes of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Diffuse
Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Spine Fractures at a High-Volume Trauma Center

Troy H. Caron, DO (n); Rick Bransford, MD (a-Synthes, Stryker, DePuy);
Jens Chapman, MD (a,c-Synthes, Stryker, DePuy; e-Synthes);
Carlo Bellabarba, MD (a-Synthes, Stryker, DePuy);
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

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