OTA 2007 Posters - Polytrauma


Scientific Poster #7 Femur OTA-2007

A Comparison of the Outcome of Patients with Isolated Pulmonary Contusions versus Those with Pulmonary Contusions and Femoral Shaft Fractures

Christopher M. Haydon1 (n); Markku Nousiainen, MD1 (n); Jacob Buckzynski1 (n);
David Stephen, MD2 (n); Michael D. McKee, MD1 (n); James P. Wadell, MD1 (n);
Emil H. Schemitsch1 (n);
1St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
2Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Scientific Poster #8 Femur OTA-2007

Retrograde Nailing in the Treatment of Bilateral Femur Fractures

Sascha Taghizadeh, MD1 (n); Lisa Cannada, MD1,2 (a-Zimmer; e-Medtronic Sofamer Danek); Jothi Murali, BS3 (n); William Obremskey, MD2 (a-Synthes); Charles DeCook, MD2 (n);
the South East Fracture Consortium
1University of Texas–Southwestern, Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA;
2South East Fracture Consortium;
3Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA


Scientific Poster #14 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Amputations in US Military Personnel in the Current Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq

Lynn G. Stansbury, MD (n); Steven J. Lalliss, MD (n); Joanna G. Branstetter, MD (n);
Mark R. Bagg, MD (n); John B. Holcomb, MD (n);
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Brooke Army Medical Center,
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA


Scientific Poster #15 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Perioperative Hyperglycemia Is Associated with Postoperative Infections in Obese Orthopaedic Trauma Patients

Madhav A. Karunakar, MD (n); Kurtis S. Staples, MD (n);
Kasra Ahmadinia, BA (n); Ananda Sen, PhD (n);
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA


Scientific Poster #16 Polytrauma OTA-2007

The Use of Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients

Eric J. Strauss, MD (n); Kenneth A. Egol, MD (n); Michael Alaia, BS (n);
Deann Hansen, NP (n); Mona Bashar, MD (n); David Steiger, MD (n);
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU–Hospital for Joint Diseases,
New York, New York, USA


Scientific Poster #17 Polytrauma OTA-2007

First Clinical Results of Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fractures Using the Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator (RIA)

Philipp N. Streubel, MD (n); Pratik Desai, MD (n); A. Michael Harris, MD (n);
Paul B. Gladden, MD (a-Synthes); Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH (a-Synthes);
University of Florida–Shands Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA


Scientific Poster #18 Polytrauma OTA-2007

The Bell-Shaped Curve of Blood Pressure and Mortality: Hypertension as a Predictor of Death after Trauma

John Heinrich, MD (n); Adam J. Starr, MD (e-Smith+Nephew); Shahid Shafi, MD (n);
Alan Elliott, PhD (n); Wade Smith, MD (n);
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA


Scientific Poster #19 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Effects of a Pelvic Injury on Long-Term Rehabilitation and Quality of Life after Multiple Trauma

Christian Probst, MD1 (n); Boris Zelle, MD2 (n); Martin Panzica, MD1 (n); Ralf Lohse3 (n); Nicola Alexander Sitarro3 (n); Christian Krettek, MD2 (n); Hans-Christoph Pape, MD2 (n);
1Department of Trauma, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany;
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;
3Hannover Re Insurances, Hannover, Germany


Scientific Poster #20 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Bilateral Femur Fractures: No Longer a Marker for Death?

Robert V. O’Toole, MD1 (n); Henry Boateng, MD1,2 (n); Michael O’Brien, MD1 (n); Carol E. Copeland, MD1 (n);
1R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
2Department of Orthopaedics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA


Scientific Poster #21 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures Associated with Closed Head Injury at a Level 1 Trauma Center: A Review of 139 Cases

Hamid R. Mostafavi, MD (n); Andrew W. Eglseder, MD (n);
R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA


Scientific Poster #22 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Second Generation of Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Fracture Reduction

Amal Khoury, MD1 (n); Rami Mosheiff, MD1 (n); Shaul Beyth, MD1 (n);
Leo Joskowicz, PhD2 (n); Joel Finkelstein, MD3 (n); Meir Liebergall, MD1 (n);
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center,
Jerusalem, Israel;
2School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel;
3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, Canada


Scientific Poster #23 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Fluid Lavage in Patients with Open Fracture Wounds (FLOW): An International Survey of 984 Surgeons

Brad Petrisor, MD, MSc, FRCSC1 (n); Kyle Jeray, MD3 (n); Emil Schemitsch, MD, FRCSC4 (n); Beate Hanson, MD, MPH2 (n); Sheila Sprague, MSc2 (n); David Sanders, MD, FRCSC5 (n); Mohit Bhandari MD, MSc, FRCSC1,2 (n) on behalf of the FLOW Investigators
1 Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton General Hospital,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;
2Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;
3Department of Surgery, Greenville Hospital Systems, Greenville, South Carolina, USA;
4Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
5Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada


Scientific Poster #24 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Return to Work after Severe Multiple Injuries: A Multidimensional Approach on
Status 1 and 2 Years Post Injury

Helene L. Soberg, PT, MSc1 (n); Olav Roise, MD, PhD1 (n); Arnstein Finset, PhD2 (n);
Erik Bautz-Holter, MD, PhD1 (n); Leiv Sandvik, PhD1 (n);
1Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;
2University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway


Scientific Poster #25 Polytrauma OTA-2007

The Importance of Surgical Sequence in the Treatment of Combined Femur Fractures with Vascular Injury: A Meta-Analysis

John Fowler, BS (n); Saqib Rehman, MD (a-AONA); John Gaughan, PhD (n);
Shawn Leslie, BS (n); Amy Goldberg, MD (n);
School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA


Scientific Poster #26 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Gunshot Femur Fractures with Associated Vascular Injury: A Retrospective Analysis

Nima Salari, BS1 (n); Saqib Rehman, MD2 (a-AONA); Paul Codjoe, MD2 (n);
William DeLong, MD2 (a-AONA; a,e-DePuy); Amy Goldberg, MD3 (n);
1School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
3Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA


Scientific Poster #27 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Current Definition of Long-Bone Fracture Healing Used in Orthopaedic Trauma Research: A Systematic Review

Luis A. Corrales, BS (n); Saam Morshed, MD, MPH (n); Theodore Miclau, MD (n);
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA


Scientific Poster #28 Polytrauma OTA-2007

Autograft Bone Graft Harvest Using an Intramedullary Reamer

James P. Stannard, MD (a-Synthes, USA); Rena L. Stewart, MD (n);
Irshad Chaudry, PhD (a-Synthes, USA); David A. Volgas, MD (n);
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA


Scientific Poster #51 Pelvis OTA-2007

Is Pelvic Ring Disruption an Independent Risk Factor for Death after Blunt Trauma?

Jeff E. Schulman, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew, Stryker, Synthes, Wyeth);
Robert V. O’Toole, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew, Stryker, Wyeth; a,e-Synthes);
Renan C. Castillo2 (n); Theodore Manson, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew, Stryker, Synthes, Wyeth), Marcus F. Sciadini, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew, Synthes, Wyeth; a,e-Stryker; e-DePuy);
Andrew N. Pollak, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew, Stryker, Synthes, Wyeth; e-KCI);
Jason W. Nascone, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew, Stryker, Wyeth; a,e-Synthes);
1R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
2Center for Injury Research & Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA


Scientific Poster #61 Pelvis OTA-2007

The Effect of Pelvic Fracture on Mortality after Trauma: An Analysis of 63,000 Patients

Adam J. Starr, MD1 (a-Smith+Nephew); Ashoke Sathy, MD1 (n); Wade R. Smith, MD2 (n); Anand Parekh, MD2 (n); Juan Agudelo, MD2 (n); Alan Elliott, MD1 (n); Shahid Shafi, MD1 (n);
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA;
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA


Scientific Poster #86 Basic Science OTA-2007

New Noninvasive Ultrasound Technique for Measuring Intramuscular Pressure in a Porcine Model of Acute Compartment Syndrome

Tigran Garabekyan, MD (n); Gary C. Murphey, MD (n); Brandon R. Macias (n);
John E. Lynch, PhD (a-NIH; a,d,e-Luna); Alan R. Hargens, PhD (a-NIH, Luna);
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA


Scientific Poster #92 Basic Science OTA-2007

Immunosuppression in a Traumatic Open Fracture Model

Brock A. Lindsey, MD (n); Nina B. Clovis (n); Suzanne Smith (n); Sydha Salihu, PhD (n); David F. Hubbard, MD (n);
Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA


Scientific Poster #96 Basic Science OTA-2007

Microvascular Effects of Therapeutic Topical Negative Pressure Application

Robert N. Reddix, Jr, MD1 (n);Maxwell Langfitt, MS2 (n);
Thomas Smith, PhD2 (n); Lawrence X. Webb, MD2 (n);
1University of North Texas Health Science Center and John Peter Smith Hospital,
Fort Worth, Texas, USA;
2Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA


Scientific Poster #107 Basic Science OTA-2007

Hematologic Changes in Pulmonary Fat Embolism: An Animal Study Comparing Two Reamers

Robert Y. Wang, MD (n); Ru Li, MD (n); Annie K. W. Bang (n);
Emil H. Schemitsch, MD (a); John Freedman, MD (n);
St. Michael’s Hospital Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada


Scientific Poster #109 Basic Science OTA-2007

Systemic Inflammation following Long-Bone Fractures: What Is the Role of Local Mechanisms Induced by Bone Matrix and Bone Marrow in the Presence of Muscle Injury?

Philipp Kobbe, MD1 (n); David Kaczorowski, MD2 (n); Kevin P. Mollen, MD2 (n);
Timothy R. Billiar, MD2 (n); Hans-Christoph Pape, MD1 (n);
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;
2Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA


Scientific Poster #110 Basic Science OTA-2007

The Role of Fracture-Associated Soft-Tissue Injury in the Induction of Systemic
Inflammation and Remote Organ Dysfunction following Bilateral Femur Fracture

Philipp Kobbe, MD1 (n); David Kaczorowski, MD2 (n); Kevin P. Mollen, MD2 (n);
Timothy R. Billiar, MD2 (n); Hans-Christoph Pape, MD1 (n);
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;
2Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA


Scientific Poster #112 Basic Science OTA-2007

Δ Indomethacin Decreases Cell Damage Due to Elevated Compartment Pressure:
An Experimental Study

Ajay Manjoo, MD1, David Sanders, MD, MSc2; Aurelia Bihari, MSc3; Neil Parry, MD2;
Daryl Gray, MD2; Amit Badhwar, PhD3 (all authors: a-OTA Resident Research Grant);
1University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada;
2Victoria Hospital, Lawson Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario, Canada;
3Lawson Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada


Scientific Poster #114 Basic Science OTA-2007

Functional and Proteomic Analysis of Serum Derived from Traumatic Brain Injured Patients

Dieter Cadosch, MD1,2; Matthew Thyer, PhD2; Soenke P. Frey, MD1,2; Günter Lochnit, PhD3; Luis Filgueria, MD2; René Zellweger, MD1,2 (all authors n);
1Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia;
2School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Australia;
3Biochemistry Institute, The University of Giessen, Germany


Scientific Poster #116 Basic Science OTA-2007

Integration of Computer-Aided Navigation and Metal Detector Technology in the
Removal of Shrapnel in Terror Attacks Casualties

Eran Peleg1 (n); Meytal Harari1 (n); Meir Liebergall, MD2 (n); Rami Mosheiff, MD2 (n);
1Biomedical Engineering, The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,
Jerusalem, Israel


Scientific Poster #120 Basic Science OTA-2007

Potential Role of Muscle-Derived Progenitor Cells in Heterotopic Ossification

Wesley M. Jackson, PhD1 (n); Steven M. Koehler, BA1 (n); Jeffrey R. Giuliani, MD1,2 (n);
Rocky S. Tuan, PhD1 (n); Leon J. Nesti, MD, PhD1,2 (n); Amber B. Aragon, MD1 (n);
1Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA;
2Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA


Scientific Poster #121 Basic Science OTA-2007

The Effects of Mediators on Vascular Permeability in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

Nicholas Souder, MD (n); Russell Ward, MD (n); Daniel Stahl, MD (n); Felicia Hunter (n); Robert Probe, MD (n); Christopher Chaput, MD (n); Ed Childs, MD (n);
Scott & White Hospital/Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Temple, Texas, USA


Scientific Poster #123 Basic Science OTA-2007

Comparison of Negative-Pressure Dressing and Standard Dressing in a Contaminated Open Fracture Model

MAJ Steven J. Lalliss, MD (n); CPT Joanna G. Branstetter, MD (n); Joseph C. Wenke, PhD (n);
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA


Scientific Poster #144 Injury Prevention OTA-2007

Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis in Distal Lower Extremity Fractures:
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Danny Goel, MD; Richard Buckley, MD; Gwynneth deVries, MD; Greg Abelseth, MD;
Gordon Fick, PhD; Ai Ni; Robin Gray, MD (all authors: a-Pfizer);
University of Calgary, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Scientific Poster #145 Injury Prevention OTA-2007

Single versus Multiple Dose Antibiotic Prophylaxis in the Surgical Treatment of Closed Fractures: A Meta-Analysis

G. P. Slobogean, MD (n); S. A. Kennedy, MD (n); Peter J. O’Brien, MD, FRCSC (n);
University of British Columbia, Department of Orthopaedics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


Scientific Poster #158 Upper Extremity OTA-2007

The Trauma Line Concept: A New Classification of Truncal Trauma

John Stark, MD (n); Greg Brown, MD, PhD (n); Amy Stark BA (n);
Christopher Meyer, MD (n);
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA


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