Session VI - Upper Extremity Saturday, September 28, 1996

Moderator: Bruce D. Browner, MD
4:04 p.m. Indications for Bone Grafting in Acute Diaphyseal Forearm Fractures

S. Misra, MD; P. McGanity, MD; F. Corley, MD; R. Schenck, MD

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX (Poster 95)

4:10 p.m. The Operative Management of Post-Traumatic Proximal Radioulnar Synostosis

J. Jupiter, MD; D. Ring, MD; L. Goldstock, MD;

Massachuetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

4:16 p.m. Unstable Fractures of the Distal Radius: Metaphyseal vs. Bridging External Fixation

M. McQueen, MD, FRCS Ed(Orth); C. Hajducka, C. Court-Brown, MF, FRCS Ed(Orth)

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

4:22 p.m. Discussion - Thomas F. Varecka, MD
4:32 p.m. Diaphyseal Humeral Fractures - A Report on 377 Patients Treated with Functional Braces

A. Sarmiento, MD; C. Capps, MD; L. Latta, PhD;

Coral Gables, FL

4:44 p.m A Comparison of Intramedullary Fixation Techniques for Humeral Shaft Fractures in the Multiply Injured Patient

M. Wagner, MD; P. Gregory, MD; T. DiPasquale, DO; R. Sanders, MD; D. Herscovici, DO

The Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, FL

5:10 p.m.The Use of Percutaneous Fixation for the Operative Management of Proximal Humeral Fractures

D. Herscovici, Jr., DO; D. Saunders, DO; R. Sanders, MD; T. DiPasquale, DO; P. Gregory, MD

The Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, FL

5:16 p.m. Operative Treatment of Malunions of Proximal Humerus Fractures

M. Rodosky, MD; X. Duralde, MD; P. Connor, MD; R. Pollock, MD; E. Flatow, MD; L. Bigliani, MD

New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY

5:22 p.m. Discussion - Charles N. Cornell, MD