Session III - Tibia Friday, September 27, 1996

Moderator: Peter G. Trafton, MD
4:04 p.m. Prophylaxis of Infection in Open Tibial Shaft Fractures - An Analysis of 250 Consecutive Cases

P. Ostermann, MD; M. Hahn, MD, PhD; A. Ekkernkamp, MD, PhD; G. Möllenhoff, MD;

G. Muhr, MD, PhD

University of Bochum Trauma Center "Bergmannsheil", Bochum, Germany

4:10 p.m. Amputation or Reconstruction of Type III B and C Open Tibial Shaft Fractures? - Decision Making Criteria in the Acute Phase and Functional Results

G. Regel, MD, Assoc. Prof.; A. Seekamp, MD; M. Stalp, MD; H. Pape, MD; H. Tscherne, MD

Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

4:16 p.m. Discussion - Fred Behrens, MD
4:24 p.m. Tibial Plateau Fractures in the Older Patient

J. Keating, MD; A. Levy

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland

4:30 p.m. Pulsatile Plantar Compression and Tissue Viability during Compartment Syndrome

J. Stannard, MD; R. Harris, MD; P. Mongan, MD; M. Leland, DVM

Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX

4:36 p.m. Cortical Bone and Soft Tissue Blood Flow in Loose and Tight Fitting Locked Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing: A Canine Segmental Tibia Fracture Model

T. Hupel, MD; S. Aksenov, MD; E. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C)

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON (Poster 83)

4:42 p.m. Discussion - Charles M. Court-Brown, MD
4:52 p.m. Tibial Plafond Fractures: Does Articular Reduction and/or Injury Pattern Predict Outcome?

J. Marsh, MD; J. Nepola, MD; T. Williams, MD T. DeCoster, MD; S. Hurwitz, MD; D. Dirschell, MD

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Univ of New Mexico Medical Center; Charlottesville, VA; University of North Carolina

4:58 p.m. Internal Fixation vs. Small Wire Circular External Fixation of Pilon Fractures: Treatment Protocol Based on Severity of Soft Tissue Injury

J. Watson, MD; B. Moed, MD; D. Karges, DO; K. Cramer, MD

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

5:04 p.m. Discussion - Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD