OTA 1996 Posters - Scientific Basis for Fracture Care

The Biomechanics of Hybrid External Fixation

Kevin J. Pugh, MD, Phillip R. Wolinsky, MD, John M. Dawson, PhD, Grayson C. Stahlman, MD

University of Kentucky and Vanderbilt University, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabiliation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

High Pressure Pulsatile Lavage Irrigation of Fresh Fractures: Effects on Fracture Healing and Articular Cartilage Staining

Douglas R. Dirschl, MD, Gregory Duff, MD, Theodore Miclau, MD, Laurence E. Dahners, MD, Matthew I. Edin, BA

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Raleigh, NC

Comparison of Block and Granular Hydroxyapatite Ceramic in a Sheep Tibia Segmental Defect

Burkhard W. Wippermann, MD, PhD, C. Donow, MD, E. Schratt, MD

Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Safety and Feasibility of Implanting Recombinant Human BMP-2/Absorbable Collagen Sponge (rhBMP-2/ACS) in Patients with Open Tibial Shaft Fractures

Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD, Jim Goulet, MD, Guy Paiement, MD, Robert Bucholz, Alan Jones, Margaret Fitzpatrick, MD, Alex Valentin-Opran, MD

Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

The Effect of Biological Plating on Cortical Bone Porosity in Sheep Tibial Fractures

Milek J. Kowalski, MD, Rina Jain, MD, Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, Thomas Hupel, MD, Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD

St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

The Influence of Plate Design on Cortical Bone Blood Flow and Fracture Healing in Canine Segmental Tibial Fractures

Rina Jain, MD, Nancy Podworny BSc, Trevor Hearn PhD, Emil H. Schemitsch, MD

St. Michael's Hospital, Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Effect of Timed Intermittent Vibration on Fracture Healing

Laura Prokuski, MD, D. C. Fredericks, J. V. Nepola, MD

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA