OTA 1996 Posters - Foot & Ankle Fractures


Poster 19

Salvage of Nonreconstructable Pilon Fractures with Simultaneous Acute Metaphysical Reconstruction and Ankle Fusion

Thomas W. Kiesler, MD, D. Kevin Scheid, MD

Methodist Hospital Trauma Center, Indianapolis, IN; Dept. Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN


Poster 21

Reusable Orthoses for the Foot and Ankle in Polytrauma

Andrew R. Jones, MD, R. Walters, BOC

University of North Carolina, Wake Medical Center and Capital Prosthetics and Orthotics, Raleigh, NC


Poster 22

*The Role of Intermittent Pneumatic Pedal Compression in Pre-Operative Edema Resolution following Acute Ankle Fracture

David B. Thordarson, MD, Navid Ghalambor, MD, Mark Perlman, MD

LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA


Poster 23

Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Medial Malleolar Fixation for Ankle Fractures: Single versus Double Screw Fixation

Clifford B. Jones, MD, Peter B. Slabaugh, MD,

San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program, Oakland Highland Hospital, San Francisco, CA


Poster 24

Fastest Reduction of Posttraumatic Edema

Ulrich Stöckle, MD, Cay V. Fournier, MD, Markus Weißkopf, MD, Reinhard Hoffmann, MD, Norbert Südkamp, Prof.

Humboldt Universität, Virchow Klinikum, Unfallchirurgie, Berlin, Germany


Poster 25

Pilon Fractures: The Role of the Fibula in Lateral Column and Ankle Joint Stability

Craig Bartlett, MD, Lon S. Weiner, MD, Eric Mirsky, MD

Mount Sinai Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY


Poster 46

Primary Wound Closure in Open Fractures: A Preliminary Study

Philip R. Wolinsky, MD, M. Ghert, BA, M. McAndrew, MD, K. D. Johnson, MD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN


Poster 48

Long-Term Outcomes in Multiple Extremity Injury: Is There a Correlation Between ISS, Resource Utilization, and Health-Related Quality of Life ?

David R. Pichora, MD, Dan Borschneck, MD, A. Lee, MD, K. Fern

Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada


Poster 71

Treatment of the Infected Pilon Fracture Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

John D. Wyrick, MD, Godofredo V. Dungca, III, MD, Edward V. A. Lim, MD

University of Cincinnati, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cincinnati, OH


Poster 72

Angled Blade Plate Stabilization for A Nonunion of Tibial Metaphyseal Fractures

Edward V.A. Lim, MD, Bruce Haupt, MD

University of Cincinnati, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cincinnati, Ohio


Poster 73

Fracture Gap Motion in Pilon Fractures: A Comparative Biomechanical Analysis of the Partial Ring Monolateral Bar External Fixator versus the Complete Ring Ilizarov Frame with Proximal Half Pins

James J. Yue, MD, John K. Sontich, MD, and J. Edward Barber, BS

Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Ctr., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland, OH


Poster 81

Prospective Evaluation of a new Self drilling, Self tapping Schanz Screw - SELDRILL

Michael Schütz, MD, Michael Raschke, MD, Robert Schavan, Dipl. Ing., Reinhard Hoffmann, MD, Nobert Südkamp, MD

Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany