OTA 1996 Posters - Trauma Issues


Poster 45

Reamed Femoral Intramedullary Nailing in a Sheep Model of an "ARDS Like" State: Effects on Pulmonary Physiology

Philip R. Wolinsky, MD, D. Banit, R. E. Parker, J. R. Snapper, E. J. Rutherford, K. D. Johnson, MD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN


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 47

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


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 49

The Effect of a Femoral Fracture on Concomitant Head Injury in Polytrauma Patients

Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS(C), Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C), Daniel Yoo, Irene Sullivan, BA, Leanne O'Sullivan-Vincent, MD

Divisions of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.


Poster 50

Musculoskeletal Injury - The Patient's Perception

David Seligson, MD, James C. Dodds, BA, Peter A. Howard, BA

University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Louisville, KY


Poster 51

Fat Embolism Syndrome in Isolated Femoral Shaft Fractures Early vs Late Fixation

Stephen J. Pinney, MD, J. F. Keating, MD, R. N. Meek, MD

University of British Columbia, Department of Orthopaedics, Vancouver, BC, Canada


Poster 52

Trauma Experience of the Military Orthopaedic Surgeon

Lt. Col. Kenneth L. Kaylor, MD, and Maj. Mark W. Richardson, MD

Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX


Poster 67

Tibia Turn-Back Procedure for Salvage of a Below-The-Knee Amputation

J. Michael Wattenbarger, MD, Kevin Smith, MD, Michael J. Bosse, MD, J. F. Kellam, MD, S. H. Sims, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC