Session VIII - Foot and Ankle Sunday, October 19, 1997

Moderator: Stephen K. Benirschke, MD
10:00 a.m. Bohler's Angle - Correlation with Long-Term Outcome in Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures

Richard E. Buckley, MD, FRCSC, Craig Loucks

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

10:07 a.m. The Essex-Lopresti Reduction for Calcaneal Fractures Revisited

Paul Tornetta, III, MD

University Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA

10:14 a.m. Management of Complex Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures with the Ilizarov External Fixator - Indications and Outcomes

Vladimir Schwartsman, MD, Roman Schwartsman, MD, Anthony B. Serfustini, MD

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

10:21 a.m. Discussion - Brendan M. Patterson, MD
10:32 a.m. Ankle Fractures in Diabetics - The Risks of Treatment

Jordan Leith, MD, Robert G. McCormack, MD

University of British Columbia, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

10:39 a.m. Do Foot Injuries Significantly Affect the Functional Outcome of Multiply- Injured Patients?

Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS(C), Diana C. Turchin, MD, Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS(C), James P. Waddell, MD, FRCS(C)

St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

10:46 a.m. Discussion - Stephen K. Benirschke, MD
10:51 a.m. Immediate vs. Delayed Operative Management of Fractures of the Neck of the Talus

David E. Karges, DO, Kathryn E. Cramer, MD, James S. Kapotas, MD

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

10:58 a.m. Subtalar Fusion for Post-Traumatic Arthritis Secondary to Calcaneal Fractures

Samuel Flemister, MD, Anthony F. Infante, Jr., DO, Michael Sirkin, MD, Roy Sanders, MD

Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA

11:05 a.m. Discussion - David B. Thordarson, MD