Session VI - Fracture Repair Friday, October 9, 1998

Moderator: Paul J. Duwelius, MD
4:15 p.m. The Effects of Delayed Callus Vascularization on Fracture Repair: A Murine Gene Knockout Model

Eytan Alpern, DDS, PhD; Theodore Miclau, MD; Thiennu H. Vu, MD; Zena Werb, MD; Jill Helms, MD; University of California, San Francisco, CA

4:21 p.m. *Treatment of Tibial Nonunions Using Human Recombinant Osteogenic Protein-1

Clayton R. Perry, MD; J.Dean Cole, MD; George E. Cierny, III, MD; Steven D. Cook, PhD; Samuel Yin, PhD; US Center for Sports Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, Stryker Biotech, Natick, MA

4:27 p.m. Recombinant Growth Hormone Increases Bone Tissue Formation in the Early Phase of Distraction Osteogenesis

Hermann Bail; M. Raschke; S. Kolbeck; A. Weiler; N.P. Haas, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

4:45 p.m. Mechanical Strength of Fracture Callus in Osteopenic Bone at Different Phases of Healing

Donna L. Wheeler; Elizabeth J. Eschbach; Megan J. Montfort; Pramod Maheshwari; Sean W. McLouglin, PhD University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

4:51 p.m. *Evaluation of the Effects of Exogenous Treatment with Osteoinductive Bone Protein on the Distraction Callus in a Rabbit Limb-Lengthening Model

Lisa J. Holt, MS; Kam Momi, MD; Christopher J. Damien, PhD; J. Russel Parson, PhD; Fred Behrens, MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ; Sulzer Orthopaedics Biologics, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO

4:57 p.m. Do Fractures Heal by the Re-Induction of Genes Expressed during Bone Development?

Theodore Miclau, MD; Eytan Alpern, DDS, PhD; C. Ferguson; Jill Helms, MD, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

fracture repair papers from Session III - Spine & Rehabilitation Thursday, October 8, 1998
4:28 p.m. The Effects of Periosteal Elevation on Osteotomy Healing in a Rabbit Tibial Model

Paul Watson, MD; Douglas C. Fredericks, BS; James V. Nepola, MD, Bone Healing Research Laboratory, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA