Session II - Foot and Ankle Thursday, October 8, 1998

Moderator: Richard E. Buckley, MD
2:50 p.m. Small Incision ORIF Displaced Calcaneal Fractures

James B. Carr, MD, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA; Jonathan Scherl, MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden, NJ

2:56 p.m. Early Complications of Operative Treatment of Calcaneus Fractures

Jason W. Folk, MD; Adam J. Starr, MD; John S. Early, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

3:08 p.m. Lag Screw Fixation of the Lateral Malleolus

Paul Tornetta, III, MD, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA; Steve Nguyen, MD; Claude Scott, MD, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

3:14 p.m. Competence of the Deltoid Ligament in Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures after Medial Malleolar Fixation In-Vivo

Paul Tornetta, III, MD, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

3:36 p.m. Outcome of a Treatment Protocol for Severe Open Unstable Dislocation of the Ankle

Max Morandi, MD; Alan Rechter, MD; Christopher Coufal, MD; Massimiliano De Paolis, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

3:42 p.m. Factors Affecting Outcome in Tibial Plafond Fractures

Todd M. Williams, MD; J.Lawrence Marsh, MD; James V. Nepola, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; Thomas A. DeCoster, MD, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Shepard R. Hurwitz, MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Douglas R. Dirschl, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

3:48 p.m. Talus Fractures, a Fated Foot Injury, Operative or Conservative Treatment, Long-Term Results

Gholam S. Pajenda, MD; Thomas Heinz, MD, Prof.; Brian Reddy, MD; Vilmos Vécsei, MD, Prof.; University Clinic for Traumatology, Vienna University Hospital, Waehringer Gaertel, Vienna, Austria