Session V - Femur Fractures Friday, October 9, 1998

Moderators: Lawrence B. Bone, MD and Donald A. Wiss, MD
9:35 a.m. Immediate Weightbearing after Intramedullary Nailing of Comminuted Femoral Shaft Fractures

Robert J. Brumback, MD; Thomas R. Toal, Jr., MD; M. Siobhan Murphy-Zane, MD, Shock Trauma Center; Vincent P. Novak, MS; Stephen M. Belkoff, PhD, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

9:41 a.m. Focal Osteolysis at the Junctions of a Three-Piece, Modular, Femoral Intramedullary Nail

Darron M. Jones, MD; John L. Marsh, MD; James V. Nepola, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA; J. J. Jacobs; R.M. Urban; A.K. Skipor, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL

9:47 a.m. The Success of Exchanged Reamed Intramedullary Nailing for Femoral Shaft Nonunions

David J. Hak, MD; Stanley S. Lee, MD, James A. Goulet, MD; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

10:05 a.m. Pulmonary Gas Exchange during Intramedullary Fixation of Femoral Shaft Fractures

Matthew J. Weresh, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Michael D. Stover, MD; Michael J. Bosse, MD; James F. Kellam, MD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Michael Gillette, MD; Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

10:11 a.m. The Alveolar Dead-Space Fraction Predicts Respiratory Distress after Intramedullary Fixation of Femoral Shaft Fractures

W. Christopher Patton, MD; Joseph N. Rudd, Jr., BSN; Lynn Crosby, MD; Jeffrey Kline, MD; Brent Norris, MD, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN; Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

10:17 a.m. A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Reamed versus Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fractures: Assessment of Pulmonary Dysfunction

Russell DeGroote, MD; James Powell, MD; Richard Buckley, MD, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Robert Fiebel, MD, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Ross Leighton, MD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; Jim McCormack, MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Emil Schemitsch, MD, David Stephen, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

10:35 a.m. Long-Term Functional Outcome of Operatively Treated Supracondylar Femur Fractures

Thomas Hupel, MD; Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS (C); Markku Nousiainen, BSc, MSc; Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS (C); David J.G. Stephen, MD, FRCS (C); Hans J. Kreder, MD, FRCS (C); James P. Waddell, MD, FRCS (C), Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

10:41 a.m. Functional Outcome of Patella Fractures following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS (C); Jordan Weinberg, BSc; Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS (C); David J.G. Stephen, MD, FRCS (C); Hans J. Kreder, MD, FRCS (C); James P. Waddell, MD, FRCS (C), Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

10:55 a.m. Biomechanical Comparison of Plates Used in the Treatment of Unstable Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures

Douglas W. Lundy, MD; Jorge I. Acevedo, MD; Timothy M. Ganey, PhD; John A. Ogden, MD, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, GA; William C. Hutton, DSc, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

11:01 a.m. High-Energy Femoral Neck Fractures: Sliding Hip Screw or Cannulated Screw Fixation?

James J. Yue, MD; Lisa Cannada, MD; Andrew R. Burgess, MD; John H. Wilber, MD; J. Mark Scarboro, MD, Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD

11:07 a.m. Randomized Evaluation of Bipolar Versus Unipolar Hemiarthroplasty for Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in the Elderly: Preliminary Results

Michael W. Schweppe, MD; Michael G. Vitale, MD; Iris Yaron, MD; Mauricio F. Herrera, MD; Josephine A. Sollano, MPH; Christopher B. Michelsen, MD; Melvin Rosenwasser, MD, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Trauma Training Center, New York, NY

11:25 a.m. Retrograde vs. Antegrade Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fractures

William M. Ricci, MD; Carlo Bellabarba, MD; Michael O'Boyle, MD; Robert G. Lewis, BA; Dolfi Herscovici, DO; Thomas DiPasquale, MD; Roy W. Sanders, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Tampa General Hospital and the Florida Orthopedic Institute, Tampa, FL

11:31 a.m. A Prospective Comparison of Antegrade and Retrograde Femoral Intramedullary Nailing

Robert F. Ostrum, MD; Animesh Agarwal, MD; Ronald Lakatos, MD; Attila Poka, MD, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH

11:37 a.m. Anterograde vs. Retrograde Reamed Femoral Nailing: A Prospective Randomized Trial

Paul Tornetta, III, MD; Douglas Tiburzi, MD, Boston University Medical Center, Kings County Hospital, and Brookdale Hospital, Boston, MA

femur papers from Session IV - Polytrauma Friday, October 9, 1998
8:00 a.m. *External Femoral Fixation of Unstable Blunt Polytrauma Patients

Barry L. Riemer, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA

8:06 a.m. Conversion of External Fixation to Intramedullary Nailing for Femoral Shaft Fractures in Polytrauma Patients

Peter J. Nowotarski, MD, University of Tennessee; Clifford H. Turen, MD; Robert J. Brumback, MD; J. Mark Scarboro, BA, Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD