Session I - Pelvis and Acetabulum Thursday, October 8, 1998

Moderator: Andrew R. Burgess, MD
12:20 p.m. Is the Posterior Approach to Pelvic Ring Injuries Associated with a High Rate of Soft Tissue Complications?

Michael D. Stover, MD, Loyola Medical Center, Maywood, IL; Stephen H. Sims, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC; David C. Templeman, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; Paul Merkle, MD, Los Angeles County Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Joel M. Matta, MD, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

12:26 p.m. Distraction External Fixation in Lateral Compression Pelvic Fractures

Carlo Bellabarba, MD; Brett R. Bolhofner, MD; Michael J. O'Boyle, MD; William M. Ricci, MD, Florida Orthopaedic Institute and Bayfront Medical Center, Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

12:38 p.m. The Reliability, Reproducibility and Accuracy of Radiographic Interpretation of Sacroiliac Screw Placement

Benjamin A. Goldberg, MD; Ronald W. Lindsey, MD; Christian Foglar, MD; Thomas D. Hedrick, MD; Theodore Miclau, MD, John L. Haddad, MD; Myrna Kahn, MS, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

12:44 p.m. Percutaneous Stabilization of U-Shaped Sacral Fractures Using Iliosacral Screws: Technique and Early Results

Sean E. Nork, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD; Susan Harding, MD; Sohail K. Mirza, MD; M.L. Chip Routt, Jr., MD, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

12:50 p.m. Early Results of ORIF of Unstable Sacral Fractures

Axel Gänsslen, MD; Timothy Pohlemann; Tobias Hüfner; H.C. Pape; Harald Tscherne, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

1:06 p.m. Intraneural Sciatic Nerve Pressures Relative to the Position of the Hip and Knee

Joseph Borrelli, Jr., MD; Felix Ungacta, MD; Jeffrey Kantor, MD; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1:12 p.m. Prospective Comparison of Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography vs Magnetic Resonance Venography in the Detection of Occult Deep Pelvic Vein Thrombosis in Patients with Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures

Michael D. Stover, MD; Steven J. Morgan, MD; Michael J. Bosse, MD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Brian J. Howard, MD; Daniel Stackhouse, MD; Matthew J. Weresh, MD; James F. Kellam, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

1:24 p.m. The Biomechanical Consequences of Impaction Injuries to the Femoral Head

Gregory A. Konrath, MD; Andrew J. Hamel, BSEE; Justin Guerin, MD; Steven A. Olson, MD; Brian Bay, PhD; Neil A. Sharkey, PhD, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

1:30 p.m. Development of an In-Vivo Model of Acetabular Fractures

Steven A. Olson, MD; Brian K. Bay, PhD; University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; Scott Smith, MD, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN; Andrew J. Hamel, BSEE; Neil A. Sharkey, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1:42 p.m. *The Biomechanical Consequences of Perfect Secondary Congruence after Both Column Acetabular Fracture

Paul Tornetta, III, MD, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA; Fred Behrens, MD; Richard Levine, MD, Regis Renard, BS, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

1:48 p.m. Acetabular Fractures: Operative Management and Long Term Results

Gholam S. Pajenda, MD; Mehdi Mousavi, MD; Alexander Kolonja, MD; Vilmos Vécsei, MD, University Clinic for Traumatology, Vienna University Hospital, Waehringer Gaertel, Vienna, Austria