Session IX - Tibia Saturday, October 10, 1998

Moderator: Peter J. O'Brien, MD
10:44 a.m. Low-Profile Fixation of Tibial Plateau Fractures

George E. Herriott, MD; David F. Hubbard, MD, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV

10:50 a.m. The Use of a Locking Custom Contoured Blade Plate for Peri-Articular Nonunions and Fractures

Edward J. Harvey, MD, FRCS (C); M. Bradford Henley, MD; Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD; Stephen K. Benirschke, MD, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

10:56 a.m. The Treatment of Complex Proximal Tibial Fractures (OTA Type C) with Bridging Hybrid Fixation

James J. Hutson, Jr., MD, University of Miami, Miami, FL

11:12 a.m. In-Vitro Elution Characteristics of Tobramycin from Bioabsorbable Polycaprolactone Beads: A Novel Paradigm for Local Antibiotic Delivery to Infected Wounds

Tim A.Burd, MD; Kent J. Lowry, MD; Jeff O. Anglen, MD; William C. Allen, MD; University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, Missouri

11:18 a.m. Fix and Flap, the Radical Treatment of Severe Open Fractures of the Tibia

Siva Gopal, FRCS; Sanjib Majumder, FRCS; Andrew Batchelor, FRCS; Piet Deboer, FRCS; Malcolm Smith, MD, FRCS, St. James' University Hospital, Leeds, England; York District Hospital, York, England

11:30 a.m. Unreamed Nailing for Segmental Tibia Fractures: A Prospective Study

Paul Tornetta, III, MD; Steve Nguyen, MD, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA

11:36 a.m. The Effect of Unreamed, Limited-Reamed and Standard-Reamed Intramedullary Nailing on Cortical Bone Porosity and New Bone Formation

Thomas M. Hupel, MD; Sergei Aksenov, MD; Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS (C), Saint Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

11:48 a.m. Treatment of Tibial Fractures with the Telescopic Locking Nail

J.S. Harbers, MD; M.L.M.J. Goessens, MD; J.W.J.L. Stapert, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

11:54 a.m. The Fatigue Life of Tibia Nail Distal Interlocking Screws: An Analysis of Six Manufacturers

Daniel Segina, MD; Edward Humbert, DO; Robert Ostrum, MD; Alan Litsky, MD, ScD; Ajay Seth, BS, Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus, OH

12:06 p.m. Anatomic and Biomechanical Considerations Using a Lateral Starting Approach for Intramedullary Nailing of Proximal Third Tibia Fractures

Ronald Wobig, MD; Sean W. McLoughlin, PhD; Pramod Maheshwari, BS; James Green; Paul J. Duwelius, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

12:12 p.m. The Safe Zone for Tibial Nailing

Paul Tornetta, III, MD; Joseph Riina, MD; Jeffrey Geller, MD; Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; SUNY University Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

12:24 p.m. Non-Invasive Measurement of Compartment Syndrome

Michael J. Sullivan, MD; Kyle F. Dickson, MD; Bruce Steinberg, MD; Leann Myers, PhD; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

12:30 p.m. Acute Compartment Syndrome - Who Is At Risk?

P. Gaston, MBChB, FRCS Ed; Margaret M. McQueen, MD, FRCS Ed (Orth); Charles M. Court-Brown, MD, FRCS Ed (Orth); Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

tibia 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

4:34 p.m. The Use of the "No Angulation View" for Single Oblique Cut Corrective Osteotomies of Complex Tibial Malunions

J. Spence Reid, MD; Brian Nielsen, MD; Gregory Gilot, MD; Paul Juliano, MD; Erin Moran, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

4:40 p.m. Twenty-eight Year Follow-up of Below-knee Amputees Injured during the Vietnam War

Paul J. Dougherty, MAJ, MC, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, USA

tibia papers from Session VI - Fracture Repair Friday, October 9, 1998
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