OTA 1998 Posters - Trauma Issues

Acute Lung Injury Associated with Femoral Shaft Fractures in an Animal Model

R. Shay Bess, BS; Andrew N. Pollak, MD; Muthukumar Muthusamy, MD, University of Maryland Hospital Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD

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, Alberta, Canada; Robert Fiebel, MD, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Ross Leighton, MD, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Jim McCormack, MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Emil Schemitsch, MD, David Stephen, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

A Comparison of the Intramedullary Pressures and Temperatures Generated during Reaming between the Standard Reaming System and a New Low Pressure Designed Reaming System

Ross K. Leighton, MD; Adnand Alzahrani, MD; Deneesh Sahajpal; Brian Smyth; David Petrie, MD, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Incidence of Pulmonary Complications in Burned Patients with Femur Fractures

Robert Harris, MD; Bryant Marchant, MD; David T. Harrington, MD; Clem W. Goodwin, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston, TX

The Application of Sequential Irrigation Solutions in Decontaminating Polymicrobial Orthopaedic Wounds in a Rat Model

Tim Burd, MD; Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD; Barry J. Gainor, MD; Gordon D. Christensen, MD; W. Andy Simpson, PhD; Glenn Phaup, BS, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, MO

The Orthopaedic Trauma Surgical Team: Excellence in Care with Time Saving Efficiency

Robert M Harris, MD; Robert Sheldon, RN; Rajni Patel, MD; Dave Volgas, MD; Darryl Cuda, MD; Mike Fox, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston, TX

Remote Analysis of Traumatic Musculoskeletal Radiographs Transmitted by Electronic Mail (e-mail): An Emerging Technology

Steven M. Raikin, MD; Louis A. Bley, MD; Robert B. Leb, The Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland, OH

The Risk of Multiple Organ Failure in Secondary Amputation following Limb Salvage in Multiple Traumatized Patients

Andreas Seekamp, MD; Gerd Regel, MD; Harald Tscherne, MD, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Morbidity of Two Incision Fasciotomy for Compartment Syndromes of the Lower Extremity

Robert Harris, MD; Steve Huish, MD; Charlie Reinert, MD; Alan Jones, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, TX; University of Texas, Southwestern School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dallas, TX

The Clinical Experience of Primary Wound Coverage by Artificial Dermis in Treating Gustilo IIIb Open Fractures

Akira Oizumi, MD; Makoto Kawai, MD; Hiroshi Kato, MD; Yoshiaki Hara, MD; Shotaro Nozaki, MD; Yasuhiro Yamamoto, MD, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Vacuum Assisted Wound Closure (V.A.C. Therapy)- Experience with Its Use in 150 Patients

Lawrence X. Webb, MD; Louis C. Argenta, MD; Richard Lange, MD; David Ruch, MD; Robert Teasdall, MD; William Ward, MD; James F. Mooney, MD; Michael Morykwas PhD; Anthony DeFranzo, MD; Joseph Molnar, MD; Malcolm Marks, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI