2022 Award Winners

This award is presented annually to the author(s) of the most outstanding OTA Annual Meeting scientific paper

Title: Retrograde Intramedullary Nailing Versus Locked Plating for Extreme Distal Periprosthetic Femur Fractures: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Authors: Noelle Lily Van Rysselberghe, MD; Ryan Seltzer, BS; Taylor Alexis Lawson, BS; Justin Paul Kuether, MD; ParkerAlan White, MD; Phillip Grisdela, MD; Hayley Daniell, MD; Arya Amirhekmat, BS; Nelson J Merchan, MD; Thomas M Seaver, MD; Aneesh V. Samineni, BA; Blake Joseph Schultz, MD; Juntian Wang, MD; Gregory David Dikos, MD; Stephen James Warner, MD; Timothy S. Achor, MD; Milton Thomas M. Little, MD; Michael John Weaver, MD; Paul Tornetta, III, MD; John Alan Scolaro, MD; John J. Wixted, MD; Timothy G. Weber, MD; Michael Bellino, MD; Michael J. Gardner, MD; Julius A. Bishop, MD

This award is presented annually to the best resident led and presented scientific podium presentation.

Title: Medial Malleolus: Operative or Nonoperative (MOON) Trial. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Associated Medial Malleolar Fractures in Unstable Ankle Fractures

Authors: Thomas Carter, MD; William M. Oliver, MBBS; Katrina Roxanne Bell, MBChB; Cat Graham, MSc; Andrew David Duckworth, PhD; Timothy O. White, MD, FRCS

Title: Glenohumeral Dislocation with Associated Greater Tuberosity Fracture

Authors: Rosemary Hackney, MBBS; Gemma Toland, MBChB; Sam Mackenzie, MD; Nicholas Clement, FRCS; John Keating, FRCSm

Title: Silver Carboxylate-TiO2/Polydimethyl Siloxane Is a Safe and Efficacious Antimicrobial with Significant Wound Care Potential”

Authors: Sai Siddharth Allu, BA; Dioscaris Garcia, PhD; Neel Vishwanat, BS; Drew Clippert, BS; Elia Jouffroy, BS; Colin Whitaker, BA; James Hong, BS; Valentin Antoci, MD; Christopher Born, MD

Title: Comparative Analysis of Supplemental Medial Buttress Plate Fixation for High-Energy Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Young Adults

Authors: Cory Alan Collinge, MD; Payton Harris, DO; Andrea Finlay, PhD; Andres Felipe Rodriguez-Buitrago, MD; Guadalupe De La Fuente, MD; Michael John Beltran, MD; Phillip Mitchell, MD; Hassan Riaz Mir, MD, MBA; Michael J. Gardner, MD; Henry Claude Sagi, MD; Michael T. Archdeacon, MD

 

Title: Retrograde Intramedullary Nailing Versus Locked Plating for Extreme Distal Periprosthetic Femur Fractures: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Authors: Noelle Lily Van Rysselberghe, MD; Ryan Seltzer, BS; Taylor Alexis Lawson, BS; Justin Paul Kuether, MD; Parker Alan White, MD; Phillip Grisdela, MD; Hayley Daniell, MD; Arya Amirhekmat, BS; Nelson J. Merchan, MD; Thomas M. Seaver, MD; Aneesh V. Samineni, BA; Blake Joseph Schultz, MD; Juntian Wang, MD; Gregory David Dikos, MD; Stephen James Warner, MD; Timothy S. Achor, MD; Milton Thomas M. Little, MD; Michael John Weaver, MD; Paul Tornetta, III, MD; John Alan Scolaro, MD; John J. Wixted, MD; Timothy G. Weber, MD; Michael Bellino, MD; Michael J. Gardner, MD; Julius A. Bishop, MD

 

Title: The Long-Term Effect of Intraoperative Hip Fracture Injections on Function and Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Rivka Chinyere Ihejirika-Lomedico, MD; Nathan August Lorentz; Sara Jo Solasz, BA; Abhishek Ganta, MD; Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD, FRCS; Sanjit R. Konda, MD; Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Philipp Leucht, MD

 

Title: Single-Incision Fasciotomy Decreases Infection Risk Compared to Dual-Incision Fasciotomy in Treatment of Tibial Plateau Fractures with Acute Compartment Syndrome

Authors: Graham John DeKeyser, MD; Eli W. Bunzel, MD; Dillon Christopher O’Neill, MD;

Sean E. Nork, MD; Justin Haller, MD; David Barei, MD

 

Title: The Effect of Topical Antibiotic Powder Administration in the Emergency Department on Deep Surgical-Site Infection in Type III Lower-Extremity Fractures: A Prospective Cohort Pilot Study with Matched Historical Comparison

Authors: Shea Taylor, MD; Mitchell John, MD; Whisper Marie Grayson, BS; Hassan Riaz Mir, MD, MBA

 

Title: Prophylactic Tobramycin Injection Reduces Infection Following Internal Fixation of Open Fractures

Authors: Arun Aneja MD, PhD; Matthew William Kavolus, MD; Richard Wes Pectol, BS; Chandler Ryan Sneed, BS; Robert Jackson Teasdall, MD; Eric Scott Moghadamian, MD; Raymond Dayne Wright, MD; Paul Edward Matuszewski, MD; David Zuelzer, MD; Daniel D. Primm, MD; David C. Landy, MD, PhD

 

Title: What Is the Probability That Intrawound Vancomycin Powder Reduces Infections in Patients with High-Risk Tibial Plateau or Pilon Fractures? A Bayesian Analysis of the VANCO Trial

Authors: Nathan N. O’Hara, PhD; Renan C. Castillo, MD; Anthony R. Carlini, MS; Manjari Joshi, MBBS; Clinton Kenneth Murray, MD; Lauren Allen, MA; Yanjie Huang, ScD; Joshua Layne Gary, MD; Michael J. Bosse, MD; William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH; Todd Owen McKinley, MD; Robert V. O’Toole, MD; METRC

 

Title: Medial Malleolus: Operative or Nonoperative (MOON) Trial. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Associated Medial Malleolar Fractures in Unstable Ankle Fractures

Authors: Thomas Carter, MD; William M. Oliver, MBBS; Katrina Roxanne Bell, MBChB; Cat Graham, MSc; Andrew David Duckworth, PhD; Timothy O. White, MD, FRCS