ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA ASSOCIATION

ABSTRACTS

FINAL PROGRAM

1998 ANNUAL MEETING

October 8 - 10, 1998

Vancouver, British Columbia

David L. Helfet, MD, OTA President

Peter J. O'Brien, MD, Local Host

Thomas F. Varecka, MD, Program Chair

"It takes me several hours to go through a very short paper."

Robert E. Leach, MD; Editor of American Journal of Sports Medicine; OTA 96

OTA Staff

Nancy E. Franzon, Society Director

Laura McLaughlin, Meetings Coordinator

Peggy Wlezien, Meetings Coordinator

Sharon M. Moore, Meetings Assistant

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