Moderator: John H. Wilber, MD
Type II Error Rates (Beta Error) of Randomized Trials in Orthopaedic Trauma
Paul Tornetta, III, MD; Heather Locher, MSc; Mohit Bhandari, MD, MSc, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
The Treatment of Minimally Displaced Fractures of the Sacrum with Immediate Weight Bearing. Is There a Role for Prophylactic Iliosacral Screw Fixation?
Mark C. Reilly, MD; William K. Accousti, MD; Michael S. Sirkin, MD; Fred Behrens, MD; Susan G. Merrit, PA-C, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
The Coagulative Response to Intramedullary Nailing
C.M. Robinson, FRCS; C.A. Ludlam; D.C. Ray; D.G. Swann; J. Christie, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K.
Detection of Cerebral Fat Embolism in Patients with Femoral Fractures
Gregory A. Zych, DO; Alejandro Forteza, MD; Sebastian Koch, MD; Iszet Campo, MD; James J. Hutson, Jr., MD University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Fractures of the Femur following Hip Fracture Surgery
C.M. Robinson, FRCS; C.I. Adams; M. Craig; W. Doward; M.C.C. Clarke; J. Auld, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Reamed Nailing of Grade IIIB Open Tibial Fractures
John Keating, FRCS; Piotr Blachut, FRCS(C); Peter O’Brien, FRCS(C); Charles Court-Brown, FRCS, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
*Use of Tissue Ultrafiltration for Treatment of Compartment Syndrome
Rick Odland, MD (a,d-Twin Star Medical; NIH); Andrew H. Schmidt, MD (a,b,d,e-Twin Star Medical; NIH); Brian Hunter, BS; Louis S. Kidder, PhD (a,e-Twin Star Medical; NIH); Joan E. Bechtold, PhD (a,d,e-Twin Star Medical; NIH); Robert A. Pedowitz, MD (e-Twin Star Medical; NIH); Alan R. Hargens, PhD Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation Minneapolis, MN
Analysis of Failure of Hybrid External Fixation Techniques for the Treatment of Distal Tibial Pilon Fractures
J. Tracy Watson, MD; David E. Karges, DO; Kathryn E. Cramer, MD; Berton R. Moed, MD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
The Insensate Foot: An Indication for Amputation?
Alan L. Jones, MD; Melissa L. McCarthy, ScD; Lawrence X. Webb, MD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Roy W. Sanders, MD and the LEAP Study Group, University of Maryland Medical Center; R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD (all authors - a-NIH-NIAMS Grant)
D Prospective Randomized Clinical Multi-Center Trial: Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures
Richard E. Buckley, MD; Robert G. McCormack, MD; Ross K. Leighton, MD; Graham C. Pate, MD; David P. Petrie, MD; Robert D. Galpin, MD, Multi Canadian Centers, Canada, Supported by OTA Research Grant