January 1998 AAOS Report
Specialty societies announce poster exhibit winners
This year, for the first time, space at the Annual Meeting will be
given to poster exhibits selected as the "best of their society" based
on a peer review process from member societies of the Council of
Musculoskeletal Specialty Societies. The poster titles, principal
exhibitors and society names are: "Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of
Cartilage Hip Joint Injuries: Correlation of Gadolinium MRI with Surgery,"
Joseph C. McCarthy, MD, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons;
"Vascularity of the Lateral Calcaneal Flap," Joseph Borrelli Jr., MD,
Orthopaedic Trauma Association; "A Biomechanical Evaluation of Thoracic
Spinal Stability: Significance of Costovertebral Joints in Providing
Stability," Tatsuto Takeuchi, MD, Scoliosis Research Society; "Subluxation
of the Ulnar Nerve as a Risk Factor for Iatrogenic Nerve Injury During
Percutaneous Pinning of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures,"
Charles D'Amato, MD, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North
America; "Continuous Motion
Kinematics in the Loaded Human Cadaveric Knee: The Effect of Constraint,
Axis and Cruciate Ligament Transection and the Determination of the
Instant Center of Motion," Marlene DeMaio, MD, American Orthopaedic
Society for Sports Medicine; "Patient Outcomes Following Minimally
Destabilizing Lumbar Spinal Stenosis," Thomas J. Kleeman, MD, North
American Spine Society; "Cervical Spine Fusion Not Protective of
Cervical Spine Injury and Tetraplegia," Lawrence C. Vogel, MD, American
Spinal Injury Association; and "Functional and Dynamic Assessment of
Plantarflexion Peak Torque Following Flexor Hallucis Longus Augmentation
for Achilles Tendinosis or Rupture," Michael T. Monroe, MD, American
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. The poster exhibits
will be located in Hall D of the Morial Convention Center.