Winning Posters Selected

During the Breakfast in the Posters event, Steven L. Frick, MD, chair of the Central Program Committee, announced the overall best poster: “The Economic Conundrum of Private Practice Orthopaedic Surgery.” This best poster in the Practice Management/Health Policy category (P273) was submitted by Alberto D. Cuellar, MD.

The winning posters in the other categories follow.

Adult Reconstruction Hip
P001—“Iliopsoas Muscle Atrophy was Evident in the Patients with Hip Osteoarthritis – MRI Analysis of 800 Cases,” submitted by Koh Shimizu, MD, and Sara Shimizu, MD.

Adult Reconstruction Knee
P142—“Total Joint Arthroplasty Can Be Safe in the Super Morbidly Obese,” submitted by Ronald Huang, MD; Fabio Orozco, MD; Michael J. Bercik, MD; Michael C. Aynardi, MD; Zachary D. Post, MD; and Alvin C. Ong, MD.

Foot and Ankle
P210—“The Tripod Index Part 1: New Radiographic Parameter Assessing Foot Alignment,” submitted by Marut Arunakul, MD; Annunziato Amendola, MD; Jessica Goetz, PhD; John E. Femino, MD; and Phinit Phisitkul, MD.

Hand and Wrist
P229—“Ultrasound as a First Line Test in the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis,” submitted by John R. Fowler, MD; Mitchell Maltenfort, PhD; and Asif M. Ilyas, MD.

Pediatrics
P260—“Physeal Gene Expression and Structure from Different Anatomic Regions in Two Species,” submitted by Steven Widmer, MD; Robin Jacquet, MS; Mark Shasti, BS; William Landis, PhD; Mark J. Adamczyk, MD; Melanie Morscher, BS; Richard Steiner, PhD; and Dennis S. Weiner, MD.

Shoulder and Elbow
P318—“Platelet Rich Plasma Injection as an Alternative for the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy,” submitted by Aamir H. Shaikh, MSc; and Turlough O’Donnell, MD.

Spine
P346—“Adult Spinal Deformity: Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Surgery at 5 Year Follow Up,” submitted by Jamie Terran, BS; Brian J. McHugh, MD; Charla R. Fischer, MD; Baron Lonner, MD; Daniel Warren, MD; Steven D. Glassman, MD; Keith H. Bridwell, MD; Frank Schwab, MD; and Virginie Lafage, PhD.

Sports Medicine/Arthroscopy
P407—“Decreased Local Anesthetic Chondrocyte Toxicity with Reduction in Temperature,” submitted by Tarik S. Onur, BA; and Alexis Dang, MD.

Trauma
P466—“Dedicated Clearance Protocols Improve Length of Stay and Decrease Complications in Hip Fracture Patients,” submitted by Ronald Huang, MD; Fabio Orozco, MD; Michael J. Bercik, MD; Victoria Younger, BS; Zachary D. Post, MD; and Alvin C. Ong, MD.

Tumor/Metabolic Disease
P536—“Percutaneous Cementoplasty for Pelvic Bone Metastasis in Patients with Advanced Cancer,” submitted by Hyun Guy Kang, MD; Min Wook Joo, MD; June Hyuk Kim, MD; Seok Ki Kim, MD, PhD; Patrick P. Lin, MD; and Han Soo Kim, MD, PhD.

2013 Annual Meeting News
Tuesday through Friday, February 19 – 23, 2013.
http://www.aaos.org/news/acadnews/2013/AAOS19_3_22.asp