H.K. UHTHOFF RESEARCH DAY
APRIL 1, 2004 – Amphitheatre at Civic Campus
Dr. Hans Kreder, Visiting Professor
0830 Opening Remarks – Dr. Louis Lawton, Director of Orthopaedic Residency Training, University of Ottawa Hospital
0835 Welcome/Introduction of Dr. Kreder – Dr. Geoff Dervin, Acting Head, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa
0840 Hip Fractures in the Elderly: Is it Safe to Delay? and Higher Mortality in Non-Teaching Hospitals, Dr. Hans Kreder
0910 Discussion
SESSION I: MODERATOR: DR. PAUL KIM
0915 Increased Knee Revision Rate with Polyethylene Gamma Irradiated in Air and Implanted After a Prolonged Shelf Life. Dr. Tajedin Getahun, PGY-4
0925 Discussion
0930 Negative Mechanotransduction is Responsible for Proteoglycan Loss Secondary to Joint Immobility. Dr. Guy Trudel, Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa
0945 Discussion
0950 Treatment of Tibial Plafond Fractures. Dr. Tracy Rupke, PGY-3
1000 Discussion
1005 Treatment Regimen and Outcome of Children with Vertebral Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Dr. Christopher Brown, PGY-2
1015 Discussion
1020 Effects of Treatment of Open Fracture Outcomes. Dr. Christopher Raynor, PGY-4
1030 Discussion
1035 Refreshment Break
1055 Performance of Bioresorbable Inserts in Axially Compressible Plates. Philippe Poitras, B.A.Sc (Mech Eng), Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, CHEO Research Institute
1110 Discussion
1115 Open Wedge Versus Closed Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy in Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis Patients: A Roentgenographic Comparison. Dr. Wadih Matar, PGY-1
1125 Discussion
1130 Early to Mid-Term Outcome of Meniscal Repair in the Adolescent. Dr. Paul Shim, PGY-2
1140 Discussion
1145 Functional Outcome of Patellar Resurfacing Technique During Total Knee Arthroplasty. Dr. James Guy, Clinical Fellow
1155 Discussion
1200 Lunch
SESSION II: MODERATOR: DR. JAMES JARVIS
1300 The Reliability of Using Questionnaires to Determine Whether Spine Patients Have Leg Dominant or Back Dominant Pain. Dr. J. Pollock, PGY-3
1310 Discussion
1315 Evaluation of Fibrin Polymer Hydrogels as Scaffolds for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering. Dr. Max Hincke, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Anatomy Program, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
1330 Discussion
1335 Treatment of Retroacetabular Osteolysis with Calcium Sulfate and Retention of Original Components. Dr. Benjamin Deheshi, PGY-4
1345 Discussion
1350 Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Hand: Oncological and Functional Outcome After Limb Salvage Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy. Dr. Dimitri Haddad, PGY-3.
1400 Discussion
1405 Refreshment Break
1420 Displaced Intra-articular Distal Radius Fractures: An RCT of ORIF versus Percutaneous Reduction and Fixation. Dr. Hans Kreder, Visiting Professor
1440 Discussion
1445 Analysis Research Project: Comparative Biomechanical Analysis of Three Systems for the Fixation of Distal Femur Fractures. Dr. Steven Oliver, PGY-4
1455 Discussion
1500 Nonoperative Treatment of Stable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures – A Comparative Study of Bracing versus No Bracing. Dr. Darryl Young, PGY-1
1510 Discussion
1515 TBA, Monika Volesky, Clinical Fellow
1525 Discussion