Several faculty members and residents participated in a symposium or paper sessions at the 2020 Orthopaedic Trauma Association Meeting, which was virtual this year.

The meeting was held on Oct. 21 – 24. Assistant Professor Clay Spitler, M.D. moderated a symposium on Oct. 24: “Maximizing Outcomes in Tibial Pilon Fractures.” As moderator, Spilter led the session and the three participating faculty members. Spitler also served as a faculty member in the symposium "Challenges in Tibial Plateau Fractures."

On the last day of the conference, several faculty and residents participated in a lightening 20-minute Paper Session Q&A within the “Pelvis and Acetabulum” category. Those presentations are noted below, with the main presenter underlined and UAB Orthopaedic Surgery faculty or residents bolded.

• “Transverse Posterior Wall Fractures are at High-Risk for Conversion Total Hip Arthroplasty After Acetabular Fracture Fixation”
  • Kyle Cichos, BS; Elie S. Ghanem, MD; Jonathan H. Quade MD; Gerald McGwin, PhD; Clay A. Spitler, MD
• “Intrawound Antibiotic Powder in Acetabular Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation Does Not Reduce Surgical Site Infections”
  • Kyle Cichos, BS; Elie S. Ghanem, MD; Jonathan H. Quade, MD; Brent A. Ponce, MD; Gerald McGwin, PhD; Clay A. Spitler, MD
• “Thrombin Hemostatic Matrix Reduces Heterotopic Ossification in Acetabular Fractures Fixed via the Kocher-Langenbeck Approach”
  • Tyler Paul Montgomery, MD; Jeffrey Pearson, MD (graduated resident); Abhinav Agarwal, MD; Catherine Renee Olinger, MD; Devon Rochelle Tobey, MD; Michael J. Beebe, MD, BS; Gerald McGwin, PhD; Kyle Cichos, BS; Elie S. Ghanem, MD; Clay A. Spitler, MD; Candice Nicole Dubose, MD; Jonathan H. Quade, MD
•  “Unilateral Sacral Fractures Demonstrate Slow Recovery of PROMs Irrespective of Treatment”
  • Brian Mullis, MD; Paul Tornetta III, MD; Julie Agel ATC; Heather A. Vallier, MD; Jason Allen Lowe, MD; Anna Noel Miller, MD, FACS; Saam Morshed, MD; Theodore Miclau III, MD; Laurence Kempton, MD; Darin M. Friess, MD; Joshua Layne Gary, MD; Clay A. Spitler, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD, FACS; Ross K. Leighton, MD; David C. Teague, MD; Jessica Schisel, BA

Faculty and residents also participated in several poster presentations:

• “Comparison of Ballistic Tibia Fractures with Both Open and Closed Tibia Fractures sustained By Blunt Mechanisms”
  • John Prather, MD; Tyler Montgomery, MD; Brent Cone, MD; Kenneth Fellows, BS; Thomas Devine, BS; Jonathan Quade, MD; Clay A. Spitler MD
• “Systemic Complications of Obesity in Operative Acetabular Fractures
  • Megan Lameka, MD; Tyler Montgomery, MD; Anthony L. Wilson, MS; Scott Mabry, MD; Christine Collins, BS; Sagar Modi, BS; Gerald McGwin, PhD; Clay Spitler, MD
• “Does Posterior Pelvic Ring Fracture Location Predict Neurologic or Vascular Injury?”
  • SE Mabry, MD; MD Lameka, MD; CA Spitler MD
• “Extended Antibiotic Coverage in the Management of Type II Open Fractures”
  • Thompson McMurtrie, MD; Ryan Cone, MD; John C. Prather, MD; Tyler Montgomery, MD; Gerald McGwin, MD; Clay Spitler MD
• “Outcomes of Pediatric Acetabular Fractures Managed Operatively: Results of a Large Consecutive Series of Patients from a Single Large Academic Medical Center”
  • Kyle Cichos, MD; Gerald McGwin, MD; Elie Ghanem, MD; Clay Spitler, MD

Spitler was a collaborator on several presentations and poster presentations at the conference, including:

• “Venous Thromboembolism in Hip Fracture Patients: A Sub-analysis of the FAITH and HEALTH trials”
• “Venous Thromboembolism in Hip Fracture Patients: A Sub-analysis of the FAITH and HEALTH trials”
• “3-Predictors of Medical Serious Adverse Events in Hip fracture Patients: A sub-analysis of the HEALTH trial”
• “Factors Associated with Mortality Following Surgical Management of Hip Fractures”
• “What Factors Increase Revision Surgery Risk When Treating Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures with Arthroplasty: A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial”
• “Risk Factors for AVN After Talar Fractures”
• “What Factors Increase Revision Surgery Risk When Treating Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures with Arthroplasty: A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial”
• “A Prospective Randomized Trial to Assess Fixation Strategies for Severe Open Tibia Fractures: Modern Ring External Fixators vs Internal Fixation (FIXIT study) METRC Investigators”
• “What predicts health-related quality of life for patients with displaced femoral neck fractures managed with arthroplasty? A secondary analysis of the HEALTH trial”
• “The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: Are We Studying Different Hip Fracture Patient Populations?”
• “Heterotopic Ossification Following Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture”