Research Sharing Day, 2010

This Wednesday, May 19th, is the Grant Medical Research Sharing Day.

For over 20 years at Grant Medical Center, physicians have come together to share their research among their peers. This is a great opportunity for Doctors of all specialties to come together and share their accomplishments and findings in order to improve patient care and outcomes. Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center (OFAC) is excited to help continue this tradition.

We are happy to announce that OFAC has 9 contributions to share at this year’s event:

• Cannulated Screw Fixation of Jones 5th Metatarsal Fracture: A Comparison of Titanium and Stainless Steel Screw Fixation. This poster and research is presented by Dr. Hyer, Dr. Cuttica, and Dr. DeVries.
• Bi-Plane Chevron Medial Malleolar Osteotomy for Increased Exposure of the Medial Talar Dome. This topic and poster is presented by Dr. DeCarbo, Angela Granata, and Dr. Hyer.
• Evaluating Two Types of Fixation for a 1st Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis: A retrospective comparative cohort. This presentation is brought to us by Dr. DeVries, Dr. Hyer, and Dr. Jaymes Granata.
• The Use of Bone Growth Stimulators in Diabetic Patients: A Retrospective Case Series of Ankle Fusions. This poster and research is presented by Dr. Jaymes Granata, and our own Dr. Philbin.
• Xenograft Soft Tissue Scaffold for Tissue Augmentation in Foot & Ankle Surgeries. This presentation and research is presented by our own Dr. Hyer, Dr. Berlet, and Dr. Lee.
• Interpositional Arthroplasty of the First Metatarsalphalangeal Joint Using a Regenerative Tissue Matrix for the Treatment of Advanced Hallux Rigidus: 5 Year Case series Follow-up. This poster and study is presented by Dr. Hyer, Dr. Jaymes Granata, Dr. Berlet, and Dr. Lee.
• A Retrospective Review of First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodesis Using a Locked Plate and Compression Screw Technique. This presentation is brought to you by Dr. Ringus, Dr. Michael Swiatek, and Dr. Hyer.
• A Retrospective Review of Insertional Achilles Tendinosis Treated with the Dual Incisional Surgical Technique. This poster will be presented by Dr. Ringus and Dr. Lee.
• A Retrospective Comparison of Four Plate Constructs for First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Fusion: Static Plate, Static Plate with Lag Screw, Locked Plate, Locked Plate with Lag Screw. This research was conducted and is presented by Dr. Michael Swiatek, Dr. Ringus, and Dr. Hyer.

If you have little-to-no clue as to what half of these topics are – don’t feel bad, our Docs are pretty smart. All of these posters and research from not just the OFAC team, but from all the other great researchers and doctors will be presented at the Grant Medical Center Auditorium. Poster presentations will run from 7 to 9am, and oral presentations will be from 9:30 until 11:30am. After all that, a set of awards will be presented to our winners around 11:45 am.

Please join us in congratulating all the talented researchers and doctors that continue to advanced not just our field, but the Medical profession overall.