Aspen Medical Products is a leader in the development of innovative spinal bracing for post-trauma stabilization, pre-and-post surgical stabilization, pain management and long-term patient care. Aspen Medical Products offers multiple orthotic options that provide unsurpassed motion restriction, superior comfort and an economic advantage, encouraging better patient compliance.
Be sure to visit Aspen Medical Products in the exhibit hall and also online at http://www.aspenmp.com/ .
This workshop will educate you on an innovative grafting product, Plexur M, for the management of bone deficiency in the hip, femur and tibia. You’ve got to get your hands on this graft to feel for yourself.
Plexur M is a moldable, settable and machinable bone graft implant that fully remodels into new bone. Its exceptional handling and radiopacity is making Plexur M a game changer, giving orthopaedic surgeons the ability to mold the graft to fit irregularly shaped defects and restore the anatomy as well as to place adjunctive hardware without graft fragmentation.
Osteotech is a worldwide leader and innovator in the field of Biologics for regenerative healing with a 25-year heritage of safety and clinical efficacy. Osteotech embraces enhancing quality of life through integrated programs supported by evidence based medicine, patient care education, research and collaborative relationships.
Visit Osteotech in the exhibit hall and online.
Edward Alam, PhD will be presenting a keynote address “Philosophy and Healing: Restoring an Ancient Alliance” on Thursday, August 5th.
This is a great keynote address to begin the course. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to be reminded and learn more about this ancient alliance.
Dr. Alam is an Associate Professor at Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon. He has been teaching full time in the Faculty of Humanities since 1996.
While attending the Chicago Trauma Symposium be sure to see what OrthoView has to offer firsthand in the exhibit hall.
OrthoView provides the traumatologist with a complete planning and templating solution using digital images. With OrthoView, an orthopaedic trauma specialist can create a detailed surgical plan, template nails, plates, bend plates on screen, add screws and more.
“In an ongoing study using OrthoView, not a single intramedullary nail was wasted in the OR and we avoided having to postpone two procedures by being able to anticipate (and template) the less common nail sizes that were needed during the case.” Samir Mehta MD, Orthopaedic Trauma Specialist, Philadelphia, PA
For more information go to http://www.orthoview.com/.
C-InSight® is an add-on to your C-Arm, converting 2D scans to 3D images intraoperatively.
C-InSight® is clinically equivalent to other commercial 3D systems with the advantages of being affordable, utilizing existing equipment and reducing radiation.
Minimal Radiation
C-InSight® provides 3D images at around 5%-10% of radiation exposure levels compared to common CT scans. Being in line with FDA guidelines for radiation reduction, C-InSight® is safer for both OR staff and for the patients, especially patients who are sensitive to radiation such as pediatric and female patients.
Affordable & Cost effective
C-InSight® increases the utilization of existing C-Arms with minimal investment.
It quickly connects to any C-Arm with a video output and converts 2D scans to 3D images in under 2 minutes.
Furthermore, in many cases C-InSight® eliminates the need for post operative CT scans.
Simple and Intuitive Software
C-InSight® is user friendly and intuitive. After a short in-service, any OR technician or staff can easily plug C-InSight® into the C-Arm and follow the simple step by step instructions.
For more information, images and C-inSight® movies, visit: http://www.mazorst.com/C-InSight.asp and see it first hand in the exhibit hall.
Have your patients been asking you for a better option to keep their cast dry while showering? WaterGuard is your answer.
The WaterGuard sleeve is slip-on, self sealing protection that fits snug enough to keep water out, while remaining comfortable to the user. It slips over arm, leg and knee injury sites and come in sizes for adults, children and infant.
This product is avaiable for purchase online and in Safeway retail outlets.
Visit them in the exhibit hall, online and tell your patients about them too.
The Foundation for Education and Musculoskeletal Research (FEMR) was founded with the mission to become a resource for unbiased information to promote musculoskeletal health and research, prevent fragility fractures and increase awareness of osteoporosis and related bone trauma and disabilities.
Visit the FEMR booth at the exhibit hall to learn more and visit http://www.boneknowledge.org/.
FEMR also provides daily bone health messages on facebook. Join us.
The Synthes Titanium Trochanteric Fixation Nail (TFN) is intended to treat stable and unstable pertrochanteric fractures, intertrochanteric fractures, basal neck fractures, and combinations thereof. The Long TFN is additionally indicated for subtrochanteric fractures, pertrochanteric fractures associated with shaft fractures, pathologic fractures of osteoporotic bone (including prophylactic use) in both trochanteric and diaphyseal regions, long subtrochanteric fractures, proximal or distal nonunions, malunions and revisions.
Synthes now is introducing a second option for proximal fixation in the TFN. Surgeons have the ability to use the new Lag Screw or the existing Helical Blade with using the TFN.
For more information, click here for a technique guide.
Everyone enjoys fireworks and ferris wheels! Visit Navy Pier, I know every other tourist does but it is enjoyable. There are fireworks on Wednesdays 9:30 pm and Saturdays 10:15 pm every week during the summer.
Get a great view of the Chicago skyline and lake front on the 150 foot-high ferris wheel modeled after the first ferris wheel. The first Ferris wheel was built for Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.
This is a great place to take your family. Navy Pier has so much to offer. Visit the website to make the most of your visit.
