Proximal Femur: Errors, Pitfalls, and Failures

Video Description

This webinar will discuss issues related to treatment of fractures of the proximal femur to include the femoral neck and pertrochanteric/subtrochanteric area. Faculty will highlight commonly encountered intraoperative pitfalls and decision-making errors, which often result in postoperative failure and offer surgical tactics to avoid complications and optimize treatment of these injuries.

Learner Objectives:
• Identify options available for managing proximal femoral fractures
• Recognize implications of reduction and stability and how it relates to common failure modes
• Appreciate tactics to avoid complications in treating proximal femoral fractures

Faculty Names, Academic Titles, Institution along with their assigned topics:
Moderator:
Marschall Berkes, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University
St Louis, Missouri

Faculty:
Timothy Achor, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Texas at Houston
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Christopher McAndrew, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University in Saint Louis
St. Louis, Missouri


Agenda:
8:00 -8:05PM Welcome and Introduction Berkes
8:05-8:30 PM Case Discussion: Proximal Femur Nailing Pitfalls Achor/McAndrew
8:30-8:40 PM Case Discussion: Proximal Femur Plating Pitfalls McAndrew/Achor
8:40-8:50 PM Case Discussion: Femoral Neck ORIF Pitfalls McAndrew/Berkes
8:50-9:00 PM Summary Case, Q&A, Discussion All Faculty
9:00 PM Summary, Wrap Up & Adjournment Berkes