Annual Meeting Podium Session IV: Upper Extremity

Friday, October 17, 2025
 10:00 AM - 10:56 AM MST
Location:301ABC (West Bldg)

Moderator(s)

• Niloofar Dehghan, MD, MSc

• Yelena Bogdan, MD

Presentations:

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM MST Is Postoperative Ketorolac Administration Associated with Nonunion and Malunion after Proximal Humerus Open Reduction and Internal Fixation? A Retrospective Cohort Study

Co-Author: Anthony Baumann, DPT – Northeast Ohio Medical University

Co-Author: Robert J. Trager, DC – University Hospitals

Co-Author: Shahab Yazdanpanah, MS – Northeast Ohio Medical University 

Corresponding Author: Tyler Sanda, MD – Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Co-Author: Michael Makowski, MD – Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Presenting Author: Tristen Epley

10:05 AM - 10:10 AM MST Long-Term (10-15 Year) Functional Outcome in Adults After An Elbow Dislocation (Elbow-LTF): Follow-Up of A Multicenter RCT And Prospective Case Series

Co-Author: Niels Plaisier, BSc – Erasmus MC

Co-Author: Esther M.M Van Lieshout, PhD, MSc – Trauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Co-Author: Gijs Iordens, MD, PhD – Van Weel-Bethesda Hospital

Co-Author: Michael H.J. Verhofstad, MD, PhD, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, NL

Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Dennis Den Hartog, MD, PhD – Trauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Group Author: Group Author FuncSiE Trial Investigators

Group Author: Dutch Elbow Collaborative Group

10:10 AM - 10:15 AM MST Nonunion and Post-operative Complications Associated with Intramedullary Nailing Versus Plate Fixation of Humeral Shaft Fractures

Corresponding Author: William Marmor, MD – University of Miami

Co-Author: David A. Momtaz, MD – University of Miami

Presenting Author: Jad Lawand, BS – UT Medical Branch Galveston

Co-Author: Eric Kholodovsky, BS – University of Miami

Co-Author: Francisco J. Fuster, MD – University of Miami

10:15 AM - 10:20 AM MST Healing the Humeral Shaft Nonunion: Prior Surgery, Not Initial Operative Management, Confers Increased Risk of Recalcitrant Nonunion

Corresponding Author: Erika Roddy, MD – Harborview

Co-Author: Reza Firoozabadi, MD, MA – University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center

Co-Author: Daphne Beingessner, MD – Harborview Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University of Washington

Presenting Author: David P. Barei, MD – Harborview

10:28 AM - 10:33 AM MST Comparison of Bracing with Coaptation Splinting for the Initial Treatment of Acute Humeral Shaft Fractures: The COBRAS Trial

Presenting Author: Jack Gagne, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Co-Author: Matthew T. Kingery, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Co-Author: Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Corresponding Author: Kenneth A. Egol, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

10:33 AM - 10:38 AM MST Hemiarthroplasty Versus Nonoperative Treatment of Comminuted Proximal Humeral Fractures: Results of the Procon Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Presenting Author: Dennis Den Hartog, MD, PhD – Trauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Corresponding Author: Leendert HT Nugteren, BSc – Erasmus MC

Co-Author: Kiran Mahabier, MD, PhD – Erasmus MC

Co-Author: Aron JM de Zwart, BSc – Erasmus MC

Co-Author: Stella CM Heemskerk, PhD – Erasmus MC

Co-Author: Stefaan J. Nijs, MD, PhD – UZ Leuven

Co-Author: Michael H.J. Verhofstad, MD, PhD, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, NL

Co-Author: Niels Schep, MD, PhD – Maasstad Hospital

Co-Author: Esther M.M Van Lieshout, PhD, MSc – Trauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Group Author: Group Author ProCon trial investigators

10:38 AM - 10:43 AM MST Immediate Mobilization Following Volar Locked Plating for Distal Radius Fractures is Safe and Effective

Corresponding Author: Jadie E. De Tolla, MD – NYU Langone Health

Co-Author: Samara Moll, BA – NYU Langone Health 

Presenting Author: Tristen Epley, DO

Co-Author: Janos Barrera, MD – NYU Langone Health

Co-Author: Utkarsh Anil, MD – NYU Langone Health

Co-Author: Louis W. Catalano, MD – University of Colorado

Co-Author: Philipp Leucht, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedics

Co-Author: Kenneth A. Egol, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

Co-Author: Jacques H. Hacquebord, MD – NYU Langone Health Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

10:43 AM - 10:48 AM MST Bier Block Regional Anesthesia versus Hematoma Block for Closed Distal Radius Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Lucas M. Marchand, MD – University of Utah

Co-Author: Megan L. Campbell, MD – University of Utah

Co-Author: Allan Metz, MD – University of Utah

Co-Author: Kayla Gates, MD – University of Utah

Co-Author:  – University of Utah

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Co-Author: Justin M. Haller, MD – University of Utah