2024 CWISummit Posters

Olufunmilayo Agunloye, MD
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures shortly after initial trauma resuscitation is feasible and safe. A single institution case series.

Daniel Akyeampong, MD
Repair of Unstable Chest Wall Utilizing Zip Ties

Negaar Aryan, MD
Evaluating the Efficacy of Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation with Surgical Rib Fixation

Ryan Beard, DO
The Impact of Obesity on Traumatic Rib Fracture Injuries

Sofia Cabello Bermudez, MD
"Surgical Fixation of Traumatic Rib Fractures: Does the Amount of Stabilized Ribs Make a Difference in Patient
Outcomes?"

Eva-Corina Caragounis MD, PhD
Long-term outcome after surgical management of symptomatic non-union rib fractures

Peter Cole, MD
The “Rack-of-Ribs” Deformity, Reconstruction of Chronically Bayoneted Ribs Interfering with Scapulothoracic Excursion

Adrian A. Coleoglou Centeno, MD
Has Anything Changed? A Single Center Rib Fixation Experience After the Chest Wall Injury Society (CWIS) NONFLAIL Trial.

William DeVoe MD, FACS
Time to Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: A Critical Assessment to Optimize Outcomes and Identify Risks for Delayed Intervention

Andrew Ehrsam, Medical Student
Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation in Patients Undergoing Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF)

Monika Fagevik Olsén, Professor, RPT
No long-term complaints in survivors with CPR-related chest wall injuries-despite decreased lung function and a few cases of non-union.

Christopher Fox-Good, MD
Filling the Gap: A case of complex chest wall reconstruction and thoracic hernia repair utilizing iliac crest harvest for bone grafting

Michael Green, MD
Surgical Fixation of Rib Fractures in the Aging Population

Enea Himi, MD
Bedside Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation Performed Under Conscious Sedation For Rib Fracture Pain

Enea Himi, DO
Severe Displacement of Initially Non-Displaced Rib Fractures Necessitating Surgical Fixation

Alexander Hoey, MD
Frakenplating: Flail Chest Following CPR

Aaron Hong, MD
Successful Use of Transcutaneous Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation for Uncontrolled Pain from Minimally Displaced Rib Fractures in a Case of Concomitant Trauma and Burns

Philip Jeremic, Bsc.(Biomed), MD
Assessing the impact of Reduced L1 Bone Density on Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures in Elderly Patients: A study on analgesia usage, hospital length of stay and fracture non-union rates.

Hason Khan, MS
Shots Fired- Ribs Wired- Two cases of Rib Fixation with Gun Shot Wounds

Nicholas Koullas, MD
Large Penetrating Wounds to the Chest Managed with Immediate Chest Wall Reconstruction Using Biologic Mesh, Titanium Plates and Rotational Tissue Flaps

John Liu, BS
Improved Pulmonary Outcomes after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures using Radiographic RibScore

Hon-Lok Lo, MD
Size Matters: How minimally invasive surgery reduces the wound size and improves clinical outcomes after surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRFs)

Conner McDaniel, MD
Bedside Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis Technique for Management of Acute Rib Fracture Pain in Adult Trauma Patients

Maria Pascu, Medical Student
Comparing surgical stabilization of a single rib fracture between patients who have minimal and significant concurrent traumatic injuries

Wardah Rafaqat, MBBS
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Chest Wall Injury and Pulmonary Contusion: A Controversial Indication

Rauni Rossi Norrlund, PhD, MD
Chest trauma in horse related injuries - a retrospective cohort study

Van Sanderfer, MD
Double or Nothing: The feasibility and practice of bilateral rib plating

Stefan Schulz-Drost, MD, PhD, FEBS
From the margin fracture through the intercostal space to the vertebral fracture – Are there injury entities beyond the Sheffield classification?

David Sutori, MD
Treatment of SC joint arthrosis with Teflon thread suspension arthroplasty - initial experiences

Marcel Tafen, MD
Perceptions of Health Care Providers about the Functioning, Use, and the Efficacy of Incentive Spirometry: A Survey Study

Max van Diepen, BSc
Classification methods of pulmonary contusion based on chest CT and the association with in-hospital outcomes: a systematic review of literature

Jaya Varre, MD
Outcomes of one-stage vs two-stage chest wall reconstruction for complex chest wall injury

Mauricio Velasquez, MD, FACS
Clinical Outcomes of Reconstruction of Paravertebral Rib Fractures: Case series

Connor Wakefield, MD
Reduced Bone Mineral Density Predicts Non-Home Discharge After Severe Blunt Chest Wall Injury

Simeng Wang, MD
Early outcomes of using ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis of intercostal nerves for analgesia in traumatic rib fractures

Sean Willis, DO
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Mouayyad Zaza, MD, FACS
A Case of Intrathoracic First Rib Fixation

Mouayyad Zaza, MD, FACS
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures after Mechanical Pulmonary Thrombectomy

Crystal Zhang, MD, MPH
A Paradigm for Program Expansion in Chest Wall Trauma