2025 CWISummit Posters

1. Abigail Kelly, MD
Combined Intrathoracic and External Thoracic Rib Plating Using RibFix Titan for Complex Traumatic Chest Wall Injuries

2. Alejandra Huaco, MD
Combined Semitendinosus and Humeral Shaft Allograft in the Reconstruction of a Failed Massive Proximal Clavicle Resection for SC Arthritis

3. Anna Jose, MBBS
Not Damaged Beyond Repair: Early SSRF improves outcomes among polytrauma patients with rib fractures

4. Ashton Norris, DO
Breaks, Plates, and Fewer Aches: Infection Rates and Hardware Removal in Intrathoracic vs Extrathoracic Rib Fixation

5. David Sutori, MD
The Risk of PTX and HTX After Blunt Chest Wall Trauma

6. Emily Hammond, MD
Chest Wall Reconstruction of an Unusual Chronic Rib Fracture Deformity

7. Esther M.M. Van Lieshout, PhD
Current Practices and Treatment Preferences for Blunt Traumatic Pneumothorax: Insight from a global survey among health care professionals

8. Gunnar Orcutt, DO
Rates of Postoperative Pleural Space Interventions Between Intrathoracic SSRF and Extrathoracic SSRF

9. Hason Khan, MD
"Anchor-type” incision for surgical stabilization of anterior rib fractures: A single center experience and evaluation

10. Helena Düsing
NIpple Position to Pinpoint Localization of Chest Drain: Insertion in FEmale Trauma Patients: The NIPPLE-Trial—A Landmark Study

11. Hon-Lok (David) Lo, MD
Conservative Treatment of Rib Fractures May Lead to Complicated Delayed Hematoma and Soft Tissue Necrosis

12. Jacob Kirkorowicz, MD, MSc
Prospective Long-Term Outcomes Among Patients with Rib Fractures Managed Non-Operatively

13. Jennifer Brewer, MD
Using Nitinol Continuous Compression Clips for Chest Wall Injuries: Case series and description of a novel tool for fixation

14. Jennifer Misenhimer, MD
Does the Addition of a Bronchoscopy Protocol after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fracture Patients admitted to STICU Improve Outcomes?

15. Jessica Xu, MD, MS
Chest X-ray versus Oblique Rib X-rays: What more can be seen?

16. Jonathan Nguyen, DO
What Could Go Wrong?! Management of complications after intrathoracic fixation

17. Karen Wanersdorfer, DO, FACS
Infection after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: A case report

18. Kristen Kelliher, DO
Epidural Analgesia in Patients with Isolated Rib Fractures: The 24-Hour effect on pain and pulmonary function

19. Mathieu Wijffels, MD, PhD
The Value of Bronchodilators and Anti-Inflammatory Medication in Patients with Posttraumatic Rib Fractures (RIB-Inhalation), a multicenter prospective cohort study

20. Matthew Parrish, MD
Autologous Rib Graft Expanded Sternoplasty - Treatment of Thoracic Compression

21. Matthew Sherrier, MD
Progressive Rectus Abdominis Muscle Atrophy in Displaced Rib Fractures

22. Max Holt, BA
Fractured Perspectives: Unveiling sex differences in rib fractures and recovery

23. Melissa Webb, B.Physio
Frailty in Chest Trauma- Demographics, Outcomes, and Adverse Events

24. Melissa Webb, B.Physio
The Use of a Decision-Making Tool to Optimise Physiotherapy Practice for Patients Following Chest Trauma: Impact on patient and hospital outcomes

25. Nathan Risk, MD
Two-Point Discrimination as an Adjunct to Standard Physical Examination to Identify Differences in Neurological Function of the Abdominal Wall

26. Nicholas Koullas, DO
Resurrecting the Chest Wall: A case of rib and sternal plating post-CPR

27. Oluwaseun Adeyemi, MD, PhD
Chest Gunshot Injury Severity Score: Model specification and diagnostic accuracy using the National Trauma Data Bank

28. Peter Kyros, MD
Development of a Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF) Program at a Rural Trauma Level 1 Trauma Center: Effects on Regional Transfer Practices and Clinical Management

29. Rebecca Bradley, MBChB, MSc, MRCS
The Use and Impact of Regional Analgesia After Traumatic Rib Fractures: A multi-centre retrospective study

30. Robert Arato, MD
Life Quality Changes After Chest Wall Stabilizing Cases in the Hungarian Petz Aladar University Teaching Hospital

31. Samuel Goberdhan, MD
Long-Term Hardware Complications After Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures

32. Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FRCS, FACS, FICS, FCCM, FCCP
Beyond the Surface: Unique surgical challenges in chest wall reconstruction for lung herniation

33. Taneen Maghsoudi
Impact of Regional Anesthesia on Outcomes of Trauma Patients undergoing Surgical Rib Fixation: A TQIP based study

34. Tyler Wagner, DO
Analysis of Rib Fracture Patterns and Outcomes after Rib Plating

35. Veljko Strajina, MD
Sternal Fractures: Concerns beyond the heart - implications for lung function

36. Yu-Wei Liu, MD
Experience of Surgical Treatment for Concurrent Extrapleural Hematoma in Traumatic Rib Fractures