Men and women sustained a significant number of UE injuries playing collegiate ice hockey during the period studied, with acromioclavicular joint sprain being the most common UE injury and the one that most frequently led to significant time loss. These data may provide insight for future injury prevention and guide improvements in training.

Objective: To determine the publication rate of posters presented at the OTA annual meeting from 2011 to 2016. Methods: All posters presented at the OTA annual meetings from 2011 to 2016 were identified from the OTA's official website and confirmed through review of the OTA official programs. This information was then used to direct a search, and if the presentation was associated with a publication, publishing information was entered into the database. Results: From 2011 to 2016, there were a total of 875 posters with 473 associated publications (54%). The highest rate of publication was 64.1% of posters published in 2012. The posters were published at an average of 19.4 months after presentation. One hundred sixty posters were published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (35%). Conclusion: Our research demonstrated a 54% publication rate over a 6-year period of posters presented at the OTA annual meetings. This rate is higher than other publication rates for podium presentations in other societies (eg, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Academy for Surgery of the Hand). This validates the quality of research presented in poster format at the OTA annual meeting.

This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Object:Mentorship of junior faculty has been considered an important factor in having a productive and satisfying career in various fields of academic medicine; however, there is a lack of research investigating faculty mentoring in orthopaedic surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine the number of orthopaedic surgery departments in the United States that have faculty mentorship programs.Methods: A multiple-choice online survey about the presence and characterization of faculty mentorship programs was sent to the 164 department chairs of ACGME-accredited orthopaedic surgery residency programs in the United States in July 2017. Survey results were collected and statistically analyzed using 1-sample χ2 test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and Fisher exact tests.Results:Fifty-seven of 159 successfully contacted orthopaedic department chairs completed the survey, yielding a 36% response rate. Twenty-nine of 57 (51%) chairs reported having a faculty mentorship program, of which 62% were formalized. The most cited reason for a department not to have a faculty mentorship program was lack of time (89%).Conclusion:Based on these findings, approximately 50% of ACGME-accredited orthopaedic surgery departments have some form of faculty mentorship. More studies are needed to clarify the state of faculty mentorship in orthopaedics and its potential effects.

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Introduction: Segmental bone loss in the distal femur presents a challenge for reconstruction regardless of etiology. Use of tantalum trabecular metal cones with intramedullary fixation and autologous bone graft may be used as a salvage technique in difficult situations where other options have either been exhausted or are unavailable. Case Report: Surgical planning and technique for this approach to reconstruction are described. A retrospective review of five cases with >1 year of follow-up was performed to provide radiographic and clinical outcomes. All five patients had satisfactory outcomes with clinical union and retention of implants at final follow-up (average >4 years). Conclusions: Use of tantalum metal cones for reconstruction of distal femur nonunion with segmental bone defects can be a successful technique in a complex group of patients. Keywords: Femur, bone defect, non-union, induced membrane, tantalum.