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Winners of the Injury Award and BTS Poster Awards at the 2007 Annual Clinical Meeting of the British Trauma Society are as follows:

Injury Awards

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1st Prize

Non-operative management of intracapsular femoral neck fractures
J.J. Gregory*, K. Kostakopoulou, A. Kotecha, D.J. Ford, W.P. Cool, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, UK

2nd Prize

Radiographic evidence to help predict the mechanism of injury of pediatric spiral fractures in non-accidental injury
L.M. O'Connor-Read*, J. Teh, K. Willett, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK

3rd Prize

Posterior approach to the humerus: Can the triceps tendon be used as a landmark for the radial nerve?    
L. Farrow*¹,², S. Kalra¹, J. Wilton², L. Van Rensburg¹, ¹Addenbrookes' Hospital, UK, ²University of Cambridge, UK

BTS Poster Awards

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Thursday 4 October 2007
1st Prize

Factors affecting infection and union in the management of open tibial fractures
F. Alvi*¹, C.P. Charalambous¹, I. Siddique², P. Hirst¹, ¹Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, ²Royal Preston Hospital, UK

2nd Prize

Factors affecting low back pain after road traffic accidents
N. Beattie*, M.E. Lovell, Wythenshawe Hospital, UK

3rd Prize

The use of barbed sutures in the repair of the rotator cuff
S.M. Thompson*, R. Emery, P. Reilly, A. Amis, Imperial College, UK

Friday 5 October 2007
1st Prize

Is dynamic locking the answer in some complex proximal femoral fractures? A biomechanical study
B.J. Ollivere*, M.P. Baker, S.T. Donell, N.C. Chirodian, J.A. Wimhurst, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, UK

2nd Prize

Modified pre-curved patellar basket plate, reconstruction of the proper length and position of the patellar ligament - A biomechanical analysis
M. Krkovic*¹, D. Bombac², M. Brojan³, F. Kosel³, V. Senekovic¹, ¹University Medical Center, Slovenia, ²Independent Researcher, Slovenia, ³University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

3rd Prize

Investigation of cementation pressures within the femur after failed dynamic hip screw insertion
S. McMahon*, M.E. Lovell, J.G. Lemon, Wythenshawe Hospital, UK