Edwin G. Bovill, Jr., MD Award

Dedicated to Edwin G. Bovill, Jr., MD, (1918 - 1986)
Surgeon, traumatologist, educator, academician, and gentleman; co-founder of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.
This award is presented annually to the author of the most outstanding OTA Annual Meeting scientific paper.

2007 A Randomized Trial of Reamed versus Non-Reamed Intramedullary Nail Insertion on Rates of Reoperation in Patients with Fractures of the Tibia.
The Study to Prospectively evaluate Reamed Intramedullary Nails in Tibial Fractures (SPRINT) Trial Co-Principal Investigators:
Mohit Bhandari*; Gordon Guyatt*; David W. Sanders#; Emil H. Schemitsch^; Marc Swiontkowski**; Paul Tornetta III##; Stephen Walter*
* McMaster Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada , # London Health Sciences Centre / University of Western Ontario, Canada, London, Ontario, Canada
^ St. Michael's Hospital / University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
** Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ## Boston Medical Center / Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2006

A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Open Reduction and Internal Fixation versus Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Displaced Intra-articular Distal Humeral Fractures in Elderly Patients
           Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS(C); Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society;
            (all authors a-OTA/Zimmer Grant) Christian J. J. Veillette, MD, FRCS(C), MSc;
            St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2005

A Multicenter Randomized Control Trial of Non-Operative and
Operative Treatment of Displaced Clavicle Shaft Fractures
Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS(C)
; Jeremy A. Hall, MD, FRCS(C); and the
Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Association: Hans S. Kreder, MD;
Robert McCormack, MD; David M.W. Pugh, MD; David Sanders, MD;
Richard Buckley, MD; Emil H. Schemitsch, MD; Lisa M. Wild, RN;
Scott Mandel, MD; Rudolph Reindl, MD; Edward J. Harvey, MD;
Milena V. Santos, RN; Christian J. Veilette, MD; Daniel B. Whelan, MD;
James P. Waddell, MD; David J.G. Stephen, MD; Terrence Axelrod, MD;
Gregory Berry, MD; Bertrand Perey, MD; Kostas Panagiotopolus, MD;
Beverly Bulmer, Mauri Zomar; Karyn Moon, Elizabeth Kimmel, Carla Erho,
Elena Lakoub; Patricia Leclair; Bonnie Sobachak; Trevor Stone, MD;
Lynn A. Crosby, MD; Carl J. Basamania, MD; (all authors a-OTA/DePuy Grant;
Zimmer, Inc. Grant) St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada (OTA Administered Research Grant)

2004 The Gold Standard in Tibial Plateau Fractures? A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Study of AIBG vs. Alpha-BSM
Thomas A. Russell, MD; Ross K. Leighton, MD ; Robert W. Bucholz, MD; Charles N. Cornell, MD; Sam Agnew, MD; Robert F. Ostrum, MD; James A. Goulet, MD; B.H. Berrey, MD; Brian Davison, MD; Thomas Gruen, MS; Mark S. Vrahas, MD; Alan L. Jones, MD; Andrew Pollak, MD; Peter O'Brien, MD; Thomas F. Varecka, MD
See membership directory for author's institutions of this multicenter study.
2003 Note: Two Bovill Awards were presented in 2003
Previously Unrecognized Deficits after Nonoperative Treatment of Displaced, Mid-Shaft Fracture of the Clavicle Detected by Patient-Based Outcome Measures and Objective Muscle Strength Testing
Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCS (1);
Elizabeth M. Pedersen, MD (1); Lisa M. Wild, BScN (1), Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCS (1); Hans J. Kreder, MD (1); David J.G. Stephen, MD, FRCS(2)
(1) St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada;
(2) Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Syndesmotic Instability in Weber B Ankle Fractures: A Clinical Evaluation
Paul Tornetta, III, MD;
Erik Stark, MD; William R. Creevy, MD
Boston Univ. Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2002 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Closed Reduction and Casting versus Closed Reduction and External Fixation for Distal Radius Fractures with Metaphyseal Displacement but without Joint Incongruity
Hans J. Kreder, MD
; Douglas P. Hanel, MD; Julie Agel, MA; Michael D. McKee, MD, Thomas E. Trumble, MD. Harborview Medical Center,
Seattle WA
2001 Note: Two Bovill Awards were presented in 2001
Pertrochanteric Fractures: Is there an Advantage to an Intramedullary Nail?
Richard E. Stern, MD;
Christophe Sadowski, MD; Anne Lubbeke, MD; Marc Saudan, MD; Nicolas Riand, MD; Pierre Hoffmeyer, MD, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
&
Stress Examination of SE - Type Fibular Fractures
Timothy McConnell, MD
; Paul Tornetta, III, MD; William R. Creevy, MD, Boston University Medical Center (all authors a-Aircast Foundation)
2000 Prospective Randomized Clinical Multi-Center Trial: Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures
Richard E. Buckley, MD
; Robert G. McCormack, MD; Ross K. Leighton, MD; Graham C. Pate, MD; David P. Petrie, MD; Robert D. Galpin, MD
1999 The Effect of Sacral Malreduction on the Safe Placement of Iliosacral Screws
Mark C. Reilly, MD
; Christopher Bono, MD; Behrang Litkouhi, BS; Michael Sirkin, MD; Fred Behrens, MD
1998 A Prospective Comparison of Antegrade and Retrograde Femoral Intramedullary Nailing
Robert Ostrum MD
; Anamesh Agarwal, MD; Ronald Lakatos, MD; Attila Poka, MD
1997 Accelerated Bone Mineral Loss following a Hip Fracture: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Douglas R. Dirschl, MD
, Richard C. Henderson, MD, PhD; Ward C. Oakley, MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1996 None Awarded
1995 Safe Placement of Proximal Tibial Transfixation Wires with Respect to Intracapsular Penetration
J. Spence Reid, MD , Mark Vanslyke; Mark J.R. Moulton; Thomas Mann, MD, Pennsylvania State, Hershey PA
1994 Compartment Pressure Monitoring in Tibial Fractures
M.M. McQueen, FRCS ; J. Christie, C. Court-Brown
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland
1993 The Intra-operative Detection of Intraarticular Screws Placed during Acetabular Fracture Fixation
Thomas DiPasquale, DO ; Kurt Whiteman; C. McKirgan; Dolfi Herscovici
1992 Operative Results in 120 Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures: Results Using A Prognostic CAT Scan Classification
Roy Sanders, MD ; Paul Fortin, MD; Thomas DiPasquale, MD
1991 Severe Open Tibial Shaft Fractures with Soft Tissue Loss Treated by Limb Salvage with Free Tissue Transfer or Early Below Knee Amputation
Gregory Georgiadis, MD ; Fred Behrens; M. Joyce; A. Earle
1990 Timing of Operative Intervention in the Management of Acute Spinal Injuries
J. Schlegel ; H. Yuan; B. Frederickson; J. Bailey



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