FractureLine

FL Meets Trent White - Future CWIS Outdoors Guide!

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week, we take the path less traveled. We met with Trent White, Dr. White's son. He is familiar to some within the society. Still, we got a chance to hear about his love of the outdoors (He is an Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Major at Southern Utah University) and specifically got his recommendations regarding the pre-meeting April 2024 outing in Utah's National Parks guided by World Wide Trekking (https://wwtrek.com/).

CWIS Envisions the Future with Dr. Andrew Doben

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week, we meet with CWIS's brand new President, Dr. Andrew Doben. He is well known and highly respected within the society, and we got a chance to hear his goals for this year and the new directions CWIS will be headed in! 
Oh, the places we will go and the things we will do! 

CWIS Grabs A Slice Of Surgical Pizza

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we meet the Italian surgical dynamic duo from Surgical Pizza (https://surgicalpizza.org), Dr. Gabriele Bellio, MD (Piove di Sacco Hospital, Piove di Sacco (PD), Italy), and Dr. Enrico Marrano, MD (Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Barcelona, Spain). 
Come and grab a piece of the pie!

CWIS Dreams of Research!

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we meet and discuss the future directions of CWIS's research, our wildest dreams for research, and upcoming events, including Case Review on 5/24 @ 7 AM MST & Webinar on 5/31, time TBD!
Come join the fun!

Case Review: Part Deux

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we meet with Drs. Kyle Schmitt (Aventura Hospital and Medical Center) & Bradley Faliks (HonorHealth Surgical and Trauma Specialists) who are taking over the monthly Case Review Series for CWIS! Herein lies the new directions the series will take while remaining true to its' roots!
Join the fun!

CWISummit Countdown, Camaraderie, & Crawfish

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we meet again with Dr. Patrick Greiffenstein, CWIS's Patient Outreach Committee Chair and Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon in NOLA at University Medical Center New Orleans. 
Count down the days until the CWISummit 2023 with us!

Get to Meet: Dr. Hunter Ross, CWIS’s newest member!

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we have been introduced to Dr. Hunter Ross, CWIS's newest member and a fellow in Orthopedic trauma in Detriot, MI, at Detroit Medical Center! We also discussed more exciting summit details! T-minus 1 week!

WHO IS: Johnny Wellerness?!

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we hashed out some fun summit details and more with Dr John Green from Atrium Health in Charlotte... 

Summit Teasers + The Hansen 1,2, and 3?!

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we teased some fun topics coming up at the summit: slipped rib syndrome, frankenplating, PT demonstrations and more...

CWIS Squeezes the Bread: An intro to Less Than Perfect (LTP) rib fixation

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!
This week we discussed CWIS's newest endeavor, a look at Less Than Perfect (LTP) rib fixation. This is our latest study and is just about to start (more to follow at CWISummit 2023!). Details about CWIS's future meetings and opportunities are also abounding.