ALABAMA ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING May 2-4, 2003 President: John M. Cuckler, MD President-Elect: Prasit Nimityongskul, MD Secretary/Treasurer: Mark A. Leberte, MD Executive Director: James G. Davis, MD Acro-osteolysis in a Thumb Sucker: A Case Report and Review of the Literature A Case Report: The Ganglion Cyst That Wasn't Initirotocal for Treatment of Clubfeet Focus Review of Postop PE and DVT in a Community Hospital The Inflatable Intramedullary Nail Flexible Intramedullary Nailing of Pediatric Femur Fractures Treatment of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures with an Intramedullary Hip Screw Cervical Spine Injury and Restraint System Use in Motor Vehicle Collisions Middle Glenohumeral Ligament Dysfunction Oncogenic Osteomalacia: Diagnostic Pitfalls and Long-Term Outcome Popliteal Cyst after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Case Report and Review of the Literature Surface Examination of Explanted Zirconia Femoral Heads Wear Debris Presenting as a Bladder Compressing Mass Superior Dislocation of the Patella: Case Report and Review of the Literature Radiculopathy Secondary to Herniated Nucleus Propulsus in a Nine-Year Old Patient: A Case Report Vascular Injuries in Knee Dislocations Following Blunt Trauma: Evaluating the Role of Physical Examination to Determine the Need for Arteriography Early Versus Delayed Fixation of Pelvic Ring Fractures Metaphyseal Chondral Results of the Ponsetti Podysplasia Schmid Type High Prevalence of Groin Pain with Femoral Head Resurfacing in Osteonecrosis of the Hip The Reverse-Flow Sural Artery Flap for Soft-Tissue Injuries of the Lower Third of the Leg L'Episcopo Reconstruction without Subscapularis Muscle Release for Residual Erb's Palsy Shoulder Deformity Congenital Pseudoarthritis of Clavicle Scapular Winging Secondary to Serratus Anterior Dysfunction: A Case Report and Literature Review State of the Art: Articular Cartilage Injury and Treatment