Acknowledgements
FLOW Investigators:
Steering Committee: Mohit Bhandari (Chair, McMaster University), Gordon H. Guyatt (Co-Chair, McMaster University), Kyle J Jeray (Co-Chair, Greenville Health System), Stephen Walter (McMaster University), Brad Petrisor (McMaster University), Emil H. Schemitsch (St. Michael’s Hospital), Paul Tornetta III (Boston University Medical Center), Jeff Anglen (Eskenazi Health Services, Indiana University), Michael Bosse (Carolinas Health Care System), Susan Liew (The Alfred), Parag Sancheti (Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation).
Global Methods Centre: Mohit Bhandari (Principal Investigator); Sheila Sprague (Research Methodologist); Paula McKay, Kim Madden, Kerry Tai (Project Management); Diane Heels-Ansdell, (Statistical Analysis); Lisa Buckingham, Aravin Duraikannan (Data Management) (McMaster University).
United States Methods Centre: Kyle J. Jeray (Principal Investigator), Stephanie L. Tanner, Rebecca G. Snider (Project Management) (Greenville Health System).
Data Monitoring Committee: Douglas Altman (University of Oxford), Rajiv Gandhi (Toronto Western Hospital), Markus Bischoff (McMaster University).
Adjudication Committee: Mohit Bhandari (McMaster University), Gregory J. Della Rocca (University of Missouri Health Care), Brad Petrisor (McMaster University), Kyle J. Jeray (Greenville Health System), Emil H. Schemitsch (St. Michael’s Hospital).
Participating Clinical Sites:
Canada - Hamilton Health Sciences – Brad Petrisor, Bill Ristevski, Krishan Rajaratnam, Dale Williams, Matthew Denkers, Drew Bednar, John Sadler, Desmond Kwok, Mohit Bhandari, Brian Drew, Ivan Wong, Paula McKay, Kim Madden, Kerry Tai. St. Michael’s Hospital – Jeremy A. Hall, Michael D. McKee, Emil H. Schemitsch, Henry Ahn, Daniel Whelan, James Waddell, Timothy Daniels, Earl Bogoch, Aaron Nauth, Milena R. Vicente, Jennifer T. Hidy. London Health Sciences Centre – David Sanders, Abdel-Rahman Lawendy, Kevin Gurr, Timothy Carey, Chris Bailey, Mark Macleod, Debra Bartley, Christina Tieszer. Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre - Chad Coles, Ross Leighton, C. Glen Richardson, Michael Biddulph, Michael Gross, Michael Dunbar, J. David Amirault, David Alexander, Catherine Coady, Mark Glazebrook, David Johnston, William Oxner, J. Andrew Trenholm, Gerald Reardon, Kelly Trask, Shelley MacDonald. The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus – Steven Papp, Wade Gofton, Allan Liew, Stephen Kingwell, Joseph O’Neill, Garth Johnson, Eugene Wai, Julia Foxall. Vancouver General Hospital – Henry M. Broekhuyse, Peter J. O’Brien, Piotr A. Blachut, Kelly A. Lefaivre, Raman Johal. Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal – Stéphane Leduc, G. Yves Laflamme, Pierre Beaumont, Michel Malo, Benoit Benoit, Dominique Rouleau, Pierre Ranger, Julie Fournier, Karine Tardif. McGill University Health Centre – Rudy Reindl, Greg Berry, Edward Harvey, William Fisher, Mark Burman, Paul Martineau, Eric Lenczner, Robert Marien, Robert Turcotte, Michael Tanzer, Max Talbot, Peter Jarzem, Mike Weber, Fiona Houghton. University of British Columbia/Fraser Health Authority – Robert McCormack, Kelly Apostle, Dory Boyer, Farhad Moola, Bertrand Perey, Trevor Stone, Darius Viskontas, H. Michael Lemke, Mauri Zomar, Karyn Moon, Raely Moon. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - Hans Kreder, Richard Jenkinson, David Stephen, Markku Nousiainen, Terry Axelrod, Veronica Wadey, Michael Ford, Joel Finkelstein, Richard Holtby, Robin Richards, Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde, Diane Nam, Albert Yee, Patrick Henry, John Murnaghan, Harsha Malempati, Julian Sernik, Tim Dwyer, Katrine Milner, Monica Kunz, Melanie MacNevin, Wesley Ghent, Fathima Adamsahib, Ria De Gorter, Michelle Arakgi. Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre – Ted V. Tufescu, Brad Pilkey, Chris Graham, Laurie Barron, Allan Hammond, Nigar Sultana. Queen’s University – Ryan T. Bicknell, David Pichora, Aaron Campbell, Fiona Howells. Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS) – Annie Deshaies, Frédéric Balg, François Cabana, Rejean Dumais, Jean-François Joncas, Marc-André Magalhaes-Grave, Nicolas Patenaude, Bernard LaRue, Stéphane Ricard, Chantal Théorêt, François Vézina, Amy Svotelis, Jennifer Downey. Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus – Stéphane Pelet, Jean Lamontagne, Luc Bédard, Alexandre Denault, Pierre Lavallée, Luc Petitclerc, Bernard Laliberté, Martin Bédard, Marie-Eve Roger, Luc Lemire, Hélène Côté, Linda Lépine, Pascale Lévesque-Bernier.
United States - Greenville Health System – Kyle J. Jeray, J. Scott Broderick, David R. Goetz, Thomas M. Schaller, Scott E. Porter, Michael L. Beckish, John D. Adams Jr., Benjamin B. Barden, Grant W. Bennett, David M. Conner, Aaron T. Creek, Melissa M. Earles, Stephen H. Finley, Jonathan L. Foret, Garland K. Gudger Jr., Richard W. Gurich Jr., Austin D. Hill, S. Matthew Hollenbeck, Lyle T. Jackson, Benjamin S. Koch, Kevin K. Kruse, Wesley G. Lackey, Justin W. Langan, Julia Lee, Lauren C. Leffler, Michael J. Maughon, Jr., S. Brennan McClure, Timothy J Miller, R. Lee Murphy Jr., Lawrence K. O’Malley, Dustin M. Price, Lorra M. Sharp, J. Adam Smitherman, John A. Tanksley Jr., Erick G. Torres, Dylan J. Watson, Scott T. Watson, Stephanie L. Tanner, Rebecca G. Snider, Shea A. Bielby, Lauren A. Nastoff, Robert J. Teasdall. United States Army Institute of Surgical Research and Brooke Army Medical Center – Joseph Hsu, Katherine M. Bedigrew, Tod Gerlinger, Dave Brown, Joseph Alderete, Kevin Kirk, Mickey Cho, Anthony Johnson, Raymond Topp, Damian Rispoli, James Ficke, Eric Ritchie, Anthony Beardmore, Siraj Sayeed, Michael Charlton, Kristen Walick, Dmitry Tuder, Greg Maytok, Travis Burns, Donald Gajewski, Warren Kactmas, Ramnov Andreson, Patrick Osborn, Michael Connally, Donna Lopez, Mary Fan, Dennis Mann, Andrea Garza, Rina L. Harman. Duke University Medical Center – Steven Olson, Robert Zura, Rachel Reilly, Prerana Patel, Claude T Moorman, Fraser Leversedge, Chard Harbour, Brian Brigman, David Ruch, Nikoletta Leontaritis, Michael Bolognesi, Shalini Ramasunder, Alison Toth, Allen Diane, Grant Garrigues, Dean Taylor, Richard C. Mather III, Kristoff Reid, Robert Lark, Samuel Adams, Maria Manson. San Francisco General Hospital – Utku Kandemir, Saam Morshed, Murat Pekmezci, Richard Coughlin, Trigg McClellan, Meir Marmor, Eric Meinberg, Tigist Belaye, Jonathan Kwong. Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan – Clifford B. Jones, James R. Ringler, Terrence J. Endres, David J. Bielema, Michael R. Jabara, Samuel G. Agnew, Debra L. Sietsema, Jane E. Walker. University of Missouri Health Care - Gregory J. Della Rocca, Brett D. Crist, Yvonne M. Murtha, David A. Volgas, James P. Stannard, Linda K. Anderson, Kelly M. Sullivan, Lori Kramer Clark, Kathleen Markley, Stacee Clawson. Hennepin County Medical Center – Andrew Schmidt, Patrick Yoon, Thomas Varecka, Matthew Karam, Jerald R. Westberg. St. Louis University – Lisa K. Cannada, Jason Stoneback, Kevin Kuhn, Erik Nott, Leslie Dillender. Eskenazi Health Services, Indiana University – Karl Shively, Brian Mullis, Janos Ertl, Ripley Worman, Jeffrey Anglen, Valda Frizzell, Molly Moore. Miami Valley Hospital – Michael J. Prayson, David Nelles, Jason Vourazeris, Matthew Ross, Richard T. Laughlin, Joseph Cox, Roman Trimba, Joy M. Bradford-Johnson. Lahey Clinic – Andrew J. Marcantonio, Michael Kain, Richard Wilk, Mark Lemos, Joshua Baumfeld, John Tilzey, Brian Jolley, John Garfi. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Ivan Tarkin, Andrew Evans, Peter Siska, Lisa Blackrick, Dana J. Farrell. University of Alabama at Birmingham – Emily Keener, Jason Lowe, William Min, Jeffrey Leary, Rena Stewart, David Volgas, Leslie Barnes, Nurit Shadmi, Matthew Robinson, Taylor Vlack, Kathryn Hornbuckle, Melanese Leonard, Nikia Hawkins Malone, Tanya Nix, Jessica Goldstein. University of California Irvine – David Zamorano, Martin Tynan, Samuel Bederman, Nitin Bhatia, Arthur Kreitenberg, Bang Hoang, Deeba Pourmand, Deanna Lawson. Scottsdale Healthcare – Anthony Rhorer, Brian Miller, Gilbert Ortega, Lori Wood, Veronica Place.
International - The Alfred (Australia) - Susan Liew, Harvinder Bedi, Ashley Carr, Andrew Chia, Hamish Curry, Steve Csongvay, Craig Donohue, Stephen Doig, Elton Edwards, Eugene Ek, Max Esser, Greg Etherington, Richard Freeman, Andrew Gong, Doug Li, Matthan Mammen, Russell Miller, Ash Moaveni, Mathias Russ, Lu Ton, Tom Treseder, Otis Wang, Zoe Murdoch, Claire Sage, Adam Dowrick. Oslo University Hospital (Norway) – John Clarke-Jenssen, Frede Frihagen, Lars Nordsletten, Tor Nicolaysen, Hilde Apold, Petter Iversen, Are Stodle, Mette Andersen, Vera Halvorsen, Geir Hjorthaug, Anders Lippert, Ida Sletten, Ellen Langslet, Marius Molund, Asgeir Amundsen, Oliver Muller, Cathrine Aga, Torben Ianssen, Gunnar Flugsrud, Jonas Rydinge, Kim Hemlock, Jan Egil Brattgjerd, John Magne Hoseth, Bernhard Flatoy, Havard Furunes, Peder Bogsti, Guri Ekås, Gilbert Moatshe, Ali Al-Ashtari, Tore Fjalestad, Fredrik Nilsen, Morten Smedsrud, Anne Christine Brekke, Elise Berg Vesterhus, Sissel Knuts. Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (India) – Parag Sancheti, Steve Rocha, Chetan Puram, Atul Patil, Neelam Jhangiani. Highway Hospital (India) – Anil K. Rai, Kamal Narayan Rai. Jabade Hospital (India) – Vivek V. Jabade, Deepali Nassikars. Karne Hospital (India) – Narayan J Karne, Chetan Metha. Apollo Hospital Tondierpet (India) – A Navaladi Shankar. Apollo Hospital Greams Lane (India) – A Navaladi Shankar, R Saravana. Nirmal Hospital (India) – Ajay Gupta, Neeraj Jain. RLB Hospital and Research Centre (India) – Mahesh Bhatia, Vinod Arora, Vivek Tyagi, Anoop Dubey. Popular Hospital (India) – Vinit Yadav, Rani Rai. Kolhapur Institute of Orthopaedics and Trauma (India) – Kiran M. Doshi, Arjun Patil.