Research

The Clinical Research group conducts patient centered orthopaedic studies, including prospective randomized clinical trials of orthopaedic implants and drug treatments; prospective and retrospective functional outcome studies; and case reports of interesting and/or uncommon clinical orthopaedic phenomena. All orthopaedic clinical studies adhere to strict human subjects protection standards and receive approval from the Medical School's Institutional Review Board before any patients are enrolled.

View abstracts from the Clinical Research project group below.

CLINICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OTHER ARTHROPATHIES C. Craig, G. Krasan, J.M. Hall

A CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF A FUSION DEVICE FOR ANTERIOR LUMBAR FUSION IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE G. Graziano, P. Taheri, J. Sweeney, M.L. Greenfield, A. Clotfelter

CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY TO DEMONSTRATE EQUIVALENCE OF a -BSM^® TO AUTOGRAFT IN THE REPAIR OF PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURES J. Goulet, M. Karunakar, T Le, J.M. Hall

CURVE PROGRESSION IN SCOLIOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION AND SYRINGOMYELIA FOLLOWING SUBOCCIPITAL DECOMPRESSION F.A. Farley, A. Puryear, J.M. Hall, K. Murasko

THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ATYPICAL AND IDIOPAHTIC SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSITC INVESTIGATION AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AGE-WEIGHT TEST (AWT) R.T. Loder, M.L.V.H. Greenfield

A DOSE-FINDING STUDY OF rhBMP-2/ABSORBABLE COLLAGEN SPONGE (ACS) IN OPEN TIBIAL SHAFT FRACTURES REQUIRING SURGICAL MANAGEMENT D. Hak, J. Goulet, M.L. Greenfield, A. Clotfelter

EARLY DISCHARGE AND THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE IN TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT PATIENTS A.A. Freiberg, L.S. Matthews, M.C. Proctor, L. J. Greenfield

THE EFFECT OF INDOMETHACIN FOR PROPHYLAXIS OF HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AFTER OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF ACETABULAR FRACTURES M. Karunakar, J. Goulet, T. Le, J.M. Hall

FACTORS PREDICTIVE OF IMMOBILIZATION COMPLICATIONS IN PEDIATRIC POLYTRAUMA R.T. Loder, L.J. Gullahorn, E.H. Yian, M.R. Ferrick, D.S. Raskas, M.L.V.H. Greenfield

HIP ARTHROSCOPY USING A LIMITED ANTERIOR EXPOSURE J.K. Sekiya, E.M. Wojtys, R.T. Loder, R. N. Hensinger

HISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF TENOSYNOVIUM FROM PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME D. Louis, M. Moalli, P. Jebson, M. McDermott, J.M. Hall

IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FLEXOR TENOSYNOVIUM FROM PATIENTS WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME M. McDermott, M. R. Moalli, P. J. L. Jebson, D. S. Louis, R. Taylor, M. L. Greenfield

INTERNET USE FOR PATIENT INFORMATION J.S. Biermann, J.M. Hall

LONG-TERM FUNCTIONAL RESULTS FOLLOWING ANKLE FUSION D. Hak, J. Femino, M. L. Greenfield, N. Szuch, J. Goulet

MELANOMA INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET: OFTEN INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE. A PUBLIC HEALTH OPPORTUNITY? C.K. Bichakjian, T. Johnson, J.M. Hall, J.L. Schwartz, T.S. Wang, J.S. Biermann

MINI-DOSE VITAMIN K RESCUE OF THE WARFARIN SENSITIVE PATIENT AVOIDS THE NEED FOR FRESH FROZEN PLASMA IN THE POST-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY PATIENTS A.A. Freiberg, P. Bockenstedt, G.J. Golladay, B. Hallstrom

MOLECULAR SYNOVECTOMY BY IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER: PHASE I TRIAL A. A. Freiberg, B. Roessler, T. Laing

MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH SACRAL AGENESIS F.A. Farley, M. Caird, J.M. Hall, D. Bloom, J.M. Park

NEUROANATOMY OF THE NAVICULAR J. Femino, J. Baker, R. Taylor

A NEW PROSTHESIS INTERFACE GEOMETRY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE STABILITY AND A GRADUATED STRESS DISTRIBUTION TO PROMOTE INGROWTH FIXATION (INSTACONE KNEE) B. Hallstrom, S.A. Goldstein, L.S. Matthews, J.M. Hall

OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN G. Graziano, S. Papadapolous, M. L. Greenfield, S. Grube, A. Clotfelter. M. Rausch

PELVIC FRACTURE PATTERNS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING ANGIOGRAPHIC SOURCES OF HEMORRHAGE C.M. Metz, D.J. Hak, J.A. Goulet, D. Williams

PRENATAL EVENTS OF CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL SPINAL DEFORMITIES AND CLOSED NEURAL TUBES R.T. Loder, M.L.V.H. Greenfield, M.Barr, Jr., R.N. Hensinger, L. Wagner-Lange, and M.A. Schork

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-BASED METHODS FOR DETECTING MICROBIAL PATHOGENS IN PATIENTS WITH SEPTIC ARTHRITIS G. Krasan, C. Craig, J.M. Hall

A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY COMPARING FIVE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS FOR ONE AND TWO LEVEL LUMBAR ARTHRODESIS G. Graziano, M. L. Greenfield, A. Clotfelter, J. Choe

RADIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP FOR ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS AFTER PRIMARY CEMENTED TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY R.B. Makim, T. O'Keefe, L. S. Matthews, M. L. Greenfield

REVIEW OF PATIENTS WITH HIP JOINT FRACTURES: POSTERIOR WALL ACETABULAR FRACTURES J. Goulet, D. Hak, M. Ghalambor, K. Wu, M.L. Greenfield

SEVERITY OF INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH TRAUMATIC HIP DISLOCATIONS AS A RESULT OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS D.J. Hak, J.A. Goulet

THE SUCCESS OF EXCHANGE REAMED INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING FOR FEMORAL SHAFT NONUNION OR DELAYED UNION D. J. Hak, S.S. Lee, J.A. Goulet