Research
At TTUHSC, department research is ongoing and opportunities and facilities for individual and group research is available and strongly encouraged.
Mission
To promote, support, develop, and encourage research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery while enhancing faculty/resident development and improving quality of patient care.
Vision
To advance orthopaedic research through excellence in collaboration, communication and advocacy.
Goal
To be a leading forum for new musculoskeletal research findings. Facilitate current and new innovative orthopaedic research. Promote the importance of musculoskeletal research and the need for increased, sustainable funding.
Contacts
Cyrus Caroom, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Research
T: 806.743.2465
Jarrod Martinez, PhD
Clinical Research Coordinator
T: 806.743.7422
Cameron Cox, BBA
Research Assistant
T: 806.743.3520
CORR Insights®: Patients With Thumb-base Osteoarthritis Scheduled for Surgery Have
More Symptoms, Worse Psychological Profile, and Higher Expectations Than Nonsurgical
Counterparts: A Large Cohort AnalysisClinical Orthopedics and Related Research (September 2019)
McKee, Desirae
Suture Anchor Repair of Avulsed Adductor Pollicis Injury, Secondary to Motor VehicleTechniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery (June 2019)
Wait, Eric; Suryavanshi, Joash; MacKay, Brendan
Distal Digital Nerve Repair Using Nerve Allograft With a Dermal Substitute: A Case
Report.
HAND (June 2019)
McKee, Desirae; Osemwengie, Bradley; Cox, Cameron
CORR Insights®: Preoperative Exposure to Benzodiazepines or Sedative/hypnotics Increases
the Risk of Greater Filled Opioid Prescriptions After Surgery.
Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research (June 2019)
McKee, Desirae
Novel Use of Joint Replacement in a Thumb Interphalangeal Joint.
Case Reports in Orthopedics (April 2019)
McKee, Desirae; Domingo-Johnson, EL
Interosseus Wiring of Distal Radius Fractures With Volar Comminution
Techniques in Orthopedics (March 2019)
Githens, Thomas; Murphree, Jacob; Daneshfar, Cy; MacKay, Brendan
Spontaneous 180-degree Rotatory Dislocation of Rotating Platform Total Knee Arthroplasty
Case Reports in Orthopaedics (September 2019)
George Brindley; Stephen Sierra; Chibuzo Akalonu; Kevin West; Matthew Blue
Comparison of joint compression and pull-out strength of 6.5-mm self-drilling screws
with heads and headless in subtalar arthrodesis: a pilot study.
University of New Mexico Orthopaedics Research Journal (May 2019)
Douthit, Christian; Blue, Matthew; Wooldridge, Adam; Williams, Austin; Lierly-Chick,
Micah; Gilbert, Kerry; Grimes, Jerry
Biomechanical Strength Comparison of Open book Tendon Splicing Technique Compared
to the Pulvertaft Method Using Human Cadaveric Peroneal Tendons
University of New Mexico Orthopaedics Research Journal (May 2019)
Blue, Matthew; Douthit, Christian; Wooldridge, Adam; Williams, Austin; Lierly-Chick,
Micah; Gilbert, Kerry; Grimes, Jerry
The future of the amputees with osseointegration: A systematic review of literatureJournal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma (May 2019)
Gerzina, Christopher; Potter, Eric; Haleem, Amgad; Dabash, Sherif
Effect of Preoperative Opioid Usage on Pain After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (August 2019)
Curtis, William; Rounds Alexis; Stone, Michael; Vangsness Jr., C. Thomas; Weber, Alexander;
Hatch III, George; Omid, Reza
Orthopaedic Injury Profiles in Methamphetamine Users: A Retrospective Observational
Study.
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (April 2019)
Trasolini, Nicholas; Kang, Hyunwoo; Carney, John; Rounds, Alexis; Murrietta, Adam;
Marecek, Geoffrey
Effects of Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism on Outcomes in Soft Tissue Reconstruction
of Traumatic Lower Extremity Injuries.
Annals of Plastic Surgery (May 2019)
Badash, Ido; Burtt, Karen; Leland, Hyuma; Gould, Daniel; Rounds, Alexis; Patel, Ketan;
Carey, Joseph
Update on Treatment of Nerve Injury and Compression Neuropathy
Clinical Orthopaedic Society 107th Annual Meeting 2019 (Presentation)
Brendan MacKay
Symposium 10 – Hand
Clinical Orthopaedic Society 107th Annual Meeting 2019 (Moderator)
Brendan MacKay
Rapid Fire Sessions 1A – Upper Extremity
Clinical Orthopaedic Society 107th Annual Meeting 2019 (Moderator)
Brendan MacKay
Not Just Another Fairy Tale! Getting Surgeon Participation in Value Analysis Committees
OR Manager Conference 2019 (Presentation)
Brendan MacKay, Marc Lopez, Adonica Dugger
Outcomes after Long Gap Allograft Reconstruction in the Upper and Lower Extremities:
A Retrospective Review
IFSSH, Berlin 2019 (Presentation), ASSH 2019 (Poster)
Brendan MacKay, Joash Suryavanshi, Bradley Osemwengie, Matthew Blue, Nancy Swinford,
Desirae McKee
Histological Evaluation of Processed Nerve Allograft Following Nerve Banking in Revision
Limb Salvage Procedure
IFSSH, Berlin 2019 (Presentation)
Matthew Blue, David Foley, Cameron Cox, Joash Suryavanshi, Brendan Mackay
Distal Digital Nerve Repair Using Nerve Allograft with a Dermal Substitute
IFSSH, Berlin 2019 (Poster)
Desirae McKee, Bradley Osemwengie, Cameron Cox, Brendan MacKay
Retrospective radiographic bilateral comparison of index to middle finger ratios (2D:3D)
in adults.
ASSH 2019 (Poster), TTUHSC Student Research Week (2nd Place)
David Foley, Allison Gracey, Cameron Cox, Brendan Mackay
Qualitative investigation of nerve allograft histology after nerve banking following
complicated nerve reconstruction
ASSH 2019 (Poster)
Matthew Blue, David Foley, Cameron Cox, Joash Suryavanshi, Brendan Mackay
Targeted muscle reinnervation for surgical pain management in amputees: Clinical case
series at a single academic medical institution.
ASSH 2019 (Poster), ASPN 2019 (Poster)
Desirae McKee, Joash Suryavanshi, Bradley Osemwengie, Nancy Swinford, Cameron Cox;
Brendan MacKay
Evaluation of Post-Operative Outcomes in Patients following Multi-level Surgical Reconstructions
with the use Avive™ Soft Tissue Membrane on Nerve after Traumatic Injury of the Upper
Extremity and Lower Extremity
AAHS 2019 (Poster)
Brendan MacKay, Joash Suryavanshi, Bradley Osemwengie, Nancy Swinford, Desirae McKee
Surgical Treatment of Congenital Scoliosis.
TTUHSC Resident Research Symposium 2019 (Presentation)
Michael Diab
Arm Injury – Carpentry
ACSM Annual Meeting 2019 (Presentation)
Dylan Homen, Mimi Zumwalt, E.L. Domingo-Johnson, Matthew Helm, Melinda Schalow
Gender Gap in Painful Knees: PFJ & ACL - “Odd Couple” Biomechanics & Neuromuscular
Differences between Females & Males’
Pushing Boundaries: Women in Sport and Exercise Conference 2019 (Presentation)
Mimi Zumwalt
Treatment of open distal tibia intraarticular fractures (OTA/AO 43) with circular
external fixators: multicenter report of 57 cases.
AAOS Annual Meeting 2019 (Abstract)
Ahmed Thabet, Francesco Sala, Giovanni Lovisetti, Christopher Gerzina, Gautham Prabhaker,
Thomas DeCoster, Amr Abdelgawad
Conversion Rates and Timing to Total Knee Arthroplasty Following ACL Reconstruction:
A United States Population-Based Study of Over 100,000 ACL Reconstructions.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2019 (Presentation)
Nathaneal Heckmann, Alexis Rounds, Jacob Bobman, Cory Mayfield, Hyunwoo Kang, Alexander
Weber, C. Thomas Vangsness Jr, George Hatch III