Research and Publications

Research

Our research center at the Orthopedic Institute at Mercy Hospital a campus of Plantation General Hospital accumulates patient information from all patient populations who have been intervened surgically by Dr. Carlos Lavernia and Dr. J. Pieter Hommen. Our patients are interviewed by bilingual members of the Orthopedic team in the pre-op clinic visit held two weeks prior to the scheduled date of surgery. If the patients were intervened on an emergency basis, the research team tracks the patient’s stay and interviews the patients post  surgery to collect data.

The surgical procedures that are monitored as part of our study are:

• Core Decompressions (Hip and Knee)
• Primary Total Joint Replacements (Hip and Knee)
• Revision Joint Replacements (Hip and Knee)
• Removals and Reimplantations

The Institute keeps all patient information in individual patient files and managed by the research team.

Publications

Joint Replacement

• Calcium Phosphate Ceramics as Bone Substitutes
• Corrosion Properties of Nanocrystalline Co–Cr Coatings
• INDIA – Joint Implant Surgery
• Revision and Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
• Smoking and Joint Replacement: Resource Consumption and Short Term Outcome

Knees

• A Biochemical Analysis of the Etiology of Tibia Vara
• Accuracy of Knee Range of Motion Assessment After Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Activity Level and Wear in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Study of Autopsy Retrieved Specimens
• An Algorithm to Identify Knee Prostheses From Their Radiographic Appearance
• All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups in Primary Arthroplasty

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Hip

• A Common Problem with Cementless Femoral Components – Letter to Editor
• A Surgical Draping  Technique for Hip Arthroplasty
• All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups in Primary Arthroplasty
• Arthroscopy Shaver-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty Revision
• Cerebral Fat Microembolism and Cognitive Decline After Hip and Knee Replacement

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Other

• Anatomy and Physiology of Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair
• Assessment of the Risk of Vertebral Fractures in Menopausal Women
• Bisphononate Therapy in Fibrous Dysplasia
• Bone and Tissue Allograft use by Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Cost-Effectiveness of Early Surgical Intervention in Silent Osteolysis

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