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CORR Insights®: What Factors Are Associated With Patella Baja After Internal Fixation of Patellar Fractures?
Thomas A DeCoster

Clin Orthop Relat Res· November 2025

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Open Fractures: Still Risky After All These Years: Commentary on an article by Roman M. Natoli, MD, PhD, et al.: "Infection and Nonunion Rates in Open Fractures. Description of 6,042 Fractures from the FLOW and PREP-IT Trials".
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· November 2025

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Suprapatellar Nail Insertion for Tibial Shaft Fractures: Better Radiographic Results, But Are They Clinically Relevant?: Commentary on an article by Navnit S. Makaram, MSc, MRCS(Ed), et al.: "Outcome Following Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Diaphyseal Fractures. Suprapatellar Nail Insertion Results in Superior Radiographic Parameters But No Difference in Mid-Term Function".
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· March 2024

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Letter to the editor on: Arterial Injury Portends Worse Soft Tissue Outcomes and Delayed Coverage in Open Tibial Fractures.
Thomas A DeCoster

J Orthop Trauma· March 2023

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Malpractice lawsuits in orthopedic trauma surgery: a meta-analysis of the literature.
Ahmed M Thabet, Austin Adams, Soyoung Jeon, John Pisquiy, Rick Gelhert, Thomas A DeCoster

OTA Int· September 2022

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CORR Insights®: A Simple Method to Improve Detection of Femoral Nail Abutment in the Distal Femur: A Computer Modeling Study.
Thomas A DeCoster

Clin Orthop Relat Res· July 2022

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CORR Insights®: Patients Place More of an Emphasis on Physical Recovery Than Return to Work or Financial Recovery.
Thomas A DeCoster

Clin Orthop Relat Res· June 2021

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Outcomes and Complications With Treatment of Open Tibial Plafond Fractures With Circular External Fixator.
Ahmed M Thabet, Christopher Gerzina, Francesco Sala, Soyoung Jeon, Giovanni Lovisetti, Thomas A DeCoster

Foot Ankle Int· June 2021

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CORR Insights®: Delays to Surgery and Coronal Malalignment Are Associated with Reoperation after Open Tibia Fractures in Tanzania.
Thomas A DeCoster

Clin Orthop Relat Res· August 2020

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Re: Improved Reduction of the Tibiofibular Syndesmosis With TightRope Compared With Screw Fixation:
Thomas A DeCoster

J Orthop Trauma· May 2020

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Operative Versus Nonoperative Management Of Traumatic Arthrotomies from Civilian Gunshot Wounds.
Christopher L Shultz, Samuel N Schrader, Erika L Garbrecht, Thomas A DeCoster, Andrew J Veitch

Iowa Orthop J· February 2020

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Tibial Plateau Fractures: A New Rank Ordering Method For Determining To What Degree Injury Severity Or Quality Of Reduction Correlate With Clinical Outcome.
Katie Freeman, Jared L Michalson, Donald D Anderson, Thomas D Brown, Thomas A DeCoster

Iowa Orthop J· May 2018

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What's Important: Harmony in Orthopaedics.
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· May 2018

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CT After ORIF of Acetabular Fractures Detects Residual Displacement Not Seen on Radiography and Correlates with Osteoarthritis Risk and THA: Commentary on an article by Diederik O. Verbeek, MD, et al.: "Postoperative CT Is Superior for Acetabular Fracture Reduction Assessment and Reliably Predicts Hip Survivorship".
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· October 2017

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Intraoperative Injection Significantly Reduces Postoperative Pain in Trauma Patients Too: Commentary on an article by Daniel Koehler, MD, et al.: "Efficacy of Surgical-Site, Multimodal Drug Injection Following Operative Management of Femoral Fractures. A Randomized Controlled Trial".
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· March 2017

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How Many Orthopaedic Surgeons Does It Take to Write a Manuscript? A Vignette-Based Discussion of Authorship in Orthopaedic Surgery.
Julie Agel, Thomas A DeCoster, Marc F Swiontkowski, Craig S Roberts

J Bone Joint Surg Am· November 2016

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Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
Michael V Murphy, Dongyi Tony Du, Wei Hua, Karoll J Cortez, Melissa G Butler, Thomas A DeCoster

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol· July 2016

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Titanium mesh as a low-profile alternative for tension-band augmentation in patella fracture fixation: A biomechanical study.
Aaron J Dickens, Christina Salas, LeRoy Rise, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Mahmoud Reda Taha, Thomas A DeCoster

Injury· May 2016

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Is "loose" fixation of the syndesmosis really better? Commentary on an article by Robert W. Westermann, MD, et al.: "the effect of suture-button fixation on simulated syndesmotic malreduction: a cadaveric study".
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· October 2014

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Pelvic crescent fractures: variations in injury mechanism and radiographic pattern.
Rick J Gehlert, Zhiqing Xing, Thomas A DeCoster

J Surg Orthop Adv· September 2014

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The OTA open fracture classification: a study of reliability and agreement.
Julie Agel, Andrew R Evans, John Lawrence Marsh, Thomas A Decoster, Douglas W Lundy

J Orthop Trauma· July 2013

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Low morbidity reported after iliac bone-graft harvesting: commentary on an article by Bryan J. Loeffler, MD, et al.: “Prospective observational study of donor-site morbidity following anterior iliac crest bone-grafting in orthopaedic trauma reconstruction patients”.
Thomas A DeCoster

J Bone Joint Surg Am· September 2012

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Experimental and probabilistic analysis of distal femoral periprosthetic fracture: a comparison of locking plate and intramedullary nail fixation. Part A: experimental investigation.
Christina Salas, Deana Mercer, Thomas A DeCoster, Mahmoud M Reda Taha

Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin· February 2011

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Experimental and probabilistic analysis of distal femoral periprosthetic fracture: a comparison of locking plate and intramedullary nail fixation. Part B: probabilistic investigation.
Christina Salas, Deana Mercer, Thomas A DeCoster, Mahmoud M Reda Taha

Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin· February 2011

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Stiffness of knee-spanning external fixation systems for traumatic knee dislocations: a biomechanical study.
Deana Mercer, Keikhosrow Firoozbakhsh, Meredith Prevost, Patrick Mulkey, Thomas A DeCoster

J Orthop Trauma· November 2010

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