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Paul Tornetta, III, M.D. Publications

Bhandari, M., Morrow, F., Kulkarni, A., Tornetta III, P.: Meta-Analyses in Orthopaedic Surgery. A Systematic Review of Their Methodologies, J Bone and Joint Surg. 83A (1), 15 - 24, 2001.

Tornetta III, P.: Displaced Acetabular Fractures: Indications for Operative and Nonoperative Management. JAAOS. 9(1):18-28, 2001.

Torneta III, P.; Creevy, W.: Lag Screw Only Fixation of the Lateral Malleolus. J ORTHOP TRAUMA. 15(2):119-121, 2001.

McConnell, T.; Tornetta III, P.: Marginal Plafond Impaction in Association with Supination - Adduction Ankle Fractures: A Report of Eight Cases. J ORTHOP TRAUMA. 15(6):447-449, 2001.

McConnell, T.; Tornetta III, P; Tilzey, J.; Casey, D.: Tibial Portal Placement: The radiographic correlate of the anatomic safe zone. J ORTHOP TRAUMA. 15(3):207-209, 2001.

Tornetta III, P.; Spoo, J.; Reynolds, F.; Lee, C.: Overtightening of the Syndesmosis: Is it really possible? J BONE JOINT SURG. (Am) 83A(4):489-492, 2001.

Lochner, H.; Bhandari, M.; Tornetta III, P.: Type II Error Rates (Beta Errors) of Randomized Trials in Orthopaedic Trauma. J BONE JOINT SURG. 83A(11):1650-5, 2001.

Tornetta III, P.; French, B.: High-Energy Tibial Shaft Fractures. ORTHOP CLINICS OF N AMERICA. 33(1): 211-230, 2002.

Casey, D.; McConnell, T.; Parekh, S.; Tornetta III, P.: Percutaneous Pin Placement in the Medial Calcaneus Is Anywhere Safe? J ORTHOP TRAUMA. 16(1):26-29, 2002.

Bhandari, M.; Lochner, H.; Tornetta III, P.: Effect of continuous versus dichotomous outcome variables on study power when sample sizes of orthopaedic randomised trials are small. ARCH ORTHOP TRAUMA SURG. 122:96-98, 2002.

Levin, R.; Renard, R.; Behrens, F.; Tornetta III, P.: Biomechanical Consequences of Secondary Congruence After Both-column Acetabular Fracture. J ORTHOP TRAUMA. 16(2):87-91, 2002.

Bhandari, M.; Guyatt, G.; Lochner, H.; Sprague, S.; Tornetta III, P.: Application of the consolidated standards of reporting trials (CONSORT) in the fracture care literature. J BONE JOINT SURG (Am) 84-A(3):485-9, 2002.

French, B.; Tornetta III, P.: Transiliosakrale Osteosynthese bei instabilen Verletzungen des hinteren Beckenringes. OPERATIVE ORTHOPÄDIE UND TRAUMATOLOGIE. 14:29-49, 2002.

Bhandari, M.; Guyatt, G.; Swiontkowski, M; Tornetta III, P.; et al: Current Practice in the Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures: An International Survey. J. Trauma 2002; 53:725- 732.

Sprague, S.; Bhandari, M.; Devereaux, P.; Swiontkowski, M.; Tornetta III, P.; et al: Barriers to Full-Text Publication Following Presentation of Abstracts at Annual Orthopaedic Meetings. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 85:158-163, 2003.

Schmidt, A.; Finkemeier, C.; Tornetta III, P.: Treatment of closed tibia fractures. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 85-A:352-68, 2003.

McConnell, T.; Tornetta III, P.; Benson, E.; Manuel, J.: Glutues medius tendon injury during reaming for gamma nail insertion. CLIN ORTHOP. Vol. 407:199-202, 2003.

Schmidt, A.; Templeman, D.; Tornetta III, P.; Webb, L.; Bone, L.; Duwelius, P.: Anatomic assessment of the proper insertion site for a tibial intramedullary nail. J Orthop Trauma. 17(1):75-6, 2003.

Bhandari, M.; Tornetta III, P.; Swiontkowski, M.; Hanson, B.; Sprague, S.; Schemitsch, E.; Guyatt, G.: Beliefs regarding reamed versus non-reamed tibial intramedullary nailing. European J of Trauma 29:304-309, 2003.

Bhandari, M.; Tornetta III, P.: Issues in the Hierarchy of Study Design, Hypothesis Testing, and Presentation of Results. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 19(2)57-65, 2004.

Bhandari, M.; Tornetta III, P.; Ellis, T.; Sprague, S.; Kuo, J.; Swiontkowski, M.: Hierarchy of Evidence: Differences in Results between Non-randomized studies and Randomized Trials in Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures. Arch Ortho Trauma Surgery. 124(1):10-6, 2004.

Sprague, S.; Leece, P.; Bhandari, M.; Tornetta III, P.; et al. Limiting loss to follow-up in a multicenter randomized trial of orthopaedic surgery. Clinical Trials. 1(Supp1):245, 2004.

Tornetta III, P.; Hirsch, E.; Howard, R.; McConnell, T.; Ross, E.: Skeletal Injury Patterns in Older Females. Clin Orthop. 422:55-56, 2004.

Bhandari, M.; Tornetta III, P.: Communicating the Risks of Surgery to Patients. European J of Trauma. 30:177-180, 2004.

Bhandari, M.; Swiontkowski, M.; Einhorn, T; Tornetta III, P., et al. Interobserver Agreement in the Application of Levels of Evidence to Scientific Papers in the American Volume of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 86:1717-1720, 2004.

Leece, P.; Bhandari, M.; Sprague, S.; Swiontkowski, M.; Schemitsch, E.; Tornetta III, P.; et al: Internet versus mailed questionnaires: a randomized comparion. J. Med Internet Res. 24(6):30, 2004.

Collinge, C.; Tornetta III, P.: Soft tissue injuries associated with acetabular fractures. Orthp Clin N Am 35:451-456, 2004.

McConnell, T.; Creevy, W.; Tornetta III, P.: Stress examination of supination external rotation-type fibular fractures. J Bone Joint Surg 86A(10):2171-2178, 2004.

Tornetta III, P. and Templeman, D.: Expected Outcomes After Pelvic Ring Injury. AAOS INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE LECTURES vol 54: pp. 401-407, 2005.







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