Plain-English translations — Professor Nima Heidari

Bone Infection

10 of 10 published

2023 · Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

Antibiotic-coated nails for fixing open shin-bone fractures

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2023 · Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

A new way to put antibiotic directly inside an infected bone

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2023 · Antibiotics

Which bacteria actually cause infected fractures in the UK?

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2022 · Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr

How to stop infection at the pin sites of an external frame

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2021 · Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

How surgeons should approach an infected fracture, today

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2019 · Foot & Ankle Int.

Should we sample the bone itself before treating diabetic foot infection?

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2019 · Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction

Treating the Many Using a Few

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2019 · Foot & Ankle Int.

How do we tell if an ankle replacement has become infected?

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2014 · Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Management of fungal or atypical periprosthetic joint infections

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2004

Early Aseptic Failure of the Dynamic Stabilisation System

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Limb Reconstruction

13 of 13 published

Foot & Ankle Trauma

18 of 18 published

Diabetic Foot

4 of 4 published

Regenerative Medicine

13 of 13 published

Surgical Anatomy & Approaches

10 of 10 published

Upper Limb

11 of 11 published

Hip & Pelvis

5 of 5 published

Paediatric Orthopaedics

8 of 8 published

Precision Medicine

2 of 2 published

2021 · medRxiv (preprint)

A quantum-enhanced precision medicine application for the personalized treatment of advanced knee osteoarthritis

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Education & Training

1 of 1 published

2014

The Barts Health MATCH team training project

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Other

1 of 1 published

2013 · Annals of Internal Medicine

In response

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Antibiotic-coated nails for fixing open shin-bone fractures

A new way to put antibiotic directly inside an infected bone

Which bacteria actually cause infected fractures in the UK?

How to stop infection at the pin sites of an external frame

How surgeons should approach an infected fracture, today

Should we sample the bone itself before treating diabetic foot infection?

Treating the Many Using a Few

How do we tell if an ankle replacement has become infected?

Management of fungal or atypical periprosthetic joint infections

Early Aseptic Failure of the Dynamic Stabilisation System

What patients and surgeons agree are the most important unanswered questions in limb reconstruction

A more accurate way to measure how a lower leg has been twisted by a fracture

Growing new bone across a gap in the thigh — without an external frame

How to position the foot plate in a thin-wire frame around the foot

A combined frame-and-nail technique for thigh-bone fractures that won't heal

Using a computer-driven frame to correct deformity of the thigh bone with millimetre precision

The double bend guidewire technique in intramedullary nailing

The same computer-driven hexapod approach, applied to the shin bone

The novel use of an external fixator connecting rod and synthetic bone substitute to achieve anatomic reduction of depressed tibial plateau fracture fragments

Optimisation of intramedullary nail alignment

A bedside way to adjust a hexapod frame in theatre, without computer software

Removal of AO unreamed tibial nail with a threaded rod from the Taylor Spatial Frame

Computer-assisted 3-dimensional anthropometry of the scaphoid

Real-world complication rates after fractures of the talus

Treating midfoot ‘Lisfranc’ injuries with a bridge plate that stays in

Assessment of Midterm Functional Outcomes Following Talar Extrusion Injuries

Functional Outcomes of Dorsal Bridge Plating for Lisfranc Injuries with Routine Metalwork Retention

Outcomes and Cost Analysis of Virtual Fracture Clinic Management of 5th Metatarsal Base Fractures

Outcomes of Posterior Malleolar Fixation in Ankle Fractures in A Major Trauma Centre

Minimally invasive screw fixation for shattered heel-bone fractures

A different approach to fusing the joint just below the ankle

Should we fix the back portion of an ankle fracture?

Does the timing of cleaning out an open shin-bone fracture affect outcome?

Classifying the most severe ankle fractures by their soft-tissue damage, not just the bone

Plaster cast or removable boot after an ankle fracture? A national trial.

Intra-Operative 3-Dimensional Imaging (O-arm) in Foot and Ankle Trauma Surgery

Outcome of repaired unstable meniscal tears in children and adolescents

Accuracy of anterolateral versus posterolateral subtalar injection

Report of a Case of Genu Recurvatum Following Tibial Eminence Avulsion

Which approach to injecting the ankle is most reliable?

Should we restore blood supply before foot surgery in patients with vascular disease?

Should we wash the surgical wound with antiseptic during ankle surgery?

Telling the difference between Charcot foot and infection in a diabetic patient

Injection of a patient’s own processed fat for knee arthritis — three-year results

Why platelet-rich plasma works for some patients and not others — it’s in the preparation

Comparison of the Effect of MFAT and MFAT + PRP on Treatment of Hip Osteoarthritis

A gender-bias-mitigated, data-driven precision medicine system for advanced knee osteoarthritis

Characterisation of Novel Angiogenic and Potent Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Micro-Fragmented Adipose Tissue

Gender-Specific Response in Pain and Function to Biologic Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection (MFAT) May Be a Solution to the Rationing of Total Knee Replacement

Mesenchymal stromal cells and platelet-rich plasma promote tendon allograft healing in ovine anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Patient-Centered Outcomes of Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Treatments of Knee Osteoarthritis

Platelet-rich plasma in Achilles tendon healing 2 (PATH-2) trial

A Review of Techniques for Gene Therapy in Bone Healing

The spatial and temporal expression of VEGF and its receptors 1 and 2 in post-traumatic bone bridge formation of the growth plate

The effect of mesenchymal stromal cells on the osseoinduction of impaction grafts

Do the presence of pathologic changes and the level of operator experience alter the rate of intra-articular injection of the first metatarsophalangeal joint? A cadaver study

The risk of injury to the anterior tibial artery in the posterolateral approach to the tibia plateau

Drilling, not a benign procedure

An Anatomical Study of the Peroneal Artery as Applied to the Posterolateral Approach to the Distal Tibia

Frequency of third extensor compartment drill bit perforation in case of volar plating of radius fractures

The risk of nerve injury with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of distal fibula fractures

Morphology of the tibialis anterior muscle and its implications in minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of tibial fractures

Frequency of successful intra-articular puncture of the sternoclavicular joint

Intra-articular injection of the acromioclavicular joint

A Novel Method for the Salvage of Bone Dust Generated by High-Speed Burrs in Spinal Surgery

Assessment of penetration of dorsal screws after fixation of the distal radius using ultrasound

Computer-aided analysis of radial head morphometry

Is sparing the pronator quadratus muscle possible in volar plating of the distal radius?

Three-dimensional morphometry of the proximal ulna

Is plating of mid-shaft clavicular fractures possible with a conventional straight 3.5 millimeter locking compression plate?

The risk injury to the posterior interosseous nerve in standard approaches to the proximal radius

Anatomical basis of the risk of radial nerve injury related to the technique of external fixation applied to the distal humerus

The percutaneous antegrade scaphoid fracture fixation-A safe method?

An unusual pattern of segmental forearm fracture in the immature forearm

Computer aided three dimensional anthropometry of the scaphoid

Divergent dislocation of the elbow in a 3-year-old

Radiological landmarks for the safe extra-capsular placement of supra-acetabular half pins for external fixation

Mortality and morbidity following hip fractures related to hospital thromboprophylaxis policy