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  • Development of machine-learning algorithms for 90-day and one-year mortality prediction in the elderly with femoral neck fractures based on the HEALTH and FAITH trials. 
    Bone Jt Open. 2023
  • Reamed compared with unreamed nailing of tibial shaft fractures: does the initial method of nail insertion influence outcome in patients requiring reoperations?. 
    Canadian Journal of Surgery. 2023
  • High rates of imminent subsequent fracture after femoral neck fracture in the elderly. 
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume). 2022
  • Patients with femoral neck fractures are at risk for conversion to arthroplasty after internal fixation: a machine-learning algorithm. 
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2022
  • Impact of centre volume, surgeon volume, surgeon experience and geographic location on reoperation after intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures. 
    Canadian Journal of Surgery. 2021
  • Optimal technical factors during operative management of low-energy femoral neck fractures. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2021
  • Prognostic factors for predicting health-related quality of life after intramedullary nailing of tibial fractures: a randomized controlled trial. 
    Bone Jt Open. 2021
  • Arthroplasty versus internal fixation for the treatment of undisplaced femoral neck fractures: a retrospective cohort study. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • Clockwise torque of sliding hip screws: is there a right side?. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • Early radiographic union score for hip is predictive of femoral neck fracture complications within 2 years. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • Factors associated with mortality after surgical management of femoral neck fractures. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • Predictors of loss to follow-up in hip fracture trials: a secondary analysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: are we studying different hip fracture patient populations?. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • Venous thromboembolism in hip fracture patients: a subanalysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2020
  • Loss of independence after operative management of femoral neck fractures. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2019
  • Not all garden-I and II femoral neck fractures in the elderly should be fixed: effect of posterior tilt on rates of subsequent arthroplasty. 
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume). 2019
  • Deficits in preference-based health-related quality of life after complications associated with tibial fracture. 
    The bone & joint journal. 2018
  • Factors associated with health-related quality of life, hip function, and health utility after operative management of femoral neck fractures. 
    The bone & joint journal. 2018
  • Factors associated with revision surgery after internal fixation of hip fractures. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2018
  • Vitamin D use and health outcomes after surgery for hip fracture. 
    Orthopedics. 2017
  • The Radiographic Union Score for Hip (RUSH) identifies radiographic nonunion of femoral neck fractures. 
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2016
  • (Sample) size matters! An examination of sample size from the SPRINT trial study to prospectively evaluate reamed intramedullary nails in patients with tibial fractures. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2013
  • Economic evaluation of reamed versus unreamed intramedullary nailing in patients with closed and open tibial fractures: results from the study to prospectively evaluate reamed intramedullary nails in patients with tibial fractures (SPRINT). 
    Value in Health. 2011
  • Is a subgroup claim believable? A user's guide to subgroup analyses in the surgical literature. 
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume). 2011
  • Outcomes assessment in the SPRINT multicenter tibial fracture trial: adjudication committee size has trivial effect on trial results. 
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2011
  • Outcome instruments: rationale for their use. 
    Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume). 2009
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  • Outcomes of arthroscopic-assisted lateral tibial plateau fixation: a systematic review [systematic review, review]. 
    European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 2023
  • Resolving controversies in hip fracture care: the need for large collaborative trials in hip fractures [review]. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2009
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