2016
Primary Care Physician and Patient Perceptions of Reimbursement for Total Knee and Hip Replacement
Wiznia DH, Kim CY, Wang Y, Swami N, Pelker RR. Primary Care Physician and Patient Perceptions of Reimbursement for Total Knee and Hip Replacement. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2016, 31: 1395-1399. PMID: 27036921, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyOrthopaedic surgeonsOrthopaedic servicesPrimary care physicians' perceptionsHigher reimbursementPrimary care physiciansPostoperative patientsCare physiciansKnee arthroplastyPatients' perceptionsTotal kneePhysicians' perceptionsHip arthroplastyOrthopedic proceduresHip replacementWeb-based surveyPatientsSurgeonsReimbursement valuesLarger practicesPaper-based surveyFurther studiesSignificant differencesArthroplasty
1990
Functional Stability of the Canine Cervical Spine After Injury
BÜFF H, PANJABI M, SONU C, CRISCO J, OXLAND T, PELKER R. Functional Stability of the Canine Cervical Spine After Injury. Spine 1990, 15: 1040-1046. PMID: 2263969, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199015100-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical spineWeeks postinjuryCanine modelPre-injury valuesTime of surgeryC4-C5 levelMuscle spasmClinical instabilitySpinal levelDestabilizing injurySpinal instabilityDecreased rangeCanine cervical spineSevere injuriesDifferent injuriesHuman cervical spineInjuryNatural historyFacetectomySpinePostinjurySignificant differencesHuman situationFunctional Stability of the Canine Cervical Spine After Injury
BÜFF H, PANJABI M, SONU C, CRISCO J, OXLAND T, PELKER R. Functional Stability of the Canine Cervical Spine After Injury. Spine 1990, 15: 1040-1046. DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199010000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spineWeeks postinjuryCanine modelPre-injury valuesTime of surgeryC4-C5 levelMuscle spasmClinical instabilitySpinal levelDestabilizing injurySpinal instabilityDecreased rangeCanine cervical spineSevere injuriesDifferent injuriesHuman cervical spineInjuryNatural historyFacetectomySpinePostinjurySignificant differencesHuman situation
1985
Effect of freezing on histologic and biomechanical failure patterns in the rabbit capital femoral growth plate
Lee K, Pelker R. Effect of freezing on histologic and biomechanical failure patterns in the rabbit capital femoral growth plate. Journal Of Orthopaedic Research® 1985, 3: 514-515. PMID: 4067709, DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100030415.Peer-Reviewed Original Research