The Role of Risk Tolerance in a Patient’s Decision to Undergo Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty

Authors: Blackburn, Amy Z., Prasad, Anoop K., Scott, Bryan L., Cote, Mark, Humphrey, Tyler J., Katakam, Akhil, Salimy, Mehdi S., Lim, Perry, Heng, Marilyn, Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty January 2025 40(1):40-44

MCID achievement in staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty: Are both joints created equal?

Authors: Blackburn, Amy Z., Katakam, Akhil, Amakiri, Ikechukwu, Mittal, Ashish, Bedair, Hany S., Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: In The Knee October 2024 50:1-8

Hospital teaching status is an independent predictor of surgical intervention of distal radius fractures

Authors: Biron, Dustin R., Katakam, Akhil, DalCortivo, Robert L., Ahmed, Irfan H., Vosbikian, Michael M.

Source: In Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma July 2024 54

Mental Robustness May Be Associated With Improved Physical Function in Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients

Authors: Blackburn, Amy Z., Ottesen, Taylor D., Katakam, Akhil, Bedair, Hany S., Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty May 2024 39(5):1207-1213

Utility of Diagnostic Markers in Late Periprosthetic Joint Infection Workup for Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients Who Received Antibiotics 48 Hours Before Aspiration

Authors: Salimy, Mehdi S., Blackburn, Amy Z., Katakam, Akhil, Bedair, Hany S., Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: Journal of arthroplasty. 38(9):1854-1860

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Which Factors Are Considered by Patients When Considering Total Joint Arthroplasty? A Discrete-choice Experiment

Authors: Salimy, Mehdi Sina, Humphrey, Tyler James, Katakam, Akhil, Melnic, Christopher M., Heng, Marilyn, Bedair, Hany S.

Source: Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 481(3):427-437

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Visceral Fat as a Risk Factor for Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Authors: Blackburn, Amy Z., Katakam, Akhil, Roberts, Thomas, Humphrey, Tyler J., Salimy, Mehdi S., Egan, Cameron R., Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty September 2023 38(9):1839-1845

Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection in Patients Prescribed Suppressive Antibiotic Therapy Undergoing Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: A 1:4 Case Control Matched Study

Authors: Humphrey, Tyler J., Dunahoe, Jacqueline A., Nelson, Sandra B., Katakam, Akhil, Park, Andy B.K., Heng, Marilyn, Bedair, Hany S., Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: SURGICAL INFECTIONS. 23(10):917-923

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Development of machine learning algorithms to predict achievement of minimal clinically important difference for the KOOS‐PS following total knee arthroplasty

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Karhade, Aditya V., Collins, Austin, Shin, David, Bragdon, Charles, Chen, Antonia F., Melnic, Christopher M., Schwab, Joseph H., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: Journal of orthopaedic research. 40(4):808-815

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Defining Failure in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: The Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Worsening Score

Authors: Humphrey, Tyler J., Katakam, Akhil, Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty April 2022 37(4):630-636

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on revision total hip and knee arthroplasty at a large academic hospital network

Authors: Robinson, Matthew G., Greene, Nattaly, Katakam, Akhil, Chen, Antonia, Bedair, Hany S., Humphrey, Tyler, Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: In Journal of Orthopaedics November-December 2021 28:117-120

Obesity Increases Risk of Failure to Achieve the 1-Year PROMIS PF-10a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Following Total Joint Arthroplasty

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Collins, Austin K., Sauder, Nicholas, Shin, David, Bragdon, Charles R., Chen, Antonia F., Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty July 2021 36(7) Supplement:S184-S191

Elevated Body Mass Index Is a Risk Factor for Failure to Achieve the Knee Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score-Physical Function Short Form Minimal Clinically Important Difference Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Bragdon, Charles R., Chen, Antonia F., Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty May 2021 36(5):1626-1632

Patient-Reported Mental Health Score Influences Physical Function After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Authors: Chen, Antonia F., O’Brien, Todd M., Sisodia, Rachel C., Melnic, Christopher M., Paschalidis, Aris, Katakam, Akhil, Bedair, Hany S., Heng, Marilyn

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty April 2021 36(4):1277-1283

Low Body Mass Index Is a Predictor for Mortality and Increased Length of Stay Following Total Joint Arthroplasty

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Melnic, Christopher M., Bragdon, Charles R., Sauder, Nicholas, Collins, Austin K., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty January 2021 36(1):72-77

Class III Obesity Increases Risk of Failure to Achieve the 1-Year Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score-Physical Function Short Form Minimal Clinically Important Difference Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Florissi, Isabella S., Colon Iban, Yhan E., Bragdon, Charles R., Chen, Antonia F., Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty January 2021 36(1):187-192

Morbid Obesity Is a Risk Factor for Infection Recurrence Following Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention for Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Melnic, Christopher M., Bedair, Hany S.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty December 2020 35(12):3710-3715

Staged vs Concurrent Hardware Removal During Conversion Total Knee Arthroplasty

Authors: Smith, Evan J., Katakam, Akhil, Box, Hayden N., Healy, William L., Bedair, Hany S., Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty December 2020 35(12):3569-3574

Do All Rigid and Unbalanced Spines Present the Same Risk of Dislocation After Total Hip Arthroplasty? A Comparison Study Between Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis and History of Spinal Fusion

Authors: Katakam, Akhil, Bedair, Hany S., Melnic, Christopher M.

Source: In The Journal of Arthroplasty December 2020 35(12):3594-3600

A decision analysis of treatment strategies for acute periprosthetic joint infection: Early irrigation and debridement versus delayed treatment based on organism

Authors: Bedair, Hany S., Katakam, Akhil, Bedeir, Yehia H., Yeroushalmi, David, Schwarzkopf, Ran

Source: In Journal of Orthopaedics November-December 2020 22:246-250