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Arlen D. Hanssen

Arlen D. Hanssen

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Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
42928
World Ranking
4784
National Ranking
2594

Overview

Arlen D. Hanssen is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a strong focus on surgery. Their research encompasses several subfields including surgery, oncology, genetics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and rheumatology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of issues related to orthopedic surgery and patient outcomes. These include total knee arthroplasty outcomes, orthopedic infections and treatments, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, bone health and treatments, management of metastatic bone disease, and pancreatic function and diabetes.

Hanssen has published numerous papers, some of which have appeared in frequently utilized venues such as The Bone & Joint Journal, The Journal of Arthroplasty, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, and JBJS Reviews. The most common publication venue for Hanssen's work is The Bone & Joint Journal, with seven publications.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Excellent two-year survivorship of 3D-printed metaphyseal cones in revision total knee arthroplasty, 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Comparative analysis of 23 synovial fluid biomarkers for hip and knee periprosthetic joint infection detection, 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • Synovial fluid α defensin has comparable accuracy to synovial fluid white blood cell count and polymorphonuclear percentage for periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis, 2021, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Outcomes of a technique combining diaphyseal impaction grafting and metaphyseal cones for severe bone loss in revision total knee arthroplasty, 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Clinical Outcomes and Survivorship of Contemporary Cementless Primary Total Knee Arthroplasties, 2020, JBJS Reviews

Collaborations have been a significant element of Hanssen's work. Frequent co-authors include Matthew P. Abdel with 23 joint publications, Mark W. Pagnano with 10, Kevin I. Perry with 9, Daniel J. Berry with 8, and David G. Lewallen with 6.

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Douglas R. Osmon;Elie F. Berbari;Anthony R. Berendt;Daniel Lew

  • Executive summary: diagnosis and management of prosthetic joint infection: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

    Douglas R. Osmon;Elie F. Berbari;Anthony R. Berendt;Daniel Lew

  • Sonication of Removed Hip and Knee Prostheses for Diagnosis of Infection

    Andrej Trampuz;Kerryl E. Piper;Melissa J. Jacobson;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • Risk Factors for Prosthetic Joint Infection: Case-Control Study

    Elie F. Berbari;Arlen D. Hanssen;Mary C. Duffy;James M. Steckelberg

  • Postoperative complications in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome undergoing hip or knee replacement: a case-control study

    Rakesh M. Gupta;Javad Parvizi;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • Synovial fluid leukocyte count and differential for the diagnosis of prosthetic knee infection.

    Andrej Trampuz;Arlen D Hanssen;Douglas R Osmon;Jayawant N Mandrekar

  • Evaluation and treatment of infection at the site of a total hip or knee arthroplasty.

    Arlen D. Hanssen;James A. Rand

  • Infection after total hip arthroplasty: Past, present, and future

    Kevin L. Garvin;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • What Safe Zone? The Vast Majority of Dislocated THAs Are Within the Lewinnek Safe Zone for Acetabular Component Position.

    Matthew P. Abdel;Philipp von Roth;Matthew T. Jennings;Arlen Dale Hanssen

  • Outcome of prosthetic joint infections treated with debridement and retention of components.

    C. E. Marculescu;E. F. Berbari;A. D. Hanssen;J. M. Steckelberg

  • The Effect of Superior Placement of the Acetabular Component on the Rate of Loosening after Total Hip Arthroplasty. Long-Term Results in Patients Who Have Crowe Type-II Congenital Dysplasia of the Hip*

    Mark W. Pagnano;Arlen D. Hanssen;David G. Lewallen;William J. Shaughnessy

  • Antibiotic-loaded bone cement for infection prophylaxis in total joint replacement.

    William A. Jiranek;Arlen D. Hanssen;A. Seth Greenwald

  • Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection

    Elie F. Berbari;Camelia Marculescu;Irene Sia;Brian D. Lahr

  • Incidence and risk factors of prosthetic joint infection after total hip or knee replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Tim Bongartz;Christine S. Halligan;Douglas R. Osmon;Megan S. Reinalda

  • Infection After Shoulder Arthroplasty

    John W. Sperling;Tomasz K.W. Kozak;Arlen D. Hanssen;Robert H. Cofield

  • Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection treated with debridement and prosthesis retention.

    Claudia M. Brandt;William W. Sistrunk;Mary C. Duffy;Arlen D. Hanssen

  • Molecular and antibiofilm approaches to prosthetic joint infection.

    Andrej Trampuz;Douglas R. Osmon;Arlen D. Hanssen;James M. Steckelberg

  • Mid-term to long-term followup of two-stage reimplantation for infected total knee arthroplasty.

    Abdul A Haleem;Daniel J Berry;Arlen D Hanssen

  • Treatment of infection with débridement and retention of the components following hip arthroplasty.

    John R. Crockarell;Arlen D. Hanssen;Douglas R. Osmon;Bernard F. Morrey

  • Clinical validation of a structural porous tantalum biomaterial for adult reconstruction.

    J Dennis Bobyn;R A Poggie;J J Krygier;D G Lewallen

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas R. Osmon
Douglas R. Osmon Mayo Clinic
Robin Patel
Robin Patel Mayo Clinic
Daniel J. Berry
Daniel J. Berry Mayo Clinic
Walter R. Wilson
Walter R. Wilson Mayo Clinic
Larry M. Baddour
Larry M. Baddour Mayo Clinic
Andrej Trampuz
Andrej Trampuz Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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