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David L. Helfet is affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a strong emphasis on surgery, orthopedics, and sports medicine. The subfields of study related to their work include surgery, epidemiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, biomedical engineering, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their main topics of research encompass multiple areas within orthopedics and related disciplines, including:

  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Hip disorders and treatments

David L. Helfet has contributed to several scientific publications, particularly in journals related to orthopedics and trauma. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
  • The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
  • The Knee
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Notable recent papers with Helfet's involvement are:

  • The effects of dual plating on the vascularity of the distal femur, 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Assessment of malreduction standards for the syndesmosis in bilateral CT scans of uninjured ankles, 2020, The Bone & Joint Journal
  • Periprosthetic Femur Fractures After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Does the Mode of Failure Correlate With Classification?, 2021, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • Increased Vascularity in the Neonatal versus Adult Meniscus: Evaluation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2020, Cartilage
  • Surgical outcomes of dual-plate fixation for periprosthetic femur fractures around a stable hip arthroplasty stem, 2021, Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Collaborations play a notable role in Helfet's research. Frequent co-authors associated with their work include:

  • Craig E. Klinger
  • Jonathan P. Dyke
  • David S. Wellman
  • Naomi E. Gadinsky
  • Kenneth M. Lin

Best Publications

  • The importance of medial support in locked plating of proximal humerus fractures.

    Michael J Gardner;Yoram Weil;Joseph U Barker;Bryan T Kelly

  • Objective criteria accurately predict amputation following lower extremity trauma.

    Kaj Johansen;Michael Daines;Thomas Howey;David Helfet

  • Malreduction of the tibiofibular syndesmosis in ankle fractures.

    Michael J. Gardner;Demetris Demetrakopoulos;Stephen M. Briggs;David L. Helfet

  • Limb salvage versus amputation. Preliminary results of the Mangled Extremity Severity Score.

    D L Helfet;T Howey;R Sanders;K Johansen

  • Effect of Impact Load on Articular Cartilage: Cell Metabolism and Viability, and Matrix Water Content

    P. A. Torzilli;R. Grigiene;J. Borrelli;D. L. Helfet

  • First clinical results of the Locking Compression Plate (LCP)

    Christoph Sommer;Emanuel Gautier;Matthias Müller;David L. Helfet

  • The incidence of soft tissue injury in operative tibial plateau fractures : a magnetic resonance imaging analysis of 103 patients

    Michael J Gardner;Shahan Yacoubian;David Geller;Michael Suk

  • Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of distal fractures of the tibia.

    David L. Helfet;Paul Y. Shonnard;David Levine;Joseph Borrelli

  • Indirect Medial Reduction and Strut Support of Proximal Humerus Fractures Using an Endosteal Implant

    Michael J Gardner;Sreevathsa Boraiah;David L Helfet;Dean G Lorich

  • Posterior malleolar stabilization of syndesmotic injuries is equivalent to screw fixation.

    Anna N. Miller;Eben A. Carroll;Robert J. Parker;David L. Helfet

  • Double-plating of comminuted, unstable fractures of the distal part of the femur.

    R Sanders;M Swiontkowski;H Rosen;D Helfet

  • Ballistics and gunshot wounds: effects on musculoskeletal tissues.

    Craig S. Bartlett;David L. Helfet;Michael R. Hausman;Elton Strauss

  • Stabilization of acetabular fractures in elderly patients.

    D L Helfet;J Borrelli;T DiPasquale;R Sanders

  • Bicondylar intraarticular fractures of the distal humerus in adults

    David L. Helfet;Gregory J. Schmeling

  • Locking compression plates for osteoporotic nonunions of the diaphyseal humerus.

    David Ring;Peter Kloen;Peter Kloen;John Kadzielski;David Helfet

  • Radiographic measurements do not predict syndesmotic injury in ankle fractures: an MRI study.

    Jason H Nielson;Michael J Gardner;Margaret G E Peterson;Julian G Sallis

  • Intraarticular "pilon" fracture of the tibia

    David L. Helfet;Kenneth Koval;James Pappas;Roy W. Sanders

  • Internal fixation of the distal humerus: a biomechanical comparison of methods.

    David L. Helfet;Robert N. Hotchkiss

  • Direct visualization for syndesmotic stabilization of ankle fractures

    Anna N. Miller;Eben A. Carroll;Robert J. Parker;Sreevathsa Boraiah

  • Open reduction and internal fixation of delayed unions and nonunions of fractures of the distal part of the humerus.

    David L Helfet;Peter Kloen;Neel Anand;Howard S Rosen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hollis G. Potter
Hollis G. Potter Hospital for Special Surgery
Joseph M. Lane
Joseph M. Lane Hospital for Special Surgery
Kenneth J. Koval
Kenneth J. Koval New York University
Jesse B. Jupiter
Jesse B. Jupiter Harvard University
David Ring
David Ring The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas P. Sculco
Thomas P. Sculco Hospital for Special Surgery
Scott A. Rodeo
Scott A. Rodeo Hospital for Special Surgery
Mohit Bhandari
Mohit Bhandari McMaster University
Bryan T. Kelly
Bryan T. Kelly Hospital for Special Surgery
Marie-José Goumans
Marie-José Goumans Leiden University Medical Center

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