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Lawrence D. Dorr was affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with a significant concentration on surgery within that field. They contributed extensively to the study of orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, hip disorders and treatments, and outcomes related to total knee arthroplasty.

Their work covered several subfields including orthopedics and sports medicine, rheumatology, internal medicine, and pharmacology. This diverse range of study highlighted their engagement with both surgical techniques and broader medical contexts.

Lawrence D. Dorr published research on multiple relevant topics such as orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, hip disorders and treatments, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, bone and joint diseases, orthopedic infections and treatments, spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, and venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management.

Their frequent publication venues included:

  • The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Hip International
  • Evidence-Based Orthopedics

Lawrence D. Dorr collaborated frequently with several coauthors, contributing to a body of work alongside:

  • Nathanael D. Heckmann
  • Taro Tezuka
  • Russell J. Bodner
  • Aidin Eslam Pour
  • Ran Schwarzkopf

Their recent papers included the following:

  • "The Effects of Pelvic Incidence in the Functional Anatomy of the Hip Joint," 2020, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • "Functional Anatomy of the Hip Joint," 2020, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • "The Relationship Between Canal Diameter and the Dorr Classification," 2020, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • "Is Combined Anteversion Equally Affected by Acetabular Cup and Femoral Stem Anteversion?," 2021, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • "The Effect of Functional Pelvic Tilt on the Three-Dimensional Acetabular Cup Orientation in Total Hip Arthroplasty Dislocations," 2021, The Journal of Arthroplasty

Best Publications

  • Rationale of the Knee Society clinical rating system.

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  • Structural and cellular assessment of bone quality of proximal femur

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Marie-Claude Faugere;Audley M. Mackel;Thomas A. Gruen

  • Cervical spine fusion in rheumatoid arthritis.

    C S Ranawat;P O'Leary;P Pellicci;P Tsairis

  • Impingement with total hip replacement.

    Aamer Malik;Aditya Maheshwari;Lawrence D. Dorr

  • Combined Anteversion Technique for Total Hip Arthroplasty

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Aamer Malik;Manish Dastane;Zhinian Wan

  • Total hip arthroplasty in protrusio acetabuli of rheumatoid arthritis.

    C S Ranawat;L D Dorr;A E Inglis

  • Minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty development, early results, and a critical analysis

    Daniel J. Berry;Richard A. Berger;John J. Callaghan;Lawrence D. Dorr

  • Classification and treatment of dislocations of total hip arthroplasty.

    L D Dorr;A W Wolf;R Chandler;J P Conaty

  • Technical considerations in total knee arthroplasty.

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Richard A. Boiardo

  • Clinical performance of a Durasul highly cross-linked polyethylene acetabular liner for total hip arthroplasty at five years.

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Zhinian Wan;Cambize Shahrdar;Leighellen Sirianni

  • Long-term results of cemented total hip arthroplasty in patients 45 years old or younger. A 16-year follow-up study.

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Thomas J. Kane;J.Pierce Conaty

  • Functional comparison of posterior cruciate-retained versus cruciate-sacrificed total knee arthroplasty.

    L D Dorr;J L Ochsner;J Gronley;J Perry

  • Early pain relief and function after posterior minimally invasive and conventional total hip arthroplasty. A prospective, randomized, blinded study.

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Aditya V. Maheshwari;William T. Long;Zhinian Wan

  • Treatment of femoral neck fractures with total hip replacement versus cemented and noncemented hemiarthroplasty.

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Ronald Glousman;Andrew L. Sew Hoy;Richard Vanis

  • Predictability of Acetabular Component Angular Change with Postural Shift from Standing to Sitting Position.

    Vaibhav Kanawade;Lawrence D Dorr;Zhinian Wan

  • Complications with hydroxyapatite particulate separation in total hip arthroplasty.

    Roy D. Bloebaum;David Beeks;Lawrence D. Dorr;Carlton G. Savory

  • Imaging and Navigation Measurement of Acetabular Component Position in THA

    Zhinian Wan;Aamer Malik;Branislav Jaramaz;Lisa Chao

  • Hip Offset in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Quantitative Measurement with Navigation

    Manish Dastane;Lawrence D. Dorr;Rupesh Tarwala;Zhinian Wan

  • Histologic, biochemical, and ion analysis of tissue and fluids retrieved during total hip arthroplasty.

    Lawrence D. Dorr;Roy Bloebaum;Janson Emmanual;Russell Meldrum

  • The Influence of Acetabular Component Position on Wear in Total Hip Arthroplasty

    Zhinian Wan;Myriam Boutary;Lawrence D. Dorr

Frequent Co-Authors

Chitranjan S. Ranawat
Chitranjan S. Ranawat Hospital for Special Surgery
John J. Callaghan
John J. Callaghan University of Iowa
Richard D. Scott
Richard D. Scott Harvard University
Jacquelin Perry
Jacquelin Perry University of Southern California
John N. Insall
John N. Insall Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas P. Sculco
Thomas P. Sculco Hospital for Special Surgery
Daniel J. Berry
Daniel J. Berry Mayo Clinic
Arlen D. Hanssen
Arlen D. Hanssen Mayo Clinic
Cecil H. Rorabeck
Cecil H. Rorabeck University of Western Ontario
Robert J. Schneider
Robert J. Schneider New York University

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