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Merrill A. Ritter

Merrill A. Ritter

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D-Index
88
Citations
23775
World Ranking
13330
National Ranking
6780

Overview

Merrill A. Ritter is affiliated with the Foundation Center in the United States and has contributed research primarily in the fields of medicine and dentistry. Their work spans various subfields including oral surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, surgery, pharmacology, and cognitive neuroscience. The focus of their studies involves clinical and biomedical aspects related to spine and intervertebral disc pathology, scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain management and placebo effect, empathy and medical education, pediatric pain management techniques, as well as the application of lasers in dentistry and medicine.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • A Muscle-Driven Spine Model for Predictive Simulations in the Design of Spinal Implants and Lumbar Orthoses, 2025, published in Bioengineering
  • Talking placebo: a qualitative study of patients' attitudes toward open-label placebo implementation into clinical practice, 2025, published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Feasibility of atraumatic extractions with surgical lasers: A pilot study in porcine jaws, 2025, published in Journal of Dentistry

Ritter frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Robin Remus
  • Andreas Lipphaus
  • Marc Neumann
  • Beate Bender
  • Antje Frey Nascimento

Their studies have appeared in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Bioengineering
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Dentistry

Best Publications

  • Predicting range of motion after total knee arthroplasty. Clustering, log-linear regression, and regression tree analysis.

    Merrill A Ritter;Leesa D Harty;Kenneth E Davis;John B Meding

  • Morbidly obese, diabetic, younger, and unilateral joint arthroplasty patients have elevated total joint arthroplasty infection rates.

    Robert A. Malinzak;Merrill A. Ritter;Michael E. Berend;John B. Meding

  • Why Are Total Knees Failing Today? Etiology of Total Knee Revision in 2010 and 2011

    William C. Schroer;Keith R. Berend;Adolph V. Lombardi;C. Lowry Barnes

  • Proximal tibial osteotomy. A survivorship analysis.

    Merrill A. Ritter;Robert A. Fechtman

  • Long-term followup of anatomic graduated components posterior cruciate-retaining total knee replacement.

    Merrill Ritter;Michael Berend;John Meding;E. Keating

  • Unwashed filtered shed blood collected after knee and hip arthroplasties. A source of autologous red blood cells.

    P M Faris;M A Ritter;E M Keating;C R Valeri

  • Impaction Bone-Grafting before Insertion of a Femoral Stem with Cement in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. A Minimum Two-Year Follow-up Study*

    John B. Meding;Merrill A. Ritter;E. Michael Keating;Philip M. Faris

  • Radiolucency at the Bone-Cement Interface in Total Knee Replacement. The Effects of Bone-Surface Preparation and Cement Technique.

    M A Ritter;S A Herbst;E M Keating;P M Faris

  • Comparative outcomes of total joint arthroplasty

    Merrill A. Ritter;Marjorie J. Albohm;E. Michael Keating;Philip M. Faris

  • Simultaneous Bilateral, Staged Bilateral, and Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Survival Analysis

    Merrill A Ritter;Leesa D Harty;Kenneth E Davis;John B Meding

  • The role of flexion contracture on outcomes in primary total knee arthroplasty.

    Merrill A. Ritter;Joseph D. Lutgring;Kenneth E. Davis;Michael E. Berend

  • The effect of total hip arthroplasty surgical approach on gait

    Michael S. Madsen;Merrill A. Ritter;Harold H. Morris;John B. Meding

  • Long-term survival analysis of a posterior cruciate-retaining total condylar total knee arthroplasty.

    Ritter Ma;Herbst Sa;Keating Em;Faris Pm

  • Long-term followup of nonmodular total knee replacements.

    E. Michael Keating;John B. Meding;Philip M. Faris;Merrill A. Ritter

  • Predictors of Transfusion Risk in Elective Knee Surgery

    E. Keating;John Meding;Philip Faris;Merrill Ritter

  • Early failure of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty leading to revision.

    Thomas J. Aleto;Thomas J. Aleto;Michael E. Berend;Merrill A. Ritter;Philip M. Faris

  • Closed wound drainage in total hip or total knee replacement. A prospective, randomized study.

    M A Ritter;E M Keating;P M Faris

  • Anterior femoral notching and ipsilateral supracondylar femur fracture in total knee arthroplasty.

    Merrill A. Ritter;Philip M. Faris;E. Michael Keating

  • The clinical effect of gender on outcome of total knee arthroplasty.

    Merrill A. Ritter;Jennifer T. Wing;Michael E. Berend;Kenneth E. Davis

  • Effect of range of motion on the success of a total knee arthroplasty

    Merrill A. Ritter;Elaine D. Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford W. Colwell
Clifford W. Colwell Scripps Health
Chitranjan S. Ranawat
Chitranjan S. Ranawat Hospital for Special Surgery
Michael A. Mont
Michael A. Mont Cleveland Clinic
Lawrence D. Dorr
Lawrence D. Dorr University of Southern California
John J. Callaghan
John J. Callaghan University of Iowa
Arlen D. Hanssen
Arlen D. Hanssen Mayo Clinic
Robert E. Booth
Robert E. Booth University of Colorado Denver
William H. Harris
William H. Harris Massachusetts General Hospital
Daniel T. Lackland
Daniel T. Lackland Medical University of South Carolina

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