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Shawn W. O'Driscoll

Shawn W. O'Driscoll

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
30650
World Ranking
10922
National Ranking
5619

Overview

Shawn W. O'Driscoll is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of medicine, with 178 publications. Their work extensively covers several subfields including surgery, rehabilitation, epidemiology, rheumatology, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

Their main research topics revolve around elbow and forearm trauma treatment, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, and shoulder injury and treatment. Additional thematic areas include orthopedic infections and treatments, shoulder and clavicle injuries, musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments, and bone fractures and treatments.

The scientist has contributed to multiple frequent publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (19 publications)
  • JSES International (8 publications)
  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (5 publications)
  • Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (3 publications)
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine (3 publications)

O'Driscoll has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors such as Mark E. Morrey, Joaquín Sánchez-Sotelo, James S. Fitzsimmons, Christopher L. Camp, and Jonathan D. Barlow.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Shawn W. O'Driscoll include:

  • Capitellar Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesions of the Elbow: A Systematic Review of Osteochondral Graft Reconstruction Options, 2020, Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
  • A review of the surgical management of distal humerus fractures and nonunions: From fixation to arthroplasty, 2021, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
  • Establishing the learning curve for elbow arthroscopy: surgeon and trainee perspectives on number of cases needed and optimal methods for acquiring skill, 2020, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
  • Radial Head Replacement for Acute Radial Head Fractures: Outcome and Survival of Three Implant Designs With and Without Cement Fixation, 2021, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • A coronoid-centric classification system of proximal trans-ulnar fracture-dislocations has almost perfect intraobserver and interobserver agreement, 2023, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Best Publications

  • Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow.

    S W O'Driscoll;D F Bell;B F Morrey

  • Current Concepts Review - The Healing and Regeneration of Articular Cartilage*

    Shawn W. O'driscoll

  • Durability of regenerated articular cartilage produced by free autogenous periosteal grafts in major full-thickness defects in joint surfaces under the influence of continuous passive motion. A follow-up report at one year.

    S W O'Driscoll;F W Keeley;R B Salter

  • Elbow subluxation and dislocation. A spectrum of instability.

    Shawn W. O'driscoll;Bernard F. Morrey;Sarah Korinek;Kai-nan An

  • Difficult elbow fractures: pearls and pitfalls.

    Shawn W. O'Driscoll;Jesse B. Jupiter;Mark S. Cohen;David Ring

  • The chondrogenic potential of free autogenous periosteal grafts for biological resurfacing of major full-thickness defects in joint surfaces under the influence of continuous passive motion. An experimental investigation in the rabbit.

    S W O'Driscoll;F W Keeley;R B Salter

  • Complications of elbow arthroscopy

    Edward W. Kelly;Bernard F. Morrey;Shawn W. O'Driscoll

  • The unstable elbow.

    Shawn W. O'Driscoll;Jesse B. Jupiter;Graham J. W. King;Robert N. Hotchkiss

  • Complications of repair of the distal biceps tendon with the modified two-incision technique.

    Edward W. Kelly;Bernard F. Morrey;Shawn W. O'driscoll

  • Ligamentous reconstruction for posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow.

    B J Nestor;S W O'Driscoll;B F Morrey

  • Arthroscopy of the elbow. Diagnostic and therapeutic benefits and hazards

    S W O'Driscoll;B F Morrey

  • Combined effects of insulin-like growth factor-1 and transforming growth factor-β1 on periosteal mesenchymal cells during chondrogenesis in vitro

    T. Fukumoto;T. Fukumoto;J. W. Sperling;A. Sanyal;J. S. Fitzsimmons

  • The cubital tunnel and ulnar neuropathy

    SW O'Driscoll;E Horii;SW Carmichael;BF Morrey

  • Dynamic glenohumeral stability provided by the rotator cuff muscles in the mid-range and end-range of motion. A study in cadavera.

    Seok Beom Lee;Kyu Jung Kim;Shawn W. O'Driscoll;Bernard F. Morrey

  • Continuous passive motion (CPM): theory and principles of clinical application.

    Shawn W. O'driscoll;Nicholas J. Giori

  • The "moving valgus stress test" for medial collateral ligament tears of the elbow.

    Shawn W. M. O’Driscoll;Richard L. Lawton;Adam M. Smith

  • Radiographic assessment of ingrowth total shoulder arthroplasty

    John W. Sperling;Robert H. Cofield;Shawn W. O'Driscoll;Michael E. Torchia

  • Classification and Evaluation of Recurrent Instability of the Elbow

    Shawn W. O'Driscoll

  • Optimizing stability in distal humeral fracture fixation

    Shawn W. O’Driscoll

  • The relationship between wrist position, grasp size, and grip strength.

    Shawn W. O'Driscoll;Emiko Horii;Richard Ness;Tom D. Cahalan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Nan An
Kai Nan An Mayo Clinic
Graham J.W. King
Graham J.W. King University of Western Ontario
John W. Sperling
John W. Sperling Mayo Clinic
Michael D. McKee
Michael D. McKee University of Toronto
Jesse B. Jupiter
Jesse B. Jupiter Harvard University
Matthew W. Urban
Matthew W. Urban Mayo Clinic
Lichun Lu
Lichun Lu Mayo Clinic

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