Assistant Chief of Staff Texas Scottish Rite Hospital; Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Orthopaedic Surgery

Karl Rathjen practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He over the years received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Super Doctor". Karl E. Rathjen is a published doctor as well. He has 20 publications published. The latest was: Subtalar staple arthroereisis for planovalgus foot deformity in children with neuromuscular disease.

Publications

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• Genomic analyses of patients with unexplained early onset Scoliosis.
• Serial Casting as a Delay Tactic in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Early-onset Scoliosis.
• PEDIATRIC CERVICAL KYPHOSIS: A COMPARISON OF ARTHRODESIS TECHNIQUES.
• Asymmetrical arthrogryposis of the upper extremity associated with congenital Spine anomalies.
• Guided growth for the correction of pediatric lower limb angular deformity.
• Treatment of adolescent tibia vara with hemiepiphysiodesis: risk factors for failure.
• Prone thoracoscopic release does not adversely affect pulmonary function when added to a posterior Spinal fusion for severe spine deformity.
• A comparison of two nonoperative methods of idiopathic clubfoot correction: the Ponseti method and the French functional (physiotherapy) method.
• Neuropathic lower extremity Pain following Dunn-McCarthy instrumentation.
• Opinion survey regarding pediatric orthopaedic trauma call and emergency trauma management.
• Stainless steel flexible intramedullary fixation of unstable femoral shaft fractures in children.
• Open iliac wing fracture caused by penetrating injury from a bicycle handlebar.
• Metachondromatosis and avascular necrosis of the femoral head: a radiographic and histologic correlation.
• Kyphectomy improves sitting and skin problems in patients with myelomeningocele.
• Clinical and radiographic results after implant removal in idiopathic Scoliosis.
• Volkmann contracture and compartment syndromes after femur fractures in children treated with 90/90 spica casts.
• Subtalar staple arthroereisis for planovalgus foot deformity in children with neuromuscular disease.
• Calcaneal-cuboid-cuneiform osteotomy for the correction of valgus foot Deformities in children.
• Mutations responsible for Larsen syndrome cluster in the FLNB protein.

Schools

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• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Joint Drainage
• Steroid Injection

Conditions Treated

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• Ataxia
• Back Pain
• Bursitis
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor
• Super Doctor

Education

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• University of California San Diego
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Hospital

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• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Children's Health System of Texas

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