Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UCSF
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Thomas P. Vail, MD
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Thomas P. Vail works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Thomas P. Vail, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 101 publications published. The latest was: The effect of hip stem material modulus on surface strain in human femora.
Publications
- The Use of Hyaluronic Acid and Corticosteroid Injections Among Medicare Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.
- Metal artifact suppression at the hip: diagnostic performance at 3.0Â T versus 1.5 Tesla.
- Erratum to: Metal artifact suppression at the hip: diagnostic performance at 3.0Â T versus 1.5 Tesla.
- Comparative Epidemiology of Revision Arthroplasty: Failed THA Poses Greater Clinical and Economic Burdens Than Failed TKA.
- Trends in Hip Arthroscopy Utilization in the United States.
- Causes and Frequency of Unplanned Hospital Readmission After Total Hip Arthroplasty.
- Bundled Payments in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Targeting Opportunities for Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction.
- Risk Factors for Early Revision After Primary TKA in Medicare Patients.
- Risk Factors for Early Revision After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty in Medicare Patients.
- Regional variations in MR relaxation of hip Joint cartilage in subjects with and without femoralacetabular impingement.
- Targeted Use of Vancomycin as Perioperative Prophylaxis Reduces Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Revision TKA.
- What Are the Rates and Causes of Hospital Readmission After Total Knee Arthroplasty?
- Stair ascending and descending in hip resurfacing and large head total hip arthroplasty patients.
- Where do knee revisions for infection, Fracture, and other revisions get treated?
- The Withdrawn ASRâ¢Â THA and Hip Resurfacing Systems: How Have Our Patients Fared Over 1 to 6 Years?
- Estimating Risk in Medicare Patients With THA: An Electronic Risk Calculator for Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Mortality.
- Role of diabetes type in perioperative outcomes after hip and Knee arthroplasty in the United States.
- System dynamics to model the unintended consequences of denying payment for venous thromboembolism after total Knee arthroplasty.
- Can Tantalum Cones Provide Fixation in Complex Revision Knee Arthroplasty?
- Morbidity of direct MR arthrography.
- Hip resurfacing.
- Commentary on an article by Joseph F. Styron, PhD, et al.: "Preoperative predictors of returning to work following primary total Knee arthroplasty".
- The influence of procedure volumes and standardization of care on quality and efficiency in total Joint replacement surgery.
- Does aspirin have a role in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in total Knee arthroplasty patients?
- Gait Symmetry A Comparison of Hip Resurfacing and Jumbo Head Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients.
- Do the potential benefits of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing justify the increased cost and risk of Complications?
- Risk of complication and revision total hip arthroplasty among Medicare patients with different bearing surfaces.
- Editorial: a paucity of women among residents, faculty, and chairpersons in orthopaedic surgery.
- The epidemiology of revision total Knee arthroplasty in the United States.
- Activity scale for arthroplasty patients after total hip arthroplasty.
- Hip resurfacing after failed free vascularized fibular graft.
- Posterior capsular injections of ropivacaine during total Knee arthroplasty: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
- Approaches in primary total hip arthroplasty.
- Hip resurfacing: patient and treatment options.
- The impact of glycemic control and diabetes mellitus on perioperative outcomes after total Joint arthroplasty.
- The epidemiology of bearing surface usage in total hip arthroplasty in the United States.
- The epidemiology of revision total hip arthroplasty in the United States.
- Position of hip resurfacing component affects strain and resistance to Fracture in the femoral neck.
- The impact of diabetes on perioperative patient outcomes after total hip and total Knee arthroplasty in the United States.
- Advances in orthopaedic outcomes research.
- Results of contralateral total Knee arthroplasty in patients with a history of stiff total Knee arthroplasty.
- Viscoelastic properties of human mesenchymally-derived stem cells and primary osteoblasts, chondrocytes, and adipocytes.
- Minimal incision total hip arthroplasty.
- Effect of changing indications and techniques on total hip resurfacing.
- Cryotherapy temperature differences after total Knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized trial.
- Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing compares favorably with THA at 2 years followup.
- Comprehensive morphologic evaluation of the hip in patients with symptomatic labral Tear.
- Gender, racial, and ethnic Disclosure in NIH K-Award funded diabetes and obesity clinical trials.
- Validation of a Spanish version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire (SMFA).
- Regional anesthesia in hip surgery.
- Dehydroascorbate transport in human chondrocytes is regulated by hypoxia and is a physiologically relevant source of ascorbic acid in the Joint.
- Articular cartilage degeneration in post-collapse osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Radiographic staging, macroscopic grading, and histologic changes.
- Cartilage degeneration in post-collapse cases of osteonecrosis of the human femoral head: altered mechanical properties in tension, compression, and shear.
- Medicolegal aspects of hip and Knee arthroplasty.
- Minimally invasive Knee arthroplasty.
- Comorbid illness affects hospital costs related to hip arthroplasty: quantification of health status and implications for fair reimbursement and surgeon comparisons.
- A prospective randomized trial of cemented femoral components with polished versus grit-blasted surface finish and identical stem geometry.
- Provider Volume of Total Knee Arthroplasties and Patient Outcomes in the HCUP-Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
- Alterations in the mechanical properties of the human chondrocyte pericellular matrix with osteoarthritis.
- Hip arthroplasty after failed free vascularized fibular grafting for osteonecrosis in young patients.
- The effects of varus tibial alignment on proximal tibial surface strain in total Knee arthroplasty: The posteromedial hot spot.
- Chondropathy after Meniscal tear or partial meniscectomy in a canine model.
- Revision of the stiff total Knee arthroplasty.
- Synovial fluid biomarker levels predict articular cartilage damage following complete medial meniscectomy in the canine Knee.
- Lack of radiographic loosening signs in a hip resurfacing that failed by stem Fracture.
- Changes in whole blood metal ion levels following resurfacing: serial measurements in a multi-centre study.
- Chondrocyte transport and concentration of ascorbic acid is mediated by SVCT2.
- Clinical experience with metal-on-metal total Joint replacements: indications and results.
- Development rationale for an articular surface replacement: a science-based evolution.
- Association of bone scintigraphic abnormalities with knee malalignment and Pain.
- Regional material properties of the human hip Joint capsule ligaments.
- Interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin-17 synergistically up-regulate nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 production in explants of human osteoarthr...
- Hip arthroscopy in the adolescent and pediatric athlete.
- Tensile properties of articular cartilage are altered by meniscectomy in a canine model of osteoarthritis.
- Biomechanical factors in tissue engineered Meniscal repair.
- Longitudinal characterization of synovial fluid biomarkers in the canine meniscectomy model of osteoarthritis.
- Simultaneous changes in the mechanical properties, quantitative collagen organization, and proteoglycan concentration of articular cartilage following canine meniscect...
- Validity of photoelastic strain measurement on cadaveric proximal femora.
- Knee arthrodesis with circular external fixation.
- The relationship between diagnosis and outcome in arthroscopy of the hip.
- Patient satisfaction and effectiveness of lumbar plexus and sciatic nerve block for total Knee arthroplasty.
- Long-term functional results in patients with anterolateral rotatory instability treated by iliotibial band transfer.
- Hematogenous patellar osteomyelitis associated with human immunodeficiency virus.
- Treatment of pathologic Fracture of the humerus.
- Outcomes in surgical treatment of femoral neck Fracture: analysis of failures secondary to osteonecrosis.
- Graft-bone healing of a meniscus autograft anchored in bone Tunnels.
- Augmentation of Meniscal repairs with cyanoacrylate glue.
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection.
- Renal transplantation.
- Donor-site morbidity with use of vascularized autogenous fibular grafts.
- Total Knee replacement with patella magna and pagetoid patella.
- Wear particles in bilateral internal iliac lymph nodes after loosening of a Painless unilateral cemented total hip arthroplasty.
- Use of bone compaction in total Knee arthroplasty.
- Gentamicin distribution from a collagen carrier.
- Dimensions of the intercondylar notch of the Knee.
- Effects of coronally slotted femoral prostheses on cortical bone strain.
- Pharmacokinetics of a degradable drug delivery system in bone.
- The effect of hip stem material modulus on surface strain in human femora.
- Structured three-dimensional co-culture of mesenchymal stem cells with chondrocytes promotes chondrogenic differentiation without hypertrophy.
- The mechanical properties of the human hip capsule ligaments.
Schools
Loyola Univ Of Chicago Stritch Sch Of Med
Duke University Med Center
Duke Univeristy Med Center
North AmericanEuropean Traveling Program
California Orthopaedic Association
Procedures Preformed
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
- Foot and Ankle Fracture Treatment, Open
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Conditions Treated
- Ankle Fracture
- Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
- Ataxia
- Back Pain
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Duke University Hospital -
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
UCSF Medical Center
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