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Resident Research
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St. Mary’s Medical Center collaborates with the University of California, San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital Biomechanical Testing Facility under the direction of
Jenni Buckley, PhD.
The Biomechanical Testing Facility conducts high quality research that leads to advancement in basic scientific knowledge and clinical applications in Orthopaedics. The laboratory has extensive expertise in the area of in vitro biomechanical testing, with projects ranging from describing the three-dimensional motion of the spine following total disc replacement to testing the strength of various lower limb fracture fixation constructs.
A bio-skills laboratory with arthroscopy models training, suture, and saw bone/bone reconstruction equipment is available at St. Mary’s at all times.
PGY levels 2-5 residents are given a four-week rotation during their St. Mary’s Medical Center rotation. The research curriculum is structured such that progress is measured and presented at PGY levels 2-5 under the direction of Jenni Buckley, PhD.
Each resident is required to conduct and finish two research projects by the completion of the residency program. One of the projects must be submission to a peer-review journal. The additional research project can be submitted to a second peer-review journal or a podium or poster presentation at a regional, national or international meeting.
Residents must also attend a monthly Resident Research meeting with the Research Director and Academic Research Coordinator.
The following are deadlines to completion:
Either a presentation/poster must be submitted, or, a clinical project / biomechanics/basic science project must have data collection underway and submitted to the Research Director no later than 60 days prior to the date of the Annual AAOS Meeting at the PGY-3 year.
All research requirements must be completed and submitted, or presented no later than 60 days prior to the date of the Annual AAOS Meeting in the PGY-5 year.
Failure to meet required deadlines will eliminate the privilege of attendance at the specified Annual Meeting.
Recent past and current research project titles include:
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Insertion Loads of the X STOP Interspinous Process Decompression System Designed to Treat Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication
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The Effect of an Interspinous Process Implant on Fact Loading During Extension.
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Treatment Mechanism of an Interspinous Process Implant for Lumbar Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication
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The Effects of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty on ACL Strain and AP Laxity.
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A Biomechanical Comparison of Intact Tendon with Two Tenodesis Techniques (American Journal of Sports Medicine June 2006)
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A 4-year prospective study of infection after arthroscopic knee surgery in the community orthopaedic surgical setting
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The Functional outcome of LTRI for the Treatment of Basal Joint Disease
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Evaluation of the Accuracy and Use of X-Ray Markers in Digital Templating for Total Hip Arthroplasty
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Achilles Allograft Reconstruction for Recurrent Dislocation in Total Hip Replacement
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A Unique Myotendinous Avulsion Injury of the Achilles Tendon
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Validation of a Simple Laser-guided system for Prescribing Acetabular Cup Inclination Angle in Total Hip Arthroplasty
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Lower Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Survival Rate Among 27,327 Primary TKA’s.
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Isthmic Spondylolisthesis: Classification, Surgical Management, Current Evidence and Controversies
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The Role of Opiod Agonist for Chondrocyte Preservation in the Storage of Osteochondrai Allografts
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The Z-Capsulorraphy Method to Reduce Early dislocations in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: A clinical and Biomechanical Study
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Relative Strength of Thoracic Vertebrae in Axial Compression versus Flexation
For any project accepted for presentation at a conference, travel, air-fare to the conference, hotel accommodations, and meal expenses may be funded by the program with pre-authorization from the Program Director.