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Research Curriculum

  • Fellows complete their training with a project of publishable quality 
  • Research is highlighted at a symposium each summer 
  • Below are some example publications from recent fellows: 
    • Vohra SF, Beck JH, Barrett PC, Bravo CJ, Apel PJ. Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Distal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Mar 6;11(3):e4848. PMID: 36891567 
    • Frazier MC, Tomooka LBH, Foeger N, Hagan HJ, Apel PJ. Including a Vessel Loop in Wound Closure Facilitates Suture Removal Following Open Carpal Tunnel Release. Hand (N Y). 2023 Jan;18(1_suppl):84S-90S. Epub 2022 Jun 5. PMID: 35658685 

  • The Hand Faculty at Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion value scholarly activity. Please see a list below of faculty hand surgery publications from the last five years: 

     

  1. Provision of a Home-Based Video-Assisted Therapy Program Is Noninferior to In-Person Hand Therapy After Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty. Barrett PC, Hackley DT, Yu-Shan AA, Shumate TG, Larson KG, Deneault CR, Bravo CJ, Peterman NJ, Apel PJ. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Apr 17;106(8):674-680.  PMID: 38608035 
  2. Industry Sponsorship Bias in Collagenase Clinical Trials for Dupuytren Disease: A Meta-analysis. Gray KM, Khatiwada P, Capito AE. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Apr 1;92(4):389-394.  PMID: 38527344 
  3. Impact of High-Fidelity Microvascular Surgery Simulation on Resident Training. Joy MT, Applebaum MA, Anderson WM, Serletti JM, Capito AE. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2024 Mar;40(3):211-216.  PMID: 37315933
  4. Primary Total Elbow Arthroplasty, Is There A Correlation Between Smoking and Postoperative Complications? A Retrospective Review of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database, Chenault PK, Hendrix CG, Peterman NJ, Schmitt MW, Beck JH, Hackley DT, Vest MO, Bravo CJ. Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES. 2024 Mar 1;34:68-74. doi:10.1053/j.sart.2023.08.011
  5. What Is a Surgical Site Infection After Carpal Tunnel Release? Sandefur EP, Beck JH, Vest MO, Yu-Shan AA, Vaughn NH, Apel PJ. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 Feb 1:S0363-5023(24)00002-9.  PMID: 38300192
  6. Factors That Influence Blood Loss Requiring Transfusion in Total Elbow Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study Using ACS-NSQIP Database, Chenault PK, Peterman NJ, Hendrix CG, Schmitt MW, Sandefur EP, Hackley DT, Vest MO, Bravo CJ. Seminars in Arthroplasty: JSES. 2024 Feb 1; doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2024.01.004. 
  7. Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Primer for Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgeons. Apel PJ, Peterman NJ, Sandefur EP, Bravo CJ. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 Jan 11:S0363-5023(23)00646-9. PMID: 38219088
  8. Osteocutaneous Radial Forearm Flap: Harvest Technique and Prophylactic Volar Locked Plating. Capito AE, Hansen BK, Schmitt MW, Beck JH, Cripe BA, Apel PJ. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Nov 27;11(11):e5449.  PMID: 38025608 
  9. The effect of operative time on surgical-site infection following total shoulder arthroplasty. Schmitt MW, Chenault PK, Samuel LT, Apel PJ, Bravo CJ, Tuttle JR. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2023 Nov;32(11):2371-2375.  PMID: 37327990
  10. Changes in Management at the Postoperative Visit After In-Office Wide Awake Local Anesthetic No Tourniquet Carpal Tunnel Release. Beck JH, Sandefur EP, Vest MO, Yu-Shan AA, Peterman N, Apel PJ. J Hand Surg Am. 2023 Nov 26:S0363-5023(23)00550-6. PMID: 38010235 
  11. The Clinical Outcomes of Radiocapitellar Reconstruction With Radiocapitellar Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sandefur EP, Hansen BK, Hackley DT, Schmitt MW, Beck JH, Bravo CJ. J Shoulder Elb Arthroplast. 2023 Sep 6;7:24715492231199339. PMID: 37692057
  12. On the Road Again: Return to Driving Following Minor Hand Surgery. Frazier MC, Hackley DT, Locklear TM, Badger AE, Apel PJ. Hand (N Y). 2023 Sep;18(6):918-924. PMID: 35249406
  13. What Factors Influence Variability in Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty Care? A Survey of ASSH Members. Barrett PC, Hackley DT, Lockhart ES, Yu-Shan AA, Bravo CJ, Apel PJ. Hand (N Y). 2023 Aug 14:15589447231188454. PMID: 37575026 
  14. Predictors of Mortality and Revision Following Digital Amputation for Infection and Necrosis. Apel PJ, Cripe BA, Schmitt MW, Orfield NJ, Lozano AJ, Hanlon AL, Capito AE. J Hand Surg Am. 2023 May;48(5):460-467. PMID: 36932011
  15. Design, Control, and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Robotic Glove System for Patients With Brachial Plexus Injuries, Xu W, Guo Y, Bravo C, Ben-Tzvi P. IEEE Transactions On Robotics. 2023 Apr 1;39:1637-1652. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2022.3220973.
  16. Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Distal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis. Vohra SF, Beck JH, Barrett PC, Bravo CJ, Apel PJ. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Mar 6;11(3):e4848. PMID: 36891567 
  17. Including a Vessel Loop in Wound Closure Facilitates Suture Removal Following Open Carpal Tunnel Release. Frazier MC, Tomooka LBH, Foeger N, Hagan HJ, ApelPJ. Hand (N Y). 2023 Jan;18(1_suppl):84S-90S.  PMID: 35658685
  18. Patients Who Undergo Rotator Cuff Repair Can Safely Return to Driving at 2 Weeks Postoperatively. Badger AE, Samuel LT, Tegge AN, Metrey M, Perez MA, Tuttle JR, Apel PJ. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Sep 21;104(18):1639-1648. PMID: 35866652
  19. Distal Radius Fractures and Bone Health: A Survey of Hand Surgeons. Vaughn NH, Danelson KA, Henry K, Lake AF, Graves BR. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2022 Fall;31(3):155-160. PMID: 36413161
  20. Immobilization and Hand Therapy After Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review. Barrett PC, Hackley DT, Samuel LT, Apel PJ. J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2022 Jul 7;4(5):255-262.  PMID: 36157304 
  21. Patients undergoing surgical treatment for low-energy distal radius fractures are more likely to receive a referral and participate in a fracture liaison service program. Vaughn N, Akelman M, Marenghi N, Lake AF, Graves BR. Arch Osteoporos. 2022 Jul 19;17(1):96. doi: 10.1007/s11657-022-01122-9. PMID: 35854058 
  22. Personalized Voice Activated Grasping System for a Robotic Exoskeleton Glove. Guo Y, Xu W, Pradhan S, Bravo C, Ben-Tzvi P. Mechatronics. 2022 May 1;83. doi: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2022.102745.
  23. The Utility of Preoperative HbA1c as a Standardized Protocol in Elective Carpal Tunnel Release: A Retrospective Review of Clinical Outcomes. Collins PS, Apel PJ, Truong AY, Zarei M, Lozano AJ, Capito AE. Hand (N Y). 2022 Mar;17(2):224-230.  PMID: 32447994
  24. An ultrashort video can teach residents to perform a fingertip injury repair, Alshawkani YY, Orfield NJ, Samuel LT, Kuehl DR, Hagan HJ, Apel PJ. AEM Educ Train. 2022 Feb 1;6(1):e10713.  PMID: 35112037 
  25. Fortuitous Eradication of an Aggressive Basal Cell Carcinoma Via Foreign Body Reaction to a Polyurethane Vacuum-Assisted Closure Sponge. Wenzel AN, Apel PJ, Gosnell HL, Grider DJ. Am J Dermatopathol. 2021 Oct 1;43(10):740-745.  PMID: 33534210
  26. Data Driven Calibration and Control of Compact Lightweight Series Elastic Actuators for Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves, Guo Y, Xu W, Pradhan S, Bravo C, Ben-Tzvi P. IEEE Sensors Journal. 2021 Oct 1;21: 21120-21130. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3101143. PMID: 35422676. 
  27. Neonatal Forearm Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Intrauterine Brachiocephalic Arterial Thrombosis: A Case Report. Apel PJ, Schulkers KM, Bravo CJ, Thompson Orfield NJ. JBJS Case Connect. 2021 Mar 5;11(1).  PMID: 33707401
  28. Identification of Microsurgical Suture Needles in the Hand Using Plain Radiographs. Bustos F, Lanham NS, Orfield NJ, Apel PJ, Mierisch CM.J Surg Orthop Adv. 2020 Winter;29(4):230-233. PMID: 33416483 
  29. Modeled Wide-Awake, Local-Anesthetic, No-Tourniquet Surgical Procedures Do Not Impair Driving Fitness: An Experimental On-Road Noninferiority Study. Thompson Orfield NJ, Badger AE, Tegge AN, Davoodi M, Perez MA, Apel PJ. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Sep 16;102(18):1616-1622. PMID: 32544121 
  30. A Novel Design of a Robotic Glove System for Patients with Brachial Plexus Injuries, Guo Y, Xu W, Pradhan S, Bravo C, Ben-Tzvi P. Proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC. 2020 August 16-19; St. Louis, MO. 
  31. Integrated and Configurable Voice Activation and Speaker Verification System for a Robotic Exoskeleton Glove, Guo Y, Xu W, Pradhan S, Bravo C, Ben-Tzvi P. Proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC. 2020 August 16-19; St. Louis, MO.
  32. Management of Revisions Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty, Goldman BH, Halpern AL, Deal MJ, Richey BP, Mason EM, Gupta HO, Callegari J, Bravo CJ. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty. 2020 Feb 27;4. https://doi.org/10.1177/2471549220902296
  33. New Long-Term Opioid Prescription-Filling Behavior Arising in the 15 Months After Orthopaedic Surgery. Orfield NJ, Gaddis A, Russell KB, Hartman DW, Apel PJ, Mierisch C. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Feb 19;102(4):332-339.  PMID: 31851029
  34. Intraneural Peroneal Ganglion Cyst Excision in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report. Apel PJ, Zielinski JA, Grider DJ, Brown RD, Orfield NJ. JBJS Case Connect. 2020 Jan-Mar;10(1):e0272.  PMID: 32044771
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