RECENT Publications by Mark Vrahas, MD

1. Skin Antisepsis before Surgical Fixation of Extremity Fractures.

   PREP-IT Investigators; Sprague S, Slobogean G, Wells JL, O'Hara NN, Thabane L, Mullins CD, Harris AD, Wood A, Viskontas D, Apostle KL, O'Toole RV, Joshi M, Johal H, Al-Asiri J, Hymes RA, Gaski GE, Pilson HT, Carroll EA, Babcock S, Halvorson JJ, Romeo NM, Matson CA, Higgins TF, Marchand LS, Bergin PF, Morellato J, Van Demark RE 3rd, Potter GD, Gitajn IL, Chang G, Phelps KD, Kempton LB, Karunakar M, Jaeblon T, Demyanovich HK, Domes CM, Kuhn GR, Reilly RM, Gage MJ, Weaver MJ, von Keudell AG, Heng M, McTague MF, Alnasser A, Mehta S, Donegan DJ, Natoli RM, Szatkowski J, Scott AN, Shannon SF, Jeray KJ, Tanner SL, Marmor MT, Matityahu A, Fowler JT, Pierrie SN, Beltran MJ, Thomson CG, Lin CA, Moon CN, Scolaro JA, Amirhekmat A, Leonard J, Pogorzelski D, Bzovsky S, Heels-Ansdell D, Szasz OP, Gallant JL, Della Rocca GJ, Zura RD, Hebden JN, Patterson JT, Lee C, O'Hara LM, Marvel D, Palmer JE, Friedrich J, D'Alleyrand JG, Rivera JC, Mossuto F, Schrank GM, Guyatt G, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M; The PREP-IT Investigators.N Engl J Med. 2024 Feb 1;390(5):409-420. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2307679. PMID: 38294973

2. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement in Orthopaedic Trauma.

   Jayakumar P, Heng M, Okelana B, Vrahas M, Rodriguez-Villalon A, Joeris A.J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 Oct 15;31(20):e906-e919. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00375. Epub 2023 Jun 6. PMID: 37796280

3. Using bookmarking methods with orthopedic clinicians and patients with fractures produces score interpretation labels for patient-reported outcome measures.

   Rothrock NE, Wilson SA, Heng M, Hodor A, Joeris A, Kaat AJ, McKelvey K, Schalet BD, Vrahas M.Qual Life Res. 2023 Oct;32(10):2779-2787. doi: 10.1007/s11136-023-03439-5. Epub 2023 May 25. PMID: 37227662 Free PMC article.

4. Association of Patient-Level and Hospital-Level Factors With Timely Fracture Care by Race.

   Gitajn IL, Werth P, Fernandes E, Sprague S, O'Hara NN, Bzovsky S, Marchand LS, Patterson JT, Lee C, Slobogean GP; PREP-IT Investigators.JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Nov 1;5(11):e2244357. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.44357. PMID: 36449289 Free PMC article.

5. Aqueous skin antisepsis before surgical fixation of open fractures (Aqueous-PREP): a multiple-period, cluster-randomised, crossover trial.

   PREP-IT Investigators.Lancet. 2022 Oct 15;400(10360):1334-1344. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01652-X. PMID: 36244384 Clinical Trial.

6. A pragmatic randomized trial evaluating pre-operative aqueous antiseptic skin solutions in open fractures (Aqueous-PREP): statistical analysis plan.

   O'Hara NN, Heels-Ansdell D, Bzovsky S, Dodds S, Thabane L, Bhandari M, Guyatt G, Devereaux PJ, Slobogean GP, Sprague S; PREP-IT Investigators.Trials. 2022 Sep 12;23(1):772. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06541-0. PMID: 36096826 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

7. Amyloid Deposition: An Unusual Case of Deep Gluteal Syndrome and Sciatic Nerve Compression: A Case Report.

   Parikh HB, Matcuk GR, Leong M, Vrahas MS, Seruya M.JBJS Case Connect. 2022 Jul 13;12(3). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.22.00075. eCollection 2022 Jul 1. PMID: 35833642

8. Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the geriatric research gap Delphi survey.

   Joseph B, Saljuqi AT, Phuong J, Shipper E, Braverman MA, Bixby PJ, Price MA, Barraco RD, Cooper Z, Jarman M, Lack W, Lueckel S, Pivalizza E, Bulger E; Geriatric Trauma Panel.J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Aug 1;93(2):209-219. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003626. Epub 2022 Apr 8. PMID: 35393380

9. Preoperative Transcutaneous Oxygen Perfusion Measurements in Predicting Atraumatic Wound Healing After Major Lower Extremity Amputation.

   Noori N, Haruno L, Schroeder I, Vrahas M, Little M, Moon C, Lin C.Orthopedics. 2022 May-Jun;45(3):174-180. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20220128-05. Epub 2022 Feb 3. PMID: 35112967 Review.

10. Home-based virtual reality for chronic pain: protocol for an NIH-supported randomised-controlled trial.

    Birckhead B, Eberlein S, Alvarez G, Gale R, Dupuy T, Makaroff K, Fuller G, Liu X, Yu KS, Black JT, Ishimori M, Venuturupalli S, Tu J, Norris T, Tighiouart M, Ross L, McKelvey K, Vrahas M, Danovitch I, Spiegel B.BMJ Open. 2021 Jun 15;11(6):e050545. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050545. PMID: 34130965 Free PMC article.

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