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Richard A. Berger

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionRush University, Rush Medical College
DepartmentOrthopedic Surgery
Address1611 W. Harrison St.
Chicago IL 60612
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    1. Patel A, Egbulefu F, Berger RA, Gerlinger TL. Reevaluating isolated polyethylene revision for instability after total knee arthroplasty. Knee. 2023 Jun; 42:186-192. PMID: 37023586.
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    2. Amundsen A, Rizzo M, Berger RA, Houdek MT, Frihagen F, Moran SL. Twenty-Year Experience With Primary Distal Radioulnar Joint Arthroplasty From a Single Institution. J Hand Surg Am. 2023 01; 48(1):53-67. PMID: 35550310.
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    3. Haffar A, Krueger CA, Marullo M, Banerjee S, Dobelle E, Argenson JN, Sprenzel JF, Berger RA, Romagnoli S, Lonner JH. Staged BiCompartmental Knee Arthroplasty has Greater Functional Improvement, but Equivalent Midterm Survivorship, as Revision TKA for Progressive Osteoarthritis After Partial Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2022 07; 37(7):1260-1265. PMID: 35227809.
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    4. S Braun N, Berger RA, Wolfe SW. Defining DISI and VISI. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2021 Jun; 46(5):566-568. PMID: 33509029.
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    5. Fuller BC, Lonner JH, Berend KR, Berger RA, Gerlinger TL. Partial Knee Arthroplasty: The State of the Art. Instr Course Lect. 2021; 70:235-246. PMID: 33438913.
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    6. Pourzal R, Cip J, Rad E, Laurent MP, Berger RA, Jacobs JJ, Wimmer MA. Joint line elevation and tibial slope are associated with increased polyethylene wear in cruciate-retaining total knee replacement. J Orthop Res. 2020 07; 38(7):1596-1606. PMID: 32374428.
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    7. Darrith B, Bohl DD, Karadsheh MS, Sporer SM, Berger RA, Levine BR. Periprosthetic Fractures of the Distal Femur: Is Open Reduction and Internal Fixation or Distal Femoral Replacement Superior? J Arthroplasty. 2020 05; 35(5):1402-1406. PMID: 31924488.
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    8. Clark NJ, Munaretto N, Ivanov D, Berger RA, Kakar S. Outcomes of ulnotriquetral split tear repair: a report of 96 patients. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Dec; 44(10):1036-1040. PMID: 31550978.
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    9. Brogan DM, Berger RA, Kakar S. Ulnar-Sided Wrist Pain: A Critical Analysis Review. JBJS Rev. 2019 05; 7(5):e1. PMID: 31082935.
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    10. Gillis JA, Soreide E, Khouri JS, Kadar A, Berger RA, Moran SL. Outcomes of the Adams-Berger Ligament Reconstruction for the Distal Radioulnar Joint Instability in 95 Consecutive Cases. J Wrist Surg. 2019 Aug; 8(4):268-275. PMID: 31404256.
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    11. Shah RP, Karas V, Berger RA. Rapid Discharge and Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty Introduce a Burden of Care to the Surgeon. J Arthroplasty. 2019 07; 34(7):1307-1311. PMID: 31031153.
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    12. Spinner RJ, Mikami Y, Desy NM, Amrami KK, Berger RA. Superficial radial intraneural ganglion cysts at the wrist. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 12; 160(12):2479-2484. PMID: 30377830.
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    13. DeGeorge BR, Berger RA, Shin AY. Constrained Implant Arthroplasty for Distal Radioulnar Joint Arthrosis: Evaluation and Management of Soft Tissue Complications. J Hand Surg Am. 2019 Jul; 44(7):614.e1-614.e9. PMID: 30344019.
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    14. Frisch NB, Darrith B, Hansen DC, Wells A, Sanders S, Berger RA. Single-dose lidocaine spinal anesthesia in hip and knee arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2018 Jun; 4(2):236-239. PMID: 29896560.
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    15. Sershon RA, Tecle N, Della Valle CJ, Levine BR, Berger RA, Nam D. The Impact of an Acute, Traumatic Wound Dehiscence on Clinical Outcomes Following Primary Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2018 08; 33(8):2613-2615. PMID: 29636248.
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    16. O'Shaughnessy MA, Wagner ER, Berger RA, Kakar S. Buying Time: Long-Term Results of Wrist Denervation and Time to Repeat Surgery. Hand (N Y). 2019 09; 14(5):602-608. PMID: 29504473.
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    17. Cook DA, Blachman MJ, Price DW, West CP, Berger RA, Wittich CM. Professional Development Perceptions and Practices Among U.S. Physicians: A Cross-Specialty National Survey. Acad Med. 2017 09; 92(9):1335-1345. PMID: 28225460.
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    18. Kakar S, Breighner RE, Leng S, McCollough CH, Moran SL, Berger RA, Zhao KD. The Role of Dynamic (4D) CT in the Detection of Scapholunate Ligament Injury. J Wrist Surg. 2016 Nov; 5(4):306-310. PMID: 27777822.
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    19. Vitale MA, Brogan DM, Shin AY, Berger RA. Intra-articular Fractures of the Sigmoid Notch of the Distal Radius: Analysis of Progression to Distal Radial Ulnar Joint Arthritis and Impact on Upper Extremity Function in Surgically Treated Fractures. J Wrist Surg. 2016 Mar; 5(1):52-8. PMID: 26855837.
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    20. Berger RA, Cross MB, Sanders S. Outpatient Hip and Knee Replacement: The Experience From the First 15 Years. Instr Course Lect. 2016; 65:547-51. PMID: 27049219.
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    21. van Kampen RJ, Bayne CO, Moran SL, Berger RA. Outcomes of Capitohamate Bone-Ligament-Bone Grafts for Scapholunate Injury. J Wrist Surg. 2015 Nov; 4(4):230-8. PMID: 26539325.
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    22. Gould HP, Berger RA, Wolfe SW. The Origin and Meaning of "Intercalated Segment". J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Dec; 40(12):2471-2. PMID: 26481555.
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    23. Pasteris RJ, Hanagan MA, Bisaha JJ, Finkelstein BL, Hoffman LE, Gregory V, Andreassi JL, Sweigard JA, Klyashchitsky BA, Henry YT, Berger RA. Discovery of oxathiapiprolin, a new oomycete fungicide that targets an oxysterol binding protein. Bioorg Med Chem. 2016 Feb 01; 24(3):354-61. PMID: 26314923.
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    24. Brown NM, Murray T, Sporer SM, Wetters N, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ. Extensor mechanism allograft reconstruction for extensor mechanism failure following total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Feb 18; 97(4):279-83. PMID: 25695977.
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    25. Cook DA, Holmboe ES, Sorensen KJ, Berger RA, Wilkinson JM. Getting maintenance of certification to work: a grounded theory study of physicians' perceptions. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Jan; 175(1):35-42. PMID: 25365596.
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    26. Cross MB, Yi PY, Moric M, Sporer SM, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ. Revising an HTO or UKA to TKA: is it more like a primary TKA or a revision TKA? J Arthroplasty. 2014 Sep; 29(9 Suppl):229-31. PMID: 25015755.
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    27. Yi PH, Cross MB, Moric M, Sporer SM, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ. The 2013 Frank Stinchfield Award: Diagnosis of infection in the early postoperative period after total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Feb; 472(2):424-9. PMID: 23884798.
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    28. Cooper HJ, Sanders SA, Berger RA. Risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism associated with flying in the early postoperative period following elective total hip and knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2014 Jun; 29(6):1119-22. PMID: 24556112.
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    29. Cook DA, Sorensen KJ, Wilkinson JM, Berger RA. Barriers and decisions when answering clinical questions at the point of care: a grounded theory study. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Nov 25; 173(21):1962-9. PMID: 23979118.
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    30. Cook DA, Sorensen KJ, Hersh W, Berger RA, Wilkinson JM. Features of effective medical knowledge resources to support point of care learning: a focus group study. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e80318. PMID: 24282535.
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    31. Biswas D, Van Thiel GS, Wetters NG, Pack BJ, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ. Medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in patients less than 55 years old: minimum of two years of follow-up. J Arthroplasty. 2014 Jan; 29(1):101-5. PMID: 23731786.
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    32. Foran JR, Brown NM, Della Valle CJ, Berger RA, Galante JO. Long-term survivorship and failure modes of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Jan; 471(1):102-8. PMID: 22895691.
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    33. Cooper HJ, Della Valle CJ, Berger RA, Tetreault M, Paprosky WG, Sporer SM, Jacobs JJ. Corrosion at the head-neck taper as a cause for adverse local tissue reactions after total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Sep 19; 94(18):1655-61. PMID: 23289127.
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    34. Sheth NP, Brown NM, Moric M, Berger RA, Della Valle CJ. Operative treatment of early peri-prosthetic femur fractures following primary total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2013 Feb; 28(2):286-91. PMID: 22868075.
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    35. Cooney WP, Berger R. James Harold Dobyns, MD. J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Nov; 36(11):1877-8. PMID: 22148137.
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    36. Ehman EC, Hayes ML, Berger RA, Felmlee JP, Amrami KK. Subluxation of the distal radioulnar joint as a predictor of foveal triangular fibrocartilage complex tears. J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Nov; 36(11):1780-4. PMID: 22036278.
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    37. Gay A, Harbst K, Hansen DK, Laskowski ER, Berger RA, Kaufman KR. Effect of partial wrist denervation on wrist kinesthesia: wrist denervation does not impair proprioception. J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Nov; 36(11):1774-9. PMID: 21975093.
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    38. Chung KC, Kotsis SV, Berger RA, Van Ummersen G. The relationship between industry and surgery. J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Aug; 36(8):1352-9. PMID: 21664768.
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    39. Foucher KC, Wimmer MA, Moisio KC, Hildebrand M, Berli MC, Walker MR, Berger RA, Galante JO. Time course and extent of functional recovery during the first postoperative year after minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty with two different surgical approaches--a randomized controlled trial. J Biomech. 2011 Feb 03; 44(3):372-8. PMID: 21075378.
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    40. Hartman CW, Ting NT, Moric M, Berger RA, Rosenberg AG, Della Valle CJ. Revision total knee arthroplasty for stiffness. J Arthroplasty. 2010 Sep; 25(6 Suppl):62-6. PMID: 20621436.
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    41. Tay SC, van Riet R, Kazunari T, Amrami KK, An KN, Berger RA. In-vivo kinematic analysis of forearm rotation using helical axis analysis. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2010 Aug; 25(7):655-9. PMID: 20483515.
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    42. Berger RA, Della Valle CJ. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: indications, techniques, and results. Instr Course Lect. 2010; 59:47-56. PMID: 20415366.
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    43. Berger RA, Sanders SA, Thill ES, Sporer SM, Della Valle C. Newer anesthesia and rehabilitation protocols enable outpatient hip replacement in selected patients. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Jun; 467(6):1424-30. PMID: 19252961.
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    44. Berger RA, Kusuma SK, Sanders SA, Thill ES, Sporer SM. The feasibility and perioperative complications of outpatient knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Jun; 467(6):1443-9. PMID: 19238499.
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    45. Yuan BJ, Moran SL, Tay SC, Berger RA. Trapeziectomy and carpal collapse. J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Feb; 34(2):219-27. PMID: 19181222.
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    46. Berger RA. Indications for ulnar head replacement. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2008 Aug; 37(8 Suppl 1):17-20. PMID: 18836608.
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    47. Anderson ML, Larson AN, Moran SL, Cooney WP, Amrami KK, Berger RA. Clinical comparison of arthroscopic versus open repair of triangular fibrocartilage complex tears. J Hand Surg Am. 2008 May-Jun; 33(5):675-82. PMID: 18590850.
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    48. Levine BR, Della Valle CJ, Hamming M, Sporer SM, Berger RA, Paprosky WG. Use of the extended trochanteric osteotomy in treating prosthetic hip infection. J Arthroplasty. 2009 Jan; 24(1):49-55. PMID: 18534433.
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    49. Levine BR, Della Valle CJ, Lewis P, Berger RA, Sporer SM, Paprosky W. Extended trochanteric osteotomy for the treatment of vancouver B2/B3 periprosthetic fractures of the femur. J Arthroplasty. 2008 Jun; 23(4):527-33. PMID: 18514869.
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    50. Berger RA. A method of defining palpable landmarks for the ligament-splitting dorsal wrist capsulotomy. J Hand Surg Am. 2007 Oct; 32(8):1291-5. PMID: 17923317.
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    51. Tay SC, Primak AN, Fletcher JG, Schmidt B, Amrami KK, Berger RA, McCollough CH. Four-dimensional computed tomographic imaging in the wrist: proof of feasibility in a cadaveric model. Skeletal Radiol. 2007 Dec; 36(12):1163-9. PMID: 17805530.
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    52. Buvanendran A, Kroin JS, Berger RA. Preoperative cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor treatment reduces the incidence of heterotopic ossification after hip arthroplasty: six-month follow-up. Anesthesiology. 2007 Aug; 107(2):358-9. PMID: 17667588.
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    53. Tay SC, Tomita K, Berger RA. The "ulnar fovea sign" for defining ulnar wrist pain: an analysis of sensitivity and specificity. J Hand Surg Am. 2007 Apr; 32(4):438-44. PMID: 17398352.
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    54. Harvey EJ, Berger RA, Osterman AL, Fernandez DL, Weiss AP. Bone-tissue-bone repairs for scapholunate dissociation. J Hand Surg Am. 2007 Feb; 32(2):256-64. PMID: 17275604.
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    55. Lin YT, Berger RA, Berger EJ, Tomita K, Jew JY, Yang C, An KN. Nerve endings of the wrist joint: a preliminary report of the dorsal radiocarpal ligament. J Orthop Res. 2006 Jun; 24(6):1225-30. PMID: 16705705.
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    56. Sanders S, Buchheit K, Deirmengian C, Berger RA. Perioperative protocols for minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty. J Knee Surg. 2006 Apr; 19(2):129-32. PMID: 16642891.
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    57. Berger RA, Sanders S, D'Ambrogio E, Buchheit K, Deirmengian C, Paprosky W, Della Valle CJ, Rosenberg AG. Minimally invasive quadriceps-sparing TKA: results of a comprehensive pathway for outpatient TKA. J Knee Surg. 2006 Apr; 19(2):145-8. PMID: 16642894.
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    58. Haugstvedt JR, Berger RA, Nakamura T, Neale P, Berglund L, An KN. Relative contributions of the ulnar attachments of the triangular fibrocartilage complex to the dynamic stability of the distal radioulnar joint. J Hand Surg Am. 2006 Mar; 31(3):445-51. PMID: 16516740.
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    59. Buvanendran A, Kroin JS, Berger RA, Hallab NJ, Saha C, Negrescu C, Moric M, Caicedo MS, Tuman KJ. Upregulation of prostaglandin E2 and interleukins in the central nervous system and peripheral tissue during and after surgery in humans. Anesthesiology. 2006 Mar; 104(3):403-10. PMID: 16508385.
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    60. Amrami KK, Berger RA. Radiology corner: osteoid osteoma of the index finger: case presentation and discussion. J Hand Surg Am. 2006 Feb; 31(2):322-4. PMID: 16473697.
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    61. Roush TF, Aldridge JM, Berger RA, Rizzo M. No correlation between trapeziometacarpal arthritis and abductor pollicis longus insertion. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 May; (434):138-42. PMID: 15864043.
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    62. Moran SL, Cooney WP, Berger RA, Strickland J. Capsulodesis for the treatment of chronic scapholunate instability. J Hand Surg Am. 2005 Jan; 30(1):16-23. PMID: 15680551.
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    63. Moran SL, Cooney WP, Berger RA, Bishop AT, Shin AY. The use of the 4 + 5 extensor compartmental vascularized bone graft for the treatment of Kienb?ck's disease. J Hand Surg Am. 2005 Jan; 30(1):50-8. PMID: 15680555.
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    64. Berger RA, Jacobs JJ, Meneghini RM, Della Valle C, Paprosky W, Rosenberg AG. Rapid rehabilitation and recovery with minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Dec; (429):239-47. PMID: 15577494.
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    65. Berger RA, Meneghini RM, Sheinkop MB, Della Valle CJ, Jacobs JJ, Rosenberg AG, Galante JO. The progression of patellofemoral arthrosis after medial unicompartmental replacement: results at 11 to 15 years. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Nov; (428):92-9. PMID: 15534526.
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    66. Berger RA, Duwelius PJ. The two-incision minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty: technique and results. Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Apr; 35(2):163-72. PMID: 15062702.
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    67. Berger RA. Mini-incision total hip replacement using an anterolateral approach: technique and results. Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Apr; 35(2):143-51. PMID: 15062700.
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    68. Della Valle CJ, Berger RA, Rosenberg AG, Galante JO. Cementless acetabular reconstruction in revision total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Mar; (420):96-100. PMID: 15057083.
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    69. Rizzo M, Berger RA, Steinmann SP, Bishop AT. Arthroscopic resection in the management of dorsal wrist ganglions: results with a minimum 2-year follow-up period. J Hand Surg Am. 2004 Jan; 29(1):59-62. PMID: 14751105.
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    70. Berger RA. The technique of minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty using the two-incision approach. Instr Course Lect. 2004; 53:149-55. PMID: 15116609.
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    71. Jew JY, Berger EJ, Berger RA, Lin YT. Fluorescence immunohistochemistry and confocal scanning laser microscopy: a protocol for studies of joint innervation. Acta Orthop Scand. 2003 Dec; 74(6):689-96. PMID: 14763700.
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    72. Berger RA. Total hip arthroplasty using the minimally invasive two-incision approach. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Dec; (417):232-41. PMID: 14646722.
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    73. Sauerbier M, Berger RA, Fujita M, Hahn ME. Radioulnar convergence after distal ulnar resection: mechanical performance of two commonly used soft tissue stabilizing procedures. Acta Orthop Scand. 2003 Aug; 74(4):420-8. PMID: 14521292.
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    74. Berzins A, Jacobs JJ, Berger R, Ed C, Natarajan R, Andriacchi T, Galante JO. Surface damage in machined ram-extruded and net-shape molded retrieved polyethylene tibial inserts of total knee replacements. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2002 Sep; 84(9):1534-40. PMID: 12208909.
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    75. Sauerbier M, Hahn ME, Fujita M, Neale PG, Berglund LJ, Berger RA. Analysis of dynamic distal radioulnar convergence after ulnar head resection and endoprosthesis implantation. J Hand Surg Am. 2002 May; 27(3):425-34. PMID: 12015716.
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    76. Berger RA. Mini-incisions: two for the price of one! Orthopedics. 2002 May; 25(5):472, 498. PMID: 12046903.
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    77. Haugstvedt JR, Berger RA, Berglund LJ, Neale PG, Sabick MB. An analysis of the constraint properties of the distal radioulnar ligament attachments to the ulna. J Hand Surg Am. 2002 Jan; 27(1):61-7. PMID: 11810616.
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