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Nina Rachel Lightdale-Miric, MD

Associate Professor Of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

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Publications

  • Dedicated Early Morning Orthopaedic Trauma Operating Room Is Associated With Shorter Time to Surgery and Decreased Length of Hospital Stay for Children Undergoing Surgical Treatment of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 May 01; 32(9):383-389.. View in PubMed
  • Development of a Group Curriculum for Children With Congenital Upper Limb Difference (CULD) and Their Caregivers. Orthop Nurs. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 43(2):93-102.. View in PubMed
  • Response to: Neuromuscular Patients Are 40% More Likely to Get a Cast Injury. J Pediatr Orthop. 2023 09 01; 43(8):e692-e693.. View in PubMed
  • Exposed Intramedullary Fixation Produces Similar Outcomes to Buried Fixation for Acute Pediatric Monteggia Fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 2023 03 01; 43(3):129-134.. View in PubMed
  • The Musculoskeletal Care of Children Who Self-Harm. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 03 16; 104(6):e21.. View in PubMed
  • Neuromuscular Patients Are 40% More Likely to Get a Cast Injury. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Mar 01; 42(3):144-148.. View in PubMed
  • Caring for Children With Congenital Upper Extremity Differences. J Hand Surg Am. 2021 12; 46(12):1105-1111.. View in PubMed
  • Predicting Radial Head Instability in Multiple Hereditary Exostoses (MHE): A Multicenter Analysis of Risk Factors. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020 Aug; 40(7):e656-e661.. View in PubMed
  • Prospective Evaluation of a Treatment Protocol Based on Fracture Displacement for Pediatric Lateral Condyle Humerus Fractures: A Preliminary Study. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020 Aug; 40(7):e541-e546.. View in PubMed
  • Surgical Outcomes, Complications, and Long-Term Functionality for Free Vascularized Fibula Grafts in the Pediatric Population: A 17-Year Experience and Systematic Review of the Literature. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2020 Jun; 36(5):386-396.. View in PubMed
  • Operative fixation of medial epicondyle fractures: complication rates based on mode of fixation. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 05 22; 99(21):e20015.. View in PubMed
  • Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of avascular necrosis occurring after humeral lateral condyle fractures. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2020 Mar; 29(2):145-148.. View in PubMed
  • Pediatric trigger thumb caused by a flexor tendon sheath ganglion. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2020 Mar; 29(2):203-205.. View in PubMed
  • Microsurgery for Brachial Plexus Injury Before Versus After 6 Months of Age: Results of the Multicenter Treatment and Outcomes of Brachial Plexus Injury (TOBI) Study. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 02 05; 102(3):194-204.. View in PubMed
  • Functional outcomes of tendon transfer for brachial plexus birth palsy using the Hoffer technique. Bone Joint J. 2020 Feb; 102-B(2):246-253.. View in PubMed
  • Upper extremity conversion disorder in children. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2019 Jun; 28(6):e175-e181.. View in PubMed
  • Response to “Letter Regarding ‘Outcomes of Isolated Radial Osteotomy for Volar Distal Radioulnar Joint Instability Following Radial Malunion in Children'”. J Hand Surg Am. 2018 07; 43(7):e9-e10.. View in PubMed
  • Clavicle Fracture Is Not Predictive of the Need for Microsurgery in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2018 Feb; 38(2):128-132.. View in PubMed
  • Outcomes of Isolated Radial Osteotomy for Volar Distal Radioulnar Joint Instability Following Radial Malunion in Children. J Hand Surg Am. 2018 01; 43(1):81.e1-81.e8.. View in PubMed
  • Advances in 3D-Printed Pediatric Prostheses for Upper Extremity Differences. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Aug 03; 98(15):1320-6.. View in PubMed
  • Variability of the Anterior Humeral Line in Normal Pediatric Elbows. J Pediatr Orthop. 2016 Mar; 36(2):e14-6.. View in PubMed
  • Long term functional outcomes after early childhood pollicization. J Hand Ther. 2015 Apr-Jun; 28(2):158-65; quiz 166.. View in PubMed
  • Quantitative assessment of dynamic control of fingertip forces after pollicization. Gait Posture. 2015 Jan; 41(1):1-6.. View in PubMed
  • A line drawn along the radial shaft misses the capitellum in 16% of radiographs of normal elbows. J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Dec; 34(8):763-7.. View in PubMed
  • Delayed reconstruction of a flexor digitorum profundus tendon lacerated during cesarean delivery: case report. J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Dec; 39(12):2464-7.. View in PubMed
  • Silent compartment syndrome in children: a report of five cases. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2014 Sep; 23(5):467-71.. View in PubMed
  • Iatrogenic nerve injuries in the treatment of supracondylar humerus fractures: are we really just missing nerve injuries on preoperative examination? J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Jun; 34(4):388-92.. View in PubMed
  • Assessing shoulder motion in children: age limitations to Mallet and ABC Loops. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Feb; 472(2):740-8.. View in PubMed

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