Lighting the Spark of Medical Education, Scientific Innovation, & Patient Care
The UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation has a national reputation for educating outstanding surgeons, and our reputation for innovative research is also garnering national attention. In addition to research related to patient care, department faculty members are doing research in basic science, biomechanical engineering, computer simulation, and nano-biotechnology. The following list shows the names and sources of grants the department has received during the calendar years shown:
Federal:
2010
Material Science Smart Coatings
Simplified Orthopaedic Surgery
Industry:
2011
Exponent: “An In-vitro Wear Durability Study of the Stelkast Knee Systems, Comparing Two Bearing Material Types”
Exponent: “A Simulator Wear Study of Metallic-on-Plastic and Ceramic-on-Plastic Total Hip Replacement Systems from Japan”
Biomet: “Strength and Longevity of Vitamin E Highly Cross Linked Polyethylene of a Revision TKR System (E1 vs PS+)”
ETC: “Characterization of the Wear of Aged vs. Un-Aged Polyethylene; A Pin on Disc Study”
Biomet: “A Simulator Study of the Wear of Large Size Vanguard SSK Constrained ArCom Tibial Bearings”
Arthrex Inc.: “WO2011-001 Friction Characteristics of Two Polyurethane Materials against Canine Cartilage”
Biomet: “Knee Simulator Test to Determine Wear Properties of Prelude Knee”
2010
Empirical Testing: “A Battery of Steady State In-Vitro Characterization Tests for a New Total Knee Replacement System by Synergy”
Empirical Testing: “In-Vitro Durability and Evaluation of a New Total Knee Replacement System by Synergy”
Empirical Testing: “Simulation and Simulator Wear Testing of a New Total Hip Replacement Design by Synergy”
Biomet: “In-Vitro Study to Determine the Wear Durability of Surface Engineered and Ion Implanted Titanium CR Total Knee Replacement Systems”
SoftJoint, Inc.: “Preliminary Exploratory Assessment of the Longevity of a Novel Hydroswellable Polyether Urethane Interpositional Femoral Head Implant”
Exponet, Inc.: “Study of the effect of High Abrasion Artifacts on CoCr Metallic Femoral Heads on the Wear of Conventional and Vitamin E Blended UHMWPE Hip Replacement Bearings”
2009
Tornier, Inc.: “Investigate Effectiveness of Various Intramedullary Nailing Constructs for Proximal Humerus Neck Fractures”
Eska: “In-Vitro Wear Durability Study of the ESKA Hip Resurfacing & Ceramic on UHMWPE”
Arthrex, Inc.: “Wear Study of Arthrex AT-1200 X-Large Femoral and Tibial Unicompartmental Knee Systems”
Empirical Testing Corp.: “An In-vitro Study of Wear of the Implanet Genou Posterior - Stabilized Mobile Bearing Knee System”
Exponent, Inc.: “Characterization of Vitamin E Blended UHMWPE as a Bearing with CoCr and Biolox Delta Femoral Knee Components”
Arthrex, Inc.: “Wear Study of Arthrex AT-1200 X-Large Femoral and Tibial Unicompartmental Knee Systems”
Clinical Trials:
2011
Smith & Nephew: “A Multicenter, Randomized, Clinical Outcome of Visionaire Patient Matched Technology vs Standard Surgical Instrumentation in Total Knee Arthroplasty”
“CSSG Multi Center Retrospective and Observational Data Registry for Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Spinal Surgery Comparing Instrumentation and Procedures (K2M CSSG Data Collection Project Agreement)”
Other:
2011
Pilot Grant Review Committee of the UNMC Clinical Research Center: A continuation study of "Can Stem Cells Predict Orthopaedic Outcomes?"
