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Eric J. Wall, MD

Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Orthopaedic Surgery | College of Medicine

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Peer Reviewed Publications

Carey JL, Wall EJ, Grimm NL, Ganley TJ, Edmonds EW, Anderson AF, Polousky J Murnaghan ML, Nissen CW, Weiss J, Lyon RM, Chambers HG 2016. Novel Arthroscopic Classification of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: A Muticenter Reliability Study Am J Sports Med, 44 7, 1694-8

Carey, James L; Wall, Eric J; Grimm, Nathan L; Ganley, Theodore J; Edmonds, Eric W; Anderson, Allen F; Polousky, John; Murnaghan, M Lucas; Nissen, Carl W; Weiss, Jennifer; Lyon, Roger M; Chambers, Henry G 2016. Novel Arthroscopic Classification of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: A Multicenter Reliability Study. The American journal of sports medicine, 44 7, 1694-8

Murphy, Hamadi A; Jain, Viral V; Parikh, Shital N; Wall, Eric J; Cornwall, Roger; Mehlman, Charles T 2016. Extensor Tendon Injury Associated With Dorsal Entry Flexible Nailing of Radial Shaft Fractures in Children: A Report of 5 New Cases and Review of the Literature. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, ,

Schneider, Daniel K; Grawe, Brian; Magnussen, Robert A; Ceasar, Adrick; Parikh, Shital N; Wall, Eric J; Colosimo, Angelo J; Kaeding, Christopher C; Myer, Gregory D 2016. Outcomes After Isolated Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction for the Treatment of Recurrent Lateral Patellar Dislocations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. The American journal of sports medicine, ,

Stone AV, Little KJ, Glos DL, Stringer KF, Wall EJ 2016. Repetitive Stresses Generate Osteochondral Lesions in Skeletally Immature Rabbits Am J Sports Med, Jul 26 ,

Stone, Austin V; Little, Kevin J; Glos, David L; Stringer, Keith F; Wall, Eric J 2016. Repetitive Stresses Generate Osteochondral Lesions in Skeletally Immature Rabbits. The American journal of sports medicine, 44 11, 2957-2966

Zbojniewicz, Andrew M; Meyers, Arthur B; Wall, Eric J 2016. Post-operative imaging of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction techniques across the spectrum of skeletal maturity. Skeletal radiology, 45 4, 517-30

Parikh, Shital N; Lykissas, Marios G; Roshdy, Mazen; Mineo, Ronald C; Wall, Eric J 2015. Pin tract infection of operatively treated supracondylar fractures in children: long-term functional outcomes and anatomical study. Journal of children's orthopaedics, 9 4, 295-302

Wall, Eric J; Polousky, John D; Shea, Kevin G; Carey, James L; Ganley, Theodore J; Grimm, Nathan L; Jacobs, John C; Edmonds, Eric W; Eismann, Emily A; Anderson, Allen F; Heyworth, Benton E; Lyon, Roger 2015. Novel radiographic feature classification of knee osteochondritis dissecans: a multicenter reliability study. The American journal of sports medicine, 43 2, 303-9

Zbojniewicz, Andrew M; Stringer, Keith F; Laor, Tal; Wall, Eric J 2015. Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans: Correlation Between Histopathology and MRI. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 205 1, W114-23

Choudhry, Imran K; Wall, Eric J; Eismann, Emily A; Crawford, Alvin H; Wilson, Lindsay 2014. Functional outcome analysis of triplane and tillaux fractures after closed reduction and percutaneous fixation. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 34 2, 139-43

Eismann, Emily A; Cosco, Emily D; Wall, Eric J 2014. Absence of radiographic abnormalities in nursemaid's elbows. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 34 4, 426-31

Eismann, Emily A; Pettit, Robert J; Wall, Eric J; Myer, Gregory D 2014. Management strategies for osteochondritis dissecans of the knee in the skeletally immature athlete. The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 44 9, 665-79

Eismann, Emily A; Wall, Eric J; Thomas, Elizabeth C; Little, Megan A 2014. Direct beam radiation exposure to surgeons during pinning of supracondylar humerus fractures: does C-arm position and the attending surgeon matter? Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 34 2, 166-71

Jain, Viral; Lykissas, Marios; Trobisch, Per; Wall, Eric J; Newton, Peter O; Sturm, Peter F; Cahill, Patrick J; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I 2014. Surgical aspects of spinal growth modulation in scoliosis correction. Instructional course lectures, 63 , 335-44

Lykissas, Marios G; Wall, Eric J; Nathan, Senthil 2014. Retro-articular drilling and bone grafting of juvenile knee osteochondritis dissecans: a technical description. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 22 2, 274-8

Talusan, Paul G; Milewski, Matthew D; Toy, Jason O; Wall, Eric J 2014. Osteochondritis dissecans of the talus: diagnosis and treatment in athletes. Clinics in sports medicine, 33 2, 267-84

Wall, Eric J; Heyworth, Benton E; Shea, Kevin G; Edmonds, Eric W; Wright, Rick W; Anderson, Allen F; Eismann, Emily A; Myer, Gregory D 2014. Trochlear groove osteochondritis dissecans of the knee patellofemoral joint. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 34 6, 625-30

Coombs, Matthew T; Glos, David L; Wall, Eric J; Kim, Jay; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I 2013. Biomechanics of spinal hemiepiphysiodesis for fusionless scoliosis treatment using titanium implant. Spine, 38 23, E1454-60

Parikh, Shital N; Nathan, Senthil T; Wall, Eric J; Eismann, Emily A 2013. Complications of medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in young patients. The American journal of sports medicine, 41 5, 1030-8

Abbasi, David; May, Megan M; Wall, Eric J; Chan, Gilbert; Parikh, Shital N 2012. MRI findings in adolescent patients with acute traumatic knee hemarthrosis. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 32 8, 760-4

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Glos, David L; Sauser, Frank E; Jain, Viral V; Wall, Eric J; Crawford, Alvin H 2012. In vivo dynamic compressive stresses in the disc annulus: a pilot study of bilateral differences due to hemiepiphyseal implant in a quadruped model. Spine, 37 16, E949-56

Laor, Tal; Zbojniewicz, Andrew M; Eismann, Emily A; Wall, Eric J 2012. Juvenile osteochondritis dissecans: is it a growth disturbance of the secondary physis of the epiphysis? AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 199 5, 1121-8

Lykissas, Marios G; Nathan, Senthil T; Wall, Eric J 2012. All-epiphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: a surgical technique using a split tibial tunnel. Arthroscopy techniques, 1 1, e133-9

Parikh, Shital N; Allen, Marcus; Wall, Eric J; May, Megan M; Laor, Tal; Zbojniewicz, Andrew M; Eismann, Emily A; Myer, Gregory D 2012. The reliability to determine "healing" in osteochondritis dissecans from radiographic assessment. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 32 6, e35-9

Parikh, Shital N; Jain, Viral V; Denning, Jaime; Tamai, Junichi; Mehlman, Charles T; McCarthy, James J; Wall, Eric J; Crawford, Alvin H 2012. Complications of elastic stable intramedullary nailing in pediatric fracture management: AAOS exhibit selection. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 94 24, e184

Wall, Eric J; May, Megan M 2012. Growth plate fractures of the distal femur. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 32 Suppl 1 , S40-6

Parikh, Shital N; Wall, Eric J 2011. Patellar fracture after medial patellofemoral ligament surgery: a report of five cases. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 93 17, e97(1-8)

Wall, Eric J; Myer, Gregory D; May, Megan M 2011. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction timing in children with open growth plates: new surgical techniques including all-epiphyseal. Clinics in sports medicine, 30 4, 789-800

Gammon, Steven R; Mehlman, Charles T; Chan, Winston; Heifetz, Jonathan; Durrett, Gregory; Wall, Eric J 2010. A comparison of thoracolumbosacral orthoses and SpineCor treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients using the Scoliosis Research Society standardized criteria. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 30 6, 531-8

Lippert, William C; Owens, Richard F; Wall, Eric J 2010. Salter-Harris type III fractures of the distal femur: plain radiographs can be deceptive. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 30 6, 598-605

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Wall, Eric J; Glos, David L; Ballard, Edgar T; Montgomery, Andrea; Crawford, Alvin H 2009. Spinal hemiepiphysiodesis decreases the size of vertebral growth plate hypertrophic zone and cells. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 91 3, 584-93

Myer, Gregory D; Quatman, Carmen E; Khoury, Jane; Wall, Eric J; Hewett, Timothy E 2009. Youth versus adult "weightlifting" injuries presenting to United States emergency rooms: accidental versus nonaccidental injury mechanisms. Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 23 7, 2054-60

Quatman, Carmen E; Myer, Gregory D; Khoury, Jane; Wall, Eric J; Hewett, Timothy E 2009. Sex differences in "weightlifting" injuries presenting to United States emergency rooms. Journal of strength and conditioning research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 23 7, 2061-7

Hébert, Kenneth J; Laor, Tal; Divine, Jon G; Emery, Kathleen H; Wall, Eric J 2008. MRI appearance of chronic stress injury of the iliac crest apophysis in adolescent athletes. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 190 6, 1487-91

Lippert, William C; Wall, Eric J 2008. Optimal intramuscular needle-penetration depth. Pediatrics, 122 3, e556-63

Srivastava, Adarsh K; Mehlman, Charles T; Wall, Eric J; Do, Twee T 2008. Elastic stable intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures in children. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 28 2, 152-8

Wall, Eric J; Jain, Viral; Vora, Vagmin; Mehlman, Charles T; Crawford, Alvin H 2008. Complications of titanium and stainless steel elastic nail fixation of pediatric femoral fractures. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 90 6, 1305-13

Wall, Eric J; Vourazeris, Jason; Myer, Gregory D; Emery, Kathleen H; Divine, Jon G; Nick, Todd G; Hewett, Timothy E 2008. The healing potential of stable juvenile osteochondritis dissecans knee lesions. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 90 12, 2655-64

Lebolt, James R; Wall, Eric J 2007. Retroarticular drilling and bone grafting of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans of the knee. Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association, 23 7, 794.e1-4

Bylski-Austrow, D I; Glos, D L; Sauser, F E; Papautsky, I; Crawford, A H; Wall, E J 2006. Bilateral intra-annular spinal compressive stresses in vivo. Studies in health technology and informatics, 123 , 398-403

Bylski-Austrow, D I; Wall, E J; Glos, D L; Ballard, E T; Stringer, K; Crawford, A H 2006. Spinal hemiepiphysiodesis correlates with physeal histomorphometric gradients. Studies in health technology and informatics, 123 , 261-6

Laor, Tal; Wall, Eric J; Vu, Louis P 2006. Physeal widening in the knee due to stress injury in child athletes. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 186 5, 1260-4

Salinsky, Jared P; Parikh, Shital N; Wall, Eric J 2005. Shoehorn technique for reduction of distal radius fracture: a technical note. American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.), 34 12, 583-5

Wall, Eric J; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Kolata, Ronald J; Crawford, Alvin H 2005. Endoscopic mechanical spinal hemiepiphysiodesis modifies spine growth. Spine, 30 10, 1148-53

Balasa, Vinod V; Gruppo, Ralph A; Glueck, Charles J; Wang, Ping; Roy, Dennis R; Wall, Eric J; Mehlman, Charles T; Crawford, Alvin H 2004. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and thrombophilia. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 86-A 12, 2642-7

George, Michael; Wall, Eric J 2003. Locked knee caused by meniscal subluxation: magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopic verification. Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association, 19 8, 885-8

Wiersema, Brent M; Wall, Eric J; Foad, Susan L 2003. Acute backpack injuries in children. Pediatrics, 111 1, 163-6

Mehkman, Charles T; Strub, William M; Roy, Dennis R; Wall, Eric J; Crawford, Alvin H 2002. Early or delayed surgical treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 84-A 6, 1079; author reply 1

Mehlman, C T; Strub, W M; Roy, D R; Wall, E J; Crawford, A H 2001. The effect of surgical timing on the perioperative complications of treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 83-A 3, 323-7

Mehlman, C T; Hubbard, G W; Crawford, A H; Roy, D R; Wall, E J 2000. Traumatic hip dislocation in children. Long-term followup of 42 patients. Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 376, 68-79

Prahalad, S; Wall, E J; Hirsch, R 2000. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head after acute rheumatic Fever. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 6 6, 321-3

Wall, E J 2000. Practical primary pediatric orthopedics. The Nursing clinics of North America, 35 1, 95-113

Crawford, A H; Wall, E J; Wolf, R 1999. Video-assisted thoracoscopy. The Orthopedic clinics of North America, 30 3, 367-85, viii

Wall, E J 1999. Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease. Current opinion in pediatrics, 11 1, 76-9

Meisterling, R C; Wall, E J; Meisterling, M R 1998. Coping with osgood-schlatter disease. The Physician and sportsmedicine, 26 3, 39-40

Wall, E J 1998. Osgood-schlatter disease: practical treatment for a self-limiting condition. The Physician and sportsmedicine, 26 3, 29-34

Wall, E J 1998. Childhood osteomyelitis and septic arthritis. Current opinion in pediatrics, 10 1, 73-6

Wall, E J; Bylski-Austrow, D I; Shelton, F S; Crawford, A H; Kolata, R J; Baum, D S 1998. Endoscopic discectomy increases thoracic spine flexibility as effectively as open discectomy. A mechanical study in a porcine model. Spine, 23 1, 9-15; discussion 15-

Kwan, M K; Wall, E J; Massie, J; Garfin, S R 1992. Strain, stress and stretch of peripheral nerve. Rabbit experiments in vitro and in vivo. Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 63 3, 267-72

Wall, E J; Massie, J B; Kwan, M K; Rydevik, B L; Myers, R R; Garfin, S R 1992. Experimental stretch neuropathy. Changes in nerve conduction under tension. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 74 1, 126-9

Cohen, M S; Wall, E J; Kerber, C W; Abitbol, J J; Garfin, S R 1991. The anatomy of the cauda equina on CT scans and MRI. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 73 3, 381-4

Wall, E J; Kwan, M K; Rydevik, B L; Woo, S L; Garfin, S R 1991. Stress relaxation of a peripheral nerve. The Journal of hand surgery, 16 5, 859-63

Cohen, M S; Wall, E J; Brown, R A; Rydevik, B; Garfin, S R 1990. 1990 AcroMed Award in basic science. Cauda equina anatomy. II: Extrathecal nerve roots and dorsal root ganglia. Spine, 15 12, 1248-51

Wall, E J; Cohen, M S; Abitbol, J J; Garfin, S R 1990. Organization of intrathecal nerve roots at the level of the conus medullaris. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 72 10, 1495-9

Wall, E J; Cohen, M S; Massie, J B; Rydevik, B; Garfin, S R 1990. Cauda equina anatomy. I: Intrathecal nerve root organization. Spine, 15 12, 1244-7

WALKER, S M; SCHRODT, G R; TRUONG, X T; WALL, E J 1965. ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM AND MYOFILAMENTS OF TENOTOMIZED RAT MUSCLE. American journal of physical medicine, 44 , 176-92

WALKER, S M; SCHRODT, G R; TRUONG, X T; WALL, E J 1965. EVIDENCE FOR STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIA AND INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTS OF TRIADS. American journal of physical medicine, 44 , 26-32

Bylski-Austrow, D I; Wall, E J; Rupert, M P; Roy, D R; Crawford, A H . Growth plate forces in the adolescent human knee: a radiographic and mechanical study of epiphyseal staples. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 21 6, 817-23

Herrera, José A; Wall, Eric J; Foad, Susan L . Hematoma block reduces narcotic pain medication after femoral elastic nailing in children. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 24 3, 254-6

Mehlman, Charles T; Wall, Eric J . Re: Klemme WR, et al. Hemivertebral excision for congenital scoliosis in very young children. J Pediatr Orthop 2001;21:761-764. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 23 2, 273-4

Myer, Gregory D; Ford, Kevin R; Divine, Jon G; Wall, Eric J; Kahanov, Leamor; Hewett, Timothy E . Longitudinal assessment of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury risk factors during maturation in a female athlete: a case report. Journal of athletic training, 44 1, 101-9

Parikh, Shital N; Wall, Eric J; Foad, Susan; Wiersema, Brent; Nolte, Barbara . Displaced type II extension supracondylar humerus fractures: do they all need pinning? Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 24 4, 380-4

Passanise, Angela M; Mehlman, Charles T; Wall, Eric J; Dieterle, Jason P . Radiographic evidence of regression of a solitary osteochondroma: a report of 4 cases and a literature review. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 31 3, 312-6

VanderBeek, Brian L; Mehlman, Charles T; Foad, Susan L; Wall, Eric J; Crawford, Alvin H . The use of conscious sedation for pain control during forearm fracture reduction in children: does race matter? Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 26 1, 53-7

Wall, E J; Kolata, R; Roy, D R; Mehlman, C T; Crawford, A H . Endoscopic pelvic osteotomy for the treatment of hip dysplasia. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 9 3, 150-6

Wall, Eric J; Foad, Susan L; Spears, John . Backpacks and back pain: where's the epidemic? Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 23 4, 437-9

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