Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

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Resources

Publications

Representation of Developing Countries in Orthopaedic Journals: A Survey of Four Influential Orthopaedic Journals
Edward E. Aluede, Jonathan Phillips, Jamie Bleyer, Harry E. Jergesen and Richard Coughlin. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2377-5

Critically Assessing the Haiti Earthquake Response and the Barriers to Quality Orthopaedic Care
Daniel B. Sonshine, Amber Caldwell, Richard A. Gosselin, Christopher T. Born and R. Richard Coughlin. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2333-4

Fixation of patella fractures with a minimally invasive tensioned wire method: Compressive external fixation
Wardak, Mohammed Ismail MD; Siawash, Abdul Razaqu PhD; Hayda, Roman MD. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: May 2012 – Volume 72 – Issue 5 – p 1393–1398. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318248b7cf

The International Orthopaedic Health Elective at the University of California at San Francisco: The Eight-Year Experience
Alexander R. Disston, MD; Gabriel J. Martinez-Diaz, BS; Sarath Raju, MPH; Maria Rosales, BA; Wil C. Berry, BA; R. Richard Coughlin, MD, MSc. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  2009; 91:2999-3004  doi:10.2106/JBJS.I.00460

 

Surgical Epidemiology: A Call For Action.
Thind A, Mock C, Gosselin RA, McQueen K.  WHO BULL 2012, 90: 239-240

 

The Burden of Injuries at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu, Bhutan.
Gosselin RA, Dorji S, Drukpa P: International Journal of Surgery 2012, Vol 12(2): 69-72 

 

Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Short Orthopedic Missions in Elective and Relief Situations in Developing Countries.
Gosselin RA, Gialamas G, Atkin DM: Wor
ld J Surg 2011, Vol 35(5): 941-950. 

 

State of Surgery in Tropical Africa: A Review
Lavy C, Sauven K,  Mkandawire N, Cherian M, Gosselin RA, Ndihokubwayo JB, Parry E: World J Surg 2011, Vol 35 (2): 262-271 

 

Challenges of Meeting Surgical Needs in the Developing World.
Gosselin RA, Gyamfi YA, Contini S: World J Surg 2011, Vol 35 (2): 258-261 

 

Be an Orthopedist Without Borders.
Gosselin RA: AAOS NOW Nov 2010, 4(11): 52. 

 

Should Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy be Practiced in the Developing World? The Experience of the First Training Program in Afghanistan.
Contini S, Taqdeer A, Gosselin RA: Ann Surg 2010, Vol 251(3): 1, 

 

Emergency and Essential Surgical Services in Afghanistan: Still a Missing Challenge.
Contini A, Taqdeer A, Cherian M, Shokohmand AS, Gosselin RA, Graaff Pand Noel L: World J Surg 2010, Vol 34(3): 473-479 

 

Comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of two MSF surgical trauma centers.
Gosselin RA, Maldonado A, Elder G: World J Surg 2010, Vol 34(3): 415–419. 

 

Key Concepts for Estimating the Burden of Surgical Conditions and the Unmet Need for Surgical Care.
Bickler S, Ozgediz D, Gosselin RA, Weiser T, Spiegel Hsia R, Dunbar P, McQueen K, Jamison D: World J Surg 2010, Vol 34(3): 374-380 

 

Injuries: The Neglected Burden in Developing Countries.
Gosselin R.A. Spiegel D.A., Coughlin R.R., Zirkle K.G.World Health Organization Bulletin, 2009, Vol. 87, Issue 4, pp. 246-47. 

 

The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Phillips J, Jergesen HE, Caldwell A, Coughin R.  Techniques in Orthopaedics, 2009; 24:308-11

 

Quantifying Surgical Capacity in Sierra Leone: a Guide for Improving Surgical Care.
Kingham T.P., Kamara T.B., Cherian M.N., Gosselin R.A., et. al.Archives of Surgery, 2009, Vol. 144, Issue 2, pp. 122-27. 

 

Population Health Metrics for Surgery: Effective Coverage of Surgical Services in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries.
Ozgediz D., Hsia R., Weiser T., Gosselin R.A., et. al.World Journal of Surgery, January 2009, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp. 1-5. 

 

The Burden of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Low and Middle Income Countries: Challenges and Opportunities.
Spiegel D.A., Gosselin R.A., Coughlin R.R., et. al.Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, April 2008: Vol, 90, Issue 4, pp. 915-23. 

 

Topics in Global Public Health.
Spiegel D., Gosselin R., Coughlin R.Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, October 2008, Vol. 466, Issue 10, pp. 2377. 

 

Nongovernmental Organizations in Musculoskeletal Care, Orthopaedic Overseas.
Coughlin R. R., Kelly N., Berry W. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, October 2008, Vol. 466, pp. 2438-2442. 

 

Cost-Effectiveness of a District Trauma Hospital in Battambang, Cambodia.
Gosselin R.A., Heitto M.World Journal of Surgery, 2008, Vol. 32, Issue 11, pp.2450-2453. 

 

Open Versus Closed Management of Burn Wounds in a Low-Income Developing Country.
Gosselin R.A., Kuppers B.Burns, 2008, Vol 34., Issue 5, pp. 644-647. 

 

Traction for Adult Femoral Shaft Fractures: a Report on 53 patients in Sierra Leone.
Gosselin R.A., Lavaly D.J. Perkins.  International Orthopedics, 2007, Vol. 31, Issue 5, pp. 697-702.

 

Surgical Services in Low-Income and Middle Income Countries.
Spiegel D.A., Gosselin R.A. Surgical Services in Low-Income and Middle Income Countries. The Lancet, 2007, Vol. 370, Issue 9592 pp. 1013-1015. 

 

Rural Surgery in Southern Sudan.
Contini S., Gosselin R.A. Rural Surgery in Southern Sudan. World Journal of Surgery, 2007, Vol. 31, Issue 3, pp. 613.

 

Cost / DALY Averted in a Small Hospital in Sierra Leone: What is the Relative Contribution of Different Services?
Gosselin R.A., Thind A., and Bellardinelli A.World Journal of Surgery, March 2006: Issue 30: pp. 505-511. 

 

Education and Training of the Future Trauma Surgeon in Acute Care Surgery: Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery.
Spain D.A. and Miller F.B.  American Journal of Surgery, April 2005: Vol. 190, pp. 212-217. 

 

2001 Gujarat Earthquake Experience in a Seismically Unprepared Area. The Analysis of the Medical Response at a Community Hospital.
Roy N., Shah H., Patel V., Coughlin,R. Prehospital Disaster Medicine, 2002, Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp. 186-195. 

 

The University of California San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Elective in International Volunteerism.
Haskell A., Rovinsky D., Brown H., Coughlin R.R.  CORR Vol. 396, March 2002 

 

Overseas Volunteering: The Antidote to Managed Care.
Coughlin R.R. Overseas Volunteering:  Hospital Physician, June 2000, pp. 67-70. 

 

Overseas Volunteerism in Orthopedic Education.
Rovinsky D., Brown H.P., Coughlin R.R., et. al.Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, March 2000, Vol. 82-A, Issue 3, pp. 433-436. 

 

Cost/DALY Averted in a Small Hospital in Sierra Leone: What Is the Relative Contribution of Different Services?
Richard A. Gosselin, MD, MPH, MSc, Amardeep Thind, MD, PhD, Andrea Bellardinelli, BA. 

 

The Burden of Musculoskeletal Injury in Low and Middle Income Countries: Challenges and Opportunities.
David A. Spiegel MD, Richard A. Gosselin MD, R. Richard Coughlin, M.D., & Manjul Joshipura MD, Bruce D. Browner MD, Meena N. Cherian MD, Steven W. Bickler MD, and John P. Dormans, MD. 

 

Orthopaedics Overseas/Health Volunteers Overseas: Building Infrastructure to Lessen Musculoskeletal Trauma Burden.
R. Richard Coughlin MD, MSc, Nancy A. Kelly MPH.  

 

Surgical Care in a Public Health Framework.
Haile T. Debas MD, Richard Gosselin MD, MPH, Colin McCord MD, Amardeep Thind MD, PhD.