Staff Orthopaedic Surgery. Vice Chair Quality and Patient Safety Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Institute

Orthopaedic Surgery

Carlos Higuera works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Carlos A. Higuera is a published physician. He published 30 publications, including: 'Synovial Cytokines and the MSIS Criteria Are Not Useful for Determining Infection Resolution After Periprosthetic Joint Infection Explantation.' He accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Synovial Cytokines and the MSIS Criteria Are Not Useful for Determining Infection Resolution After Periprosthetic Joint Infection Explantation.
• α-Defensin Accuracy to Diagnose Periprosthetic Joint Infection-Best Available Test?
• Role of negative pressure wound therapy in total hip and Knee arthroplasty.
• Rivaroxaban Use for Thrombosis Prophylaxis Is Associated With Early Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
• Are Frozen Sections and MSIS Criteria Reliable at the Time of Reimplantation of Two-stage Revision Arthroplasty?
• Current concepts in total femoral replacement.
• Chronic Suppression of Periprosthetic Joint Infections with Oral Antibiotics Increases Infection-Free Survivorship.
• Greater patient confidence yields greater functional outcomes after primary total shoulder arthroplasty.
• Complication, Survival, and Reoperation Rates Following Girdlestone Resection Arthroplasty.
• α-Defensin as a predictor of periprosthetic shoulder infection.
• Premature Therapeutic Antimicrobial Treatments Can Compromise the Diagnosis of Late Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
• Modes of Failure of Total Knee Arthroplasty: Registries and Realities.
• Unexpected positive intraoperative cultures in aseptic revision arthroplasty.
• Serum inflammatory markers for periprosthetic Knee infection in obese versus non-obese patients.
• Prosthesis selection.
• Swab Cultures Are Not As Effective As Tissue Cultures for Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
• Total hip arthroplasty at the rothman institute.
• Success After Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Delphi-based International Multidisciplinary Consensus.
• Validity of Patient-Reported Comorbidities Before Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty in Patients Older Than 65 years.
• The new technologies in Knee arthroplasty.
• 2010 Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Physician in Training Award: predictors of early adverse outcomes after Knee and hip arthroplasty in geriatric patients.
• Algorithmic approach for reconstruction of proximal femoral bone loss in revision total hip arthroplasty.
• Managing Knee osteoarthritis before and after arthroplasty.
• The use of proximal fixed modular stems in revision of total hip arthroplasty.
• Tendon reattachment to a metallic implant using an allogenic bone plate augmented with rhOP-1 vs. autogenous cancellous bone and marrow in a canine model.
• Prospective randomized evaluation of the need for blood transfusion during primary total hip arthroplasty with use of a bipolar sealer.
• Hip and Knee arthroplasty in the geriatric population.
• Blood management in Joint replacement surgery: what's in and what's out.
• A computer model of the position of the combined component in the prevention of impingement in total hip replacement.

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
• Excision of Femur or Knee
• Hip Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
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Conditions Treated

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• Ankle Sprain and Achilles Tendon Sprain or Rupture
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) or Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Tear
• Back Pain
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Doctors Specialties

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• Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Thomas Jefferson University
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Pontifical Xavierian University

Hospital

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• Cleveland Clinic

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