Usc Dept of Orthopedics
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. David B. Thordarson, MD
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David B. Thordarson, MD works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. She studied medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a one of the best medicals schools. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13 in research and 7 in primary care medicine She received 5 awards: "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "America's Top Doctors", "Most Compassionate Doctor" and "Super Doctor". David Thordarson is a published doctor as well. She has 96 publications published. The latest was: Magnetic resonance imaging of acute Maisonneuve fractures. She is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Effectiveness and Complications Associated With Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Augmentation of Foot and Ankle Fusions and Fracture Nonunions.
- Navicular subluxation as a radiographic finding in charcot neuroarthropathy.
- Limited Sinus Tarsi Approach for Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures.
- Ipsilateral Intact Fibula as a Predictor of Tibial Plafond Fracture Pattern and Severity.
- Lateral column length in adult flatfoot deformity.
- Effect of various hallux valgus reconstruction on sesamoid location: a radiographic study.
- Radiographic assessment of medial cuneiform opening wedge osteotomy for flatfoot correction.
- Insertional Achilles tendinitis and Haglund's deformity.
- Patients with a crooked radiograph after ankle fracture: what to do?
- Disclosure of conflict of interest.
- Clinically relevant basic science models.
- Editorial: conflict of interest and FAI.
- First metatarsal length change after basilar closing wedge osteotomy for hallux valgus.
- State of literature in foot and ankle.
- Open versus closed treatment of the fibula in Maissoneuve injuries.
- Burial of sural neuroma: technique tip.
- Special report: Highlights of the 25th Annual Summer Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Vancouver, Canada, July 16-18, 2009.
- Radiography versus computed tomography for displacement assessment in calcaneal fractures.
- Prospective controlled trial of STAR total ankle replacement versus ankle fusion: initial results.
- Medial capsular interpositional arthroplasty for severe hallux rigidus.
- Special report: Highlights of the 24th annual summer meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Denver, Colorado, June 26-28, 2008.
- Nonsurgical management of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction with orthoses and resistive exercise: a randomized controlled trial.
- Sliding oblique versus segmental resection osteotomies for lesser metatarsophalangeal joint pathology.
- Editorial: levels of evidence, evidence-based medicine, and Foot & Ankle International.
- Ankle fusion for definitive management of non-reconstructable pilon fractures.
- Achilles lengthening/posterior tibial tenotomy with immediate weightbearing for patients with significant comorbidities.
- Adult-acquired flatfoot deformity following posterior tibialis to dorsum transfer: a case report.
- Editorial: patient care, professionalism, and relations with industry.
- Peroneal tendon subluxation repair with an indirect fibular groove deepening technique.
- Current concepts review: peroneal tendon subluxation and dislocation.
- Resident selection: how we are doing and why?
- Operative management of ankle fractures in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Results of step-cut medial malleolar osteotomy.
- Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis using a dynamically locked retrograde intramedullary nail.
- Surgical management of insertional calcific achilles tendinosis with a central tendon splitting approach.
- Reliability of the Foot Function Index:: A report of the AOFAS Outcomes Committee..
- SRS cancellous bone cement augmentation of calcaneal fracture fixation.
- Nerve and tendon lacerations about the foot and ankle.
- Effect of foot orthoses on tibialis posterior activation in persons with pes planus.
- Age-adjusted baseline data for women with hallux valgus undergoing corrective surgery.
- Débridement and primary closure of nonhealing foot wounds.
- Infected fractures of the distal tibial metaphysis and plafond: achievement of limb salvage with free muscle flaps, bone grafting, and ankle fusion.
- Fusion in posttraumatic foot and ankle reconstruction.
- Special report: highlights of the 19th Annual Summer Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Hilton Head, South Carolina, June 27-29, 2003.
- Nonunion of 5th metatarsal tuberosity fracture (dancer's fracture) associated with gout.
- Ingrowth of bone into absorbable bone cement: an in vivo microscopic evaluation.
- Use of demineralized bone matrix in ankle/hindfoot fusion.
- Position of the distal fibular fragment in pronation and supination ankle fractures: a CT evaluation.
- Open reduction and internal fixation of calcaneal fractures with a low profile titanium calcaneal perimeter plate.
- The association between diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and Windlass test results.
- The role of pulsatile cold compression in edema resolution following ankle fractures: a randomized clinical trial.
- PLA screw fixation of Lisfranc injuries.
- An anatomic comparison of venous damage resulting from 2 dorsal surgical approaches to proximal interphalangeal joint arthroplasty.
- Partial calcanectomy: an alternative to below knee amputation.
- Failure of hallux MP preservation surgery for rheumatoid arthritis.
- Medial eminence thickness with and without hallux valgus.
- Train-versus-pedestrian injuries. Orthopaedic management.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of acute Maisonneuve fractures.
- Ankle syndesmotic injury.
- Patient care, professionalism, and relations with industry.
- Editorial from journal editors: patient care, professionalism and relations with industry.
- Patient care, professionalism and relations with industry.
- Functional outcome of multiply injured patients with associated foot injury.
- Incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after Achilles tendon rupture.
- Ankle fracture syndesmosis fixation and management: the current practice of orthopedic surgeons.
- Correlation of hallux valgus surgical outcome with AOFAS forefoot score and radiological parameters.
- Immediate full weight-bearing mobilization was better than immobilization after operative repair of a ruptured achilles tendon.
- Non-operative management of posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction: design of a randomized clinical trial [NCT00279630].
- Results of calcaneocuboid distraction arthrodesis.
- Special report: highlights of the twenty-fifth annual summer meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Vancouver, Canada, July 16-18, 2009.
- Special report: Highlights of the 23rd Annual Summer Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 13-15 July 2007.
- Special report: highlights of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Summer Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Denver, Colorado, June 26-28, 2008.
- Special report: highlights of the 23rd Annual Summer Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot And Ankle Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 13-15, 2007.
- Detecting and treating common foot and ankle fractures. Part 1: the ankle and hindfoot.
- Detecting and treating common fractures of the foot and ankle part 2: the midfoot and forefoot.
- [Fractures of the talus].
- Outcome study of hallux valgus surgery--an AOFAS multi-center study.
- The literature on calcaneal fractures is highly controversial.
- Operative versus functional treatment of ruptures of the lateral ankle ligaments.
- Congenital crossover fifth toe correction with soft tissue release and cutaneous Z-plasty.
- Pediatric calcaneal fractures.
- Talar body fractures.
- Bioabsorbable versus stainless steel screw fixation of the syndesmosis in pronation-lateral rotation ankle fractures: a prospective randomized trial.
- Single-stage talectomy and tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis as a salvage of severe, rigid equinovarus deformity.
- The adductor hallucis revisited.
- The role of ankle arthroscopy on the surgical management of ankle fractures.
- Sepsis and osteomyelitis about the ankle joint.
- Management of foot pain associated with accessory bones of the foot: two clinical case reports.
- Complications after treatment of tibial pilon fractures: prevention and management strategies.
- Retrograde drilling of osteochondral lesions in the mediotalar dome.
- Complications of foot and ankle surgery.
- Stress fractures and tibial cortical hypertrophy after tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with an intramedullary nail.
- Ankle fusion in a high risk population: an assessment of nonunion risk factors.
- Salvage of tibial pilon fractures using fusion of the ankle with a 90 degrees cannulated blade-plate: a preliminary report.
- Superior compressive strength of a calcaneal fracture construct augmented with remodelable cancellous bone cement.
Doctors Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- America's Top Doctors
- Most Compassionate Doctor
- Super Doctor
Education
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UCLA Medical Center -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hospital
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Keck Hospital of USC -
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1457363798 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | THORDARSON | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DAVID | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 900335310 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 656.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 5.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 241.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 36.74 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1457363798 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | THORDARSON |
| First Name Of The Provider | DAVID |
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