Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

Orthopaedic Surgery

John G. Thometz practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He went to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has a rank of 19 in research and a 29 in primary care He has 2 awards "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". John Thometz has written publications. He has 42 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Microbiological tolerance in orthopaedic infections: delayed response of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of the hip due to infection with tolerant Staphylococcus au...'

Publications

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• Emergency department on-call status for pediatric orthopaedics: a survey of the POSNA membership.
• Foot and Ankle joint movements inside orthoses for children with spastic CP.
• Reproducibility of Newly Developed Spinal Topography Measurements for Scoliosis.
• A New 3D Topographic Device for Monitoring Scoliosis Progression in Children.
• A line of zebrafish with increased incidence of Spinal deformities.
• Correlation between anatomic foot and Ankle movement measured with MRI and with a motion analysis system.
• Insole-pressure distribution for normal children in different age groups.
• MRI pathoanatomy study of congenital vertical talus.
• Gabapentin use in pediatric Spinal fusion patients: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.
• Reliability of a functional classification system in the monitoring of patients with idiopathic Scoliosis.
• Correlation of foot radiographs with foot function as analyzed by plantar pressure distribution.
• Dynamic plantar pressure measurement for the normal subject: Free-mapping model for the analysis of pediatric foot Deformities.
• Reproducibility of spinal Back-contour measurements taken with raster stereography in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
• Effects of trunk position on Back surface-contour measured by raster stereophotography.
• Comparison of biomechanical behavior between a cast material torso jacket and a polyethylene based jacket.
• Severe osteomyelitis caused by Myceliophthora thermophila after a pitchfork injury.
• Electromyography Nerve conduction velocity evaluation of children with clubfeet.
• The effect of instrumentation with different mechanical properties on the pig Spine during growth.
• Reproducibility of radiographic measurements in assessment of congenital talipes equinovarus.
• Use of flexible intramedullary nail fixation in treating femur Fractures in children.
• Effect of lower-level laser therapy on rabbit tibial Fracture.
• Techniques for direct radiographic visualization during closed pinning of supracondylar humerus Fractures in children.
• Osteomyelitis and septic Arthritis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, type f, in a young girl.
• Functional classification of patients with idiopathic scoliosis assessed by the Quantec system: a Discriminant functional analysis to determine patient curve magnitude.
• Relationship between Quantec measurement and Cobb angle in patients with idiopathic Scoliosis.
• Three-dimensional rotations of the thoracic Spine after distraction with and without rib resection: a kinematic evaluation of the apical vertebra in rabbits with induc...
• Variability in three-dimensional measurements of Back contour with raster stereography in normal subjects.
• Photopenic bone scan osteomyelitis: a clinical perspective.
• Microbiological tolerance in orthopaedic infections: delayed response of septic Arthritis and osteomyelitis of the hip due to infection with tolerant Staphylococcus au...
• A case of recurrent Caffey's disease treated with naproxen.
• Septic Arthritis associated with brachial plexus neuropathy. A case report.
• Deformity of the calcaneocuboid joint in patients who have talipes equinovarus.
• Osteonecrosis of the femoral head after intramedullary nailing of a Fracture of the femoral shaft in an adolescent. A case report.
• Osteomalacia with hypophosphatemia and hypercalciuria: a possible new variant of osteomalacia.
• Long-term follow-up of the flexor carpi ulnaris transfer in spastic hemiplegic children.
• A comparison between spinous process and sublaminar wiring combined with Harrington distraction instrumentation in the management of adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis.
• Progression of Scoliosis after skeletal maturity in institutionalized adults who have cerebral palsy.
• The effect on Gait of lengthening of the medial hamstrings in cerebral palsy.
• Threaded K-wire spinous process fixation of the axis for modified Gallie fusion in children and adolescents.
• Changes of three-dimensional Back contour following posterior fusion for idiopathic scoliosis.
• Improvements in three-dimensional Back contour after spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis.

Schools

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• Northwestern University

• Boston Children39s Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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Conditions Treated

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• Achilles Tendinitis
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• Bunion
• Bursitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Orthopedics
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Top MD
• Super Doctor

Education

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• McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
• Loyola University
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
• Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital

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