Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University St Louis

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Robert L. Barrack works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He went to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Robert Barrack is a published doctor. He has 100 papers published. The most current publication "Residual Symptoms and Function in Young, Active Hip Arthroplasty Patients: Comparable to Normative Controls?" He is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• The Impact of Prior Surgery after Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• Conversion of a failed hip resurfacing arthroplasty to total hip arthroplasty: pearls and pitfalls.
• Technically Successful Geniculate Artery Embolization Does Not Equate Clinical Success for Treatment of Recurrent Knee Hemarthrosis after Knee Surgery.
• Patient-Reported Metal Allergy: A Risk Factor for Poor Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty?
• Tranexamic acid: optimal blood loss management in surface replacement arthroplasty.
• Hard-on-Hard Bearings Are Associated With Increased Noise Generation in Young Patients Undergoing Hip Arthroplasty.
• Incidence and Location of Pain in Young, Active Patients Following Hip Arthroplasty.
• The Impact of Study Period on Perioperative Outcomes Following Hip Arthroplasty.
• The Mark Coventry Award: Custom Cutting Guides Do Not Improve Total Knee Arthroplasty Clinical Outcomes at 2 Years Followup.
• Systematic review of patient-specific instrumentation in total Knee arthroplasty: new but not improved.
• Relationship of the posterior femoral axis of the "kinematically aligned" total Knee arthroplasty to the posterior condylar, transepicondylar, and anteroposterior femo...
• Increased risk of failure following revision total Knee replacement in patients aged 55 years and younger.
• Planned Bone Resections Using an MRI-Based Custom Cutting Guide System Versus 3-Dimensional, Weight-Bearing Images in Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• Patient dissatisfaction following total Knee replacement: a growing concern?
• The Impact of Total Joint Arthroplasty on Sexual Function in Young, Active Patients.
• Mobile Compression Devices and Aspirin for VTE Prophylaxis Following Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• The Use of Warfarin for DVT Prophylaxis Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: How Often Are Patients Within Their Target INR Range?
• Inter-Observer Precision and Physiologic Variability of MRI Landmarks Used to Determine Rotational Alignment in Conventional and Patient-Specific TKA.
• Baseline hypovitaminosis D is not associated with poor clinical outcomes in osteoarticular infections.
• New Total Knee Arthroplasty Designs: Do Young Patients Notice?
• Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty with Retained Acetabular Component.
• Total Knee arthroplasty after previous Knee surgery: expected interval and the effect on patient age.
• Evaluation of the 3-dimensional, weight-bearing orientation of the normal adult Knee.
• Clinical outcomes following re-admission for non-infectious wound complications after primary total Knee replacement.
• What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Imaging Modalities to Diagnose Wear-related Corrosion Problems?
• A mobile compression device for thrombosis prevention in hip and Knee arthroplasty.
• Thromboprophylaxis for patients undergoing Joint replacement.
• What is the Prognosis of Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients 55 Years and Younger?
• Are Younger Patients Undergoing TKAs Appropriately Characterized As Active?
• Accuracy of Acetabular Component Position in Hip Arthroplasty.
• High Level of Residual Symptoms in Young Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Hip Resurfacing Does Not Improve Proprioception Compared With THA.
• Do Patients Return to Work After Total Knee Arthroplasty?
• Hip Resurfacing Does Not Improve Proprioception Compared With THA.
• Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• Cement Spacers in Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
• Do Young, Active Patients Perceive Advantages After Surface Replacement Compared to Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty?
• Readmission Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: Venous Thromboembolism as a "Never Event" Is a Counterproductive Misnomer.
• Is Pain and Dissatisfaction After TKA Related to Early-grade Preoperative Osteoarthritis?
• Patient specific cutting blocks are currently of no proven value.
• Current guidelines for total Joint VTE prophylaxis: dawn of a new day.
• Does Standing Affect Acetabular Component inclination and Version After THA?
• Quality of life during orthopaedic training and academic practice: part 2: spouses and significant others.
• Do Patient-specific Guides Improve Coronal Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty?
• Are Patient-specific Cutting Blocks Cost-effective for Total Knee Arthroplasty?
• Causes of Failure of Ceramic-on-Ceramic and Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasties.
• Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Patient With Myelomeningocele.
• 2011 Marshall Urist Young Investigator Award: When to Release Patients to High-impact Activities after Hip Resurfacing.
• Aspirin decreases heterotopic ossification after hip resurfacing.
• Do Patients Return to Work After Hip Arthroplasty Surgery.
• The Reliability and Variation of Acetabular Component Anteversion Measurements From Cross-Table Lateral Radiographs.
• Managing stress in the orthopaedic family: avoiding burnout, achieving resilience.
• The Frank Stinchfield Award: the impact of socioeconomic factors on outcome after THA: a prospective, randomized study.
• The incidence of acetabular osteolysis in young patients with conventional versus highly crosslinked polyethylene.
• The Results of TKA: What the Registries Don't Tell Us.
• The fate of grafting acetabular defects during revision total hip arthroplasty.
• Technique for total hip arthroplasty in a patient with through-Knee amputation.
• Proximally versus fully porous-coated femoral stems: a multicenter randomized trial.
• The learning curve for adopting hip resurfacing among hip specialists.
• Iliopsoas bursa injections can be beneficial for Pain after total hip arthroplasty.
• Prophylactic antibiotics do not affect cultures in the treatment of an infected TKA: a prospective trial.
• Correlation of computed tomography with histology in the assessment of periprosthetic defect healing.
• Patellar resurfacing compared with nonresurfacing in total knee arthroplasty. A concise follow-up of a randomized trial.
• Quality of life during orthopaedic training and academic practice. Part 1: orthopaedic surgery residents and faculty.
• The value of intraoperative Gram stain in revision total Knee arthroplasty.
• Minimal incision surgery as a risk factor for early failure of total Knee arthroplasty.
• The effects of blood and fat on Morse taper disassembly forces.
• Is patient selection important for hip resurfacing?
• Initial American experience with hip resurfacing following FDA approval.
• Venous thromboembolic Disease after total hip and knee arthroplasty.
• When is the right time to resurface?
• Diagnosis of infected total Knee: findings of a multicenter database.
• Cell count and differential of aspirated fluid in the diagnosis of infection at the site of total Knee arthroplasty.
• Optimal initial dose adjustment of warfarin in orthopedic patients.
• Technique and timing of two-stage exchange for infection in TKA.
• Revision total Knee arthroplasty: the patient's perspective.
• Genetic-based dosing in orthopedic patients beginning warfarin therapy.
• Metal-metal hip resurfacing offers advantages over traditional arthroplasty in selected patients.
• Diagnosing an infection: an unsolved problem.
• The fate of the unexpected positive intraoperative cultures after revision total Knee arthroplasty.
• Unilateral tibial polyethylene liner failure in bilateral total Knee arthroplasty--bilateral retrieval analysis at 8 years.
• Failure of the American College of Chest Physicians-1A protocol for lovenox in clinical outcomes for thromboembolic prophylaxis.
• Revision total hip arthroplasty: the patient's perspective.
• Periprosthetic infection: what are the diagnostic challenges?
• Resection arthroplasty: when enough is enough.
• Effect of duty hour standards on burnout among orthopaedic surgery residents.
• Use of an Ilizarov apparatus to perform closed reduction of a Chronic proximal dislocation following total hip arthroplasty. A case report.
• Preoperative planning for revision total hip arthroplasty.
• Current status of Trochanteric reattachment in complex total hip arthroplasty.
• Bone graft extenders, substitutes, and osteogenic proteins.
• Concerns about ceramics in THA.
• Osteogenic protein-1 in Knee arthritis and arthroplasty.
• Winner of the 2003 James A. Rand Young Investigator's Award. Early failure of cementless mobile-bearing total Knee arthroplasty.
• The effect of stem design on end-of-stem Pain in revision total knee arthroplasty.
• The mini-incision: occasionally desirable, but rarely necessary.
• Osteogenic proteins: a little dab will do ya.
• Intraoperative Complications of revision hip arthroplasty using a porous-coated, distally slotted, fluted femoral stem.
• Stress and coping among orthopaedic surgery residents and faculty.
• Residual Symptoms and Function in Young, Active Hip Arthroplasty Patients: Comparable to Normative Controls?

Schools

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• Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine

• Portsmouth Genl Hosp

• Tulane University Hospital

• Harvard University Health ServStillman Infirmary

• International Congress for Joint Reconstruction

Procedures Preformed

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• Excision of Femur or Knee
• Excision of Tibula or Fibula
• Hip Replacement
• Hip Replacement Revision
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Conditions Treated

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• Ataxia
• Back Pain
• Bakers Cyst
• Bursitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Tulane University
• Naval Medical Center
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1871511501
NPPES Provider LastName		BARRACK
NPPES Provider FirstName		ROBERT
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		631101032
NPPES Provider State		MO
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		710.0
Distinct Opioid Count		2.0
Opioid Claim Count		120.0
Percent Opioid Claims		16.9

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1871511501
Last Name Of The Provider	BARRACK
First Name Of The Provider	ROBERT
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