Associate Professor, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgery

Sean E. Nork practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He researched medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. University of California San Diego School of Medicine is ranked 17/19 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor". Sean Nork is a published physician. He published 77 publications, including: 'Overgrowth and outcome after femoral shaft fracture in children younger than 2 years.' He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• How much articular displacement can be detected using fluoroscopy for tibial plateau Fractures?
• Risk factors for failure of locked plate fixation of distal femur Fractures: an analysis of 335 cases.
• Open reduction and intramedullary stabilisation of subtrochanteric femur Fractures: A retrospective study of 56 cases.
• Salvage of an Infected Periprosthetic Failed Fracture Fixation in a Nonagenarian.
• Bicortical fixation of medial malleolar Fractures.
• Oblique Distraction External Pelvic Fixation.
• A Fragment-Specific Approach to Type IID Monteggia Elbow Fracture-Dislocations.
• Fluoroscopically guided hip capsulotomy: effective or not? A cadaveric study.
• Reduction strategies through the anterolateral exposure for fixation of type B and C pilon Fractures.
• Characterizing gait induced normal strains in a murine tibia cortical bone defect model.
• Quantification of the upper and second sacral segment safe zones in normal and dysmorphic sacra.
• Technique of reduction and fixation of unicondylar medial Hoffa Fracture.
• The impact of open reduction internal fixation on acute Pain management in unstable pelvic ring injuries.
• Complications associated with negative pressure reaming for harvesting autologous bone graft: a case series.
• Risk factors for femoral nonunion after femoral shaft Fracture.
• Fractures of the sustentaculum tali: injury characteristics and surgical technique for reduction.
• Severity of injury and outcomes among obese trauma patients with Fractures of the femur and tibia: a crash injury research and engineering network study.
• Percutaneous placement of iliosacral screws without electrodiagnostic monitoring.
• Stiffness modulation of locking plate constructs using near cortical slotted holes: a preliminary study.
• Shortening osteotomy and compression plating for atrophic humeral NonUnions: surgical technique.
• Operative treatment of ipsilateral noncontiguous unicondylar tibial plateau and shaft Fractures: combining plates and nails.
• Secondary soft tissue compromise in tongue-type calcaneus Fractures.
• Treatment protocol for open AO/OTA type C3 pilon Fractures with segmental bone loss.
• Surgical exposure and fixation of displaced type IV, V, and VI glenoid Fractures.
• Early limited internal fixation of diaphyseal extensions in select pilon Fractures: upgrading AO/OTA type C Fractures to AO/OTA type B.
• A prospective study evaluating incision placement and wound healing for tibial plafond Fractures.
• Frequency and Fracture morphology of the posteromedial fragment in bicondylar tibial plateau Fracture patterns.
• Femoral nonunion: risk factors and treatment options.
• Open diaphyseal long bone Fractures: a reduction method using devitalized or extruded osseous fragments.
• Sacroiliac joint compression using an anterior Pelvic compressor: a mechanical study in synthetic bone.
• Stabilization of unstable pelvic Fractures with supraacetabular compression external fixation.
• Antegrade locked nailing of open humeral shaft Fractures.
• The extruded talus: results of reimplantation.
• Intramedullary nailing of proximal quarter tibial Fractures.
• Functional outcomes of severe bicondylar tibial plateau Fractures treated with dual incisions and medial and lateral plates.
• Open clavicle Fractures and associated injuries.
• Decompression and lumbopelvic fixation for sacral Fracture-dislocations with spino-pelvic dissociation.
• Osteochondral Fracture of the distal lateral femoral condyle: a report of two cases.
• The olecranon osteotomy: a six-year experience in the treatment of intraarticular Fractures of the distal humerus.
• Is the absence of an ipsilateral fibular Fracture predictive of increased radiographic tibial pilon Fracture severity?
• Initial Fracture management and results.
• Provisional plating of Type III open tibia Fractures prior to intramedullary nailing.
• Intramedullary nailing of distal metaphyseal tibial Fractures.
• Anatomic considerations for the choice of surgical approach for hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
• The association between supracondylar-intercondylar distal femoral Fractures and coronal plane Fractures.
• Complications associated with internal fixation of high-energy bicondylar tibial plateau Fractures utilizing a two-incision technique.
• Surgical treatment of talar body Fractures.
• Talar neck Fractures: results and outcomes.
• Mortality after reamed intramedullary nailing of bilateral femur Fractures.
• Temporary bridge plating of the medial column in severe midfoot injuries.
• Noncontiguous Fractures of the femoral neck, femoral shaft, and distal femur.
• Extensor mechanism-sparing paratricipital posterior approach to the distal humerus.
• Hoffa Fracture: a common association with high-energy supracondylar Fractures of the distal femur.
• Open reduction and internal fixation of high-energy tibial plateau Fractures.
• High-energy Pelvic ring disruptions.
• Correlation of shear to compression for progressive Fracture obliquity.
• Less rigid stable Fracture fixation in osteoporotic bone using locked plates with near cortical slots.
• Plate fixation or intramedullary fixation of humeral shaft Fractures.
• Treatment of humeral shaft Fractures--meta-analysis reupdated.
• The posterolateral approach to the tibia for displaced posterior malleolar injuries.
• Internal fixation compared with arthroplasty for displaced Fractures of the femoral neck. A meta-analysis.
• Ipsilateral talar and calcaneal Fractures: a retrospective review of complications and sequelae.
• Isolated locked compression plating for Vancouver Type B1 periprosthetic femoral Fractures.
• Perioperative complications associated with operative treatment of acetabular Fractures.
• Surgical treatment of olecranon Fractures.
• Percutaneous stabilization of U-shaped sacral Fractures using iliosacral screws: technique and early results.
• Simple anterior Pelvic external fixation.
• Comminuted Fracture-dislocations of the elbow treated with an AO wrist fusion plate.
• Comminuted Fractures of the iliac wing.
• Percutaneous fixation of Pelvic ring disruptions.
• Aggressive aneurysmal bone cyst of the proximal humerus. A case report.
• Relationship between ligamentous laxity and the site of upper extremity Fractures in children: extension supracondylar Fracture versus distal forearm Fracture.
• Patient outcomes after decompression and instrumented posterior spinal fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis.
• Overgrowth and outcome after femoral shaft Fracture in children younger than 2 years.
• Skeletal traction versus external fixation for pediatric femoral shaft Fractures: a comparison of hospital costs and charges.
• How to examine a foot and what to do with a bunion.

Schools

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• University Of California San Diego School Of Medicine

• University Ca Sf School Of Med

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
• Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Open
• Excision of Scapula, Clavicle, Rib, or Sternum
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Conditions Treated

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• Ankle Fracture
• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
• Ataxia
• Back Pain
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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

Education

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• UCSF
• University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Hospital

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• UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1013059070
Last Name Of The Provider	NORK
First Name Of The Provider	SEAN
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