sALLud: Our Publications
Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Implementation of EHRs During Global Outreach – A Necessary Next Step in Measuring and Improving Quality of Care. Journal of Hand Surgery. [Submitted]
Shapiro LM, Xiao M, Zhuang T, Ruch DS, Richard MR, Kamal RN. Variations in Treatment and Costs for Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Over 55 Years of Age: A Population-Based Study. HAND NY. [Submitted]
Cohen SA, Xiao M, Zhuang T, Michaud J, Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Are Orthopaedic Surgery Departments that Receive More National Institutes of Health Funding Associated with Greater Diversity and Inclusion? Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. [Submitted]
Lemos J, Welch JM, Xiao M, Shapiro LM, Adeli E, Kamal RN. Is Frailty Consistently Defined and Associated with Adverse Outcomes After Orthopaedic Surgery? A Systematic Review. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. [Submitted]
Wadhwa H, Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Welch JM, Richard MJ, Kamal RN. Site of Irrigation and Debridement of Open Finger and Hand Fractures: Trends and Outcomes. Journal of Hand Surgery. [Submitted]
Welch JM, Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Gardner MG, Xiao M, Kamal RN. Cost Minimization Analysis of the Treatment of Olecranon Fracture in Elderly Patients. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. [Submitted]
Xiao M, Welch JM, Cohen SA, Kamal RN, Shapiro LM. How is Scaphoid Malunion Defined: A Systematic Review. HAND NY. [Submitted]
Shapiro LM, Đình MP, Tran L, Fox PM, Richard MJ, Kamal RN. SMS-based collection of PROMs on hand surgery global outreach trips: a pilot feasibility study. Journal of Hand Surgery. [Submitted]
Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Universal Hemoglobin A1c Screening Prior to Total Joint Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty. [Submitted]
Fogel N, Mertz K, Shapiro LM, Roe A, Denduluri S, Kamal RN. Are We Measuring What Matters to Patients Treated for a Distal Radius Fracture? A Systematic Review. HAND (N Y). [Submitted]
Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Amanatullah DA, Maloney WJ, Kamal RN. Costs and Benefits of Routine Hemoglobin A1c Screening Prior to Total Joint Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. [Submitted]
Shapiro LM, Akelman E, Ruch DS, Richard MJ, Ladd A, Blazar P, Yao J, Kakar S, Harris ASH, Ring D, Got C, Kamal RN. How Should We Use Patient Reported Outcome Measures at Point of Care in Hand Surgery? Journal of Hand Surgery. [Submitted]
Mertz K, Endersby K, Morris A, Roe A, Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Outcome Metrics in the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review. HAND (N Y). [Submitted]
Shapiro LM, Eppler SL, Kamal RN. Responsiveness and Comparison of Patient-Specific and Generic Patient Reported Outcome Measures Following Elective Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. Journal of Hand Surgery. [Submitted]
Shah RF, Baker L, Harris ASH, Shapiro LM, Amanatullah DF, Kamal RN. Variation in Out of Pocket and Total Costs for Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Population Analysis. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research [Submitted]
Mertz K, Burn MB, Shapiro LM, Ku K, Kamal RN. Surgical Trends and Costs of Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis Treatment in a Privately Insured Population. Journal of Hand Surgery. [Submitted]
Lai CH, Shapiro LM, Amanatullah DF, Chou LB, Gardner M, Hu S, Safran M, Kamal RN. Making PROMs Relevant to Patients: Qualitative Study of Communication Preferences of PROMs. Quality of Life Research. [Accepted]
Zhuang T, Feng AY, Shapiro LM, Hu S, Gardner M, Kamal RN. Is Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus Associated with Incidence of Complications After Posterior Instrumented Lumbar Fusion? A National Claims Database Analysis. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research [Accepted]
Cohen SA, Zhuang T, Xiao M, Michaud JB, Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Using Google Trends Data to Track Healthcare Use for Hand Osteoarthritis. Cureus. 2021 13(3): e13786. doi:10.7759/cureus.13786 [In press]
Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Fogel N, Richard M, Gardner M, Kamal RN Perioperative Laboratory Markers as Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection After Elective Hand Surgery. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2021 [In press]
Shapiro LM, Đình MP, Fox PM, Richard MJ, Eppler SL, Kamal RN. Barriers and Facilitators of Outcome Collection During Hand Surgery Outreach to 175 Hospital, Vietnam: A Quality Improvement Study. HAND (N Y). [ePub ahead of print, https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447211003183]
Roe AK, Eppler SL, Shapiro LM, Satteson ES, Yao J, Kamal RN. Engaging Patients to Ask More Questions: What’s the Best Way? A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2021 [ePub ahead of print, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2021.02.001
Shapiro LM, Thomas KA, Eppler SL, Behal R, Yao J, Kamal RN. Understanding the Patient Experience: Analysis of 2-Word Assessment and Its Relationship to Likelihood to Recommend in Outpatient Hand Surgery. HAND (N Y). 2021 [ePub ahead of print, https://doi.org/10.1177/1558944720988078]
Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Health Policy in Hand Surgery: Evaluating What Works. Hand Clinics. 2020;36:263-270.
Shapiro LM, Chang J, Fox PM, Kozin SH, Chung KC, Dyer GSM, Fufa D, Leversedge FJ, Katarincic JA, Kamal RN. Quality Measures to Deliver Safe, High-Quality Care on Hand Surgery Outreach Trips to Low and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. [ePub ahead of print, http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.19.01506]
Shapiro LM, Park MO, Mariano DJ, Welch JM, Kamal RN. Quality Measures for Orthopaedic Surgery Outreach Trips: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. [ePub ahead of print, doi:10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-00263]
Fogel N, Shapiro LM, Roe A, Denduluri S, Richard MJ, Kamal RN. Outcomes of Supplementary Spring Wire Fixation with Volar Plating for Volar Lunate Facet Fragments in Distal Radius Fractures. HAND (N Y). [ePub ahead of print, https://doi.org/10.1177/1558944720976404]
Shapiro LM, McQuillan TJ, Kerkhof FD, Ladd A. Radiographic Progression of Thumb CMC Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review. Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online. [Accepted] - [ePub ahead of print, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsg.2020.09.001]
Shapiro LM, Eppler SL, Roe AK, Morris A, Kamal RN. The Patient Perspective on Patient Reported Outcome Measures Following Elective Hand Surgery: A Convergent Mixed Methods Analysis. Journal of Hand Surgery. [ePub ahead of print, doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.09.008]
Satteson E, Roe A, Eppler S, Yao J, Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Development and Testing of a Question Prompt List for Common Hand Conditions: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed- Methods Study. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020;45:1087.e1-e10.
Zhuang T, Ku S, Shapiro LM, Hu, S, Kamal RN. A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Smoking Cessation Interventions Prior to Posterior Lumbar Fusion. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 2020;102:2032-2042.
O’Shaughnessy M, Shapiro LM, Schultz B, Retzky J, Yao J. Morphology at the Distal Radioulnar Joint – Identifying the Prevalence of Reverse Obliquity. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2020;09:417-424.
Thompson Z, Kortlever JTP, Shapiro LM, Baker L, Harris AHS, Kamal RN. The Influence of Cost Information on Treatment Choice: A Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020;45:899-908.
Shapiro LM, Chang J, Fox PM, Kozin SH, Chung KC, Dyer GSM, Fufa D, Leversedge FJ,
Katarincic JA, Kamal RN. Measuring and Improving the Quality of Care of Global Outreach Trips: A Primer for Safe and Sustainable Surgery. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020;45:851- 856.
Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Ring D, Akelman E, Ruch DS, Richard MJ, Ladd A, Blazar P, Yao J, Kakar S, Harris AHS, Got C, Kamal RN. Which Decisions for Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Distal Radius Fractures Should be Shared? Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020;45:690-697.
Shapiro LM, Park MO, Mariano DJ, Kamal RN. Development of A Needs Assessment Tool to Promote Capacity Building in Hand Surgery Outreach Trips: A Methodological Triangulation Approach. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020;45:729-737.
Zhuang T, Shapiro LM, Ring D, Akelman E, Ruch DS, Richard MJ, Ladd A, Blazar P, Yao J, Kakar S, Harris AHS, Got C, Kamal RN. Quality Measures to Reduce Opioid Use After Common Soft Tissue Hand and Wrist Procedures. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020;45:582- 588.
Shapiro LM, Roe AK, Kamal RN. Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Hybrid Russe Procedure for Scaphoid Nonunion. HAND (N Y). 2020 [ePub ahead of print, doi: 10.1177/1558944720911214]
Schultz B, Tanner N, Shapiro LM, Segovia N, Kamal RN, Bishop J, Gardner MG. Patient Reported Outcome Measures: Influence of Motor Tasks and Psychosocial Factors on Scores in Foot and Ankle Trauma Patients. Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. 2020 Jul 1;59(4):758– 762.
Truntzer JT, Hoppe DJ, Shapiro LM, Safran MD. Can the FEAR Index be Used to Predict Microinstability in Patients Undergoing Hip Arthroscopy? American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2019;47:3158-3165.
Shapiro LM, Eppler SL, Baker LC, Harris AS, Gardner MJ, Kamal RN. The Usability and Feasibility of Conjoint Analysis to Elicit Preferences for Distal Radius Fractures in Patients 55 Years and Older. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2019;44:846-852.
Burn MB, Shapiro LM, Eppler SL, Behal R, Kamal RN. Clinical Care Redesign to Improve Value for Trigger Finger Release: A Before-and-After Implementation study. HAND (N Y). 2019 [ePub ahead of print, 10.1177/1558944719884661]
Zhaung T, Eppler SL, Shapiro LM, Roe AR, Yao J, Kamal RN. Financial Distress is Associated with Delay in Seeking Care for Hand Conditions. HAND (N Y). 2019; [ePub ahead of print, doi: 10.1177/1558944719866889]
Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. Distal Radius Fragment-Specific Fixation. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma - Case Reports. [ePub ahead of print, doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001458]
Shapiro LM, Kamal RN. The Evaluation and Treatment of Flexor Tendon and Pulley Injuries in Athletes. Clinics in Sports Medicine. 2020;39:279-297.
Shapiro LM, Zhuang T, Li K, Eppler SL, Kamal RN. The Use of Preoperative Antibiotics in Soft Tissue Procedures in the Hand: A Critical Analysis Review. JBJS Reviews. 2019;7;e6.
Shapiro LM, Harris AS, Eppler SL, Kamal RN. Can the QuickDASH PROM be Altered by
First Completing the Tasks on the Instrument? Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research.
2019;477:2062-2068.
Shapiro LM, Eppler SL, Kamal RN. The Feasibility and Usability of a Ranking Tool to Elicit Patient Preferences for the Treatment of Trigger Finger. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2019;44:480-486.e1.
Truntzer J, Hoppe DJ, Shapiro LM, Abrams GD, Safran MD. The Diagnostic Accuracy of Three Physical Examination Tests in the Assessment of Hip Microinstability. The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;5:eCollection.
Truntzer J, Hoppe DJ, Shapiro LM, Abrams GD, Safran MD. Complication Rates for Hip Arthroscopy are Underestimated: A Population-Based Study. Arthroscopy. 2017;33:1194- 1201.
Truntzer J, Shapiro LM, Hoppe DJ, Abrams GD, Safran MR. Hip Arthroscopy Trends in the United States: An Update Following Coding Changes in 2011. Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery. 2017;4:250-7.
Shapiro LM, Safran MR, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB, Huddleston JI, Bellino MJ, Scuderi GJ, Abrams GD. Cytokines As A Predictor of Clinical Response Following Hip Arthroscopy: Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up. Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery. 2016;3:229-35.
Johnson D, Stevens KJ, Riley G, Shapiro L, Yoshioka H, Gold GE. Approach to MRI of the Elbow and Wrist: Technical Aspects and Innovation. MRI Clinics. 2015;23:355-66.
Abrams GD, Safran MR, Shapiro LM, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB, Huddleston JI, Bellino MJ, Scuderi GJ. Fibronectin-Aggrecan Complex as a Marker for Cartilage Degeneration in Non-Arthritic Hips. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2014;22:768-73.
Grimm, LJ, Shapiro LM, Singhapricha T, Mazurowski M, Desser TS, Maxfield C. Predictors of an Academic Career in Radiology Residency Applications. Academic Radiology. 2014;21:685-90.
Shapiro LM, McWalter EJ, Son M, Levenston M, Hargreaves BA, Gold GE. Mechanisms of Osteoarthritis in the Knee: Imaging Appearance. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2014;39:1346-56.
Shapiro LM, Harish M, Hargreaves B, Staroswiecki E, Gold GE. Advances in Musculoskeletal MRI - Technical Considerations. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2012:36:775-87.
Shapiro LM and Gold GE. MRI of Weight-bearing and Movement. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2012;20:69-78
Shapiro LM, Staroswiecki E, Gold G. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee: Optimizing 3 Tesla Imaging. Seminars in Roentgenology. 2010;45:238-49.
Chen CA, Kijowski R, Shapiro LM, Tuite MJ, Davis KW, Klaers JL, Block WF, Reeder SB, Gold GE. Cartilage Morphology at 3.0T: Assessment of Three-Dimensional MR Imaging Techniques. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2010;32:173-83.
Gold GE, Shapiro L, Hargreaves B, Bangerter N. Advances in Musculoskeletal MRI. Topics