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Original Papers in Refereed Journals

West, RV. Diversity in Orthopaedic Surgery. Operative Orthopaedics. 2022 June; 32(2).

Diversity in Orthopaedics

Curley AJ, Conroy CM, West RV, Chang ES. Post-Operative Use of Blood Flow Restriction in Orthopaedics. Orthopedics. 2021 Nov-Dec;44(6):e694-e698

Blood Flow Restriction

Womble MN, Reynolds E, Kissinger-Knox A, Collins MW, Kontos AP, West RV, Eagle S, Elbin RJ. The Emerging Role of Telehealth for Concussion Clinical Care During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;37(2):E49-E54.

Concussion Telehealth

Tashman S, Zandiyeh P, Irrgang JJ, Musahl V, West RV, Shah N, Fu FH. Anatomic Single and Double-Bundle ACL Reconstruction Both Restore Dynamic Knee Function: a Randomized Clinical Trial-Part II: Knee Kinematics. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Aug;29(8):2676-2683.

Single vs Double Bundle ACL

Looney AM, Ferris WJ, West RV. Rare Variant Double-Layered Meniscus Detected During Arthroscopy in a Young Gymnast After a Hyperextension Knee Injury: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect 2020 Jul-Sept; 10(3)

Rare Variant Double Layered Lateral Meniscus

Fu F, Rabuck SJ, West RV, Tashman S, Irrgang JJ. Patellar Fractures After the Harvest of a Quadriceps Tendon Autograft With a Bone Block: A Case Series. Orthop J Sports Medicine 2019 March (3).

Patella Fracture after ACL

Chang ES, Bishop ME, Baker D, West RV. Interval Throwing and Hitting Programs in Baseball: Biomechanics and Rehabilitation. Am J Orthop 2016 Mar-Apr 45(3): 157-62.

Throwing Program

Jiang KN, West RV. Management of Chronic Combined ACL Medial Posteromedial Instability of the Knee. Sports Med Arthrosc 2015 Jun;23(2):85-90.

Management of Chronic Combined ACL Medial

Chu CR, Williams AA, West RV, Qian Y, Fu F, Do BH, Bruno S. Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging UTE-T2 Mapping of Cartilage and Meniscus Healing after Anatomic ACL Reconstruction. Am J Sports Med 2014;42(8):1847-1856.

Cartilage

Postma WF, West RV. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury-Prevention Programs. J Bone Surg Am 2013; 95(7): 661-9.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention

Rabuck SJ, Musahl V, Fu FH, West RV.  Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Quadriceps Tendon Autograft. Clin Sports Med. 2013 Jan;32(1):155-64.

Quad ACL

Bishop M, West RV.  Outcomes of Patellar Realignment for Patellofemoral Arthritis in Young Patients.  Fusion Spring 2010; V.IV: 13-14.

Colvin AC, Mullen J, Lovell MR, West RV, Collins MW, Groh M.  The Role of Concussion History and Gender in Recovery From Soccer-Related Concussion. Am J Sports Med 2009 Sep;37(9):1699-704.

Concussion Role of Gender

Colvin AC, West RV.  Current Concepts of Patellar Instability. J Bone Joint Surg Am  2008; 90(12): 2751-2762.

Patellar Instability

Bradley J, Honkamp NJ, Jost P, West R, Norwig J, Kaplan LD. Incidence and variance of knee injuries in elite college football players. Am J Orthop. 2008;37(6):310-314.

Colvin AC, West RV.  Outcomes of Patellar Realignment for Patellofemoral Arthritis in Young Patients.  The Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Jounal 2008.

Sekiya JK, West RV, Groff YJ, Irrgang JJ, Fu FH, Harner CD.  Clinical Outcomes Following Isolated Lateral Meniscal Allograft Transplantation.  Arthroscopy 2006 Jul;22(7):771-80.

Lateral Meniscus Transplant

Williams BA, Kentor ML, Vogt MT, Irrgang JJ, Bottegal MT, West RV, Harner CD, Fu FH, Williams JP.  Reduction of Verbal Pain Scores after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with 2-Day Continuous Femoral Nerve Block: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  Anesthesiology 2006 Feb;104(2):315-327.

Femoral Nerve Block

Cha PS, Brucker PU, West RV, Zelle BA, Yagi M, Kurosaka M, Fu FH.  Arthroscopic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: an anatomic approach.  Arthroscopy 2005 Oct;21(10):1275.

West RV, Harner CD.  Graft Selection for ACL Reconstruction.  JAAOS Journal 2005; 13 (3): 197-207.

Graft Selection in Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Sekiya JK, West RV, Ong BC, Irrgang JJ, Fu FH, Harner CD.  Clinical outcomes after isolated arthroscopic single-bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.  Arthroscopy 2005 Sep;21(9):1042-50.

Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Beasley LS, Weiland DE, Vidal AF, Chhabra A, Herzka AS, Feng MT, West RV. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction:  A Literature Review of the Anatomy, Biomechanics, Surgical Considerations, and Clinical Outcomes.  Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics 2005; 15:1: 5-19.

West RV, Kim JG,  Armfield D, Harner CD. Lateral meniscal root tears associated with anterior cruciate ligament injury: classification and management.  Arthroscopy 2004 May; 20(1): e32-e33.

Cha PS, West RV, Harner CD. Intraoperative Landmarks for Accurate ACLTibial Tunnel Placement by Arthroscopy and Fluoroscopy.  The Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal 2004.

West RV, Murthi AM, Gunther SF. Pin Migration from the Proximal Humerus. The American Journal of Orthopedics. 2003; 32 (5): 242-44.

Bagheri R, Sturm PF, West RV, Thomas MD.  Single Rod Posterior Segmental Instrumentation in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The Spine Journal September/October 2002;2;No. 5S:70S-71S.

West RV. The Female Athlete. The Triad of Disordered Eating, Amenorrhoea and Osteoporosis. Sports Med. 1998 Aug;26(2):63-71

Reviews or Editorials in Refereed Journals

West RV.  Barefoot Running: Is it Good News for the Knee?  Orthopaedics Today: October 2014

West RV. Lateral Facetectomy Can Improve Symptoms of Patellofemoral Arthritis Orthopaedics Today: November 2013

West RV. Five-Year Good Results with Matrix-Induced Chondrocyte Implantation JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2013 Jan 02;3(1).

West RV.  High Rate of Return to Sports after Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation.  JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2012 Jul 03;2(7):e2

West RV.  All-Soft Suture Anchor is Similar in Biomechanical Performance to the Classic Solid Anchor. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2012 Jun 20;2(6):e6.

West RV. Long-Term (15 Years) Outcomes after ACL Reconstruction. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2012 May 02;2(5):e1.

West RV. National Trends in Rotator Cuff Repair over the Last Decade.  JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2012 May 02;2(5):e3.

West RV. Aggressive Early Passive Exercises After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair May Increase the Rate of Anatomic Failure.  JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2012 Apr 04;2(4):e1.

West RV. Microfracture Allows Quicker Recovery But Leads to Clinical Deterioration with Time When Compared with ACI. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2012 Feb 15;2(2):e9.

West RV.  MRI Findings and Arthroscopic Treatment Results of Posteromedial Elbow Impingement. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Dec 07;1(7):e4.

West RV.  Functional Outcomes and Epidemiology of Acute Traumatic Posterior Shoulder Dislocations.  JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Dec 07;1(7):e2.

West RV. Hamstring Autografts Can Take More Than Two Years to Remodel Completely After ACL Reconstruction. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Oct 19;1(5):e6.

West RV.  Lateral Meniscal Root Tears Left in Situ After ACL Reconstruction Show Good Long-Term Radiographic and Subjective Outcomes.  JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Oct 19;1(5):e7.

West RV.  There are good 10+-year results of red-white longitudinal meniscal repairs in younger patients. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Jul 06;1(2):e2.

West RV.  There Are Good Clinical and MRI-Based Outcomes Up to Five Years After Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Jul 06;1(2):e1.

West RV.  Good Results with Arthroscopic Revision Bankart Repair.  JBJS Orthop Highlights: Sports Med, 2011 Jun 01;1(1):e7.

Working Z, West RV.  Use of Matrices as a Tissue Substitute in Shoulder Surgery. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics 2010; 20:2: 154-160.

Gause PR, West RV. Arthroscopic Treatment of Shoulder Instability. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics 2005 Aug;16:258-262.

Zelle B, West RV. Arthroscopic Restoration. Orthopaedic Technology Review 2005; 7(3)

West RV, Groh M. Knee Bracing Know-How.  Arthritis Self-Management 2005; 6(2): 13-17.

Cha PS, West RV.  Concomitant Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear with Medial and Lateral Locked Bucket Handle Meniscal Tears:  A Case Report.  The Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal 2004.

Cha PS, West RV, Brucker P, Kurosaka M, Fu FH.  Technical Note: Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction: An Anatomic Approach Using Quadrupled Gracilis and Semitendonosis Tendons.  The Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal 2004.

West RV.  Arthroscopic Treatment of Glenohumeral Joint Arthritis in the Athlete.  Current Opinion in Orthopaedics 2004; 15(2): 118-22.

West RV.  Bracing in the Osteoarthritic Knee.  Orthopaedic Technology Review 2003; 5(6): 26-29.

West RV. The Triad of Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis. Sports Medicine, 1998; 26 (2): 63-71.

Books or Chapters in books, and publications in other journals

West RV, Parikh S. Patellofemoral Instability Management Principles and Operative Techniques, Wolter Kluwer 2020. Patella Fracture after Medial Patellofemoral Reconstruction.

West RV. Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Sports Medicine Second Edition.  Lippincott Williams & Williams; 2019. Tibial Tubercle Transfer

West RV, Bryant B, editors, ACL Injuries in Female Athletes, Elsvier St Louis, MO 2019

West RV, Murray R, Dean D. Patellofemoral Pain and Instability, Springer NY, NY 2019. Recurrent Patellar Instability

Chamber MC, Rocha J, Kromka JJ, Hicks JJ, Middleton KK, LeBlaze D, West RV, Musahl V, Lesniak BP, Hogan MV. Functional and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Surgical Fixation With Biologic Augmentation of Jones Fracture in Elite Athletes.  Ortho Restore Winter 2018, page 9.

West RV, Endurance Sports Medicine, Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome, Springer NY, NY 2016

West RV,  Colvin AC, editors, The Patellofemoral Joint in the Athlete, Springer NY, NY 2013

Wasserman BR, West RV. The Multiple Ligament Injured Knee.  Springer New York; 2013. Surgical Treatment of Combined ACL Medial and Lateral Side Injuries: Acute and Chronic; pp. 165-75.

Singh K, West RV. Surgical Techniques of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee in Sports Medicine 2nd Edition Saunders Elsevier; 2008.  Patient Positioning, Portal Placement, and Normal Arthroscopic Anatomy.

West RV. Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Sports Medicine.  Lippincott Williams & Williams; 2010.  Tibial Tubercle Transfer; pp. 191-203.

Jordan SS, Hagen TJ, West RV, Wright VJ. Current Concepts in ACL Reconstruction. SLACK; 2008.  Gender Differences in ACL Injury; pp. 111-27.

Koenig MD, West RV. Surgical Techniques of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee in Sports Medicine Saunders Elsevier; 2008.  Patient Positioning, Portal Placement, and Normal Arthroscopic Anatomy; pp. 413-19.

West RV, Irrgang JJ. OKU Sports Medicine 8. AAOS 2009.  Lower Extremity Stress Injuries; pp. 181-83.

West RV, Rodosky MW. CURRENT:  Rheumatology  Diagnosis and Treatment in Rhematology (Second Edition).  Lange Medical Books, McGraw Hill; 2007.  Approach to the Painful Shoulder; pp. 80-93.

Seroyer S, West RV. CURRENT:  Orthopaedics  Diagnosis and Treatment. Lange Medical Books, McGraw Hill; 2007.  The Female Athlete; pp. 257-63.

Squires NA, West RV, Harner CD. Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine, Elattrache NS, Mirzayan R, Harner CD, Sekiya JK (eds); 2007.  Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: General Considerations: pp. 309-19.

Cha PS, West RV, Fu FH. Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine, Elattrache NS, Mirzayan R, Harner CD, Sekiya JK (eds); 2007.  Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Hamstring Autograft/Single and Double Bundle Techniques; pp. 327-37.

Baker CL, West RV, Harner CD.  Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine, Elattrache NS, Mirzayan R, Harner CD, Sekiya JK (eds); 2007.  Patellofemoral Realignment for Instability; pp. 509-525.

Irrgang JJ, West RV, Sahasrabudhe A, Harner CD. Postsurgical Orthopaedic Sports Rehabilitation Knee & Shoulder, Manske (ed); 2006.  Reconstruction after Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, pp. 245-57.

West RV, Fu F. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 8 (OKU).   AAOS; 2005.  Basic Science and Physiology of Soft Tissues; pp. 15-29.

West RV, Rodosky MW.  CURRENT:  Rheumatology  Diagnosis and Treatment in Rheumatology.  Lange Medical Books, McGraw Hill; 2004. Approach to the Painful Shoulder; pp. 66-76.

West RV, Harner CD.  Il Legamento Crociato Posteriore.  Pier Paolo Mariani, ed Societa Editrice Timeo Srl; 2004.  Posterolateral Corner Injuries: Acute and Chronic; pp. 145-55.

Multi-Media

Alex Smith Comeback” 60 Minutes CBS January 2021

“WFT Play-Offs” WJLA/CBS News Affiliate January 2021

“The Journey” RJOS Podcast Episode 5 October 2020

“It Takes a Team to Be Successful” Women’s Wealth: The Middle Way Podcast Glen Eagle Bank September 2020

“E60: Alex Smith: Project 11” ESPN May 2020

“Pandemic” WJLA/CBS News Affiliate May 2020

“Dr. Robin West” WJLA/CBS News Affiliate October 2019

“Working Women” WJLA/CBS News Affiliate October 2018

“Power Player of the Week” Fox News Sunday September 2017

“The Most Influential Person in Sports Medicine” ESPNW, Sports Center September 2016

“Meet the Redskins New Top Doc” WUSA Channel 9 News (CBS) Great Day Washington August 2016

“Avoiding Youth Baseball Injuries” WUSA Channel 9 News (CBS) Great Day Washington April 2016

“Cartilage Replacement Procedure” WUSA Channel 9 News (CBS) Nightly News April 2015

“Fit Gadgets for the Holidays” WUSA Channel 9 News (CBS) Nightly News December 2014

“Outside the Lines: NFL and Marijuana” ESPN 2014

“Preventing ACL Injuries in Young Athletes,” WUSA Channel 9 News (CBS) Nightly News July 2014

“Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy, Surgical Technique” Vumedi 2014

“Anterior Medial Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy to Align Patella Tracking and Unload Articular Lesion” The Masters Experience: Arthroscopic Surgical Techniques: Patella Instability and Arthrosis, AAOS 2013

“Injury Prevention Series” Natick Redhawks Local Network, PBS educational network 2012

“Youth Sports Injuries” NBC Nightly News 2011

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