Catherine Ormandy Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. James R. Kasser, MD
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Doctor James R. Kasser, MD is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Tufts University School of Medicine is ranked 49 in research and 52 in primary care medicine He over the years received 4 awards: "Boston Magazine", "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Herald" and "Super Doctor". James R. Kasser is also published. He has 98 publications published. The lastest publication: "Radiographic appearance of the normal distal tibiofibular syndesmosis in children.'
Publications
- Medial Versus Anterior Open Reduction for Developmental Hip Dislocation in Age-matched Patients.
- Likelihood of Surgery in Isolated Pediatric Fifth Metatarsal Fractures.
- Prenatal screening for clubFoot: what factors predict prenatal detection?
- Descriptive Epidemiology of Idiopathic ClubFoot.
- Primary lyme arthritis of the pediatric hip.
- Misdiagnosis of Knee venous malformation as juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
- Loss-of-Function Mutations in PTPN11 Cause Metachondromatosis, but Not Ollier Disease or Maffucci Syndrome.
- Complications of talus Fractures in children.
- Prenatally diagnosed clubfeet: comparing ultrasonographic severity with objective clinical outcomes.
- Diffuse lipofibromatosis of the lower extremity masquerading as a vascular anomaly.
- Post-closed reduction perfusion magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of avascular necrosis in developmental hip dysplasia: a preliminary report.
- Prediction of spatial orientation and morphology of calcaneonavicular coalitions.
- Orthopedic board certification and physician performance: an analysis of medical malpractice, hospital Disciplinary action, and state medical board Disciplinary action...
- Does swaddling influence developmental dysplasia of the hip?
- Operative treatment of intraarticular calcaneal Fractures in the pediatric population.
- Lateral entry compared with medial and lateral entry pin fixation for completely displaced supracondylar humeral Fractures in children. A randomized clinical trial.
- Increased blood lead levels in an adolescent girl from a retained bullet. A case report.
- Proximal femoral epiphysiolysis during reduction of hip dislocation in adolescents.
- Osteotomy does not improve early outcome after slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Location of treatment of supracondylar Fractures of the humerus in children.
- Serum levels of nickel and chromium after instrumented posterior spinal arthrodesis.
- Prophylactic pinning of the contralateral hip after unilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Analysis of 51 tibial triplane Fractures using CT with multiplanar reconstruction.
- Validation of a clinical prediction rule for the differentiation between septic arthritis and transient synovitis of the hip in children.
- Delay in diagnosis of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- A clinical practice guideline for treatment of septic arthritis in children: efficacy in improving process of care and effect on outcome of septic arthritis of the hip.
- Prospective reevaluation of the association between thrombotic diathesis and legg-perthes Disease.
- Virtual reality simulation of arthroscopy of the Knee.
- The Foot in Apert syndrome.
- The shoulder, Elbow, and forearm in Apert syndrome.
- Infection of the infrapatellar bursa. A report of two cases.
- Reinfusion of shed blood after orthopaedic procedures in children and adolescents.
- Titanium elastic nails for pediatric femur Fractures: a multicenter study of early results with analysis of complications.
- Development of a virtual reality arthroscopic Knee simulator.
- Flexon-type Salter-Harris I injury of the proximal tibial epiphysis.
- Massive subperiosteal hemorrhage and femoral shaft osteonecrosis: a complication of tissue plasminogen activator therapy for purpura fulminans.
- Orthopaedic aspects of child abuse.
- Differentiating between septic arthritis and transient synovitis of the hip in children: an evidence-based clinical prediction algorithm.
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease: MR imaging evaluation during manual positioning of the hip--comparison with conventional arthrography.
- Radiologic case study. Infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey's Disease).
- Symposium: femoral Fractures in children.
- Radiographic appearance of the normal distal tibiofibular syndesmosis in children.
- Femur Fractures in children: treatment with early sitting spica casting.
- Postreduction computed tomography in developmental dislocation of the hip: part II: predictive value for outcome.
- Postreduction computed tomography in developmental dislocation of the hip: part I: analysis of measurement reliability.
- Chronic physeal Fractures in myelodysplasia: magnetic resonance analysis, histologic description, treatment, and outcome.
- Protrusio acetabuli and bilateral basicervical femoral neck Fractures in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
- Accuracy of leg length prediction in children younger than 10 years of age.
- Ulnar nerve instability in children.
- MR imaging in congenital lower limb Deformities.
- The Pavlik harness and developmental dysplasia of the hip: has ultrasound changed treatment patterns?
- The function of the quadriceps muscle after a Fracture of the femur in patients who are less than seventeen years old.
- Incidence of spondylolisthesis in ambulatory cerebral palsy patients.
- Leg length Discrepancy associated with vivid cutis marmorata.
- Uniplanar supracondylar humeral osteotomy with preset Kirschner wires for posttraumatic cubitus varus.
- Percutaneous pinning in the treatment of displaced lateral condyle Fractures.
- Osteochondroma formation after a Salter II Fracture.
- Brachial plexus palsy as a complication of Pavlik harness use.
- Spinal deformity associated with neurenteric cysts in children.
- Neurovascular injury and displacement in type III supracondylar humerus Fractures.
- Fractures about the elbow.
- Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children: appropriate use of imaging to guide treatment.
- Cartilaginous abnormalities and growth disturbances in Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease: evaluation with MR imaging.
- Tendon injuries about the Ankle.
- Osteomyelitis caused by Capnocytophaga ochracea.
- Examination of the cerebral palsy patient with Foot and ankle problems.
- Hematogenous osteomyelitis. Untangling the diagnostic confusion.
- Varus derotation osteotomy in the treatment of persistent dysplasia in congenital dislocation of the hip.
- The association of femoral retroversion with slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: assessment of epiphyseal displacement and angulation.
- Tibial tubercle apophysitis in cerebral palsy treated with proximal tibial epiphysiodesis: report of two cases with 3-year follow-up.
- Physeal arrest about the knee associated with non-physeal Fractures in the lower extremity.
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis. A case report and review of musculoskeletal manifestations.
- Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. Association with vertebra plana.
- Pediatric floating Elbow.
- Early failure of Pavlik harness treatment for developmental hip dysplasia: clinical and ultrasound predictors.
- Wagner multiple K-wire osteosynthesis to correct coxa vara in the young child: experience with a versatile 'tailor-made' high angle blade plate equivalent.
- Osteonecrosis of the femoral head associated with slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Physeal bar resections after growth arrest about the Knee.
- Self-administered nitrous oxide for Fracture reduction in children in an emergency room setting.
- Management of vascular injuries in displaced supracondylar humerus Fractures without arteriography.
- The triceps-dividing approach to open reduction of complex distal humeral Fractures in adolescents: a Cybex evaluation of triceps function and motion.
- Acute septic arthritis in infancy and childhood.
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis. A quantitative analysis of motion, Gait, and femoral remodeling after in situ fixation.
- Neurologic complications after K-wire fixation of supracondylar humerus Fractures in children.
- Femur Fractures in children.
- Forearm Fractures.
- Percutaneous pinning of supracondylar Fractures of the humerus.
- Reevaluation of the use of the Risser sign in idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Use of an abduction brace for developmental dysplasia of the hip after failure of Pavlik harness use.
- Coxa vara with proximal femoral growth arrest in patients who had neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Wilms tumor screening is unnecessary in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome.
- Maintenance of certification for pediatric orthopaedists.
- Waterproof casts for immobilization of children''s Fractures and sprains.
- Unilateral subtalar coalition: contralateral sustentaculum tali morphology.
- A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in inpatient surgical care: results from a Harvard surgical safety collaborative.
- Treatment dilemma in multiple metatarsal Fractures: when to operate?
Schools
Tufts University School Of Medicine
Tufts Nemch
Tufts
Dupont Institute
Procedures Preformed
- Excision of Femur or Knee
- Resection or Ablation of Bone Tumor, Partial or Complete Resection of Bone, Debridement of Bone
Conditions Treated
- Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
- Back Pain
- Complications of Joint Prosthesis
- Degenerative Disc Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Tricare
- Tufts Health Plans
- Tufts PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Boston Magazine
- America's Top Doctors
- Boston Herald
- Super Doctor
Education
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Tufts Medical Center -
Maine Medical Center -
Tufts University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Boston Children's Hospital
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