orthopedic surgeon
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Carlos J. Lavernia, MD
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Carlos Lavernia practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. He over the years received 4 awards: "Top Doctors:South Florida", "Top Doctors: Florida", "Fellow" and "Super Doctor". Carlos Lavernia is also a published MD. He has 83 paper published. The most recent paper is: Hemiarthroplasty in hip fracture care: effects of surgical volume on short-term outcome. He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- High Rates of Interest in Sex in Patients With Hip Arthritis.
- Does Race Affect Outcomes in Total Joint Arthroplasty?
- CORR Insights(®): Short-term Complications Have More Effect on Cost-effectiveness of THA than Implant Longevity.
- Rapid Recovery Programs in Arthroplasty: The Money Side.
- Trunnion-Head Stresses in THA: Are Big Heads Trouble?
- What Is the Role of Mental Health in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?
- Bone Mineral Density of the Femur in Autopsy Retrieved Total Knee Arthroplasties.
- Celecoxib and Heterotopic Bone Formation After Total Hip Arthroplasty.
- Vitamin D Insufficiency in Patients With THA: Prevalence and Effects on Outcome.
- Readmission Rates in the State of Florida: A Reflection of Quality?
- Alcohol use in elective total hip arthroplasty: risk or benefit?
- Arthroplasty Knee surgery and alcohol use: risk factor or benefit?
- Do patient expectations about arthroplasty at initial presentation for hip or knee Pain differ by sex and ethnicity?
- Mental Health and Outcomes in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty.
- Breakout Session: Ethnic and Gender Differences in Diabetic Foot Management and Amputations.
- AAOS/ORS/ABJS Musculoskeletal Healthcare Disparities Research Symposium: Editorial Comment: A Call to Arms: Eliminating Musculoskeletal Healthcare Disparities.
- Ethnic and Racial Factors Influencing Well-being, Perceived Pain, and Physical Function After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty.
- Patient perceived outcomes after primary hip arthroplasty: does gender matter?
- The peel in total Knee revision: exposure in the difficult Knee.
- Quality of Life and Cost-Effectiveness 1 Year After Total Hip Arthroplasty.
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- Fear in arthroplasty surgery: the role of race.
- Resection arthroplasty for failed Patellar components.
- Is postoperative function after hip or Knee arthroplasty influenced by preoperative functional levels?
- All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups in primary arthroplasty.
- The effects of blood and fat on Morse taper disassembly forces.
- Multimodal Pain management and arthrofibrosis.
- Accuracy of Knee range of motion assessment after total Knee arthroplasty.
- Higher incidence of total Knee arthroplasty in women than in men.
- Revision total Knee arthroplasty: planning, management, and controversies.
- Medicare physician reimbursement: past, present, and future.
- MR imaging after hip and Knee replacement.
- Patellar meniscus in total knee arthroplasty.
- Cerebral fat microembolism and cognitive decline after hip and Knee replacement.
- Neurovascular injuries in acetabular reconstruction cage surgery: an anatomical study.
- Medicare reimbursement: an orthopedic primer.
- PostDischarge costs in arthroplasty surgery.
- The increasing financial burden of Knee revision surgery in the United States.
- Patient-perceived outcomes in thigh Pain after primary arthroplasty of the hip.
- Race, ethnicity, insurance coverage, and preoperative status of hip and Knee surgical patients.
- Thigh Pain in primary total hip arthroplasty: the effects of elastic moduli.
- Bone and tissue allograft use by orthopaedic surgeons.
- Intractable chronic pelvic Pain relieved after bone anchor removal.
- Arthroscopic shaver-assisted total hip arthroplasty revision.
- Late vascular injury following intertrochanteric Fracture reduction with sliding hip screw.
- Early failure mechanisms of constrained tripolar acetabular sockets used in revision total hip arthroplasty.
- Omental interposition for repair of a vesico-acetabular fistula.
- Radiographic wear measurements in a cementless metal-Backed modular cobalt-chromium acetabular component.
- Virtual reality computer animation of the effect of component position and design on stability after total hip arthroplasty.
- Corrosion properties of nanocrystalline Co-Cr coatings.
- Activity level and wear in total Knee arthroplasty: a study of autopsy retrieved specimens.
- The effect of component design on range of motion to impingement in total hip arthroplasty.
- The cost of teaching total Knee arthroplasty surgery to orthopaedic surgery residents.
- Anatomy and physiology of peripheral nerve injury and repair.
- Core decompression in atraumatic osteoNecrosis of the hip.
- Smoking and Joint replacement: resource consumption and short-term outcome.
- Perioperative X-rays in arthroplasty surgery: outcome and cost.
- Nutritional parameters and short term outcome in arthroplasty.
- Technique for a composite femoral intramedullary plug in cemented hip arthroplasty.
- An algorithm to identify Knee prostheses from their radiographic appearances.
- Hemiarthroplasty in hip Fracture care: effects of surgical volume on short-term outcome.
- The short-term economic implications of prosthetic selection in hemiarthroplasty of the hip.
- Cost-effectiveness of early surgical intervention in silent osteolysis.
- Ice-cream truck-related injuries to children.
- Cost effectiveness and quality of life in Knee arthroplasty.
- Radiologic densitometry of the femoral Neck: biomechanical comparison of the various techniques.
- Relationship of surgical volume to short-term mortality, morbidity, and hospital charges in arthroplasty.
- Revision and primary hip and Knee arthroplasty. A cost analysis.
- A common problem with cementless femoral components.
- Treatment of scapholunate dissociation by ligamentous repair and capsulodesis.
- Occult surgical glove perforations in otolaryngology-head and Neck surgery.
- The dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve: an anatomic study.
- Intramedullary plugs in cemented hip arthroplasty.
- Assessment of the risk of vertebral Fracture in menopausal women.
- A biomechanical analysis of the etiology of tibia vara.
- The mechanical behavior of normal and osteoporotic canine femora before and after hemiarthroplasty.
- [Structural analysis of dental implants].
- The effects of intramedullary implants on bone strains and remodeling in the Femur.
- The influence of the bone-implant interface stiffness on stress profiles surrounding Al2O3 and carbon dental implants.
- An analysis of stresses in a dental implant system.
- Histologic and microradiographic evaluation of textured and nontextured aluminum oxide dental implants.
Schools
University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
Ucsd Medical CenterHillcrest
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tulane University
Tulane UniversityMS Biomedical Engineering
International Congress for Joint Reconstruction
Procedures Preformed
- All Shoulder or Elbow Replacement Procedures
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
- Excision of Femur or Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Knee
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Conditions Treated
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Ankle Background: yellow;'>Fracture
- Ankle Sprain and Achilles Tendon Sprain or Rupture
- Arm Background: yellow;'>Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top Doctors:South Florida
- Top Doctors: Florida
- Fellow
- Super Doctor
Education
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University of California San Diego -
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Miami Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1255326179 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LAVERNIA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CARLOS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 331434716 | |
| NPPES Provider State | FL | |
| Specialty Description | General Practice | |
| Total Claim Count | 917.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 3.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 179.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 19.52 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1255326179 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LAVERNIA |
| First Name Of The Provider | CARLOS |
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