Description of Research Expertise
adolescent and young-adult hip preservation, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, developmental dysplasia of the hip, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, avascular necrosis, bracing and scoliosis, and pediatric trauma
Selected Publications
Batley MG, Gornitzky AL, Sarkar S, Sankar WN: What Are the Psychosocial Effects of Pavlik Harness Treatment? A Prospective Study on Perceived Impact on Families and Maternal-Infant Bonding Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 44 : e109-e114,2024.
Yen YM, Kim YJ, Ellis HB, Sink EL, Millis MB, Zaltz I, Sankar WN, Clohisy JC, Nepple JJ; ANCHOR Group: Risk Factors for Suboptimal Outcome of FAI Surgery in the Adolescent Patient Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 44 : 141-146,2024.
Ellsworth BK, Lee JY, Sankar WN: Femoral head remodeling after surgical reduction of developmental hip dislocations Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 44 : e211-e217,2024.
Houlihan N, Yang D, Smith I, Knight J, Hareendranathan AR, Dulai S, Jaremko J, Sankar WN: 3D ultrasound better predicts residual dysplasia following previously “successful” Pavlik treatment of infantile DDH: the importance of the femoral head centering Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Ponton E, Bone J, Sankar WN, Mulpuri K, Schaeffer E: Predictors of Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head Following
Closed or Open Reduction in the Treatment of Developmental
Dysplasia of the Hip: Two-Year Update Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Houlihan N, Thornton T, Sucato D, Nepple J, Clohisy JC, Sankar WN: Comparing Periacetabular Osteotomy with and without an arthrotomy/osteochondroplasty: a propensity matched analysis Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Schaeffer E, Zomar B, Novais E, Bade D, Sankar WN, Smit K, Bartley D, Loder R, Mulpuri K: Proportion of Obesity in Stable SCFE is Higher Than in Unstable
SCFE: A Multicentre, International Prospective Registry Study Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Kiani S, Gornitzky A, Matheney T, Schaeffer E, Mulpuri K, Shah H, Ge Y, Upasani VS, Aroojis A, Krishnamoorthy V, Sankar WN: A Prospective, Multicenter Study of Developmental Dysplasia of the
Hip: What Can Patients Expect After Open Reduction? Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Kim H, Shah H, Chong D, Singh K, Swarup I, Hailer Y, Yang S, De Angeli LR, Morris, Mercado C, Jo CH, Laine J, Sankar WN: Does Duration of Non-weightbearing After Femoral Varus Osteotomy Affect Radiographic Outcome at 2-Year Follow-up of 8 to 11 Year old Patients with Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease? An International Multicenter Prospective Study Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Belardo Z, Talwar D, Blumberg T, Nelson S, Sankar WN, Upasani VS, Shah A.: Opioid vs. Non-Opioid Analgesia for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus
Fractures: Results from a Prospective Multicenter Trial Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, annual meeting, Nashville, TN : 2023.
Academic Contact Information
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia,
PA
19104
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