Elie Ghanem

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Elie Ghanem is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elie Ghanem has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elie Ghanem's work include Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (52 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (50 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (42 papers). Elie Ghanem is often cited by papers focused on Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (52 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (50 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (42 papers). Elie Ghanem collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Elie Ghanem's co-authors include Javad Parvizi, Ashish Joshi, James J. Purtill, Luis Pulido, Robert L. Barrack, Peter F. Sharkey, Khalid Azzam, Matthew S. Austin, Valentin Antoci and William J. Hozack and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Scientific Reports and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Elie Ghanem

78 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Periprosthetic Joint Infection: The Incidence, Timing, and Predisposing Factors

2008 1.0k citations Luis Pulido, Elie Ghanem et al. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elie Ghanem United States	30	3.8k	318	264	220	193	85	4.2k
Timothy L. Tan United States	37	4.9k 1.3×	396 1.2×	263 1.0×	193 0.9×	197 1.0×	139	5.6k
Matthew S. Austin United States	40	4.2k 1.1×	242 0.8×	358 1.4×	231 1.1×	137 0.7×	149	4.8k
Noam Shohat United States	31	3.7k 1.0×	359 1.1×	192 0.7×	107 0.5×	168 0.9×	90	4.0k
Luis Pulido United States	19	2.2k 0.6×	191 0.6×	203 0.8×	171 0.8×	206 1.1×	42	2.4k
Ashish Joshi United States	20	2.5k 0.7×	183 0.6×	340 1.3×	168 0.8×	174 0.9×	35	2.7k
Benjamin Zmistowski United States	34	5.1k 1.3×	826 2.6×	231 0.9×	122 0.6×	169 0.9×	110	5.4k
Karan Goswami United States	31	3.4k 0.9×	350 1.1×	122 0.5×	86 0.4×	193 1.0×	83	3.8k
Peter K. Sculco United States	41	5.7k 1.5×	333 1.0×	265 1.0×	161 0.7×	65 0.3×	354	6.4k
Sarah L. Whitehouse Australia	35	3.4k 0.9×	190 0.6×	242 0.9×	139 0.6×	63 0.3×	162	4.0k
Gwo‐Chin Lee United States	36	3.6k 1.0×	217 0.7×	277 1.0×	122 0.6×	64 0.3×	159	4.2k

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El‐Kassas, Mohamed, Wafaa Elakel, Aisha Elsharkawy, et al.. (2024). Comparison of different noninvasive scores for assessing hepatic fibrosis in a cohort of chronic hepatitis C patients. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29544–29544. 1 indexed citations

Cichos, Kyle H., et al.. (2024). Biofilm Growth on Orthopaedic Cerclage Materials: Nonmetallic Polymers Are Less Resistant to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacterial Adhesion. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 39(9). S469–S475.e1. 2 indexed citations

Hoskins, Wayne, et al.. (2024). A Comparison of Incisional Dressings and Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for the Prevention of Infection and Wound Complications After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. JBJS Reviews. 12(9).

Drummer, Devin, Jeremy S. McAdam, Inmaculada Aban, et al.. (2022). Perioperative assessment of muscle inflammation susceptibility in patients with end-stage osteoarthritis. Journal of Applied Physiology. 132(4). 984–994. 9 indexed citations

Tan, Timothy L., Chi Xu, Feng‐Chih Kuo, et al.. (2021). When Total Joint Arthroplasty After Septic Arthritis Can Be Safely Performed. JBJS Open Access. 6(2). 8 indexed citations

Smith, Walter R., et al.. (2020). Association of Surgical Jacket and Bouffant Use With Surgical Site Infection Risk. JAMA Surgery. 155(4). 323–323. 20 indexed citations

Cichos, Kyle H., Clay A. Spitler, Jonathan H. Quade, et al.. (2020). Intrawound Antibiotic Powder in Acetabular Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation Does Not Reduce Surgical Site Infections. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 35(4). 198–204. 21 indexed citations

Shahi, Alisina, Abtin Alvand, Elie Ghanem, Camilo Restrepo, & Javad Parvizi. (2019). The Leukocyte Esterase Test for Periprosthetic Joint Infection Is Not Affected by Prior Antibiotic Administration. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 101(8). 739–744. 14 indexed citations

Cichos, Kyle H., Elie Ghanem, Eugene W. Brabston, et al.. (2019). Optimization of Orthopedic Surgical Instrument Trays: Lean Principles to Reduce Fixed Operating Room Expenses. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 34(12). 2834–2840. 39 indexed citations

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Moon, Andrew S., et al.. (2019). Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Cerebral Palsy. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 28(4). 171–177. 10 indexed citations

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Cichos, Kyle H., et al.. (2019). Does Surgeon Fellowship Training Influence Outcomes in Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture?. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 34(9). 1980–1986. 23 indexed citations

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Ghanem, Elie, et al.. (2017). Lyme Disease: A Potential Source for Culture-negative Prosthetic Joint Infection. JAAOS Global Research and Reviews. 1(5). e023–e023. 8 indexed citations

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Zmistowski, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Utility of Synovial White Blood Cell Count and Differential Before Reimplantation Surgery. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 32(9). 2820–2824. 32 indexed citations

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Azzam, Khalid, Mark A. Seeley, Elie Ghanem, et al.. (2010). Irrigation and Debridement in the Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Traditional Indications Revisited. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 25(7). 1022–1027. 182 indexed citations

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Kurd, Mark F., et al.. (2010). Two-stage Exchange Knee Arthroplasty: Does Resistance of the Infecting Organism Influence the Outcome?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 468(8). 2060–2066. 105 indexed citations

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Morgan, Patrick M., Peter F. Sharkey, Elie Ghanem, et al.. (2009). The Value of Intraoperative Gram Stain in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 91(9). 2124–2129. 48 indexed citations

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Ghanem, Elie, Valentin Antoci, Luis Pulido, et al.. (2009). The use of receiver operating characteristics analysis in determining erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels in diagnosing periprosthetic infection prior to revision total hip arthroplasty. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 13(6). e444–e449. 153 indexed citations

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Pulido, Luis, Elie Ghanem, Ashish Joshi, James J. Purtill, & Javad Parvizi. (2008). Periprosthetic Joint Infection: The Incidence, Timing, and Predisposing Factors. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 466(7). 1710–1715. 1044 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ghanem, Elie, Camilo Restrepo, Ashish Joshi, et al.. (2007). Periprosthetic Infection does not Preclude Good Outcome for Revision Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 461. 54–59. 30 indexed citations

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Parvizi, Javad, et al.. (2006). Periprosthetic Infection: What Are the Diagnostic Challenges?. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 88(suppl_4). 138–147. 203 indexed citations

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