Melbin Thomas

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Melbin Thomas is a scholar working on Surgery, Pharmacology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Melbin Thomas has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surgery, 4 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Melbin Thomas's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (10 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (5 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (5 papers). Melbin Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (10 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (5 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (5 papers). Melbin Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Melbin Thomas's co-authors include Jaydev B. Mistry, Ronald E. Delanois, Chukwuweike U. Gwam, Michael A. Mont, Nequesha S. Mohamed, Morad Chughtai, Judith Tanner, Jean Ball, John Bankart and Randa K. Elmallah and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Arthroplasty, Journal of Hospital Infection and Orthopedics.

In The Last Decade

Melbin Thomas

21 papers receiving 770 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.

Current Epidemiology of Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty in the United States: National Inpatient Sample 2009 to 2013

2017 380 citations Chukwuweike U. Gwam, Jaydev B. Mistry et al. The Journal of Arthroplasty profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melbin Thomas United States	11	734	83	60	31	29	22	794
Tina S Wik Norway	13	479 0.7×	57 0.7×	55 0.9×	39 1.3×	22 0.8×	34	558
Jeya Palan United Kingdom	17	978 1.3×	72 0.9×	54 0.9×	34 1.1×	20 0.7×	45	1.1k
Carl T. Talmo United States	20	814 1.1×	85 1.0×	18 0.3×	55 1.8×	19 0.7×	83	1.0k
Kelly Vernon United Kingdom	4	640 0.9×	77 0.9×	9 0.1×	52 1.7×	56 1.9×	4	751
Susan Mehle United States	15	806 1.1×	37 0.4×	45 0.8×	46 1.5×	13 0.4×	18	916
Erik Woelber United States	6	326 0.4×	47 0.6×	19 0.3×	30 1.0×	13 0.4×	21	379
Ian Carluke United Kingdom	8	540 0.7×	106 1.3×	10 0.2×	24 0.8×	32 1.1×	13	608
Claus Varnum Denmark	16	708 1.0×	80 1.0×	8 0.1×	23 0.7×	10 0.3×	89	812
O. Pichot France	21	2.0k 2.8×	66 0.8×	10 0.2×	26 0.8×	30 1.0×	55	2.2k
Graeme Holt United Kingdom	14	398 0.5×	84 1.0×	32 0.5×	32 1.0×	5 0.2×	25	459

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melbin Thomas

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Melbin, et al.. (2024). Effect of surgical, medical, and behavioral weight loss on hormonal and sexual function in men: a contemporary narrative review. Therapeutic Advances in Urology. 16. 3643626144–3643626144. 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Melbin, et al.. (2023). SAT219 Severe Isolated Hypocalcemia With Cetuximab & Irinotecan Chemotherapy. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 7(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Melbin, et al.. (2021). Severe Hypoglycemia in a Non-Diabetic Patient. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 5(Supplement_1). A399–A400.

Etcheson, Jennifer I., Nicole E. George, Chukwuweike U. Gwam, et al.. (2018). Trends in Total Hip Arthroplasty Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: A National Database Analysis Between 2008 and 2015. Orthopedics. 41(4). e534–e540. 12 indexed citations

Mistry, Jaydev B., Morad Chughtai, Chukwuweike U. Gwam, et al.. (2018). Decreasing the Incidence of Surgical-Site Infections After Total Joint Arthroplasty.. PubMed. 46(6). E374–E387. 31 indexed citations

Gwam, Chukwuweike U., Jaydev B. Mistry, Anton Khlopas, et al.. (2017). Efficacy of Adductor Canal Blockade Compared to Multimodal Peri-Articular Analgesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.. PubMed. 30. 300–305. 6 indexed citations

Gwam, Chukwuweike U., Jaydev B. Mistry, Nequesha S. Mohamed, et al.. (2017). Current Epidemiology of Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty in the United States: National Inpatient Sample 2009 to 2013. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 32(7). 2088–2092. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

Gwam, Chukwuweike U., Jaydev B. Mistry, Nicolás S. Piuzzi, et al.. (2017). What Influences How Patients with Depression Rate Hospital Stay After Total Joint Arthroplasty?. PubMed. 30. 373–378. 13 indexed citations

Gwam, Chukwuweike U., Nequesha S. Mohamed, Jaydev B. Mistry, et al.. (2017). Pain Management with Adductor Canal Blockade or Multimodal Periarticular Analgesia in Elderly Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients.. PubMed. 30. 352–358. 5 indexed citations

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Gwam, Chukwuweike U., et al.. (2017). Does Addition of Adductor Canal Blockade to Multimodal Periarticular Analgesia Improve Discharge Status, Pain Levels, Opioid Use, and Length of Stay after Total Knee Arthroplasty?. The Journal of Knee Surgery. 31(2). 184–188. 15 indexed citations

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Mistry, Jaydev B., Kevin F. Bonner, Chukwuweike U. Gwam, et al.. (2017). Management of Injuries to the Medial Patellofemoral Ligament: A Review. The Journal of Knee Surgery. 31(5). 439–447. 13 indexed citations

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Gwam, Chukwuweike U., Jaydev B. Mistry, Nequesha S. Mohamed, et al.. (2017). Does Age Influence How Patients Rate Their Experience of Care after Total Knee Arthroplasty?. The Journal of Knee Surgery. 30(7). 647–651. 17 indexed citations

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Chughtai, Morad, Anton Khlopas, Melbin Thomas, et al.. (2017). Development of an Encompassing Questionnaire for Evaluating the Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.. PubMed. 30. 306–313. 3 indexed citations

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Gwam, Chukwuweike U., Jaydev B. Mistry, Anton Khlopas, et al.. (2016). Does Addition of Multimodal Periarticular Analgesia to Adductor Canal Block Improve Lengths of Stay, Pain, Discharge Status, and Opioid Use After Total Knee Arthroplasty?. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 32(5). 1470–1473. 28 indexed citations

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Chughtai, Morad, Anton Khlopas, Randa K. Elmallah, et al.. (2016). Nerve Decompression Surgery After Total Hip Arthroplasty: What Are the Outcomes?. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 32(4). 1335–1339. 15 indexed citations

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Mistry, Jaydev B., Morad Chughtai, Randa K. Elmallah, et al.. (2016). Trunnionosis in total hip arthroplasty: a review. Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 17(1). 1–6. 94 indexed citations

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Tanner, Judith, et al.. (2009). Post-discharge surveillance to identify colorectal surgical site infection rates and related costs. Journal of Hospital Infection. 72(3). 243–250. 127 indexed citations

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Thomas, Isobel, Melbin Thomas, & Mark Scrutton. (2006). Spinal anaesthesia in a patient with hereditary spastic paraplegia: case report and literature review. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 15(3). 254–256. 7 indexed citations

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McLure, H. A., et al.. (1997). Endoluminal brushing for detection of central venous catheter colonization—a comparison of daily vs. single brushing on removal. Journal of Hospital Infection. 36(4). 313–316. 6 indexed citations

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Thomas, Melbin, et al.. (1976). [Hypoglycemic complications of oral drug therapy of diabetes mellitus. 21 cases].. PubMed. 5(14). 906–10. 3 indexed citations

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