Robert B. Bourne

22.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
230 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Bourne is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Bourne has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Bourne's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (172 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (160 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (82 papers). Robert B. Bourne is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (172 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (160 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (82 papers). Robert B. Bourne collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Robert B. Bourne's co-authors include Cecil H. Rorabeck, Steven J. MacDonald, Kory D. Charron, Richard W. McCalden, C H Rorabeck, Bert M. Chesworth, Nizar N. Mahomed, Aileen M. Davis, Travis Gee and George A. Wells and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Spine.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Bourne

228 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Patient Satisfaction after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Who is Satisfied and Who is Not?

2009 1.9k citations Robert B. Bourne, Bert M. Chesworth et al. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research profile →
Viscosupplementation for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee

2006 583 citations Robert B. Bourne et al. profile →
Intraarticular corticosteroid for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee

2006 565 citations Robert B. Bourne et al. profile →
The effect of elective total hip replacement on health-related quality of life.

1993 511 citations Robert B. Bourne, C H Rorabeck et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →
The New Knee Society Knee Scoring System

2011 502 citations Robert B. Bourne et al. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Bourne Canada	73	15.8k	2.0k	1.4k	1.0k	761	230	17.6k
David Beard United Kingdom	63	10.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.8×	592 0.8×	328	13.8k
Thomas P. Vail United States	59	11.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	266 0.3×	173	14.1k
Nizar N. Mahomed Canada	61	11.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	613 0.4×	959 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	199	15.2k
Stephen E. Graves Australia	52	8.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	532 0.5×	577 0.8×	278	13.1k
Robert L. Barrack United States	73	13.6k 0.9×	882 0.4×	2.4k 1.7×	1.8k 1.7×	525 0.7×	335	16.3k
John J. Callaghan United States	81	18.5k 1.2×	871 0.4×	989 0.7×	2.0k 2.0×	529 0.7×	415	20.7k
Harry E. Rubash United States	71	14.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	3.0k 2.1×	1.8k 1.7×	288 0.4×	269	17.7k
Michael A. Mont United States	65	14.4k 0.9×	863 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	984 0.9×	299 0.4×	563	15.7k
Henrik Malchau United States	65	14.0k 0.9×	582 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	460 0.4×	410 0.5×	288	15.3k
Lars Lidgren Sweden	52	7.5k 0.5×	753 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	711 0.7×	349 0.5×	272	9.4k

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Ganapathy, Sugantha, Jonathan Brookes, & Robert B. Bourne. (2011). Local Infiltration Analgesia. Anesthesiology Clinics. 29(2). 329–342. 20 indexed citations

Corten, Kristoff, et al.. (2011). Midterm Results of 506 Solid Trispiked Reflection Cementless Acetabular Components for Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 26(8). 1350–1356. 6 indexed citations

Naudie, Douglas D.R., et al.. (2010). Total knee arthroplasty following medial opening wedge tibial osteotomy. The Knee. 18(6). 499–504. 36 indexed citations

Chesworth, Bert M., Nizar N. Mahomed, Robert B. Bourne, & Aileen M. Davis. (2008). Willingness to go through surgery again validated the WOMAC clinically important difference from THR/TKR surgery. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 61(9). 907–918. 113 indexed citations

MacDonald, Steven J., Kory D. Charron, Robert B. Bourne, et al.. (2008). The John Insall Award: Gender-specific Total Knee Replacement: Prospectively Collected Clinical Outcomes. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 466(11). 2612–2616. 126 indexed citations

Bourne, Robert B., Richard S. Laskin, & Jeff Guerin. (2007). Ten-year results of the first 100 Genesis II total knee replacement procedures.. PubMed. 30(8 Suppl). 83–5. 49 indexed citations

Bourne, Robert B., et al.. (2007). Role of Obesity on the Risk for Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 465. 185–188. 227 indexed citations

Burnett, R. Stephen J., et al.. (2004). Isolated liner exchange in revision total hip arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 19(4). 414–423. 44 indexed citations

Haydon, C., Ramin Mehin, Cecil H. Rorabeck, et al.. (2004). Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty with Use of a Cemented Femoral Component. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 86(6). 1179–1185. 59 indexed citations

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Bourne, Robert B. & Ramin Mehin. (2004). The dislocating hip. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 19(4). 111–114. 82 indexed citations

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Bourne, Robert B., John L. Masonis, & M Y Anthony. (2003). An Analysis of Rotating-Platform Total Knee Replacements. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 410(410). 173–180. 15 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Steven J., Richard W. McCalden, David G. Chess, et al.. (2003). Metal-on-metal versus polyethylene in hip arthroplasty: a randomized clinical trial.. PubMed. 282–96. 198 indexed citations

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Ries, Michael D., et al.. (2003). Effect of cementless bowed stem distal surface contour and coronal slot on femoral bone strains and torsional stability. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 18(4). 494–498. 7 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Chris M., David Feeny, Jeffrey L. Mahon, et al.. (2003). Is the health utilities index responsive in total hip arthroplasty patients?. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 56(11). 1046–1054. 30 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Steven J., et al.. (2003). Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy Via the Direct Lateral Approach in Revision Hip Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 417(417). 210–216. 43 indexed citations

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Kawamura, Haruo, Michael Dunbar, Paraic Murray, Robert B. Bourne, & Cecil H. Rorabeck. (2001). The Porous Coated Anatomic Total Hip Replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 83(9). 1333–1338. 97 indexed citations

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Laskin, Richard S., et al.. (2000). Deep-Dish Congruent Tibial Component Use in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 380(380). 36–44. 78 indexed citations

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Azimuddin, Khawaja & Robert B. Bourne. (1997). Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in a case of sigmoid volvulus.. PubMed. 57(9). 468–9. 2 indexed citations

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Badner, Neal H., et al.. (1996). Intra-Articular Injection of Bupivacaine in Knee-Replacement Operations. Results of Use for Analgesia and for Preemptive Blockade *. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 78(5). 734–8. 98 indexed citations

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Vaz, Margaret D., Robert B. Bourne, C H Rorabeck, et al.. (1996). What Is the Best Way of Assessing Outcome After Total Knee Replacement?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 331(331). 221–225. 123 indexed citations

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