Robert S. Namba

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Namba is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Namba has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Namba's work include Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (50 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (46 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (32 papers). Robert S. Namba is often cited by papers focused on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (50 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (46 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (32 papers). Robert S. Namba collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Sweden. Robert S. Namba's co-authors include Maria C. Inacio, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Donald C. Fithian, Monti Khatod, Liz Paxton, Stephen E. Graves, Guy Cafri, Mary Lou Stone, Szilárd Nemes and Stefano A. Bini and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Namba

73 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Projected increase in total knee arthroplasty in the United States – an alternative projection model

2017 463 citations Maria C. Inacio, Elizabeth W. Paxton et al. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage profile →
Risk Factors Associated with Deep Surgical Site Infections After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

2013 459 citations Robert S. Namba, Maria C. Inacio et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert S. Namba United States	35	4.3k	364	349	329	241	73	4.7k
Douglas E. Padgett United States	46	6.2k 1.5×	344 0.9×	387 1.1×	178 0.5×	172 0.7×	159	6.7k
Geoffrey H. Westrich United States	44	4.5k 1.1×	565 1.6×	246 0.7×	146 0.4×	206 0.9×	245	5.2k
Gwo‐Chin Lee United States	36	3.6k 0.8×	277 0.8×	128 0.4×	271 0.8×	217 0.9×	159	4.2k
Anton Khlopas United States	38	3.6k 0.8×	252 0.7×	256 0.7×	150 0.5×	198 0.8×	180	4.3k
Steven J. MacDonald Canada	50	6.9k 1.6×	210 0.6×	440 1.3×	220 0.7×	195 0.8×	203	7.4k
Morad Chughtai United States	35	2.9k 0.7×	180 0.5×	227 0.7×	182 0.6×	159 0.7×	166	3.7k
Alejandro González Della Valle United States	41	4.9k 1.1×	886 2.4×	362 1.0×	173 0.5×	247 1.0×	230	5.8k
Atul F. Kamath United States	37	4.7k 1.1×	479 1.3×	323 0.9×	233 0.7×	333 1.4×	287	5.6k
Wael K. Barsoum United States	45	4.9k 1.1×	619 1.7×	269 0.8×	195 0.6×	419 1.7×	195	5.6k
Alison K. Klika United States	41	4.3k 1.0×	518 1.4×	183 0.5×	180 0.5×	244 1.0×	235	5.0k

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Wyatt, Ronald, Richard N. Chang, Kathryn E. Royse, et al.. (2021). The Association Between Cement Viscosity and Revision Risk After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 36(6). 1987–1994. 6 indexed citations

Prentice, Heather A., Maria C. Inacio, Anshuman Singh, Robert S. Namba, & Elizabeth W. Paxton. (2019). Preoperative Risk Factors for Opioid Utilization After Total Hip Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 101(18). 1670–1678. 64 indexed citations

Namba, Robert S., Elizabeth W. Paxton, & Maria C. Inacio. (2018). Opioid Prescribers to Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients Before and After Surgery: The Majority Are Not Orthopedists. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 33(10). 3118–3124.e3. 31 indexed citations

Namba, Robert S., Maria C. Inacio, Nicole Pratt, et al.. (2017). Persistent Opioid Use Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Signal for Close Surveillance. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 33(2). 331–336. 55 indexed citations

Inacio, Maria C., Elizabeth W. Paxton, Stephen E. Graves, Robert S. Namba, & Szilárd Nemes. (2017). Projected increase in total knee arthroplasty in the United States – an alternative projection model. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 25(11). 1797–1803. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

Inacio, Maria C., Yuexin Chen, Elizabeth W. Paxton, et al.. (2015). Statistics in Brief: An Introduction to the Use of Propensity Scores. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 473(8). 2722–2726. 64 indexed citations

Paxton, Elizabeth W., Maria C. Inacio, Robert S. Namba, Rebecca Love, & Steven M. Kurtz. (2015). Metal-on-conventional Polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty Bearing Surfaces Have a Higher Risk of Revision Than Metal-on-highly Crosslinked Polyethylene: Results From a US Registry. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 473(3). 1011–1021. 38 indexed citations

Namba, Robert S., Maria C. Inacio, & Elizabeth W. Paxton. (2013). Risk Factors Associated with Deep Surgical Site Infections After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 95(9). 775–782. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

Namba, Robert S., et al.. (2013). Risk Factors for Total Knee Arthroplasty Aseptic Revision. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 28(8). 122–127. 124 indexed citations

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Paxton, Elizabeth W., Ove Furnes, Robert S. Namba, et al.. (2011). Comparison of the Norwegian Knee Arthroplasty Register and a United States Arthroplasty Registry. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 93(Supplement_3). 20–30. 79 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S., Maria C. Inacio, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Otto Robertsson, & Stephen E. Graves. (2011). The Role of Registry Data in the Evaluation of Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 93(Supplement_3). 48–50. 14 indexed citations

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Bini, Stefano A., Donald C. Fithian, Liz Paxton, et al.. (2009). Does Discharge Disposition After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty Affect Readmission Rates?. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 25(1). 114–117. 173 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S., et al.. (2008). Reconstruction of Major Segmental Acetabular Defects with an Oblong-Shaped Cementless Prosthesis. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 23(2). 247–253. 14 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S. & Maria C. Inacio. (2007). Early and Late Manipulation Improve Flexion After Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 22(6). 58–61. 72 indexed citations

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Khatod, Monti, Thomas Barber, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Robert S. Namba, & Donald C. Fithian. (2006). An Analysis of the Risk of Hip Dislocation with a Contemporary Total Joint Registry. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 447. 19–23. 173 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S., et al.. (2000). FEMORAL HEAD AND NECK DISSOCIATION AFTER A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH A CONSTRAINED ACETABULAR LINER. Orthopedics. 23(5). 489–491. 12 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S., Martin Meuli, Kerry M. Sullivan, Anh Le, & N. Scott Adzick. (1998). Spontaneous Repair of Superficial Defects in Articular Cartilage in a Fetal Lamb Model*. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 80(1). 4–10. 136 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S., Gregory W. Brick, & William R. Murray. (1997). Revision total hip arthroplasty with correctional femoral osteotomy in paget's disease. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 12(5). 591–595. 18 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S. & Edward Diao. (1997). Tissue expansion for staged reimplantation of infected total knee arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 12(4). 471–474. 10 indexed citations

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Namba, Robert S., J. Michael Kabo, Frederick J. Dorey, & Roy A. Meals. (1992). Intra-articular corticosteroid reduces joint stiffness after an experimental periarticular fracture. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 17(6). 1148–1153. 12 indexed citations

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