Professor, Orthopedics, Mayo Medical School
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Rafael J. Sierra, MD
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Rafael J. Sierra, MD is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He received awards:"Emerging Leader Award", "Best Poster Award "No Difference in TKA Outcome in Patients with + SPT for Metal Hypersentivity: A Matched Cohort Analyses," Annual Meeting", "Honorary Knighthood (Caballero Honorario SCCOT)", "Leaders in Joint Replacement, In Recognition of Being Selected as a Promising Surgeon in the Field of Joint Replacement", "Scientific Award for best paper "Screening for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Adolescent Asymptomatic Athletes"", "Best Poster Award: Ischial Spine into the Pelvic Cavity: A New Sign for Acetabular Retroversion on Plain Radiographs", "Best Poster Award: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Fibromyalgia has a High Complication Rate", "Mayo Foundation Scholar, Department of Orthopedic Surgery", "Finalist, 18th Annual Research Competition" and "Mark B. Coventry Clinical Research Award for Outstanding Research in Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery". Rafael J. Sierra has written publications. He has 87 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'In Reply: Tranexamic Acid Benefits Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients Regardless of Preoperative Hemoglobin Value.' Dr. Rafael J. Sierra accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Antibacterial and Biocompatible Titanium-Copper Oxide Coating May Be a Potential Strategy to Reduce Periprosthetic Infection: An In Vitro Study.
- In Reply: Tranexamic Acid Benefits Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients Regardless of Preoperative Hemoglobin Value.
- No Increased Risk of Knee Arthroplasty Failure in Patients With Positive Skin Patch Testing for Metal Hypersensitivity: A Matched Cohort Study.
- Is Local Infiltration Analgesia Superior to Peripheral Nerve Blockade for Pain Management After THA: A Network Meta-analysis.
- Posttraumatic Total Knee Arthroplasty Continues to Have Worse Outcome Than Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis.
- Labral Morphologic Characteristics in Patients With Symptomatic Acetabular Dysplasia.
- Does previous Pelvic osteotomy compromise the results of periacetabular osteotomy surgery?
- The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: Running Subcuticular Closure Enables the Most Robust Perfusion After TKA: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- The Cumulative Risk of Re-dislocation After Revision THA Performed for Instability Increases Close to 35% at 15years.
- Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of Complications after peri-acetabular osteotomy.
- Complications associated with the periacetabular osteotomy: a prospective multicenter study.
- There Are No Differences in Short- to Mid-term Survivorship Among Total Hip-bearing Surface Options: A Network Meta-analysis.
- Long-term results of the uncemented acetabular component in a primary total hip arthroplasty performed for protrusio acetabuli: a fifteen year median follow-up.
- Evidence against implant-derived cobalt toxicity: Case report and retrospective study of serum cobalt concentrations in an orthopedic implant population.
- Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Acetabular Dysplasia With a Periacetabular Osteotomy: Does Obesity Increase the Risk of Complications?
- Total hip replacement in patients with Down Syndrome and degenerative osteoarthritis of the hip.
- In reply: total Knee arthroplasty after lower extremity amputation: a review of 13 cases.
- Similar clinical outcomes for THAs with and without prior periacetabular osteotomy.
- Differential Cytotoxicity of Corticosteroids on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
- Use of a Modular Tapered Fluted Femoral Component in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Following Resection of a Previously Infected Total Hip: Minimum 5-year Follow-Up.
- Venous Thromboembolism and Mortality Associated With Tranexamic Acid Use During Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
- Comparative Survivorship of Different Tibial Designs in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
- Intraoperative Angiography Provides Objective Assessment of Skin Perfusion in Complex Knee Reconstruction.
- Total Knee Arthroplasty After Lower Extremity Amputation: A Review of 13 Cases.
- Acute Delayed Infection: Increased Risk in Failed Metal on Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty.
- Systemic Inflammatory Markers and Aspiration Cell Count May Not Differentiate Bacterial From Fungal Prosthetic Infections.
- Limited therapeutic benefits of intra-articular cortisone injection for patients with femoro-acetabular impingement and labral tear.
- Acetabular Fractures: The role of total hip replacement.
- Hip dysplasia in the young adult: an osteotomy solution.
- Lateral Patellar Facet Impingement After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: It Does Exist.
- A comprehensive five-phase rehabilitation programme after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement.
- High Rate of Infection After Aseptic Revision of Failed Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty.
- Revision of Unicompartmental Arthroplasty to Total Knee Arthroplasty: Not Always a Slam Dunk!
- Preliminary Results Suggest Tranexamic Acid is Safe and Effective in Arthroplasty Patients with Severe Comorbidities.
- Restoration of the Hip Center During THA Performed for Protrusio Acetabuli Is Associated With Better Implant Survival.
- Decreased Range of Motion Is Associated With Structural Hip Deformity in Asymptomatic Adolescent Athletes.
- Descriptive Epidemiology of Femoroacetabular Impingement: A North American Cohort of Patients Undergoing Surgery.
- Utility of Synovial Fluid Aspirations in Failed Metal-On-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty.
- The Fate of Hips That Are Not Prophylactically Pinned After Unilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis.
- Aseptic tibial debonding as a cause of early failure in a modern total Knee arthroplasty design.
- Low risk of thromboembolic complications with tranexamic acid after primary total hip and Knee arthroplasty.
- Caution Should be Taken in Performing Surgical Hip Dislocation for the Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement in Patients Over the Age of 40.
- Recurrent hematomas within the iliopsoas muscle caused by impingement after total hip arthroplasty.
- Multicenter Study of Complications Following Surgical Dislocation of the Hip.
- Ischial spine sign reveals acetabular retroversion in Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease.
- Achieving stability and lower limb length in total hip arthroplasty.
- Periacetabular osteotomy for containment of the nonarthritic dysplastic hip secondary to poliomyelitis.
- Failure of Larger-Diameter Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty Resulting from Anterior Iliopsoas Impingement.
- Achieving stability and lower-limb length in total hip arthroplasty.
- The prevalence of groin Pain after metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty and total hip resurfacing.
- Patients' perceptions of hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
- Role of the extraosseus blood supply in osteoarthritic femoral heads?
- Total hip arthroplasty in patients with underlying fibrous dysplasia.
- Contemporary cementing technique and mortality during and after Exeter total hip arthroplasty.
- Labral reconstruction using the ligamentum teres capitis: report of a new technique.
- Failure of metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty mimicking hip infection. A report of two cases.
- Hip Disease in the young, active patient: evaluation and nonarthroplasty surgical options.
- A systematic approach to the plain radiographic evaluation of the young adult hip.
- Surgical technique differences between posterior-substituting and cruciate-retaining total Knee arthroplasty.
- Femoral-acetabular impingement.
- The use of long cemented stems for femoral impaction grafting in revision total hip arthroplasty.
- Ischial spine projection into the pelvis : a new sign for acetabular retroversion.
- Neurovascular injuries in acetabular reconstruction cage surgery: an anatomical study.
- Acute triceps ruptures: case report and retrospective chart review.
- Dislocation of bipolar hemiarthroplasty: rate, contributing factors, and outcome.
- Dislocation of primary THA done through a posterolateral approach in the elderly.
- Revision total Knees done for extensor problems frequently require reoperation.
- Dislocation rate after hip hemiarthroplasty in patients with tumor-related conditions.
- Race, ethnicity, insurance coverage, and preoperative status of hip and Knee surgical patients.
- Reoperations after 3200 revision TKAs: rates, etiology, and lessons learned.
- Above-the-Knee amputation after a total Knee replacement: prevalence, etiology, and functional outcome.
- Conversion of failed hip hemiarthroplasties after femoral neck Fractures.
- Iliopsoas impingement after total hip replacement: the results of non-operative management, tenotomy or acetabular revision.
- The Exeter Universal cemented femoral component at 15 to 17 years: an update on the first 325 hips.
- Smoking and Joint replacement: resource consumption and short-term outcome.
- Nutritional parameters and short term outcome in arthroplasty.
- Calcific myonecrosis: a unique presentation in the upper extremity.
- [Polymorphisms in detoxification genes CYP1A1, CYP2E1, GSTT1 and GSTM1 in gastric cancer susceptibility].
- Relation of atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori-CagA(+) and interleukin-1 gene polymorphisms.
- Stem cell treatment for avascular necrosis of the femoral head: current perspectives.
- Total hip arthroplasty in the young: special emphasis on post-SCFE patients.
- The Shenton line in the diagnosis of acetabular dysplasia in the skeletally mature patient.
- The cost of teaching total Knee arthroplasty surgery to orthopaedic surgery residents.
- Activity level and wear in total Knee arthroplasty: a study of autopsy retrieved specimens.
- Pregnancy and childbirth after total hip arthroplasty.
- Core decompression in atraumatic osteonecrosis of the hip.
Procedures Preformed
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
- Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Open
- Excision of Femur or Knee
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Conditions Treated
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Ankle and Foot Instability or Derangement
- Ankle Fracture
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Emerging Leader Award
- Best Poster Award "No Difference in TKA Outcome in Patients with + SPT for Metal Hypersentivity: A Matched Cohort Analyses," Annual Meeting
- Honorary Knighthood (Caballero Honorario SCCOT)
- Leaders in Joint Replacement, In Recognition of Being Selected as a Promising Surgeon in the Field of Joint Replacement
- Scientific Award for best paper "Screening for Femoroacetabular Impingement in Adolescent Asymptomatic Athletes"
- Best Poster Award: Ischial Spine into the Pelvic Cavity: A New Sign for Acetabular Retroversion on Plain Radiographs
- Best Poster Award: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Fibromyalgia has a High Complication Rate
- Mayo Foundation Scholar, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
- Finalist, 18th Annual Research Competition
- Mark B. Coventry Clinical Research Award for Outstanding Research in Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Education
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Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education -
Pontifical Xavierian University
Hospital
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Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1801875901 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SIERRA |
| First Name Of The Provider | RAFAEL |
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