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2024 Publications

  • Fan Y, Yuh J, McCanne M, Chen AF, Oral E. The effect of vitamin E supplementation in a rat model of arthrofibrosis. Animal Models and Experimental Medicine 7 (2):145-155 (2024).
  • Lekkala S, Inverardi N, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. The effect of gamma irradiation on analgesic-eluting UHMWPE. ACS Biomacromolecules 25(4): 2312-2322 (2024).
  • Lekkala S, Inverardi N, Yuh J, Wannomae KK, Tierney P, Sekar A, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. Antibiotic-loaded UHMWPEs. Macromolecular Bioscience 24(4):e2300389 (2024).
  • Sekar A, Gil D, Tierney P, McCanne M, Daesety V, Trendafilova D, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. Synergistic use of anti-inflammatory ketorolac and gentamicin to target staphylococcal biofilms. J Transl Med 1 (22): 102-107 (2024).
  • Muratoglu OK, Asik MD, Nepple CM, Wannomae KK, Micheli B, Connolly R, Oral E. Di-Cumyl Peroxide Crosslinked UHMWPE/Vitamin-E Blend for Total Joint Arthroplasty Implants. J Orthop Res 42: 306-316 (2024).
  • Fan, Y, McCanne M, Yuh J, Lekkala S, Leape CP, Hugard SE, Thomson A, Collins JE, Muratoglu OK, Randolph M, Oral E. The efficacy of antibiotic-eluting materials in a two-stage model of periprosthetic joint infection. J Orthop Res 42: 460-473 (2024).
  • Noreen J. Hickok, Bingyun Li, Ebru Oral, Sebastian A. J. Zaat, David A. Armbruster, Gerald J. Atkins, Antonia F. Chen, Débora C. Coraça-Huber, Tianhong Dai, Edward M. Greenfield, Rajendra Kasinath, Matthew Libera, Cláudia N. H. Marques, T. Fintan Moriarty, K. Scott Phillips, Kapil Raghuraman, Dacheng Ren, Lia Rimondini, Kordo Saeed, Thomas P. Schaer, Edward M. Schwarz, Christopher Spiegel, Paul Stoodley, Vi Khanh Truong, Shao-Ting Jerry Tsang, Britt Wildemann, Anja R. Zelmer, Annelies S. Zinkernagel. The 2023 Orthopaedic Research Society’s International Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection: Summary from the In Vitro Section. J Orthop Res 42(3):512-517 (2024).
  • Inverardi, N; Lekkala, S; Serafim, Maria; Wannomae, KK; Micheli, B; Bedair, H; Muratoglu, O; Oral, E. Diffusion doping of analgesics into UHMWPE for prophylactic pain management. J Mater Chem B 12(40):10332-10345 (2024).
  • Asik MD, Walsh-Rock E, Inverardi N, Nepple CM, Dutta Kannambadi D, Zhao T, Sekar A, Ferreira M, Wannomae KK, Oral E, Muratoglu OK. Enhanced Antibiotic Release and Mechanical Strength in UHMWPE Antibiotic Blends: The Role of Sub-Micron Gentamicin Sulfate Particles. J Bone & Joint Surg.
  • Sekar A, Fan Y, Tierney P, McCanne M, Jones P, Malick F, Kannambadi D, Wannomae KK, Inverardi N, Yuh J, Lekkala S, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. Investigating the translational value of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) models to determine the risk and severity of Staphylococcal biofilms. ACS Infectious Diseases.
  • Inverardi N, Serafim MF, Marzouca A, Fujino K, Ferreira M, Asik MD, Sekar A, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. The synergistic use of bupivacaine and antibiotics for enhanced antibacterial activity of drug-loaded UHMWPE in load-bearing joint implants. J Mater Chem B.

2023 Publications:

  • Sekar A, Lekkala S, Oral E. A real-time method for evaluating the antibacterial activity of drug-eluting polymeric devices using luminescence. J Vis Exp e64641 (2023).
  • Gil D, Hugard S, Borodinov N, Ovchinnikova O, Muratoglu OK, Bedair H, Oral E. Dual-analgesic loaded UHMWPE exhibits synergistic antibacterial effects against Staphylococci. J Biomed Mater Res 111(4): 912-922 (2023).
  • Fan, Y, McCanne M, Yuh J, Lekkala S, Leape CP, Hugard SE, Thomson A, Collins JE, Muratoglu OK, Randolph M, Oral E. The efficacy of antibiotic-eluting materials in a two-stage model of periprosthetic joint infection. J Orthop Res doi:10.1002/jor.25681.
  • Grindy S, Gil D, Suhardi JV, Fan Y, Moore K, Hugard SE, Leape CP, Randolph M, Asik M, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. Hydrogel device for analgesic drugs with in-situ loading and polymerization. J Contr Rel September: 20-28 (2023).
  • Muratoglu OK, Asik MD, Nepple CM, Wannomae KK, Micheli B, Connolly R, Oral E. Di-Cumyl Peroxide Crosslinked UHMWPE/Vitamin-E Blend for Total Joint Arthroplasty Implants. J Orthop Res doi: 10.1002/jor.25679.