Dr. Thomas P Vail M.D.
Orthopedist
4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC, 27704About
Dr. Thomas Vail is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Vail specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Vail tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1985
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tensile properties of articular cartilage are altered by meniscectomy in a canine model of osteoarthritis.
- Biomechanical factors in tissue engineered meniscal repair.
- Longitudinal characterization of synovial fluid biomarkers in the canine meniscectomy model of osteoarthritis.
- Simultaneous changes in the mechanical properties, quantitative collagen organization, and proteoglycan concentration of articular cartilage following canine meniscectomy.
- Validity of photoelastic strain measurement on cadaveric proximal femora.
- The relationship between diagnosis and outcome in arthroscopy of the hip.
- Patient satisfaction and effectiveness of lumbar plexus and sciatic nerve block for total knee arthroplasty.
- Regional material properties of the human hip joint capsule ligaments.
- Interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin-17 synergistically up-regulate nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 production in explants of human osteoarthritic knee menisci.
- Hip arthroscopy in the adolescent and pediatric athlete.
- Synovial fluid biomarker levels predict articular cartilage damage following complete medial meniscectomy in the canine knee.
- Chondropathy after meniscal tear or partial meniscectomy in a canine model.
- The effects of varus tibial alignment on proximal tibial surface strain in total knee arthroplasty: The posteromedial hot spot.
- Hip arthroplasty after failed free vascularized fibular grafting for
- Alterations in the mechanical properties of the human chondrocyte pericellular matrix with osteoarthritis.
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