Dr. Matthew J Matava MD
Orthopedist
1020 N Mason Rd Suite 110 Building 3 Saint Louis MO, 63141Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Matthew Matava is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Matava specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Matava 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
Univ of Mo-Kansas City Sch of Med, Kansas City Mo 1987
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Magnetic resonance imaging as a tool to predict meniscal reparability.
- Anterior cruciate ligament tears: MR imaging-based diagnosis in a pediatric population.
- Imaging the postoperative meniscus.
- Postarthroscopy surgical site infections: review of the literature.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee.
- Limb dominance as a potential etiologic factor in noncontact anterior cruciate ligament tears.
- Knee joint movements in subjects without knee pathology and subjects with injured anterior cruciate ligaments.
- Gender differences in surface rolling and gliding kinematics of the knee.
- Mechanical properties of bioabsorbable meniscal arrows as a function of tear location: an ex vivo experimental study.
- Ankle syndesmosis sprains in national hockey league players.
- Removal of a retained Herbert-Whipple screw with use of the Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) core harvester: a case report.
- Proximity of the popliteal artery to the PCL during simulated knee arthroscopy: implications for establishing the posterior trans-septal portal.
- Complications of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: graft issues.
- Meniscal allograft transplantation: a systematic review.
- Lisfranc injury in a national hockey league player: a case report.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- Listed in Best Doctors in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) 2005-2013
Fellowships
- Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surg, Cincinnati Sports Med and Orthopedic Center, Cincinnati, OH 1994
- Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopedics
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