Ricardo Pietrobon, Department of Surgery,

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2500 North Pavilion
Office Phone:	(919) 668-2054, (919) 668-2048
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.duke.edu/~rpietro

Education:

M.D.	Federal University of Parana (brazil)	1995
M.B.A.	Duke University	2011
Ph.D.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2004

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. RC Mather 3rd, RW Wysocki, J Mack Aldridge 3rd, R Pietrobon, JA Nunley. "Effect of facility on the operative costs of distal radius fractures.." The Journal of hand surgery 36.7 (July, 2011): 1142-8. [doi]  [abs]
2. CJ Gerardo, SW Glickman, SN Vaslef, A Chandra, R Pietrobon, CB Cairns. "The rapid impact on mortality rates of a dedicated care team including trauma and emergency physicians at an academic medical center.." The Journal of emergency medicine 40.5 (May, 2011): 586-91. [doi]  [abs]
3. M Nahm, J Shepherd, A Buzenberg, R Rostami, A Corcoran, J McCall, R Pietrobon. "Design and implementation of an institutional case report form library.." Clinical trials (London, England) 8.1 (February, 2011): 94-102. [doi]  [abs]
4. AN Shah, R Pietrobon, WJ Richardson, BS Myers. "Patterns of tumor spread and risk of fracture and epidural impingement in metastatic vertebrae.." Journal of spinal disorders & techniques 16.1 (February, 2003): 83-9.  [abs]
5. KC Nielsen, RA Greengrass, R Pietrobon, SM Klein, SM Steele. "Continuous interscalene brachial plexus blockade provides good analgesia at home after major shoulder surgery-report of four cases.." Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie 50.1 (January, 2003): 57-61. [doi]  [abs]
6. CJ Barnes, R Pietrobon, LD Higgins. "Does the pulse examination in patients with traumatic knee dislocation predict a surgical arterial injury? A meta-analysis.." The Journal of trauma 53.6 (December, 2002): 1109-14. [doi]  [abs]
7. SM Klein, R Pietrobon, KC Nielsen, SM Steele, DS Warner, JA Moylan, WS Eubanks, RA Greengrass. "Paravertebral somatic nerve block compared with peripheral nerve blocks for outpatient inguinal herniorrhaphy.." Regional anesthesia and pain medicine 27.5 (December, 2002): 476-80.  [abs]
8. R Pietrobon, AN Shah. "Complications of evaluating the scientific quality of randomized clinical trials.." The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 84-A.12 (December, 2002): 2307; author reply 2307-8.
9. CC Buckenmaier 3rd, KC Nielsen, R Pietrobon, SM Klein, AH Martin, RA Greengrass, SM Steele. "Small-dose intrathecal lidocaine versus ropivacaine for anorectal surgery in an ambulatory setting.." Anesthesia and analgesia 95.5 (November, 2002): 1253-7, table of contents.  [abs]
10. AC Speciale, R Pietrobon, CW Urban, WJ Richardson, CA Helms, N Major, D Enterline, L Hey, M Haglund, DA Turner. "Observer variability in assessing lumbar spinal stenosis severity on magnetic resonance imaging and its relation to cross-sectional spinal canal area.." Spine 27.10 (May, 2002): 1082-6.  [abs]
11. R Pietrobon, RR Coeytaux, TS Carey, WJ Richardson, RF DeVellis. "Standard scales for measurement of functional outcome for cervical pain or dysfunction: a systematic review.." Spine 27.5 (March, 2002): 515-22.  [abs]
12. SM Klein, R Pietrobon, KC Nielsen, DS Warner, RA Greengrass, SM Steele. "Peripheral nerve blockade with long-acting local anesthetics: a survey of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia.." Anesthesia and analgesia 94.1 (January, 2002): 71-6, table of contents.  [abs]
13. KR Berend, R Pietrobon, JO Moore, L Dibernardo, JM Harrelson, SP Scully. "Adjuvant chemotherapy for osteosarcoma may not increase survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgical resection.." Journal of surgical oncology 78.3 (November, 2001): 162-70.  [abs]