Orthopedics

The physicians and surgeons at Washington University Orthopedics are specialized in the areas of hand and upper extremity, hip and knee, foot and ankle, spine, and general orthopaedics.

In addition we have teams for general, pediatric and trama orthopaedics, sports medicine, and non-surgical orthopaedics.

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Martin I. Boyer, MD, FRCS(C)

Specialty Areas
Orthopedic Surgery, Microsurgery
Hand and Wrist Surgery (Orthopedic)
Hand and Upper Extremity (Orthopedic)
Orthopedic Surgery, Hand and Wrist

Additional Languages Spoken
Conversational Hebrew, German and French

Areas of Clinical Interest
Orthopedics, hand surgery, wrist surgery and microsurgery. Traumatic, degenerative and neuromuscular conditions of the hand and upper extremity in adults and children. Carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fractures of the hand and wrist, arthritis of the base of the thumb, and disorders of the ulnar side of the wrist and distal radioulnar joint, reconstructive microsurgery, replantation surgery and free vascularized fibural grafts for avascular necrosis of the hip, post-traumatic of the hip, and post-tumor reconstruction

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2005 - 2009 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Nicolas Andry Award - The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, 1999

John J. Fahey, MD, Memorial, North American Traveling Fellowship of The American Orthopaedic Association, 1999

Best Paper International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (Helsinki, Finland), 1995

Fellowship Award Medical Research Council of Canada, 1991

Cody Gold Medal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1988

Publications

Boyer MI, Watson JT, Lou J, Manske PR, Gelberman RH, Cai SR. Quantitative variation in vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA expression during early flexor tendon healing: An investigation in a canine model. J Ortho Res, In press

Goldfarb CA, Yin Y, Gilula LA, Fisher AJ, Boyer MI. Wrist Fractures - What the clinician wants to know. Radiology, In press

Boyer MI, Gelberman RH, Brodt M, Burns ME, Silva MJ. Intrasynovial flexor tendon repair: An experimental study on low versus high levels of in vivo force rehabilitation in canines. J Bone Jt Surg, In press

Meunier M, von Schroeder HP, Boyer MI. Subtotal palmar and digital fasciectomy for dupuytren's contracture. Atlas of Hand Clinics 5(2), September 2000, 1-18

Teefey SA, Middleton WD, Boyer MI. Sonography of the hand and wrist. Semin Ultrasound CT & MRI 2000, Col 21, No 3:192-204

Dinopoulos HT, Boyer MI, Burns ME, Gelberman RH, Silva M. The resistance of multistrand suture techniques to gap formation during tensile testing: An experimental study of repaired canine flexor tendon after 10 days of in vivo healing. J Hand Surg 2000, 25A(3):489-498

Silva MJ, Brodt MD, Boyer MI, Morris TS, Dinopuolos H, Amiel D, Gelberman RH. Effects of Increased In Vivo Excursion on Digital Range of Motion and Tendon Strength Following Flexor Tendon Repair; J Ortho Res, Accepted

Gelberman RH, Boyer MI, Brodt MD, Winters SC, Silva MJ. The Effect of Repair Site Gap Formation on the Strength and Excursion of Intrasynovial Flexor Tendons; J Bone Joint Surg (American Edition), Accepted

Stevens DJ, Boyer MI, Bowen CVA. Epiphyseal Plate Transplantation Between Animals of Different Ages; J Paed Ortho 1999, In press

Boyer MI, Gelberman RH. Operative Correction of Swan-Neck and Boutonniere Deformities in the Rheumatoid Hand; JAAOS 1999, 7(2):92-100

Boyer MI, Gelberman RH. Complications of the Operative Correction of Dupuytren's Disease; Hand Clinics 1999, 15(1):161-166

Boyer MI, von Schroeder HP, Axelrod TS. Vascularized Bone Graft For The Treatment Of Scaphoid Nonunion With Avascular Necrosis Of The Proximal Pole; J Hand Surg 1998, 23B(5):686-91

Silva MJ, Hollstien SB, Fayazi AH, Adler P, Gelberman RH, Boyer MI. The Effects of Multiple Strand Techniques on the Tensile Properties of Flexor Digitorum Profundus to Bone Repair; J Bone Joint Surg 1998, 80A(10):1507-14

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Martin I. Boyer.

Martin I. Boyer, MD, FRCS(C)