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COTRCollaborative Orthopedic Trauma Research Group

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Collaborative Orthopedic Trauma Research Group

Better fracture care.

Independent research in Southern California's Inland Empire.

The image is only the beginning.

Research areas

What we work on

Five areas: imaging, outcomes, surgical technique, clinical AI, and population health.

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Publications & studies

Papers and active studies

Manuscripts in preparation, under review, and published, plus the studies still enrolling.

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In the pipeline

medRxiv · Preprint

What Embedding-Based Guideline–Literature Drift Measures (and What It Doesn't): A Proof-of-Concept and Mechanistic Dissection of TIDE in Orthopedic Surgery

HAND · Meta-analysis

Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Diagnostic Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms on Skeletally Mature Wrist Fractures

Trauma Case Reports · Case Series

Bone tunnel repair of traumatic lumbar hernias without mesh: A multidisciplinary case series and literature review

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · Prospective

Quantification of Sacroiliac and Sacral Exposure by the Lateral Window Approach: Impact of Anterior Superior Iliac Spine Osteotomy

Our People

The team

Faculty, residents, and medical students in the group.

Dr. Joseph ElsissyPrincipal Investigator

Colby GramesCoordinator

Mikayla GivensResearch leadership | PGY 1 Loma Linda University

Research areasWhat we work onFive areas: imaging, outcomes, surgical technique, clinical AI, and population health.Explore CollaboratePropose a project, or join oneWe take proposals from residents, students, and outside collaborators on a rolling basis. Many of our projects are proposed and developed by students.Start a project

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Southern California's Inland Empire

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