Robert N. Hotchkiss

Robert N. Hotchkiss
Medical career
FieldOrthopaedics
InstitutionsHospital for Special Surgery
ResearchElbow injuries
Hand surgery

Robert N. Hotchkiss is an American orthopaedic surgeon who modified Mark L. Mason's classification of radial head fractures, known as the Mason-Hotchkiss classification, and is also named after the Hotchkiss surgical 'over the top approach' to visualise the radial head in the elbow.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Selected publications

  • Hotchkiss, Robert N. (January 1997). "Displaced Fractures of the Radial Head: Internal Fixation or Excision?". The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 5 (1): 1–10. doi:10.5435/00124635-199701000-00001. ISSN 1940-5480. PMID 10797202. (Co-author)
  • Hurst, Lawrence C.; Badalamente, Marie A.; Hentz, Vincent R.; Hotchkiss, Robert N.; Kaplan, F. Thomas D.; Meals, Roy A.; Smith, Theodore M.; Rodzvilla, John; CORD I Study Group (3 September 2009). "Injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum for Dupuytren's contracture". The New England Journal of Medicine. 361 (10): 968–979. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0810866. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 19726771. (Co-author)

References

  1. ^ "Robert N. Hotchkiss, MD - Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon | HSS". Hospital for Special Surgery. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Robert Hotchkiss, MD, Orthopaedics & Hand Surgery - Elsevier Authors". The Bookmark.
  3. ^ Sheps, David M; Kiefer, Krystina RL; Boorman, Richard S; Donaghy, John; Lalani, Aleem; Walker, Richard; Hildebrand, Kevin A (August 2009). "The interobserver reliability of classification systems for radial head fractures: the Hotchkiss modification of the Mason classification and the AO classification systems". Canadian Journal of Surgery. 52 (4): 277–282. PMC 2724821. PMID 19680511.
  4. ^ Hillin, Cody; Melvin, J. Stuart; Boselli, Karen; Hoffman, G. Russell; Mehta, Samir; Kuntz, Andrew F. (2018). "10. Fractures of the shoulder and elbow". In Pignolo, Robert J.; Ahn, Jaimo (eds.). Fractures in the Elderly: A Guide to Practical Management (2nd ed.). Humana Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-3-319-72226-9.
  5. ^ The, Bertram; Eygendaal, Denise (2016). "22. Radial head fractures". In Pederzini, Luigi Adriano; Eygendaal, Denise; Denti, Matteo (eds.). Elbow and Sport. Springer. p. 244. ISBN 978-3-662-48740-2.
  6. ^ van Riet, RP; van den Bekerom, MPJ; Van Tongel, A; Spross, C; Barco, R; Watts, AC (25 September 2019). "Radial head fractures". Shoulder & Elbow. 12 (3): 212–223. doi:10.1177/1758573219876921. ISSN 1758-5732. PMC 7285971. PMID 32565923.
  7. ^ "Medial approach to the proximal forearm: Hotchkiss over the top". site name. Retrieved 15 March 2025.