Robert N. Hotchkiss

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Robert N. Hotchkiss
Medical career
Field
Orthopaedics
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

  • "Displaced Fractures of the Radial Head: Internal Fixation or Excision?". The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 5 (1): 1–10. January 1997.
    PMID 10797202
    .
    (Co-author)
  • "Injectable collagenase clostridium histolyticum for Dupuytren's contracture". The New England Journal of Medicine. 361 (10): 968–979. 3 September 2009.
    PMID 19726771
    . (Co-author)

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