Dr. Christopher L. Peters MD
Orthopedist
590 Wakara Way Salt Lake City UT, 84108Rating
4/5
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Dr. Christopher Peters is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Peters specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Peters tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Univ of Southern Ca Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1988
Tucom-Ca 1988
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acetabular revision with a modular anti-protrusio acetabular component.
- Reconstruction of the medial femoral condyle and medial collateral ligament in total knee arthroplasty using tendoachilles allograft with a calcaneal bone block.
- Subject-specific finite element model of the pelvis: development, validation and sensitivity studies.
- Early aseptic loosening of a total knee arthroplasty due to Gore-Tex particle-induced osteolysis.
- The effect of a new multimodal perioperative anesthetic regimen on postoperative pain, side effects, rehabilitation, and length of hospital stay after total joint arthroplasty.
- Soft-tissue balancing in primary total knee arthroplasty.
- The etiology and treatment of hip pain in the young adult.
- Cartilage thickness: factors influencing multidetector CT measurements in a phantom study.
- Validation of finite element predictions of cartilage contact pressure in the human hip joint.
- A safe, effective, and easy to use warfarin initiation dosing nomogram for post-joint arthroplasty patients.
- Reduced blood loss after total knee arthroplasty with local injection of bupivacaine and epinephrine.
- Staged surgical dislocation and redirectional periacetabular osteotomy: a report of five cases.
- Open treatment of femoroacetabular impingement is associated with clinical improvement and low complication rate at short-term followup.
- Gene-based warfarin dosing compared with standard of care practices in an orthopedic surgery population: a prospective, parallel cohort study.
Fellowships
- Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center - Chicago, IL in Joint Replacement/Reconstuction 1993
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