PUBLICATIONS
Brown W, Gallagher N, Roberts D, Napier RJ, Barrett D, Beverland D. The third gap – The forgotten space in total knee arthroplasty. Knee. 2024 Nov 23;52:164-170. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2024.10.011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39580977.
Moffatt R, Napier RJ. Integrating Simulation Based Education to Trauma & Orthopaedic Training: A Regional Experience. Int J Healthcare Sim. 2023 Oct. doi: 10.54531/SASQ1430
Thompson R, Cassidy R, Hill J, Bryce L, Napier RJ, Beverland D. Are Patients With Morbid Obesity at Increased Risk of Pulmonary Embolism or Proximal Deep Vein Thrombosis After Lower Limb Arthroplasty? A Large-database Study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2023 Jul 20;482(1):115–24. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002742.
Barrie A, Kent B; Napier RJ, Supra Man Collaborative. Supracondylar elbow fracture management (Supra Man) : a national trainee collaborative evaluation of practice. Bone Joint J. 2023 Jan;105-B(1):82-87. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.105B1.BJJ-2022-1074.R1. PMID: 36587251.
Gibbons JP, Cassidy RS, Bryce L, Napier RJ, Bloch BV, Beverland DE. Is Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Safe in Women Over 75 Y of Age? J Arthroplasty. 2022 Oct 19:S0883-5403(22)00958-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2022.10.021. PMID: 36272510.
Diamond OJ, Hill JC, McCann AJ, McGrath C, Napier RJ, Beverland DE. Using a ring to locate femoral head centre in total hip arthroplasty. Hip Int. 2021 Apr 8:11207000211005442. doi: 10.1177/11207000211005442. PMID: 33829898.
Tucker A, Warnock JM, Cassidy R, Napier RJ, Beverland D. Are patient-reported outcomes the same following second-side surgery in primary hip and knee arthroplasty? Bone & Joint Open. 2021 Apr 1;2(4):243-54.
Napier RJ, Feller JA, Devitt BM, McClelland JA, Webster KE, Thrush CSJ, Whitehead TS. Is the KiRA Device Useful in Quantifying the Pivot Shift in Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Knees? Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Jan 22;9(1):2325967120977869. PMID: 33553458
Patel NG, Napier RJ, Walmsley K, Mandalia V. Superior Stability and Compression Across Complex Peripheral Meniscal Tears: An Inside Out Technique. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 2021 Mar 22.
Patel NG, Napier RJ, Phillips JRA, Toms AD. The first knee prosthesis to go through beyond compliance: A new standard for the safe introduction of orthopaedic implants. Surgeon. 2020 Dec;18(6):e27-e32. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32675025.
Napier RJ, Garcia E, Devitt BM, Feller JA, Webster KE. Increased Radiographic Posterior Tibial Slope Is Associated With Subsequent Injury Following Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Nov 5;7(11):2325967119879373. doi: 10.1177/2325967119879373. (PMID: 31723566)
Warnock J, Hill J, Humphreys L, Gallagher N, Napier RJ, Beverland D. Independent restoration of femoral and acetabular height reduces limb length discrepancy and improves reported outcome following total hip arthroplasty. Journal of orthopaedics. 2019 Nov 1;16(6):483-8.
Devitt BM, Dissanayake R, Clair J, Napier RJ, Porter TJ, Feller JA, Webster KE. Isolated Posterior Cruciate Reconstruction Results in Improved Functional Outcome but Low Rates of Return to Preinjury Level of Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Orthop J Sports Med. 2018 Oct 26;6(10):2325967118804478. (PMID: 30386804)
Napier RJ, O’Neill C, O’Brien S, Doran E, Mockford B, Boldt J, Beverland DE. A prospective evaluation of a largely cementless total knee arthroplasty cohort without patellar resurfacing: 10-year outcomes and survivorship. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Jun 26;19(1):205. (PMID: 29945574)
Napier RJ, Gallagher BJ, Wilson DS. An Imperfect Peace: Trends In Paramilitary Related Violence 20 Years After The Northern Ireland Ceasefires. Ulster Med J.2017
Napier RJ, Diamond O, O’Neill CKJ, O’Brien S, Beverland DE. The incidence of dissociated liners in 4,751 consecutive total hip arthroplasties using Pinnacle polyethylene acetabular liners. Hip Int. 2017 Jun 14:0. (PMID: 28623650)
Napier RJ, Shimmin AS. Ceramic on Ceramic Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty “The future is now”. Seminars in Arthroplasty. 2017 March.
C O’Neill, R.J. Napier, OJ Diamond, S O’Brien, DE Beverland. Acetabular liner dissociation following Total Hip Arthroplasty: A rare but serious complication that may be easily misinterpreted in the Emergency Department. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015:802753 (PMID: 26543652)
R.J. Napier, S. O’Brien, D. Bennett, E. Doran, A. Sykes, J. Murray, D.E. Beverland. Intra-operative and short term outcome of total knee arthroplasty in morbidly obese patients. Knee. 2014 Jun;21(3):784-8 (PMID: 24637067)
Napier RJ, Bennett D, McConway J, Wilson R, Sykes AM, Doran E, O’Brien S, Beverland DE. The influence of immediate knee flexion on blood loss and other parameters following total knee arthroplasty. BJJ. 2014 Feb;96-B(2):201-9. (PMID: 24493185)
Napier RJ, Spence D, Diamond O, O’Brien S, Walsh T, Beverland D.E. Modifiable factors delaying early discharge following primary joint arthroplasty. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol (PMID: 23412186)
Doyle T, Napier RJ, Wong J. Recognition and Management of Müller-Weiss Disease. Foot Ankle Int. 2012; 33(4):275-81 (PMID: 22735199)
Napier RJ, Eames NWA. Are we providing the multimodality treatments advocated within current guidelines when managing patients with lower back pain? Ulster Med J. 2012 Jan;81(1):48-9. (PMID 23536739)
Napier RJ, Diver A, Tohill M, Herbert K, Lewis H. The use of the anterolateral thigh flap to reconstruct extremity defects in a paediatric population. European Journal of Plastic Surgery 35.1 (2012): 101-105.
Napier RJ, Nolan PC. Diagnosis of vertebral fractures in post-ictal patients. Emerg Med J. 2011 Feb;28(2):169-70 (PMID: 20935331)
Napier RJ, Doyle T, Falls K, McDonald S, Connolly C. The delay to theatre for displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures in young adults. JBJS Br. Jan 2010 Vol 92-B (Abstract).
Napier RJ, McCormack J. Giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath – An unusual cause for locking of the knee joint. Ulster Med J 2008; 77(2) 130-131 (PMID: 18711623)