Dr. Brinker has performed more than 1,000 Ilizarov surgeries

Dr. Brinker has treated more than 1,200 fracture nonunions

Dr. Brinker has corrected more than 400 skeletal deformities

Dr. Brinker has treated more than 250 cases with bone infection

Publications - Book Chapters

V.H. Frankel, S. Stuchin, M.L. Newport, I. Shapiro, M.R. Brinker, J.C. Rice. The Autophor Non-Cemented Ceramic Hip System. In R.H. Fitzgerald, Jr. (Ed.), Non-Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty, Raven Press, New York City, Chapter 32:381-391, 1987.

S.D. Cook, K.A. Thomas, M.R. Brinker. Bioactive Ceramic Coatings for Orthopaedic and Dental Implant Applications. In C.P. Sharma and M. Szycher (Eds.), Blood Compatible Materials and Devices: Perspectives Toward the 21stCentury,Technomic Publishing, Lancaster, Chapter 16:279-287, 1991.

T.S. Whitecloud, M.R. Brinker. Congenital Anomalies of the Base of the Skull and Atlanto-axial Joint. In M.C. Camins and P.A. O=Leary (Eds.), Disorders of the Cervical Spine, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Chapter 17:199-211, 1992.

A. Arand, M.R. Brinker, T.S. Whitecloud, III, S.B. Dunsker. Complications of Anterior Cervical Surgery. In T.S. Whitecloud and S. Dunsker (Eds.), Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: Principles and Techniques in Spine Surgery, Raven Press, New York, Chapter 11:131-140, 1993.

M.R. Brinker, S.H. Weeden. Fractures About the Shoulder. In C.L. Baker, F. Flandry and J.M. Henderson (Eds.), The Hughston Clinic Sports Medicine Book, Lea & Febiger, Chapter 42:250-255, 1995.

M.R. Brinker, M.D. Miller. Basic Science. In Miller (Ed.), Review of Orthopaedics, 2nd Ed, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 1:1-122, 1996.

M.R. Brinker, et.al. Fractures and Dislocations about the Shoulder. In C.L. Baker, F. Flandry and J.M. Henderson (Eds.), The Hughston Clinic Sports Medicine Field Manual , Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Chapter 10:85-96, 1996.

M.R. Brinker, S.H. Weeden, T.S. Whitecloud, III. Congenital Bone Anomalies of the Cervical Spine. In J. Frymoyer, T. Ducker, N. Hadler, J. Kostuik, J. Weinstein, T. Whitecloud (Eds), The Adult Spine Principles and Practice, 2nd Ed, Raven Press, New York, New York, Chapter 57:1205-1222, 1997.

S.H. Weeden, M.R. Brinker. Orthopedic Procedures. In F.G. Moody (Ed), Atlas of Ambulatory Surgery, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 18:246-265, 1999.

M.R. Brinker. Basic Science. In Miller and Brinker (Eds.), Review of Orthopaedics, 3rd Ed, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 1:1-144, 2000.

M.R. Brinker, E.C. Lou. General Principles of Trauma. In Brinker (Ed), Review of Orthopaedic Trauma, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 1:1-19, 2000.

M.R. Brinker. Principles of Fractures. In Brinker (Ed), Review of Orthopaedic Trauma, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 2:21-41, 2000.

M.R. Brinker. Fractures of the Tibial Plafond. In Brinker (Ed), Review of Orthopaedic Trauma, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 11:143-151, 2000.

M.R. Brinker. Nonunions: Evaluation and Treatment. In B.D. Browner, A.M. Levine, J.B.
Jupiter, P.G. Trafton (Ed), Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction,
3rd Ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 20:507-604, 2003

M.R Brinker. Basic Science and Injury of Bone. Section C: In J.C. DeLee, D. Drez, Miller (Ed), DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Principles and Practice, 2nd Ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 2:98-199, 2003.

M.R. Brinker, D.P. O’Connor. Basic Sciences. In M.D. Miller (Ed), Review of Orthopaedics, 4th Ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 1:1-153, 2004.

M.R. Brinker, D.P. O’Connor. Nonunions of the Femoral Shaft and Distal Femur. In S.R. Rozbruch, S. Ilizarov (Ed), Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery, Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., New York, Chapter 11:141-165, 2006.

M.R. Brinker, D.P. O’Connor. Basic Sciences. In M.D. Miller (Ed), Review of Orthopaedics, 5th Ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 1:1-132, 2008.

M.R. Brinker. No nunions: Evaluation and Treatment. In B.D. Browner, A.M. Levine, J.B. Jupiter, P.G. Trafton (Ed), Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction, 4th Ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter 22:615-707, 2009

M.R. Brinker, D.P. O’Connor. Basic Sciences. In M.D. Miller (Ed), Review of Orthopaedics, 5th Ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Chapter ?????1:1-153, 2004

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