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Krishan Rajaratnam

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Assistant Clinical ProfessorSurgeryMcMaster University

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59 publications.

01

Supine Positioning on the Fracture Table Versus Lateral Positioning for Antegrade Intramedullary Fixation of Femur Fractures (The Fracture Table Versus Lateral Positioning Study): The Clinical Outcomes of a Multicenter, Cluster, Randomized, Crossover, Pilot Study

Axelrod DE, Sprague S, Guerra-Farfan E, Garcia-Sanchez Y, Meulenkamp B, Dodd-Moher M, Bzovsky S, Shibu C, Del Fabbro G, Gallant JL

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma20261 citations
DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000003077
02

TOWARDS REDUCING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY USING LEVEL-APPROPRIATE EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS

Rajaratnam K, Gan W, Sun Y

2026First author
DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2026.1459
03

Correction: Patient and surgical factors affecting recovery after femur fracture fixation: a secondary analysis of the FLiP trial

Gonsalves M, Axelrod DE, Guerra‑Farfan E, Garcia‑Sanchez Y, Meulenkamp B, Dodd‑Moher M, Bzovsky S, Shibu C, Del Fabbro G, Gallant JL

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology2026
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-025-04591-z
04

Fracture table vs. lateral positioning for intramedullary fixation of femur fractures (The FLiP Trial): the feasibility of a cluster randomized crossover trial

Axelrod DE, Sprague S, Guerra-Farfan E, Garcia-Sanchez Y, Meulenkamp B, Dodd-Moher M, Bzovsky S, Shibu C, Del Fabbro G, Gallant JL

Pilot and Feasibility Studies2026
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-026-01789-8
05

Towards Reducing Foreign Language Anxiety Using Level-Appropriate Embodied Conversational Agents

Rajaratnam K, Gan W, Sun Y

2026First author
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2607.21887
06

Infection and Nonunion Rates in Open Fractures

Natoli RM, Marchand LS, Bzovsky S, Hagen JE, Gage MJ, Stennett CA, O’Hara NN, Jeray KJ, Petrisor B, Sprague S

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume202517 citations
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.24.01055
07

Local Antibiotics and the Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance in Extremity Fractures Complicated by Fracture-Related Infection

Schrank GM, Jozefowski N, Zura RD, Jeray KJ, Gary JL, Gaski GE, Shannon SF, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Slobogean GP

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume20256 citations
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.24.01178
08

Infrapatellar Versus Suprapatellar Nailing for Fractures of the Tibia (INSURT Study): A Multicentered Randomized Controlled Trial

Cinats DJ, Viskontas D, Stone T, Perey B, Moola F, Boyer D, Lemke HM, Apostle K, Johnstone AJ, Investigators TCOTS

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma20255 citations
DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000003029
09

Outcomes Associated with Choice of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Open Fractures

Lin CA, Kobes T, Kholodovsky E, Hernandez G, O’Hara NN, Schrank GM, O’Toole RV, Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Heng M

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume20254 citations
DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.24.01123
10

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Optimize Post-Operative Recovery (COPE): a randomized controlled feasibility trial in extremity fracture patients

Gouveia K, Sprague S, Gallant JL, MacRae S, Del Fabbro G, Bzovsky S, McKay P, Johal H, Busse JW

Pilot and Feasibility Studies20254 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-024-01592-3PMID: W4406254928

Frequent collaborators

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Krishan RajaratnamSheila Ann SpragueMohit BhandariBradley Allan PetrisorGordon GuyattDale WilliamsJamal Al-asiriMatthew DenkersBill RistevskiDiane Heels-AnsdellLehana ThabanePhilip Devereaux
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Sheila Ann Sprague

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Mohit Bhandari

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Bradley Allan Petrisor

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Gordon Guyatt

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Dale Williams

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27 shared papers, latest 2026

Jamal Al-asiri

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