Amir Matityahu, MD
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. Matityahu is committed to the best orthopaedic trauma and joint replacement care for his patients. He continues to strive to be at the forefront of surgical technology and care in order to improve patient outcomes. He practices at ZSFG and Regional Medical Center of San Jose

Awards

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• Career Development Grant in Total Joints and Trauma Surgery, International, OREF, 2010-2011
• Best Poster, OTA Annual Meeting, 2009
• Visiting Professorship, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gotenburg, Sweden, 2009
• Visiting Professorship, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2007

Education & Training

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• Computer Assisted Surgery and Navigation for Orthopaedic Trauma Prince of Williams Hospital 1/2011
• Orhtopaedic Trauma Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 8/2010
• Orthopaedic Trauma Hadassah Medical Center 10/2010
• Orthopaedic Trauma R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Univers 08/2003
• Orthopaedics Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Maimonides Medical Center 07/2002
• MD Medicine Hahnemann University Medical School 07/1997
• BS Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology University of California, Los Angeles 07/1992

Interests

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• Pelvis Fracture
• Periprosthetic Fractures
• Acetabular Fracture
• Fracture Care
• Complex Fracture care
• Periarticular Fractures
• Hip Reconstruction
• Malunion
• Clinical Research
• Biomechanics of Fracture Care
• Orthopaedic Trauma Program Building
• Orthopedic Trauma
• Nonunion

Websites

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• Profile at UCSF Orthopaedic Surgery (orthosurg.ucsf.edu)

Publications (34)

Top publication keywords:
Hip DislocationFluoroscopyOrthopedic SurgeonsFracture Fixation, InternalFractures, BoneTibial FracturesFemoral FracturesAcetabulumFracture Fixation, IntramedullaryHip FracturesFibulaBone NailsJoint InstabilityBone ScrewsGait

• Skin Antisepsis before Surgical Fixation of Extremity Fractures.
  The New England journal of medicine 2024 PREP-IT Investigators, Sprague S, Slobogean G, Wells JL, O'Hara NN, Thabane L, Mullins CD, Harris AD, Wood A, Viskontas D, Apostle KL, O'Toole RV, Joshi M, Johal H, Al-Asiri J, Hymes RA, Gaski GE, …
• Suprapatellar Tibial Nailing: Future or Fad?
  Journal of clinical medicine 2023 Ciminero M, Elsevier H, Solarczyk J, Matityahu A
• Reporting on quality of reduction and fixation of intertrochanteric fractures-A systematic review.
  Injury 2021 Marmor M, Guenthner G, Rezaei A, Saam M, Matityahu A
• Wire Placement in the Sustentaculum Tali Using a 2D Projection-Based Software Application for Mobile C-Arms: Cadaveric Study.
  Foot & ankle international 2018 Swartman B, Frere D, Wei W, Schnetzke M, Grechenig S, Matityahu A, Beisemann N, Keil H, Franke J, Grützner PA, Vetter SY
• The Great Unknown-A systematic literature review about risk associated with intraoperative imaging during orthopaedic surgeries.
  Injury 2017 Matityahu A, Duffy RK, Goldhahn S, Joeris A, Richter PH, Gebhard F

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• Screw Stripping After Repeated Cortical Screw Insertion-Can We Trust the Cancellous "Bailout" Screw?
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2016 Marmor M, Mirick G, Matityahu A
• Effect of varus and valgus alignment on implant loading after proximal femur fracture fixation.
  European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie 2016 Marmor M, Liddle K, Buckley J, Matityahu A
• Short-term pelvic fracture outcomes in adolescents differ from children and adults in the National Trauma Data Bank.
  Journal of children's orthopaedics 2015 Marmor M, Elson J, Mikhail C, Morshed S, Matityahu A
• Three-dimensional navigation is more accurate than two-dimensional navigation or conventional fluoroscopy for percutaneous sacroiliac screw fixation in the dysmorphic sacrum: a randomized multicenter study.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2014 Matityahu A, Kahler D, Krettek C, Stöckle U, Grutzner PA, Messmer P, Ljungqvist J, Gebhard F
• Smoking cessation and bone healing: optimal cessation timing.
  European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie 2014 Truntzer J, Vopat B, Feldstein M, Matityahu A
• A method for detection of lateral malleolar malrotation using conventional fluoroscopy.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2013 Marmor M, Kandemir U, Matityahu A, Jergesen H, McClellan T, Morshed S
• The effect of fracture pattern stability on implant loading in OTA type 31-A2 proximal femur fractures.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2013 Marmor M, Liddle K, Pekmezci M, Buckley J, Matityahu A
• Time intervals in the treatment of fractured femurs as indicators of the quality of trauma systems.
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013 Matityahu A, Elliott I, Marmor M, Caldwell A, Coughlin R, Gosselin RA
• Acute complications of patients with pelvic fractures after pelvic angiographic embolization.
  Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2013 Matityahu A, Marmor M, Elson JK, Lieber C, Rogalski G, Lin C, Belaye T, Miclau T, Kandemir U
• Propensity for hip dislocation in normal gait loading versus sit-to-stand maneuvers in posterior wall acetabular fractures.
  American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.) 2013 Marmor M, McDonald E, Buckley JM, Matityahu A
• Rotational malreduction of the syndesmosis: reliability and accuracy of computed tomography measurement methods.
  Foot & ankle international 2013 Knops SP, Kohn MA, Hansen EN, Matityahu A, Marmor M
• The variable angle hip fracture nail relative to the gamma 3: a finite element analysis illustrating the same stiffness and fatigue characteristics.
  Advances in orthopedics 2013 Matityahu A, Schmidt AH, Grantz A, Clawson B, Marmor M, McClellan RT
• Reduction of pullout strength caused by reinsertion of 3.5-mm cortical screws.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2013 Matityahu A, Hurschler C, Badenhop M, Stukenborg-Colsman C, Waizy H, Wentz B, Marmor M, Krettek C
• Impact of a three-dimensional "hands-on" anatomic teaching module on acetabular fracture pattern recognition by orthopaedic residents.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2012 Hansen E, Marmor M, Matityahu A
• Survivorship and severe complications are worse for octogenarians and elderly patients with pelvis fractures as compared to adults: data from the national trauma data bank.
  Journal of osteoporosis 2012 Matityahu A, Elson J, Morshed S, Marmor M
• Tip apex distance, hip screw placement, and neck shaft angle as potential risk factors for cut-out failure of hip screws after surgical treatment of intertrochanteric fractures.
  International orthopaedics 2012 Andruszkow H, Frink M, Frömke C, Matityahu A, Zeckey C, Mommsen P, Suntardjo S, Krettek C, Hildebrand F
• Propensity for hip dislocation in gait loading versus sit-to-stand maneuvers: implications for redefining the dome of the acetabulum needed for stability of the hip during activities of daily living.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2012 Matityahu A, McDonald E, Buckley JM, Marmor M
• How placement affects force and contact pressure between a volar plate of the distal radius and the flexor pollicus longus tendon: a biomechanical investigation.
  The Journal of hand surgery, European volume 2012 Matityahu AM, Lapalme SN, Seth A, Marmor MT, Buckley JM, Lattanza LL
• Accuracy of in situ neck-shaft angle and shortening measurements of the anatomically reduced, varus malreduced and shortened proximal femur: can we believe what we see on the postoperative films?
  Injury 2011 Marmor M, Nystuen C, Ehemer N, McClellan RT, Matityahu A
• Locking flexible nails for diaphyseal humeral fractures in the multiply injured patient: a preliminary study.
  Techniques in hand & upper extremity surgery 2011 Matityahu A, Eglseder WA
• Limitations of standard fluoroscopy in detecting rotational malreduction of the syndesmosis in an ankle fracture model.
  Foot & ankle international 2011 Marmor M, Hansen E, Han HK, Buckley J, Matityahu A
• Tibial plateau fracture repairs augmented with calcium phosphate cement have higher in situ fatigue strength than those with autograft.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2011 McDonald E, Chu T, Tufaga M, Marmor M, Singh R, Yetkinler D, Matityahu A, Buckley JM, McClellan RT
• Proximal tibiofibular joint pain after insertion of a tibial intramedullary nail: two case reports with accompanying computed tomography and cadaveric studies.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2010 Laidlaw MS, Ehmer N, Matityahu A
• Superior gluteal artery injury during iliosacral screw placement due to aberrant anatomy.
  Orthopedics 2010 Marmor M, Lynch T, Matityahu A
• Surgical treatment of an acetabular fracture and labral tear with suture anchors in a 10-year-old child.
  Orthopedics 2009 Mormor M, Matityahu A
• Does a volar locking plate provide equivalent stability as a dorsal nonlocking plate in a dorsally comminuted distal radius fracture?: a biomechanical study.
  Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2008 Kandemir U, Matityahu A, Desai R, Puttlitz C
• The distal semimembranosus complex: normal MR anatomy, variants, biomechanics and pathology.
  Skeletal radiology 2003 Beltran J, Matityahu A, Hwang K, Jbara M, Maimon R, Padron M, Mota J, Beltran L, Sundaram M
• Theophylline improves measurements of respiratory muscle efficiency.
  Chest 1996 Sherman MS, Lang DM, Matityahu A, Campbell D
• A method for estimating respiratory muscle efficiency using an automated metabolic cart.
  Respiration physiology 1996 Sherman M, Matityahu A, Campbell D