By Professor Bill Walsh

Books

, 2005, Repair and Regeneration of Ligaments, Tendons and Joint Capsule., Walsh WR, (ed.), Humana Press, New Jersey, USA

, 2002, Bioceramics: 15th International Symposium on Ceramics in Medicine, Ben-Nissan B; Sher D; Walsh WR, (eds.), Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland

Book Chapters

Cornwall GB; Walsh WR; Mobbs R; van Ekdom C; O’brien J, 2023, 'Biomechanics of Anterior, Oblique, and Lateral Approaches to the Lumbosacral Spine', in Lumbar Spine Access Surgery A Comprehensive Guide to Anterior and Lateral Approaches, pp. 131 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48034-8_13

Jarman-Smith M; Brady M; Kurtz SM; Cordaro NM; Walsh WR; Ouellette E, 2019, 'Porosity in PEEK', in Peek Biomaterials Handbook Second Edition, pp. 229 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812524-3.00013-2

Walsh WR; Kim HD; Labrador DP; Guzelsu N, 2017, 'Mineral-Organic Interfacial Bonding: Effect of Strain Rate on the Mechanical Properties of Bone', in Hydroxyapatite and Related Materials, CRC Press, pp. 289 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203751367-29

Walsh WR; Labrador DP; Kim* HD; Guzelsu N, 2017, 'Ultrasonic Properties of Cortical Bone Following in-Vitro Fluoride ion Treatment', in Hydroxyapatite and Related Materials, CRC Press, pp. 311 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203751367-32

Pelletier MH; Ducheyne P; Wang T; Walsh WR, 2017, '7.13 Nucleus replacements', in Comprehensive Biomaterials II, pp. 216 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.10256-5

Walsh WR; Kim HD; Labrador DP; Guzelsu N, 2017, 'Mineral-organic interfacial bonding: Effect of strain rate on the mechanical properties of bone', in Hydroxyapatite and Related Materials, pp. 289 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203751367

Pelletier MH; Ducheyne P; Wang T; Walsh WR, 2017, 'Nucleus Replacements☆', in Comprehensive Biomaterials II, Elsevier, pp. 216 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.10256-5

Jarman-Smith M; Brady M; Kurtz SM; Cordaro NM; Walsh WR, 2012, 'Chapter 12 Porosity in Polyaryletheretherketone', in PEEK Biomaterials Handbook, Elsevier, pp. 181 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4377-4463-7.10012-0

Pelletier MH; Walsh WR; Ducheyne P, 2011, 'Nucleus replacement', in Ducheyne P; Hutmacher DW; Grainger DW; Kirkpatrick CJ (ed.), Comprehensive Biomaterials, pp. 171 - 190

Bertollo N; Walsh WR, 2011, 'Drilling of Bone: Practicality, Limitations and Complications Associated with Surgical Drill-Bits', in Biomechanics in Applications, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/20931

Pelletier MH; Walsh WR; Ducheyne P, 2011, '6.613 Nucleus Replacement', in Comprehensive Biomaterials, Elsevier, pp. 171 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-055294-1.00211-7

Jones CW; Schreuder FB; Walsh WR, 2006, 'Sutures', in Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780471740360.ebs1365

Hartright D; Butler AM; Gillies RM; Bruce WJ; Walsh WR, 2006, 'Biomechanical and Clinical Evaluation of Tendons and Ligaments', in Repair and Regeneration of Ligaments, Tendons, and Joint Capsule, Humana Press, pp. 185 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-942-7:185

Walsh WR; Walton M; Bruce W; Yu Y; Gillies RM; Svehla M, 2003, 'Cell Structure and Biology of Bone and Cartilage', in Handbook of Histology Methods for Bone and Cartilage, Humana Press, pp. 35 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-417-7_2

Walsh WR; Walton M; Bruce WJ; Yu Y; Gillies RM; Svehla M, 2003, 'Cell Structure and Biology of Bone and Cartilage.', in An YH; Martin KL (ed.), Handbook of Histology Methods for Bone and Cartilage., Humana Press, USA, pp. 35 - 58

Yu Y; Chen J; Walsh WR; Verheul R; Johnson NA; Morgan DA, 2003, 'In vivo assessment of GAMMA irradiated bone: osteoconductivity and osteoinductivity.', in Phillips GO (ed.), Advances in Tissue Banking, World Scientific Publishing, London, pp. 321 - 337

Walsh WR; Yu Y; Yang JL; Hocking R; Chapman-Sheath P; Bruce WJ, 2002, 'Biology of Biomechanics of Fracture Healing', in An YH (ed.), Internal Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone., Thieme, USA, pp. 22 - 39

Gillies RM; Hyvarinen JP; Ben-Nissan B; Hori R; Walsh WF, 1999, 'Ceramic Prosthetic Femoral Head: The Effect of the Contact Stress Distribution.', in Bioceramics 12, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp. 79 - 82

Journal articles

Wahbeh J; Loss JG; Coltoff EC; Dukkipati ST; Sangiorgio SN; Ebramzadeh E; Walsh WR; Wang T; Pelletier M; Cornwall GB; Kelly BP; Brown PJ; Driscoll M; Chastain KL; Meyers KN; Colbrunn R, 2026, 'A Multilaboratory Study Toward Standardizing Spine Testing: Evaluating Reproducibility and Temporal Changes in Lumbar Spine Surrogates', Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4072253

Walsh WR; Batista J; Lovric V; Crowley JD; Wills D; Carter AJ; Wang T; Stanton R; Rocco K; Arciero R, 2026, 'Augmentation of a rotator cuff tendon repair using a bioinductive biocomposite scaffold in an ovine infraspinatus model', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 35, pp. 1551 - 1559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2025.11.026

Gibson IR; Conway JC; Lopes VR; Oliver R; Wang T; Wills D; Buckland T; Walsh WR, 2026, 'Bone Healing Response of Two Different Silicate-Containing Calcium Phosphate Synthetic Bone Grafts in a Rabbit Femoral Critical-Sized Defect Model', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials, 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.70103

Hill JC; Mobbs RJ; Coughlan M; Seex KA; Amaro CA; Walsh WR; Parr WCH, 2026, 'Cost-Effectiveness of 3D-Printed Patient-Specific Versus Off-the-Shelf Interbody Cages in Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A Markov Model Cost-Utility Analysis', Journal of Market Access and Health Policy, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmahp14020018

Wang T; Pelletier M; Johnson J; Kline C; Walsh W; Lareau C; Safranski D, 2026, 'Biomechanical Performance of 4-Leg Sustained Dynamic Compression Staples in First Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis', Foot and Ankle Specialist, 19, pp. 211 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19386400241281898

Castellino BR; Wills DJ; Tan CJ; Lloyd MJ; Walsh WR, 2026, 'The Effect of Variable-Pitch Headless Compression Screws and Cortical Screws on Interfragmentary Compression: An In Vitro Polyurethane Foam Block Model', Animals, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani16071126

Wu B; Yang J; Ye J; Chang W; Zhang X; Walsh W; Zhou Y, 2026, 'Extrusion-based 3D printing of cross-scale porous bone scaffolds and their micro-topological structures for bone repair', Biomaterials Advances, 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2025.214540

Cohen O; Baron HR; Stevenson BC; Wills DJ; Wang T; Walsh WR; Fearnside SM; Cowan ML, 2026, 'Ex Vivo Pullout Strength of Locking and Cortical Screws in the Femur and Tibiotarsus of the Pekin Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)', Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 40, pp. 39 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1647/AVIANMS-D-25-00017

Wills DJ; Dan MJ; Oliver R; Caldwell B; Cance N; Dejour D; Walsh WR, 2026, 'Selective Epiphysiodesis of the Anterior Distal Femoral Physis Alters Trochlear Morphology in a Rabbit Model', American Journal of Sports Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03635465261465190

Gibson IR; Lopes VR; Oliver R; Wang T; Wills D; Buckland T; Walsh WR, 2025, 'Early new bone formation in ovine intramuscular defects: comparison between different silicate-containing calcium phosphate synthetic bone grafts', Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-05740-0

Crowley JD; Oliver RA; Wang T; Pelletier MH; Walsh WR, 2025, 'Biomechanical implications of lumbar intervertebral disc fenestration in rabbits: Comparison of ex vivo and in vivo conditions as an experimental model for chrondrodystrophic dogs with type 1 intervertebral disc disease', Veterinary Surgery, 54, pp. 1635 - 1646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vsu.14327

Wills DJ; Lloyd MJ; Hospes KL; Walsh WR, 2025, 'Rack-and-Pinion Displacement of an Intramedullary Pin During Minimally Invasive Plate–Rod Osteosynthesis of the Canine Femur—A Case Report', Animals, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani15192777

Walsh WR; Oliver RA; Pelletier MH; Wang T; Christou C; Walsh ER; Page JM; Davis CT; Williams GM, 2025, 'Comparative Performance of Calcium Phosphate Grafts and Iliac Crest Autograft in Posterolateral Spinal Fusion in Rabbits', Jor Spine, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.70101

Walsh WR; Pelletier M; Wills D; Wang T; Lloyd M; Veldman M; Cordaro N; Brady M, 2025, 'Preclinical evaluation of lateral interbody fusions using 3D printed PEEK or 3D printed titanium cages', North American Spine Society Journal, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2025.100756

Alting C; Walsh WR; Tait R; Gall K, 2025, 'Adhesion of bone cement to porous and nonporous 3D printed surfaces', Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107019

Seex KA; Mobbs RJ; Coughlan M; Pelletier M; Walsh WR; Hill JC; Parr WCH, 2025, 'Clinical Outcomes of 3D-Printed Titanium Patient-Specific Implants in Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Prospective Clinical Trial with a Systematic Review of Conventional Techniques', Journal of Personalized Medicine, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm15070320

Lombardo JA; Wills D; Wang T; Pelletier M; Farber SH; Kelly BP; Uribe JS; Turner JD; Vizesi F; Walsh WR, 2025, 'Optimization of 3D-printed titanium interbody cage design. Part 2: An in vivo study of spinal fusion in sheep', Spine Journal, 25, pp. 1060 - 1068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2024.12.014

Kucko NW; Barrère-de Groot F; Wills D; Wang T; Pelletier M; de Bruijn JD; Walsh WR, 2025, 'Preclinical Evaluation of Synthetic Bone Graft Materials in an Instrumented Sheep Posterolateral Lumbar Spinal Fusion Model', Clinical Spine Surgery, Publish Ahead of Print, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BSD.0000000000001983

Dan MJ; Wills DJ; Oliver R; Caldwell B; Dejour D; Walsh WR, 2025, 'Selective Epiphysiodesis of the Trochlear Growth Plate Alters Trochlear Morphology in a Rabbit Model', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 14, pp. 2325967126s00006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967126s00006

Polly DW; Gardner MJ; Wills D; Crowley J; Pelletier M; Wang T; Bailey I; Yerby S; Walsh WR, 2024, 'Osseointegration and fixation opportunities of sacroiliac instrumentation: a preclinical evaluation in a large animal model', Journal of Spine Surgery, 10, pp. 616 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jss-24-67

Mathey E; Pelletier MH; Walsh WR; Gall K; Carpenter D, 2024, 'Implant Strength Contributes to the Osseointegration Strength of Porous Metallic Materials', Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4065405

Christou C; Varcoe T; Williams G; Heil T; Leifeld S; Park H; Peckham S; Stewart D; Greenbaum J; Wang T; Pelletier M; Walsh W; Alvarez L, 2024, 'In vivo Assessment of AMP2, a Novel Ceramic-Binding BMP-2, in Ovine Lumbar Interbody Fusion', Spine, 49, pp. 1381 - 1390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000005091

Goswami AB; Rybchyn MS; Walsh WR; le Coutre J, 2024, 'Obtaining source material for cellular agriculture', Heliyon, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38006

Von Benecke JP; Tarsitano E; Zimmermann L-MA; Shakesheff KM; Walsh WR; Bae HW, 2024, 'A Narrative Review on Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2: Where Are We Now?', Cureus, 16, pp. e67785, http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.67785

Dan MJ; Wills DJ; Crowley JD; Cance N; Romandini I; Walsh WR; Dejour DH, 2024, 'Anterior cruciate ligament zoobiquity: Can man's best friend tell us we are being too cautious with the implementation of osteotomy to correct posterior tibial slope', Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, 32, pp. 1071 - 1076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ksa.12109

Borden MD; Shors EC; Walsh WR; Lovric V, 2024, 'Characterization of an advanced bone graft material with a nanocrystalline hydroxycarbanoapatite surface and dual phase composition', Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials, 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.35416

Crowley JD; Oliver RA; Wang T; Pelletier MH; Walsh WR, 2024, 'Lateral fenestration of lumbar intervertebral discs in rabbits: development and characterisation of an in vivo preclinical model with multi-modal endpoint analysis', European Spine Journal, 33, pp. 2097 - 2115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-024-08153-5

Bennie S; Crowley JD; Wang T; Pelletier MH; Walsh WR, 2024, 'Pedicle screw pull-out testing in polyurethane foam blocks: Effect of block orientation and density', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 238, pp. 455 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09544119241236873

Kucko NW; Crowley J; Wills D; Wang T; Pelletier M; Yuan H; Houtzager G; Campion C; Walsh WR; de Bruijn J; Groot FB-D, 2024, 'EVALUATION OF A CALCIUM PHOSPHATE-COLLAGEN MATRIX BONE GRAFT WITH NEEDLE-SHAPED SUBMICRON SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY IN A CLINICALLY RELEVANT SHEEP POSTEROLATERAL LUMBAR SPINE FUSION MODEL', Orthopaedic Proceedings, 106-B, pp. 110 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1358-992x.2024.1.110

Hawkins J; Crowley JD; Pelletier MH; Walsh WR, 2024, 'Comparison of three methods for nucleus pulposus volume measurement in rabbit lumbar spines: a preclinical model for measurement of the effectiveness of prophylactic intervertebral disk fenestration in dogs', American Journal of Veterinary Research, 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.23.07.0165

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