Dan Wills

UNSW Sydney — Australia

Engineering · Physical Sciences

12h-index635citations39works1.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Bone Tissue Engineering Materials(9), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology(9), Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes(6), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty(6), Bone fractures and treatments(6)

Publications39 total

Preclinical Evaluation of Synthetic Bone Graft Materials in an Instrumented Sheep Posterolateral Lumbar Spinal Fusion Model
Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Rack-and-Pinion Displacement of an Intramedullary Pin During Minimally Invasive Plate–Rod Osteosynthesis of the Canine Femur—A Case Report
Animals·2025Open Access
Preclinical evaluation of lateral interbody fusions using 3D printed PEEK or 3D printed titanium cages
North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)·2025Open Access
Early new bone formation in ovine intramuscular defects: comparison between different silicate-containing calcium phosphate synthetic bone grafts
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of 1.5-mm Locking Plate Fixation for 30 Radial and Ulnar Fractures in Dogs
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology·2025· 1 cited
Osseointegration and fixation opportunities of sacroiliac instrumentation: a preclinical evaluation in a large animal model
Journal of Spine Surgery·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
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·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
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·2024
Comparison of different bone graft substitutes in a clinically-relevant sheep posterolateral fusion model
Brain and Spine·2024Open Access
89. Interbody fusion using a new controlled release BMP-2 matrix
The Spine Journal·2023
Biomechanical Comparison of Cortical Lag Screws and Cortical Position Screws for Their Generation of Interfragmentary Compression and Area of Compression in Simulated Lateral Humeral Condylar Fractures
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology·2023· 7 cited
The Effect of Location of a Unicortical Defect on the Mechanical Properties of Rabbit Tibiae: A Model of the Distal Jig Pin Hole in Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Posterolateral Fusion Performance of Biphasic Calcium Phosphate with Submicron Needle-Shaped Surface Topography Combined with a Novel Polymer Binder
Materials·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
The thermal profile of self-tapping screws: The effect of insertion speed, power insertion, and screw geometry on heat production at the bone-screw interface.
Medical Engineering & Physics·2022· 6 cited
Computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Accuracy of Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Screw Fixation in Cats
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology·2021· 9 cited
High-strength, porous additively manufactured implants with optimized mechanical osseointegration
Biomaterials·2021· 131 cited
P1. Efficacy of a calcium phosphate collagen matrix bone graft with needle-shaped submicron surface topography in a rabbit posterolateral lumbar spine fusion model
The Spine Journal·2021Open Access
The efficacy of a nanosynthetic bone graft substitute as a bone graft extender in rabbit posterolateral fusion
The Spine Journal·2021· 26 citedOpen Access
Authors reply to “does undercut macrostructure cage cause increase of subsidence incidence and decease of disc height?”
The Spine Journal·2021
Single level posterolateral lumbar fusion in a New Zealand White rabbit (<scp><i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i></scp>) model: Surgical anatomy, operative technique, autograft fusion rates, and perioperative care
JOR Spine·2020· 17 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

William R. Walsh(21), Matthew H. Pelletier(10), J. D. Crowley(9), D.C.A. Picton(9), Rema A. Oliver(7), Tian Wang(6), Tian Wang(4), Christopher J. Tan(4), Frank Vizesi(4), Nathan W. Kucko(4), Joost D. de Bruijn(4), Florence Barrère‐de Groot(4), W. I. R. Davies(3), Iain R. Gibson(3), Shaeffer Bannigan(3), Charlie Campion(3), Jordan C. Conway(2), Tom Buckland(2), Michael J. Dan(2), Max J. Lloyd(2)