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Vol. 5, Issue 2 | Pages 94 - 100 | 5 Feb 2024

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: risk factors and strategies for prevention

Mancino F Kayani B Gabr A Fontalis A Plastow R Haddad FS

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Vol. 4, Issue 7 | Pages 516 - 522 | 10 Jul 2023

The use of Stimulan in bone and joint infections

Mereddy P Nallamilli SR Gowda VP Kasha S Godey SK Nallamilli RR GPRK R Meda VGR

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Vol. 4, Issue 1 | Pages 13 - 18 | 5 Jan 2023

Comparative assessment of current robotic-assisted systems in primary total knee arthroplasty

Walgrave S Oussedik S

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Vol. 4, Issue 3 | Pages 158 - 167 | 10 Mar 2023

Genicular artery embolization for early-stage knee osteoarthritis: results from a triple-blind single-centre randomized controlled trial

Landers S Hely R Hely A Harrison B Page RS Maister N Gwini SM Gill SD

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Vol. 4, Issue 1 | Pages 3 - 12 | 4 Jan 2023

Iliopsoas tendonitis after total hip arthroplasty

Hardwick-Morris M Twiggs J Miles B Al-Dirini RMA Taylor M Balakumar J Walter WL

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Vol. 4, Issue 5 | Pages 357 - 362 | 17 May 2023

Are postoperative blood tests always required after lower limb arthroplasty?

Naathan H Ilo K Berber R Matar HE Bloch B

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Vol. 4, Issue 5 | Pages 315 - 328 | 5 May 2023

Effects of home-based prehabilitation on pre- and postoperative outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty

De Klerk TC Dounavi DM Hamilton DF Clement ND Kaliarntas KT

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Vol. 4, Issue 3 | Pages 205 - 209 | 16 Mar 2023

A randomized clinical trial of glenohumeral joint steroid injection versus suprascapular nerve block in patients with frozen shoulder: a protocol for the Therapeutic Injections For Frozen Shoulder (TIFFS) study

Jump CM Mati W Maley A Taylor R Gratrix K Blundell C Lane S Solanki N Khan M Choudhry M Shetty V Malik RA Charalambous CP

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Vol. 4, Issue 4 | Pages 226 - 233 | 1 Apr 2023

Development of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment and management of periprosthetic hip infection

Moore AJ Wylde V Whitehouse MR Beswick AD Walsh NE Jameson C Blom AW

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Vol. 4, Issue 8 | Pages 584 - 593 | 15 Aug 2023

Prediction of fracture nonunion leading to secondary surgery in patients with distal femur fractures

Sainio H Rämö L Reito A Silvasti-Lundell M Lindahl J

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Vol. 5, Issue 1 | Pages 9 - 19 | 16 Jan 2024

Systematic review of machine-learning models in orthopaedic trauma

Dijkstra H van de Kuit A de Groot TM Canta O Groot OQ Oosterhoff JH Doornberg JN

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Vol. 4, Issue 11 | Pages 873 - 880 | 17 Nov 2023

Bracing Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (BASIS) study – night-time versus full-time bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: study protocol for a multicentre, randomized controlled trial

Swaby L Perry DC Walker K Hind D Mills A Jayasuriya R Totton N Desoysa L Chatters R Young B Sherratt F Latimer N Keetharuth A Kenison L Walters S Gardner A Ahuja S Campbell L Greenwood S Cole A

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Dr Nils Meißner

Dr Nils Meißner earned his medical degree from the University of Würzburg and Charité University Hospital Berlin, where he completed his MD thesis on “Extensor mechanism reconstruction after total knee arthroplasty using a synthetic mesh”. Following his residency training at Sana Hospital Sommerfeld under the guidance of Medical Director Prof Dr Andreas Halder, he is currently undertaking a Visiting Research Fellowship with Dr Matthew Abdel's Genetic Host Variation Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, to further his research. Last year, Dr Meißner also completed the prestigious European Knee Society Travelling Fellowship.

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