OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy is 34. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT in medical research: the potential game changer as a double-edged sword	113
MAKO CT-based robotic arm-assisted system is a reliable procedure for total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review	100
ACL Study Group survey reveals the evolution of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction graft choice over the past three decades	91
Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with improved accuracy and patient reported outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	84
Machine learning and conventional statistics: making sense of the differences	82
Good long-term survival and patient-reported outcomes after high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis	69
Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with a learning curve for surgical time but not for component alignment, limb alignment and gap balancing	58
A deeper dive into ChatGPT: history, use and future perspectives for orthopaedic research	53
High incidence of superficial and deep medial collateral ligament injuries in ‘isolated’ anterior cruciate ligament ruptures: a long overlooked injury	53
High degree of consensus achieved regarding diagnosis and treatment of acromioclavicular joint instability among ESA-ESSKA members	51
Osteoarthritic and non-osteoarthritic patients show comparable coronal knee joint line orientations in a cross-sectional study based on 3D reconstructed CT images	50
Robotic-assisted TKA leads to a better prosthesis alignment and a better joint line restoration as compared to conventional TKA: a prospective randomized controlled trial	49
A single type of varus knee does not exist: morphotyping and gap analysis in varus OA	48
Age, participation in competitive sports, bony lesions, ALPSA lesions, > 1 preoperative dislocations, surgical delay and ISIS score > 3 are risk factors for recurrence following arthroscopic Ban	48
Knee muscle strength after quadriceps tendon autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Medial meniscus ramp and lateral meniscus posterior root lesions are present in more than a third of primary and revision ACL reconstructions	48
Current trends in the anterior cruciate ligament part II: evaluation, surgical technique, prevention, and rehabilitation	47
Robot-assisted knee arthroplasty improves component positioning and alignment, but results are inconclusive on whether it improves clinical scores or reduces complications and revisions: a systematic	46
Peroneus longus tendon autograft has functional outcomes comparable to hamstring tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis	45
What is the “safe zone” for transition of coronal alignment from systematic to a more personalised one in total knee arthroplasty? A systematic review	44
Unsupervised machine learning methods and emerging applications in healthcare	43
Navigation and robotics improved alignment compared with PSI and conventional instrument, while clinical outcomes were similar in TKA: a network meta-analysis	43
Mechanical alignment for primary TKA may change both knee phenotype and joint line obliquity without influencing clinical outcomes: a study comparing restored and unrestored joint line obliquity	42
Platelet-rich plasma injections induce disease-modifying effects in the treatment of osteoarthritis in animal models	41
Artificial intelligence and machine learning: an introduction for orthopaedic surgeons	40

Joint line obliquity was maintained after double-level osteotomy, but was increased after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy	40
Autologous chondrocyte implantation provides good long-term clinical results in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review	40
Evolving evidence in the treatment of primary and recurrent posterior cruciate ligament injuries, part 2: surgical techniques, outcomes and rehabilitation	38
Evolving evidence in the treatment of primary and recurrent posterior cruciate ligament injuries, part 1: anatomy, biomechanics and diagnostics	38
Low surgical routine increases revision rates after quadriceps tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: results from the Danish Knee Ligament Reconstruction Registry	38
High accuracy of a new robotically assisted technique for total knee arthroplasty: an in vivo study	36
Preoperative varus alignment and postoperative meniscus extrusion are the main long-term predictive factors of clinical failure of meniscal root repair	35
Non-anatomic tunnel position increases the risk of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	35
Quadriceps tendon autograft is becoming increasingly popular in revision ACL reconstruction	35
Intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma decrease pain and improve functional outcomes than sham saline in patients with knee osteoarthritis	34
Hydrodilatation with corticosteroids is the most effective conservative management for frozen shoulder	34
A web-based machine-learning algorithm predicting postoperative acute kidney injury after total knee arthroplasty	34