OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Orthopaedics is 21. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the editor: “radiographic adjacent segment degeneration and risk factors for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures treated with percutaneous kyphoplasty”	56
Robot-assisted all-epiphyseal anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: a retrospective study	49
Intra- and inter-operator reliability assessment of a novel extramedullary accelerometer-based smart cutting guide for total knee arthroplasty: an in vivo study	42
Comment on an article by Guido Garavaglia et al.: Short stem total hip arthroplasty with the direct anterior approach demonstrates suboptimal fixation	37
Comment on article by Salman et al.: open versus closed intramedullary nailing of femur shaft fractures in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Comment on Shi et al.: Association of the lateral wall integrity with clinical outcomes in older patients with intertrochanteric hip fractures treated with the proximal femoral nail anti-rotation-Asia	36
The effect of valgus reduction on resistant subtrochanteric femoral non-unions: a single-centre report of twenty six cases	35
Local administration of epsilon-aminocaproic acid reduces post-operative blood loss from surgery for closed, Sanders III–IV calcaneal fractures	35
Imaging on the painful and compressed nerve: lower extremity	32
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Management of bone loss in acute severe open tibial fractures: a retrospective study of twenty nine cases—a treatment strategy with bone length preservation	30
Comment on “Malnutrition as predictor of poor outcome after total hip arthroplasty”	29
Locked intramedullary nailing of diaphyseal femur fractures without intraoperative fluoroscopy, fracture table and power reaming: retrograde affords greater procedural efficiency than antegrade approa	27
Knot holding capacity of two different high-strength sutures—a biomechanical analysis	27
Results of the keyhole interlocked nailing for humeral diaphyseal fractures in adults	25
Letter to the editor regarding “Outcomes of patients with unexpected diagnosis of infection at total hip or total knee arthroplasty revisions”	24
Comment on “Robotic-arm assisted versus conventional technique for total knee arthroplasty: early results of a prospective single centre study”	23
Bony callus stiffness indirectly evaluated by the axial load-share ratio in vivo as a guide to removing a monolateral external fixator safely	22
Can The Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) be used to predict mortality in patients with necrotizing fasciitis?	22
Subscapularis impairment on magnetic resonance imaging is correlated with functional limitations in neonatal brachial plexus palsy	21
Surgical hip dislocation for treatment of synovial chondromatosis of the hip	21
Paediatric orthopaedics: a special issue dedicated to current concepts and recent progress	21
Hamstring tendon autografts and allografts show comparable clinical outcomes and knee stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients over fifty years old with no signs of osteoa	21