OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy is 33. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT in medical research: the potential game changer as a double-edged sword	114
ACL Study Group survey reveals the evolution of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction graft choice over the past three decades	96
Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with improved accuracy and patient reported outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	89
Machine learning and conventional statistics: making sense of the differences	83
Robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with a learning curve for surgical time but not for component alignment, limb alignment and gap balancing	60
High incidence of superficial and deep medial collateral ligament injuries in ‘isolated’ anterior cruciate ligament ruptures: a long overlooked injury	55
A deeper dive into ChatGPT: history, use and future perspectives for orthopaedic research	54
Current trends in the anterior cruciate ligament part II: evaluation, surgical technique, prevention, and rehabilitation	51
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	50
Osteoarthritic and non-osteoarthritic patients show comparable coronal knee joint line orientations in a cross-sectional study based on 3D reconstructed CT images	50
Medial meniscus ramp and lateral meniscus posterior root lesions are present in more than a third of primary and revision ACL reconstructions	49
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	49
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	48
A single type of varus knee does not exist: morphotyping and gap analysis in varus OA	48
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	46
Unsupervised machine learning methods and emerging applications in healthcare	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	45
Navigation and robotics improved alignment compared with PSI and conventional instrument, while clinical outcomes were similar in TKA: a network meta-analysis	43
Platelet-rich plasma injections induce disease-modifying effects in the treatment of osteoarthritis in animal models	42
Autologous chondrocyte implantation provides good long-term clinical results in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review	40
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
Evolving evidence in the treatment of primary and recurrent posterior cruciate ligament injuries, part 1: anatomy, biomechanics and diagnostics	39
High accuracy of a new robotically assisted technique for total knee arthroplasty: an in vivo study	37
Quadriceps tendon autograft is becoming increasingly popular in revision ACL reconstruction	37

Preoperative varus alignment and postoperative meniscus extrusion are the main long-term predictive factors of clinical failure of meniscal root repair	36
Exploring the potential of ChatGPT as a supplementary tool for providing orthopaedic information	36
Intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma decrease pain and improve functional outcomes than sham saline in patients with knee osteoarthritis	35
Nineteen percent of meniscus repairs are being revised and failures frequently occur after the second postoperative year: a systematic review and meta-analysis with a minimum follow-up of 5 years	35
Non-anatomic tunnel position increases the risk of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	35
Current trends in the anterior cruciate ligament part 1: biology and biomechanics	34
Hydrodilatation with corticosteroids is the most effective conservative management for frozen shoulder	34
Machine learning in knee arthroplasty: specific data are key—a systematic review	33
Complications and downsides of the robotic total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review	33