International Orthopaedics

The editor endeavours, aims and standards in a surgery journal: our experience with “International Orthopaedics” and the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie publications

Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Marius M. Scarlat

Is sonication superior to dithiothreitol in diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections? A meta-analysis

Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Savas Ilias Christofilos, Dimitrios Kitridis, Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis N. Stoikos, Christoforos Gravalidis, Panagiotis Givissis, Paraskevi Papaioannidou

Pulmonary cement embolism is frequently observed but not a contributing factor for death in patients with cemented total hip and knee arthroplasty: a postmortem study

Jacob Ritter, Jan Hubert, Inga Kniep, Frank Timo Beil, Tim Rolvien, Klaus Püschel

The use of a surgical helmet system with a high-efficiency particulate air filter as possible protection equipment during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a double-blinded randomized control study

Giorgio Gasparini, Davide Castioni, Giovanna Spina, Filippo Familiari, Olimpio Galasso, Michele Mercurio

Bridge plating with decortication, autologous bone graft, and tight closure: a “stepwise surgical diamond concept” for treatment of nonunion in a series of fifty five patients

Ali Hassan Chamseddine, Mark E. Mouchantaf, Kinan F. Freiha, Ali H. Asfour, Abbas A. Dib, Hassan M. Wardani, Ali M. Bazzal, Georgio E. Nahed

Treatment of arthrofibrosis and stiffness after total knee arthroplasty: an updated review of the literature

Amer Haffar, Graham S. Goh, Yale A. Fillingham, Michael T. Torchia, Jess H. Lonner

Closed suction drainage is not beneficial in hybrid total hip arthroplasty with intra-articular administration of tranexamic acid: a propensity score-matched cohort study

Yaichiro Okuzu, Koji Goto, Yutaka Kuroda, Toshiyuki Kawai, Shuichi Matsuda

Three-dimensional-printed titanium implants for severe acetabular bone defects in revision hip arthroplasty: short- and mid-term results

Sheng Fang, Yiming Wang, Peng Xu, Junke Zhu, Jinbo Liu, Huan Li, Xiaoliang Sun

Patients lose weight after a total knee arthroplasty: myth or reality?

Alexandre Coelho, Joan Leal-Blanquet, Juan Francisco Sánchez-Soler, Raúl Torres-Claramunt, Pedro Hinarejos, Joan Carles Monllau

Patient-perceived knee enlargement after total knee arthroplasty: prevalence, risk factors, and association with functional outcomes and radiological analysis

Hanlong Zheng, Hongyi Shao, Qiheng Tang, Shengjie Guo, Dejin Yang, Yixin Zhou

Efficacy and safety of CARTIGROW® in patients with articular cartilage defects of the knee joint: a four year prospective studys

Shirish Pathak, Deepak Chaudhary, K. Raghuveer Reddy, Kiran K. V. Acharya, Sanjay M. Desai

Analysis of peripheral bone reconstruction after the failure of hip osteonecrosis treatment with porous tantalum rod implantation

Weilu Liu, Yong Hu, Zhifa Huang, Zhanjun Shi, Jun Xiao

Robotic-arm assisted versus conventional technique for total knee arthroplasty: early results of a prospective single centre study

Chenkai Li, Tao Li, Zian Zhang, Hui Huang, Chun Rong, Wanping Zhu, Haining Zhang

Comment on “Robotic-arm assisted versus conventional technique for total knee arthroplasty: early results of a prospective single centre study”

Yunfeng Tang, Dong Wang, Guanglin Wang

Humeral stem with low filling ratio reduces stress shielding in primary reverse shoulder arthroplasty

Su Cheol Kim, Jong Hun Park, Hashem Bukhary, Jae Chul Yoo

Superior labral anterior and posterior (SLAP) lesions of the long bicep insertion on the glenoid: management in athletes

Juan Martín Patiño

Anterior tibial tendon transfer in idiopathic clubfoot: does the outcome differ with the initial treatment? Proposed classification to surgical indication

Jordanna Maria Pereira Bergamasco, Marco Túlio Costa, Ricardo Cardenuto Ferreira, Patricia Maria de Moraes Barros Fucs

Quality of life of children during distraction osteogenesis: a comparison between intramedullary magnetic lengthening nails and external fixators

Mohamed Hafez, Nicolas Nicolaou, Amaka Offiah, Bright Offorha, Stephen Giles, Sanjeev Madan, James A. Fernandes

Post-void bladder ultrasound in suspected cauda equina syndrome—data from medicolegal cases and relevance to magnetic resonance imaging scanning

Nicholas Todd, Katerina Dangas, Chris Lavy

Clinical outcomes following intradiscal injections of higher-concentration platelet-rich plasma in patients with chronic lumbar discogenic pain

Cole Lutz, Jennifer Cheng, Meredith Prysak, Tyler Zukofsky, Rachel Rothman, Gregory Lutz

The Hoffa-like fracture of the tibial plateau: a clinical study

Yanbin Zhu, Junyong Li, Kuo Zhao, Junzhe Zhang, Wei Chen, Yingze Zhang

Comminuted AO-C3 fractures of the patella: good outcome using anatomically contoured locking plate fixation

Stefan Buschbeck, Kristina Götz, Alexander Klug, Stefan Barzen, Yves Gramlich, Reinhard Hoffmann

Outcomes after primary ankle arthrodesis in recent fractures of the distal end of the tibia in the elderly: a systematic review

Wael Ben Fadhel, Léa Taieb, Benoît Villain, Nasser Mebtouche, Stéphane Levante, Thierry Bégué, Jean-Charles Aurégan

A historical review of calcaneal fractures: from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and Don Juan injuries to the current plate osteosynthesis

Carlo Biz, Mariapaola Refolo, Felicia Deborah Zinnarello, Alberto Crimì, Federico Dante, Pietro Ruggieri

Comment on Jin et al.: Effectiveness of a patient-specific guide for femoral stem implantation in primary total hip arthroplasty: a randomized control trial

Hao Yin

Comment on “Off-label use of orthopedical trauma implants in a low-income country”

Shuaijie Jin, Peijian Tong

Comment on article by Zhong et al.: Local administration of epsilon-aminocaproic acid reduces post-operative blood loss from surgery for closed, Sanders III–IV calcaneal fractures

Xiao-long Fan

Letter to the editor regarding “Predictors for second-stage posterior direct decompression after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a review of five hundred fifty-seven patients in the past five years”

Feng-Fei Lin, Hui-Zhen Chen, Changkun Zheng

Letter to the editor on “Single-stage posterior resection of the transversal process combined with an intervertebral foraminal approach for debridement, interbody fusion, internal fixation for the treatment of lumbar tuberculosis and psoas major abscess”

Jian Tong, Qingquan Kong

Letter to the Editor concerning “The effectiveness of manual therapy on pain, physical function, and nerve conduction studies in carpal tunnel syndrome patients: a systematic review and meta‑analysis”

Xiang Zhang, Hao Liu

Comment on the article by Kandil et al.: allogeneic platelet-derived growth factors local injection in treatment of tennis elbow: a prospective randomized controlled study

Jia-xin Zhou, Hua-jun Shen

Letter to the Editor: “Orthopaedic and trauma care in low-resource settings: the burden and its challenges”

Tejaswi Makkapati, Shaili Dixit

Correction to: Is sonication superior to dithiothreitol in diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections? A meta-analysis

Correction to: Comparative effectiveness of treatment modalities in severe Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of observational studies