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Arthroscopic matrix-associated, injectable autologous chondrocyte transplantation of the hip: significant improvement in patient-related outcome and good transplant quality in MRI assessment

How do you treat focal cartilage defects caused by FAI? This study from Bretschneider et al. found good patient reported outcomes as well as MRI findings following minimally invasive injectable matrix – associated chondroyte transplantation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05466-7

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Quantification of scapular dyskinesis using the PIVOT app

How do you evaluate scapular dyskinesis? This study from Greece applied the PIVOT app to the shoulder and could successfully track scapular dyskinesis. Read the full study here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-05916-7  

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Quadriceps tendon autograft ACL reconstruction has less pivot shift laxity and lower failure rates than hamstring tendon autografts

Authors conclude that QT autografts had less pivot shift laxity and lower failure rates based on final subject number than HT autografts. The systematic literature review and meta-analysis by Nyland et al. can be found at the link below: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05720-y

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Best Papers Awards 2018-19

Confined, not stagnant…we carry on!  KSSTA honour our mainstay, our AUTHORS, with the KSSTA Best Papers Awards 2018-19! Among many brilliant studies submitted and accepted in the past 2 years, we would like to present the winners: Christoph Becher et al., Arthroscopic Microfracture vs. Arthroscopic Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis for the

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Best reviewers of 2019

We happily present the KSSTA Best Reviewers for 2019 and thank them for their excellent contribution and great work: Riccardo Compagnoni (Italy), Daniel Guenther (Germany) and Kanto Nagai (Japan)

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KSSTA Numbers

  • Impact factor

    3.210

  • Section Rank in Orthopedics

    10 of 77

  • Section Rank in Surgery

    36 of 200

Abstracted/Indexed in: PubMed/Medline, Science Citation Index/Journal Citation Report

ISSN 0942-2056 Print
ISSN 1433-7347 Online

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Correction to: Correlation between the presence of herniation pit and femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2020-10-01
Evidence-based education for the future in the European Society for Sports traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) 2020-10-01
A change in scope: redefining minimally invasive 2020-10-01
Distal tibial tubercle osteotomy is superior to the proximal one for progression of patellofemoral osteoarthritis in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy 2020-10-01
Patient-specific factors are associated with severity of chondrolabral injury in patients with femoroacetabular impingement 2020-10-01
Increased preoperative medial and lateral laxity is a predictor of overcorrection in open wedge high tibial osteotomy 2020-10-01
Concomitant ankle instability has a negative impact on the quality of life in patients with osteochondral lesions of the talus: data from the German Cartilage Registry (KnorpelRegister DGOU) 2020-10-01
Endoscopic fasciotomy for plantar fasciitis provides superior results when compared to a controlled non-operative treatment protocol: a randomized controlled trial 2020-10-01
Correlation between the presence of herniation pit and femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2020-10-01
Voluntary femoro-tibial subluxations: a benign differential diagnosis in the snapping knee of a child 2020-10-01
No differences in mid- to long-term outcomes of computer-assisted navigation versus conventional total knee arthroplasty 2020-10-01
Deep gluteal syndrome is defined as a non-discogenic sciatic nerve disorder with entrapment in the deep gluteal space: a systematic review 2020-10-01
Anterior-stabilized TKA is inferior to posterior-stabilized TKA in terms of postoperative posterior stability and knee flexion in osteoarthritic knees: a prospective randomized controlled trial with bilateral TKA 2020-10-01
Deep venous thrombosis after Achilles tendon rupture is associated with poor patient-reported outcome 2020-10-01
Hip capsular strain varies between ligaments dependent on both hip position- and applied rotational force 2020-10-01
Machine learning methods are comparable to logistic regression techniques in predicting severe walking limitation following total knee arthroplasty 2020-10-01
Varus deformity in the proximal tibia and immediate postoperative varus alignment result in varus progression in limb alignment in the long term after total knee arthroplasty 2020-10-01
Anxiety is the cause of the worse outcomes of allergic patients after total knee arthroplasty 2020-10-01
Tendoscopic peroneal retinaculum repair for recurrent peroneal tendon dislocation enables earlier return to sports than the open procedure 2020-10-01
A protective hinge wire, intersecting the osteotomy plane, can reduce the occurrence of perioperative hinge fractures in medial opening wedge osteotomy 2020-10-01

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