KSSTA Best Paper Award
This award is given for the best paper/s published in the KSSTA Journal during the two years prior to the Congress. The winner will be selected by the editors of the KSSTA journal.
Award money: Eur 1,000
No application is necessary
KSSTA Best Paper Award (Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses)
This award is given for the best paper/s on Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses published in the KSSTA Journal during the two years prior to the Congress. The winner will be selected by the editors of the KSSTA journal.
Award money: Eur 500
No application is necessary
KSSTA Best Reviewer Award
The Editor-in-Chief selects the winner based on the number and quality of reviews performed, response to invitation and submission efficiency.
No application is necessary
Award: Free ESSKA Congress registration* and diploma
*Starting with 2020 winners to show the Society’s appreciation and to acknowledge the support of reviewers during the pandemic when submission volumes were very high
Roll of Honour
KSSTA Best Paper Award
2020-2022
- Michael Hirschmann et al: COVID-19 coronavirus: recommended personal protective equipment for the orthopaedic and trauma surgeon
2018-2019
- Christoph Becher et al: Arthroscopic Microfracture vs. Arthroscopic Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects of the Talus
- Ashley L. Kapron et al: Isolated focal cartilage and labral defects in patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome may represent new, unique injury patterns
2016-2017
- Joris Radboud Lansdaal et al: “Early weight bearing versus delayed weight bearing in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a randomized controlled trial“
- Lennart Hovelius and Hans Rahme : “Primary anterior dislocation of the shoulder: long‑term prognosis at the age of 40 years or younger“
2014-2015
- F. Stensbirk et al: “Iliotibial band autograft versus bone-patella-tendon-bone autograft, a possible alternative for ACL reconstruction: a 15-year prospective randomized controlled trial ”
- S. Ulstein et al: “Microfracture technique vs osteochondral autologous transplantation mosaicplasty in patients with articular chondral lesions of the knee: a prospective”
KSSTA Best Paper Award (Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses)
2020-2022
- Müller, J.H. et al. No significant difference in early clinical outcomes of custom versus off-the-shelf total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
KSSTA Best Reviewer Award
2021
- Edna Iordache (Romania)
2020
- Antonio Klasan (Austria)
- Jari Dahmen (the Netherlands)
- Daniel Perez-Prieto (Spain)
2019
- Riccardo Compagnoni (Italy)
- Daniel Guenther (Germany)
- Kanto Nagai (Japan)
2018
- Hanna Björnsson Hallgren (Sweden)
- Sufian Ahmad (Germany)
- Takeshi Muneta (Japan)
2017
- Elmar Herbst (Germany)
- Baris Kocoaglu (Turkey)
2016
- Nobuo Adachi (Japan)
- Gunnar Knutsen (Norway)
- Reha Tandogan (Turkey)
2015
- Antonia Chen (USA)
- Jon Olav Drogset (Norway)
- Ryosuke Kuroda (Japan)
2014
- Christoph Becher (Germany)
- Emmanuel Thienpont (France)
- Kristín Briem (Iceland)
KSSTA-Jón Karlsson Young Researcher Award in Clinical Science
2018
- Elmar Herbst (Germany)
- Sufian Ahmad (Switzerland)