Table 2 The top 10 HTO research papers with the most citation frequency
Rank | Topic | First author | Year | Journal | Impact factor | Citations | Major conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines | Zhang, W. | 2008 | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 4.879 | 1569 | They developed 25 expert consensus recommendations for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee (OA) |
2 | Human autologous culture expanded bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation for repair of cartilage defects in osteoarthritic knees | Wakitani, S | 2002 | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 4.879 | 631 | This procedure highlights the availability of autologous culture expanded bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation for the repair of articular cartilage defects in humans |
3 | Improvements in surgical technique of valgus high tibial osteotomy | Lobenhoffer, P | 2003 | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 3.149 | 270 | They present four technical modifications of high tibial osteotomy which improve its safety and reproducibility |
4 | Treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries, part I | Beynnon, BD | 2005 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | 6.093 | 260 | They review the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries |
5 | Joint injury causes knee osteoarthritis in young adults | Roos, EM | 2005 | Current Opinion in Rheumatology | 3.851 | 249 | Knee injury prevention, rehabilitation after knee injuries, regular exercise, maintaining body weight, and a changed locomotion pattern may prevent osteoarthritis initiation and progression in young adults |
6 | Control of frontal plane knee laxity during gait in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis | Lewek, MD | 2004 | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 4.879 | 219 | The presence of medial laxity in patients with knee OA is likely contributing to the altered gait patterns observed in those with medial knee OA |
7 | TomoFix: a new LCP-concept for open wedge osteotomy of the medial proximal tibia—early results in 92 cases | Staubli, AE | 2003 | Injury-International Journal of the Case of the Injured | 1.834 | 214 | A new fixation device (TomoFix (TM)) with an adapted surgical technique allows stable fixation of the osteotomy without the need to fill the osteotomy gap with bone grafts |
8 | Meniscal allograft transplantation: long-term clinical results with radiological and magnetic resonance imaging correlations | Verdonk, Peter C. M. | 2006 | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 3.149 | 212 | Long-term results after viable meniscus allograft transplantation are encouraging in terms of pain relief and improvement of function |
9 | Tibial osteotomy for the treatment of varus gonarthrosis—survival and failure analysis to twenty-two years | Sprenger, TR | 2003 | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American Volume | 4.716 | 206 | There is a role for tibial osteotomy, as an alternative to total knee arthroplasty, in patients who are less than 60 years old |
10 | Decreased knee adduction moment does not guarantee decreased medial contact force during gait | Walter, Jonathan P. | 2010 | Journal of Orthopaedic Research | 3.043 | 199 | Future studies that evaluate the effectiveness of gait modifications for offloading the medial compartment of the knee should consider the combined effect of these two knee moments |