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The Orthopedist

The Orthopedist publishes all the articles under the Open Access model to make them freely available for researchers and scholars. The Orthopedist accepts all original articles, reviews, case reports, clinical images, commentaries, perspectives and more.

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About the Journal

The Orthopedist is a peer reviewed open access journal aims to publish significant and up-to-date articles within the fields of experimental and clinical orthopedics, orthopedic surgery, orthopedic imaging, and medical radiology. The Orthopedist covers all the aspects of orthopedics from clinical & medical fields, their mechanisms; recent developments in orthopedic therapy; general diagnosis; laboratory diagnosis; diagnostic and experimental orthopedics; orthopedic surgery; and diagnosis, treatments & therapies.

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Editorial Board

Bin Liu - The Orthopedist

Bin Liu

Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences,Southwest University
China

Richard Lass - The Orthopedist

Richard Lass

University Hospital of Orthopaedics Vienna WaehringerGuertel 18-20 1090 Vienna
Austria

George Edward Kiwerski - The Orthopedist

George Edward Kiwerski

University of Warsaw
Poland

Kawtar NASSAR - The Orthopedist

Kawtar NASSAR

Medicine and Pharmacy University, Ibn Rochd Hospital of Casablanca
Morocco

Konstantinos Natsis - The Orthopedist

Konstantinos Natsis

Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Feifei Pu - The Orthopedist

Feifei Pu

Department of Orthopedics, Wuhan Integrated TCM & Western Medicine Hospital, Wuhan
China

Robert Węgłowski - The Orthopedist

Robert Węgłowski

The Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Poland

Yongjian Qi - The Orthopedist

Yongjian Qi

Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
China

Anderson Geremias Macedo - The Orthopedist

Anderson Geremias Macedo

University of Marília, UNIMAR
Brazil

Mingli Feng - The Orthopedist

Mingli Feng

Orthopedic Department of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University
China

Zafar Rasheed - The Orthopedist

Zafar Rasheed

Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine,
Qassim University,

Saudi Arabia

Eduardo Becker Nicoliche - The Orthopedist

Eduardo Becker Nicoliche

Institute of Applied Neuroscience
Brazil

Articles

Orthopedist. 2019;1(1):Ortho-01-1005 | Open Access

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections in Rheumatoid Arthritis Knee Joints

Evija Stumbra Stumberga

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is characterized by dysregulated inflammatory processes in the synovium of the joint. In RA disease course many patients have synovitis in small joints of wrists and feet, along with large joint degenerative disease that manifests or presents with the destruction of both cartilaginous and bony elements of the knee joint. For long-time medication for intra-articular ... Read More

CASE REPORT Updated Jan 09, 2020   PDF

Orthopedist. 2019;1(1):Ortho-01-1004 | Open Access

Patient Satisfaction in Spine Surgery

Thamer A Hamdan, Darren Lui and Saad Jumah Abdul Salam

SHORT COMMUNICATION Updated Jan 07, 2020   PDF

Orthopedist. 2019;1(1):Ortho-01-1003 | Open Access

Periprosthetic Fractures after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA): A Review of Literature from 1985 to 2006 with Clinical Commentary

Saccomanni Bernardino

Background: Periprosthetic fractures associated with total knee arthroplasty are becoming increasingly more common. The nature of the treatment of periprosthetic fractures depends on the localization, stability of the prosthesis and the condition of bone.
Methods: Several classifications have proved to be of value in determinating specific modes of treatment. The current review analyses the ... Read More

REVIEW ARTICLE Updated Nov 11, 2019   PDF

Orthopedist. 2019;1(1):Ortho-01-1002 | Open Access

Compression of the Ulnar Nerve by Schwannoma at the Distal Third of the Forearm about a Case

Boumediane M, Abkari I, Benhima A and Saidi H

Benign schwannoma are the most common peripheral nerve tumors. They occur with predilection in the adult of 20 to 50 years and are exceptionally responsible for a nervous compression. We report the case of a 46-year-old woman presenting with schwannoma of the right forearm responsible for ulnar nerve compression and whose management consisted of surgical enucleation with a satisfactory result ... Read More

CASE REPORT Updated Oct 14, 2019   PDF

Orthopedist. 2019;1(1): Ortho-01-1001 | Open Access

Factors Effecting Frequency of Occurrence of Low Back Pain Syndromes

Jerzy E Kiwerski

Low back pain syndromes are in the group of the commonest diseases observed in recent years and bear serious medical, social and economical burden. According to European date more than 70% of population suffered from back pain at least for week in the lifetime, and 15% to 40% population (depending on the environment and the country resting) experienced ... Read More

LETTER TO EDITOR Updated Oct 01, 2019   PDF