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Reviewer of the Month (2023)

In 2023, AOJ reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Annals of Joint 2022 CiteScore Released: 1.2

We are pleased to announce that the Annals of Joint (AOJ) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 1.2, ranking 209 out of 298 journals in the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

The First Impact Factor for Annals of Joint: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that Annals of Joint (AOJ) has attained its first impact factor for the 2022 citation year: 0.4.

We look forward to the continuous cooperation with all the individuals mentioned above and those who are interested in bone and joint to bring more exciting content to readers in the coming future.

AOJ Annual Report 2022

Greetings from the Editorial Office of AOJ!

We are pleased to share the 2022 Annual Report of Annals of Joint.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers for all your support and contributions to AOJ.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023!

AOJ Editorial Office

Modular versus monoblock stem in revision total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Monoblock stem.

Should megaprosthesis implants be a viable option in elderly patients after distal femur and periprosthetic distal femur fractures?—a retrospective cohort study

Pre- and post-operative imaging of DFF demonstrating an articular, multi-fragmentary DFF in an arthritic patient (AO/OTA 33C3, KL IV). A comminuted fracture involving femur’s condyles is shown. The fracture was treated with OSS (Zimmer) megaprosthesis replacement. (A) Preoperative CT scan. (B) Preoperative 3D CT scan. (C) Postoperative AP X-ray. (D) Postoperative lateral X-ray. DFF, distal femur fracture; AO, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen; OTA, Orthopaedic Trauma Association; KL, Kellgren-Lawrence; 3D, three-dimensional; AP, anteroposterior; OSS, Orthopedic Salvage System; CT, computed tomography.

Conservative treatment of spinal tuberculosis in a retrospective cohort study over 20-year period: high eradication rate and successful health status can be expected

A 37-year-old female patient underwent posterior stabilization of the lumbosacral spine. (A-C) Computed tomography in sagittal and axial scans after ineffective conservative treatment. (D,E) Plain radiographs in lateral and anteroposterior views after surgery.

Usefulness of modular neck adapter in partial hip revision

Standard (A) and offset (B) neck-adapter representation.

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Review Article

Outcomes of modular stem for the treatment of periprosthetic femoral fracture: a systematic review of the literature

Giorgio Cacciola, Lorenzo Braconi, Francesco Bosco, Fortunato Giustra, Luigi Sabatini, Marcello Capella, Federico De Meo, Pietro Cavaliere, Giuseppe Solarino

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Current development in surgical techniques, graft selection and additional procedures for anterior cruciate ligament injury: a path towards anatomic restoration and improved clinical outcomes—a narrative review

Koji Nukuto, Yuichi Hoshino, Kiminari Kataoka, Ryosuke Kuroda

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Review Article

Massive rotator cuff tears: algorithmic approach to surgical treatment

Kaitlyn Guadagno, Uma Srikumaran, Eric G. Huish Jr, Matthew J. Best

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Preoperative planning in reverse shoulder arthroplasty: plain radiographs vs. computed tomography scan vs. navigation vs. augmented reality

Jorge Rojas Lievano, Andrés Mauricio Jiménez, Helberth Augusto González-Rico, Mercedes Salas, Guido Fierro, Juan Carlos González

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Review Article

Trabecular titanium cups in hip revision surgery: a systematic review of the literature

Giorgio Cacciola, Fortunato Giustra, Francesco Bosco, Federico De Meo, Antongiulio Bruschetta, Ivan De Martino, Salvatore Risitano, Luigi Sabatini, Alessandro Massè, Pietro Cavaliere

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Review Article

Usefulness of modular neck adapter in partial hip revision

Andrea Pautasso, Giuseppe Bardellini, Placido Stissi, Fabio D’Angelo

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Original Article

Conservative treatment of spinal tuberculosis in a retrospective cohort study over 20-year period: high eradication rate and successful health status can be expected

Alessandro Rava, Michele Mercurio, Giosuè Gargiulo, Federico Fusini, Gabriele Boasso, Olimpio Galasso, Giorgio Gasparini, Alessandro Massè, Massimo Girardo

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Original Article

Should megaprosthesis implants be a viable option in elderly patients after distal femur and periprosthetic distal femur fractures?—a retrospective cohort study

Salvatore Risitano, Davide D’Antonio, Francesco Bosco, Fortunato Giustra, Fabio Rocca, Marcello Capella, Luigi Sabatini, Alessandro Massè

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Original Article

Modular versus monoblock stem in revision total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Biagio Zampogna, Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Francesco Rosario Parisi, Claudia Luciano, Andrea Zampoli, Ferruccio Vorini, Giuseppe Marongiu, Andrea Marinozzi, Pasquale Farsetti, Rocco Papalia

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Editorial

Isolated posterolateral corner knee injuries: high incidence in Jiu-Jitsu athletes and with anterolateral ligament injuries

Nicholas N. DePhillipo, Zachary S. Aman, Travis J. Dekker

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Review Article

Revision total hip arthroplasty for periprosthetic fracture: epidemiology, outcomes, and factors associated with success

Samuel Morgan, Jonathan Bourget-Murray, Simon Garceau, George Grammatopoulos

Annals of Joint

2023;

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Review Article

Open treatment of posterior glenoid bone loss and bipolar bone loss

Edward J. Testa, Rory Byrne, Logan Petit, Brett D. Owens

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 July 2023)

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Review Article

Anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament and the common autograft specimens for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Mark T. Banovetz, Filippo Familiari, Nicholas I. Kennedy, Raffaella Russo, Michelangelo Palco, Roberto Simonetta, Nicholas N. DePhillipo, Robert F. LaPrade

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2023;

(30 July 2023)

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Review Article

Bone loss in shoulder instability: putting it all together

Laura E. Keeling, Nyaluma Wagala, Patrick M. Ryan, Ryan Gilbert, Jonathan D. Hughes

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 July 2023)

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Review Article

Postoperative considerations based on graft type after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction a narrative review

Anne Leung, Bridget DeSandis, Luke O’Brien, Sommer Hammoud, Ryan Zarzycki

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2023;

(30 July 2023)

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Review Article

A narrative review of the pharmaceutical management of osteoporosis

Devon Patel, Courtney Gorrell, Jordan Norris, Jiayong Liu

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2023;

(30 July 2023)

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Review Article

Narrative review of influence of prosthesis lateralization on clinical outcomes in reverse shoulder arthroplasty: glenoid vs. humerus vs. combined

Piotr Łukasiewicz, Andrew B. Harris, Joel A. Bervell, Edward G. McFarland

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Review Article

A clinical practice review of therapeutic movement-based anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction return to sports bridge program: the biological, biomechanical and behavioral rationale

John Nyland, Brandon Pyle, Jarod Richards, Kei Yoshida, Jennifer Brey, Sam Carter

Annals of Joint

2023;

(30 July 2023)

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Review Article

Postoperative infection and bone sarcoma survival: systematic review of the role of infection in bone sarcoma prognosis

Sean W. Dooley, Matthew F. Gong, Luke A. Carlson, Andrew J. Frear, Jonathan B. Mandell, Aaron Zheng, Sumail Bhogal, Karen E. Schoedel, Kurt R. Weiss

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Editorial Commentary

Partial rotator cuff tears: algorithmic approach to treatment

Piotr Łukasiewicz, Edward G. McFarland, Stephen C. Weber

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Review Article

The current management of patients with patellofemoral pain from the physical therapist’s perspective

Jacob John Capin, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

Review Article

Preclinical models of elbow injury and pathology

Michael A. David, Aaron M. Chamberlain, Spencer P. Lake

Review Article

Biofilm formation in periprosthetic joint infections

Amelia Staats, Daniel Li, Anne C. Sullivan, Paul Stoodley

Editorial

Emerging trends in elbow injury, pathology and treatment

Spencer P. Lake

Original Article

Clinical and radiological outcomes and analysis of failures of modular revisions stems at long-term follow-up: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Michela Saracco, Vincenzo Ciriello, Andrea Fidanza, Giandomenico Logroscino

Published online: 25 November 2023

Erratum

Erratum to fixed distal femoral resection with a valgus cutting angle of 3° is more appropriate in intra-articular valgus deformity than juxta-articular valgus deformity in total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective single center study

Editorial Office

Published online: 20 November 2023

Surgical Technique

Extra-articular blocking technique for acetabular bone defect reconstruction

Zhonghua Xu, Zhiming Cheng, Jie Li, Yuan Zhang

Published online: 20 November 2023

Review Article

Techniques for abductor reattachment in proximal femoral replacement for non-oncological reconstructions: a narrative review

Matteo Innocenti, Filippo Leggieri, Davide Stimolo, Mattia Carminati, Carulli Christian, Roberto Civinini

Published online: 09 November 2023

Review Article

Management of acetabular bone loss in revision total hip replacement: a narrative literature review

Awadhesh K. Pandey, William A. Zuke, Peter Surace, Atul F. Kamath

Published online: 05 October 2023

Journal Highlight more

The Annals of Joint, launched in March 2016 and indexed in ESCI in 2018, is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal, providing an interdisciplinary forum for the rapid publication of original articles, editorials, technical notes, case reports and reviews on clinical, translational, and basic aspects of knee, hip, spine, shoulder, elbow, hand, wrist, foot, ankle, cartilage, trauma, oncology and etc.