Table 8.
The top 100 most cited articles on FRI.
| First authors | Article title | Journals | Total citations | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Govender, S | Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for treatment of open tibial fractures - a prospective, controlled, randomized study of four hundred and fifty patients | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 1004 | 2002 |
| Mckee, MD | Nonoperative treatment compared with plate fixation of displaced midshaft clavicular fractures - a multicenter, randomized clinical trial | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 517 | 2007 |
| Bhandari, M | Internal fixation compared with arthroplasty for displaced fractures of the femoral neck - a meta-analysis | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 346 | 2003 |
| Gopal, S | Fix and flap: the radical orthopaedic and plastic treatment of severe open fractures of the tibia | Bone & Joint Journal | 332 | 2000 |
| Trampuz, A | Diagnosis and treatment of infections associated with fracture-fixation devices | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 291 | 2006 |
| Jamsen, E | Risk factors for infection after knee arthroplasty a register-based analysis of 43,149 cases | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 277 | 2009 |
| Flynn, JM | Titanium elastic nails for pediatric femur fractures: a multicenter study of early results with analysis of complications | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics | 270 | 2001 |
| Widmer, AF | New developments in diagnosis and treatment of infection in orthopedic implants | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 263 | 2001 |
| Rokkanen, PU | Bioabsorbable fixation in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology | Biomaterials | 260 | 2000 |
| Castillo, RC | Impact of smoking on fracture healing and risk of complications in limb-threatening open tibia fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 239 | 2005 |
| SooHoo, NF | Complication rates following open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 219 | 2009 |
| Barei, DP | Complications associated with internal fixation of high-energy bicondylar tibial plateau fractures utilizing a two-incision technique | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 217 | 2004 |
| Fankhauser, F | A new locking plate for unstable fractures of the proximal humerus | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 212 | 2005 |
| Pape, HC | Changes in the management of femoral shaft fractures in polytrauma patients: from early total care to damage control orthopedic surgery | Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care | 210 | 2002 |
| Yazar, S | One-stage reconstruction of composite bone and soft-tissue defects in traumatic lower extremities | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 205 | 2004 |
| Hak, DJ | Delayed union and nonunions: epidemiology, clinical issues, and financial aspects | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 202 | 2014 |
| Moro, JK | Arthroplasty with a metal radial head for unreconstructible fractures of the radial head | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 201 | 2001 |
| Stannard, JP | Negative pressure wound therapy after severe open fractures: a prospective randomized study | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 200 | 2009 |
| Sproul, RC | A systematic review of locking plate fixation of proximal humerus fractures | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 197 | 2011 |
| Schmidmaier, G | Prophylaxis and treatment of implant-related infections by antibiotic-coated implants: a review | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 194 | 2006 |
| Bhandari, M | Treatment of open fractures of the shaft of the tibia - a systematic overview and meta-analysis | Bone & Joint Journal | 188 | 2001 |
| O'Neill, KR | Reduced surgical site infections in patients undergoing posterior spinal stabilization of traumatic injuries using vancomycin powder | Spine Journal | 187 | 2011 |
| Zalavras, CG | Local antibiotic therapy in the treatment of open fractures and osteomyelitis | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 186 | 2004 |
| Kregor, PJ | Treatment of distal femur fractures using the less invasive stabilization system - surgical experience and early clinical results in 103 fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 185 | 2004 |
| Johnson, EN | Infectious complications of open type III tibial fractures among combat casualties | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 184 | 2007 |
| Robinson, CM | Adult distal humeral metaphyseal fractures: epidemiology and results of treatment | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 177 | 2003 |
| Koval, KJ | Fractures of the distal part of the radius | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 174 | 2008 |
| Yazar, S | Outcome comparison between free muscle and free fasciocutaneous flaps for reconstruction of distal third and ankle traumatic open tibial fractures | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 174 | 2006 |
| Egol, KA | Staged management of high-energy proximal tibia fractures (OTA types 41) - the results of a prospective, standardized protocol | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 173 | 2005 |
| Harris, AM | Complications following limb-threatening lower extremity trauma | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 169 | 2009 |
| Nowotarski, PJ | Conversion of external fixation to intramedullary nailing for fractures of the shaft of the femur in multiply injured patients | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 169 | 2000 |
| Karger, C | Treatment of posttraumatic bone defects by the induced membrane technique | Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research | 163 | 2012 |
| Chapman, JR | Randomized prospective study of humeral shaft fracture fixation: intramedullary nails versus plates | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 162 | 2000 |
| Arciola, CR | Etiology of implant orthopedic infections: a survey on 1027 clinical isolates | International Journal of Artificial Organs | 161 | 2005 |
| Vallier, HA | Randomized, prospective comparison of plate versus intramedullary nail fixation for distal tibia shaft fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 158 | 2011 |
| Im, GI | Distal metaphyseal fractures of tibia: a prospective randomized trial of closed reduction and intramedullary nail versus open reduction and plate and screws fixation | Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care | 157 | 2005 |
| Swiontkowski, MF | Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in open tibial fractures - a subgroup analysis of data combined from two prospective randomized studies | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 156 | 2006 |
| Blauth, M | Surgical options for the treatment of severe tibial pilon fractures: a study of three techniques | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 155 | 2001 |
| Stafford, PR | Reamer-irrigator-aspirator bone graft and bi Masquelet technique for segmental bone defect nonunions: a review of 25 cases | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 154 | 2010 |
| Rechtine, GR | Postoperative wound infection after instrumentation of thoracic and lumbar fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 151 | 2001 |
| Minami, A | Vascularised fibular grafts - an experience of 102 patients | Bone & Joint Journal | 150 | 2000 |
| Barei, DP | Functional outcomes of severe bicondylar plateau fractures treated with dual incisions and medial and lateral plates | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 148 | 2006 |
| Prokuski, L | Prophylactic antibiotics in orthopaedic surgery | Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | 146 | 2008 |
| Nork, SE | Intramedullary nailing of distal metaphyseal tibial fractures | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 145 | 2005 |
| Skaggs, DL | Lateral-entry pin fixation in the management of supracondylar fractures in children | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 145 | 2004 |
| Pollak, AN | The relationship between time to surgical debridement and incidence of infection after open high-energy lower extremity trauma | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 143 | 2010 |
| Rodriguez-Merchan, EC | Nonunion: general principles and experimental data | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 142 | 2004 |
| Patzakis, MJ | Chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis and infected nonunion of the tibia: current management concepts | Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | 141 | 2005 |
| McKee, MD | The use of an antibiotic-impregnated, osteoconductive, bioabsorbable bone substitute in the treatment of infected long bone defects: early results of a prospective trial | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 141 | 2002 |
| Harley, BJ | The effect of time to definitive treatment on the rate of nonunion and infection in open fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 140 | 2002 |
| Ricci, WM | Locked plates combined with minimally invasive insertion technique for the treatment of periprosthetic supracondylar femur fractures above a total knee arthroplasty | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 139 | 2006 |
| Naique, SB | Management of severe open tibial fractures - the need for combined orthopaedic and plastic surgical treatment in specialist centres | Bone & Joint Journal | 138 | 2006 |
| Mehlman, CT | The effect of surgical timing on the perioperative complications of treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 138 | 2001 |
| Edwards, C | Early infection after hip fracture surgery - risk factors, costs and outcome | Bone & Joint Journal | 137 | 2008 |
| Knop, C | Late results of thoracolumbar fractures after posterior instrumentation and transpedicular bone grafting | Spine | 137 | 2001 |
| Sebastia-Forcada, E | Reverse shoulder arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty for acute proximal humeral fractures. A blinded, randomized, controlled, prospective study | Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery | 136 | 2014 |
| Benirschke, SK | Wound healing complications in closed and open calcaneal fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 132 | 2004 |
| Filippi, L | Usefulness of hybrid SPECT/CT in Tc-99 m-HMPAO-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy for bone and joint infections | Journal of Nuclear Medicine | 131 | 2006 |
| Anglen, JO | Comparison of soap and antibiotic solutions for irrigation of lower-limb openfracture wounds - a prospective, randomized study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 131 | 2005 |
| Leung, KS | Complex tibial fracture outcomes following treatment with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound | Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology | 131 | 2004 |
| Herrera, DA | Treatment of acute distal femur fractures above a total knee arthroplasty - systematic review of 415 cases (1981-2006) | Acta Orthopaedica | 128 | 2008 |
| Narayanan, UG | Complications of elastic stable intramedullary nail fixation of pediatric femoral fractures, and how to avoid them | Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics | 128 | 2004 |
| Harvey, EJ | Morbidity associated with ORIF of intra-articular calcaneus fractures using a lateral approach | Foot & Ankle International | 128 | 2001 |
| Jost, B | Locking plate fixation of fractures of the proximal humerus: analysis of complications, revision strategies and outcome | Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery | 127 | 2013 |
| Kettler, M | Treatment of proximal humeral fractures with the PHILOS angular stable plate. Presentation of 225 cases of dislocated fractures | Unfallchirurg | 127 | 2006 |
| Cassidy, C | Norian SRS cement compared with conventional fixation in distal radial fractures - a randomized study | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 127 | 2003 |
| Sirkin, M | A staged protocol for soft tissue management in the treatment of complex pilon fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 124 | 2004 |
| Metsemakers, WJ | Infection after fracture fixation: current surgical and microbiological concepts | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 121 | 2018 |
| Stulik, J | Minimally-invasive treatment of intra-articular fractures of the calcaneum | Bone & Joint Journal | 119 | 2006 |
| Khatod, M | Outcomes in open tibia fractures: relationship between delay in treatment and infection | Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care | 119 | 2003 |
| Cole, PA | Treatment of proximal tibia fractures using the less invasive stabilization system - surgical experience and early clinical results in 77 fractures | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 117 | 2004 |
| Springer, BD | Treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures following total hip arthroplasty with femoral component revision | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 117 | 2003 |
| Metsemakers, WJ | Fracture-related infection: a consensus on definition from an international expert group | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 116 | 2018 |
| Gosling, T | Single lateral locked screw plating of bicondylar tibial plateau fractures | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 116 | 2005 |
| Takeuchi, R | Fractures around the lateral cortical hinge after a medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy: a new classification of lateral hinge fracture | Arthroscopy-the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 115 | 2012 |
| Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society | Open reduction and internal fixation compared with circular fixator application for bicondylar tibial plateau fractures - results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized clinical trial | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 113 | 2006 |
| Yun, HC | Osteomyelitis in military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan | Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care | 111 | 2008 |
| Taeger, G | Damage control orthopedics in patients with multiple injuries is effective, time saving, and safe | Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care | 111 | 2005 |
| Parsons, B | Surgical management of chronic osteomyelitis | American Journal of Surgery | 111 | 2004 |
| Lack, WD | Type III open tibia fractures: immediate antibiotic prophylaxis minimizes infection | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 109 | 2015 |
| Borg, T | Percutaneous plating of distal tibial fractures preliminary results in 21 patients | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 108 | 2004 |
| Parameswaran, AD | Pin tract infection with contemporary external fixation: how much of a problem? | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 108 | 2003 |
| Suk, SI | Anterior-posterior surgery versus posterior closing wedge osteotomy in posttraumatic kyphosis with neurologic compromised osteoporotic fracture | Spine | 106 | 2003 |
| Misra, A | Complex proximal humeral fractures in adults - a systematic review of management | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured | 106 | 2001 |
| Bhandari, M | A trial of wound irrigation in the initial management of open fracture wounds | New England Journal of Medicine | 104 | 2015 |
| Aro, HT | Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2: a randomized trial in open tibial fractures treated with reamed nail fixation | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 104 | 2011 |
| Ferran, NA | Locked intramedullary fixation vs plating for displaced and shortened mid-shaft clavicle fractures: a randomized clinical trial | Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery | 104 | 2010 |
| Rozbruch, SR | Simultaneous treatment of tibial bone and soft-tissue defects with the ilizarov method | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 104 | 2006 |
| Karunakar, MA | Body mass index as a predictor of complications after operative treatment of acetabular fractures | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 104 | 2005 |
| Feldman, DS | Correction of tibial malunion and nonunion with six-axis analysis deformity correction using the Taylor spatial frame | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 104 | 2003 |
| Edlund, A | Delirium before and after operation for femoral neck fracture | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 104 | 2001 |
| Richards, JE | Relationship of hyperglycemia and surgical-site infection in orthopaedic surgery | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume | 102 | 2012 |
| Gjertsen, JE | More re-operations after uncemented than cemented hemiarthroplasty used in the treatment of displaced fractures of the femoral neck. An observational study of 11 116 hemiarthroplasties from a national register | Bone & Joint Journal | 101 | 2012 |
| Nasell, H | The impact of smoking on complications after operatively treated ankle fractures-a follow-Up study of 906 patients | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 100 | 2011 |
| Lau, TW | Wound complication of minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis in distal tibia fractures | International Orthopaedics | 100 | 2008 |
| Fuchs, T | The use of gentamicin-coated nails in the tibia: preliminary results of a prospective study | Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | 99 | 2011 |
| Flynn, JM | Management of pediatric femoral shaft fractures | Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | 99 | 2004 |
| Malik, MHA | Factors affecting rates of infection and nonunion in intramedullary nailing | Bone & Joint Journal | 99 | 2004 |
| Collinge, C | Anterior-inferior plate fixation of middle-third fractures and nonunions of the clavicle | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 98 | 2006 |
| Mckee, MD | A prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing an antibiotic-impregnated bioabsorbable bone substitute with standard antibiotic-impregnated cement beads in the treatment of chronic osteomyelitis and infected nonunion | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 97 | 2010 |