Winner Announcement
Based on the principles of rigorous, professional and fair, Arthroplasty invited more than 20 top experts from the United States, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Indonesia and China recommended by the Editor-in-Chief to form a review board to conduct a double-blind review of all participating articles.
After a month of intense and fair review, a total of 8 winners were selected, including four Golden Award Winners and four Excellent Award Winners. Arthroplasty and the review board warmly congratulate the award winner for their diligent work and accomplishment.
Please find detailed information about the winners as follows:
Golden Award
Robotic-assisted revision total knee arthroplasty: a novel surgical technique
Authors: Hui-Ling Joanne Ngim, Dirk Van Bavel, Richard De Steiger & Andrew W. W. Tang
Epidemiology of total hip arthroplasty: demographics, comorbidities and outcomes
Authors: Ishan Patel, Fong Nham, Abdul K. Zalikha & Mouhanad M. El-Othmani
Long-term clinical results of alumina ceramic medial pivot total knee arthroplasty: a 10-year follow-up study
Authors: Hideki Ueyama, Shigeru Nakagawa, Yuichi Kishimura, Yukihide Minoda, Suguru Nakamura, Junichiro Koyanagi, Mitsuyoshi Yamamura & Yoshinori Kadoya
Validation of a preoperative formula to estimate postoperative pelvic sagittal alignment and mobility before performing total hip arthroplasty for patients with hip osteoarthritis
Authors: Hiroki Tanabe, Yasuhiro Homma, Naotake Yanagisawa, Taiji Watari, Seiya Ishii, Yuichi Shirogane, Tomonori Baba, Kazuo Kaneko & Muneaki Ishijima
Excellence Award
Biomechanical analysis of different levels of constraint in TKA during daily activities
Authors: Gianluca Castellarin, Edoardo Bori, Laurence Rapallo, Silvia Pianigiani & Bernardo Innocenti
Spinal anesthesia is a grossly underutilized gold standard in primary total joint arthroplasty: propensity-matched analysis of a national surgical quality database
Authors: Andre C. Ferreira, Chun Wai Hung, Ramesh B. Ghanta, Melvyn A. Harrington & Mohamad J. Halawi
Long-term outcomes of arthroscopic synovectomy and core decompression through multiple small bone holes for early-stage avascular necrosis of the femoral head
Authors: Quanbo Ji, Xiaoya Li, Song Luo, Lei Geng, Peng Ren, Ming Ni, Qingyuan Zheng, Peng Xin, Yan Wang & Guoqiang Zhang
Mapping the Course to Recovery: A Prospective Study on the Anatomic Distribution of Early Post-operative Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Kevin L. Mekkawy, Bo Zhang, Alyssa Wenzel, Andrew B. Harris, Harpal S. Khanuja, Robert S. Sterling, Vishal Hegde & Julius K. Oni