• Consensus statement from the international consensus meeting on post-traumatic cranioplasty 

      Iaccarino C., Kolias A., Adelson P.D., Rubiano A.M., Viaroli E., Buki A., Cinalli G., Fountas K., Khan T., Signoretti S., Waran V., Adeleye A.O., Amorim R., Bertuccio A., Cama A., Chesnut R.M., De Bonis P., Estraneo A., Figaji A., Florian S.I., Formisano R., Frassanito P., Gatos C., Germanò A., Giussani C., Hossain I., Kasprzak P., La Porta F., Lindner D., Maas A.I.R., Paiva W., Palma P., Park K.B., Peretta P., Pompucci A., Posti J., Sengupta S.K., Sinha A., Sinha V., Stefini R., Talamonti G., Tasiou A., Zona G., Zucchelli M., Hutchinson P.J., Servadei F. (2021)
      Background: Due to the lack of high-quality evidence which has hindered the development of evidence-based guidelines, there is a need to provide general guidance on cranioplasty (CP) following traumatic brain injury (TBI), ...
    • Do trabecular metal and cancellous titanium implants reduce the risk of late haematogenous infection? An experimental study in rabbits 

      Komnos G., Banios K., Kolonia K., Poultsides L.A., Petinaki E., Sarrou S., Zintzaras E., Karachalios T. (2021)
      Aim: This study evaluated the late resistance to haematogenous contamination by microbial pathogens of implants and bone-implant interface and the development of late clinical infection when cementless components with ...
    • Hydroxyapatite deposition disease around the hip: Outcomes of CT-guided treatment 

      Klontzas M.E., Vassalou E.E., Zibis A.H., Karantanas A.H. (2016)
      PURPOSE Hydroxyapatite deposition disease (HADD) around the hip joint is a self-limiting condition usually treated conservatively. The aim of the present study is to directly compare the outcomes of CT-guided and conservative ...
    • Survivorship of monoblock trabecular metal cups in primary THA: Midterm results 

      Malizos, K. N.; Bargiotas, K.; Papatheodorou, L.; Hantes, M.; Karachalios, T. (2008)
      Monoblock trabecular metal cups are made of a novel porous material intended to enhance ingrowth and improve fixation. We prospectively followed 223 consecutive patients with 245 trabecular metal acetabular cups implanted ...
    • Total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteoporosis 

      Karachalios T.S., Koutalos A.A., Komnos G.A. (2020)
      There is a high prevalence of osteoporosis in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. There are several clinically relevant questions related to the management of such cases: the effect of ageing; the initial ...
    • Vitamin K for the treatment of cardiovascular disease in end-stage renal disease patients: Is there hope? 

      Roumeliotis S., Roumeliotis A., Dounousi E., Eleftheriadis T., Liakopoulos V. (2020)
      In Chronic Kidney Disease, vascular calcification (VC) is highly prevalent even at early stages and is gradually enhanced, along with disease progression to End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The calcification pattern in ...