Top 100 most-cited clinical studies of hip and knee arthroplasty: The foundation of practice

Nicolas S. Piuzzi; Assem A. Sultan; Julian Gatta; Mitchell Ng; William A. Cantrell; Anton Khlopas; Jared M. Newman; Nipun Sodhi; Steven F. Harwin; Michael A. Mont

doi:10.3928/01477447-20190211-05

Top 100 most-cited clinical studies of hip and knee arthroplasty: The foundation of practice

Nicolas S. Piuzzi, Assem A. Sultan, Julian Gatta, Mitchell Ng, William A. Cantrell, Anton Khlopas, Jared M. Newman, Nipun Sodhi, Steven F. Harwin, Michael A. Mont

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Total number of citations has been considered a proxy for a published study's importance within a given field. However, there are multiple pitfalls to correlating the total number of citations alone with the quality of a study. In this review, the authors aimed to identify the top 100 most-cited studies of hip and knee arthroplasty and then assess study design and quality of reporting. More than half of these studies were level IV evidence, unblinded, not randomized, and not controlled. This underscores the need for higher-quality study design to support practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E151-E161
Journal	Orthopedics
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20190211-05
State	Published - Mar 2019
Externally published	Yes

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