Orthopedic Trauma Surgery: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Orthopedic trauma surgery is a surgical branch which involves various surgeons with different levels of expertise, and its epidemiological weight is very consistent.

The surgical treatment results of most musculoskeletal post-traumatic lesions are satisfactory, but there are still significant acute and chronic post-traumatic problems which represent a great challenge for surgeons.

In some areas of orthopedic trauma surgery, there is no commonly accepted practice, and in other areas, there are differening opinions.

In specific acute and chronic post-traumatic pathologies of bone and muscles, different authoritative guidelines suggest entirely different treatments.

Therefore, there is a need to deepen our knowledge in this area.

A significant increase in available information about the treatments and outcomes of these lesions could reveal the future perspectives and the direction we have pursued to obtain better results.

This Special Issue aims to focus on the treatments and outcomes of particular post-traumatic lesions of the musculoskeletal system. Furthermore, we aim to include papers that perform a high-level analysis of available data in order to clarify possible future perspectives.

We welcome submissions of your best original papers, reviews, and meta analyses.

Dr. Paolo Schiavi
Prof. Dr. Enrico Vaienti
Prof. Dr. Francesco Pogliacomi
Guest Editors

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