Thomas Repantis

Bone grafts and biomaterials substitutes for bone defect repair: A review

Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

A Systematic Comparison of the Actual, Potential, and Theoretical Health Effects of Cobalt and Chromium Exposures from Industry and Surgical Implants

Cement augmentation in vertebral burst fractures

Advances in metal-induced oxidative stress and human disease

Increased low back pain prevalence in females than in males after menopause age: evidences based on synthetic literature review

Failed Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasties: A Spectrum of Clinical Presentations and Operative Findings

Metal-on-metal bearings total hip arthroplasty: The cobalt and chromium ions release concern

Failure modes in conservative and surgical management of infectious spondylodiscitis

State of the art in hard-on-hard bearings: how did we get here and what have we achieved?

Orthopedic implant cobalt‐alloy particles produce greater toxicity and inflammatory cytokines than titanium alloy and zirconium alloy‐based particlesin vitro, in human osteoblasts, fibroblasts, and macrophages

Strategies for combating bacterial biofilms: A focus on anti-biofilm agents and their mechanisms of action

Prosthesis infections after orthopedic joint replacement: the possible role of bacterial biofilms

2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adultsa

Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of Americaa

Metallic implant biomaterials

Immunologic Adverse Reaction Associated with Low-carbide Metal-on-metal Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Beneficial Influence of Titanium Mesh Cage on Infection Healing and Spinal Reconstruction in Hematogenous Septic Spondylitis

Metallosis After Contemporary Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty

Direct Reduction of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures by Means of Balloon Kyphoplasty With Calcium Phosphate and Stabilization With Pedicle-Screw Instrumentation and Fusion

Low Back Pain and Sciatica Prevalence and Intensity Reported in a Mediterranean Country: Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis