Elisa Pala

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Elisa Pala is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisa Pala has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Elisa Pala's work include Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (38 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (20 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (18 papers). Elisa Pala is often cited by papers focused on Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (38 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (20 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (18 papers). Elisa Pala collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Greece. Elisa Pala's co-authors include Pietro Ruggieri, Andrea Angelini, Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Giulia Trovarelli, Teresa Calabrò, Mario Mercuri, Eric R. Henderson, G. Douglas Letson, John Groundland and Giovanni Guerra and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Spine and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

In The Last Decade

Elisa Pala

57 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Failure Mode Classification for Tumor Endoprostheses: Retrospective Review of Five Institutions and a Literature Review

2011 481 citations Eric R. Henderson, John Groundland et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elisa Pala Italy	28	1.7k	1.3k	504	259	203	59	2.2k
Rob Pollock United Kingdom	27	861 0.5×	867 0.7×	622 1.2×	205 0.8×	205 1.0×	64	1.5k
David Cheong United States	18	884 0.5×	861 0.7×	379 0.8×	322 1.2×	151 0.7×	64	1.5k
James C. Wittig United States	18	803 0.5×	817 0.6×	503 1.0×	198 0.8×	198 1.0×	58	1.4k
Jeffrey S. Kneisl United States	21	1.1k 0.6×	965 0.8×	775 1.5×	349 1.3×	174 0.9×	47	1.9k
Olavo Pires de Camargo Brazil	20	740 0.4×	556 0.4×	553 1.1×	190 0.7×	209 1.0×	112	1.5k
Giovanni Beltrami Italy	24	843 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	763 1.5×	277 1.1×	250 1.2×	82	1.9k
Germán L. Farfalli Argentina	28	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	738 1.5×	92 0.4×	268 1.3×	69	1.7k
Michael Parry United Kingdom	27	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 2.1×	328 1.3×	224 1.1×	124	2.4k
Joseph Benevenia United States	27	764 0.5×	647 0.5×	491 1.0×	229 0.9×	213 1.0×	112	1.7k
Juan Pretell‐Mazzini United States	16	554 0.3×	451 0.4×	378 0.8×	160 0.6×	214 1.1×	84	1.1k

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Sambri, Andrea, Domenico Andrea Campanacci, Elisa Pala, et al.. (2025). Two-stage revision for infection of oncological megaprostheses. The Bone & Joint Journal. 107-B(2). 253–260. 1 indexed citations

Trovarelli, Giulia, et al.. (2025). Modern Treatment of Skeletal Metastases: Multidisciplinarity and the Concept of Oligometastasis in the Recent Literature. Current Oncology. 32(4). 226–226. 1 indexed citations

Bellan, Elena, Pietro Ruggieri, Elisa Pala, et al.. (2024). Primary vascular tumors of bone: A comprehensive literature review on classification, diagnosis and treatment. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 195. 104268–104268. 3 indexed citations

Trovarelli, Giulia, Andrea Angelini, Elisa Pala, et al.. (2024). When Is a Two-Stage Surgical Procedure Indicated in the Treatment of Pseudotumors of the Hip? A Retrospective Study of 21 Cases and a Review of the Literature. Preprints.org. 1 indexed citations

Trovarelli, Giulia, et al.. (2024). The Evaluation and Management of Lung Metastases in Patients with Giant Cell Tumors of Bone in the Denosumab Era. Current Oncology. 31(4). 2158–2171. 4 indexed citations

Trovarelli, Giulia, Elisa Pala, Andrea Angelini, & Pietro Ruggieri. (2022). A systematic review of multicentric giant cell tumour with the presentation of three cases at long-term follow-up. The Bone & Joint Journal. 104-B(12). 1352–1361. 3 indexed citations

Henderson, Eric R., Benjamin J. Keeney, Nicholas M. Bernthal, et al.. (2020). Nonmechanical Revision Indications Portend Repeat Limb-Salvage Failure Following Total Femoral Replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 102(17). 1511–1520. 5 indexed citations

Trovarelli, Giulia, Alberto Crimì, Elisa Pala, et al.. (2020). New concepts in the surgical treatment of actual and impending pathological fractures in metastatic disease. Injury. 54. S31–S35. 15 indexed citations

Pala, Elisa, et al.. (2020). A rare case of anterior shoulder dislocation in 1-year- and 10-month-old toddler: case report and literature review. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 141(5). 831–835.

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Trovarelli, Giulia, et al.. (2019). What Is the Survival and Function of Modular Reverse Total Shoulder Prostheses in Patients Undergoing Tumor Resections in Whom an Innervated Deltoid Muscle Can Be Preserved?. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 477(11). 2495–2507. 38 indexed citations

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Pala, Elisa, Andrea Angelini, Giulia Trovarelli, Antonio Berizzi, & Pietro Ruggieri. (2017). Current megaprostheses options. Current Orthopaedic Practice. 28(6). 520–523. 1 indexed citations

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Pala, Elisa, et al.. (2016). Hip hemiarthroplasty for femur neck fractures: minimally invasive direct anterior approach versus postero-lateral approach. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 26(4). 423–427. 29 indexed citations

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Pala, Elisa, Giulia Trovarelli, Andrea Angelini, & Pietro Ruggieri. (2016). Distal femur reconstruction with modular tumour prostheses: a single Institution analysis of implant survival comparing fixed versus rotating hinge knee prostheses. International Orthopaedics. 40(10). 2171–2180. 33 indexed citations

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Mavrogenis, Andreas F., Elisa Pala, Andrea Angelini, et al.. (2015). Infected Prostheses after Lower-Extremity Bone Tumor Resection: Clinical Outcomes of 100 Patients. Surgical Infections. 16(3). 267–275. 49 indexed citations

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Henderson, Eric R., Elisa Pala, Andrea Angelini, Eugenio Rimondi, & Pietro Ruggieri. (2013). Dedifferentiated Peripheral Chondrosarcoma: A Review of Radiologic Characteristics. Sarcoma. 2013. 1–6. 10 indexed citations

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Ruggieri, Pietro, et al.. (2012). INFECTIONS IN ORTHOPEDIC ONCOLOGY: INCIDENCE, TREATMENT AND OUTCOME. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 67–67. 1 indexed citations

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Angelini, Andrea, Giovanni Guerra, Andreas F. Mavrogenis, et al.. (2012). Clinical outcome of central conventional chondrosarcoma. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 106(8). 929–937. 135 indexed citations

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Mavrogenis, Andreas F., et al.. (2011). Survival analysis of patients with femoral metastases. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 105(2). 135–141. 70 indexed citations

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Mavrogenis, Andreas F., et al.. (2011). Infected Tumor Prostheses. Orthopedics. 34(12). 991–998. 35 indexed citations

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Mavrogenis, Andreas F., Andrea Angelini, Elisa Pala, et al.. (2011). Radiation-Induced Sarcomas. Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants. 21(3). 233–240. 11 indexed citations

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