Panagiotis Lepetsos

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Panagiotis Lepetsos is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Panagiotis Lepetsos has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Rheumatology and 5 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Panagiotis Lepetsos's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (12 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (9 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (6 papers). Panagiotis Lepetsos is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (12 papers), Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (9 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (6 papers). Panagiotis Lepetsos collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and United Kingdom. Panagiotis Lepetsos's co-authors include Athanasios G. Papavassiliou, Kostas A. Papavassiliou, George A. Macheras, Spyridon P. Galanakos, Ανδρέας Λεωνίδου, Eleftherios Tsiridis, Stamatios A Papadakis, Michael Potoupnis, Maria Tzetis and Panayiotis Christofilopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease.

In The Last Decade

Panagiotis Lepetsos

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

ROS/oxidative stress signaling in osteoarthritis

2016 629 citations Panagiotis Lepetsos, Athanasios G. Papavassiliou Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease profile →
Redox and NF-κB signaling in osteoarthritis

2018 299 citations Panagiotis Lepetsos, Kostas A. Papavassiliou et al. Free Radical Biology and Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Panagiotis Lepetsos Greece	12	603	414	353	281	164	34	1.4k
Josep Vergés Spain	25	901 1.5×	409 1.0×	251 0.7×	403 1.4×	189 1.2×	92	1.9k
Ai Guo China	19	613 1.0×	476 1.1×	354 1.0×	208 0.7×	103 0.6×	58	1.6k
Lifeng Jiang China	23	400 0.7×	515 1.2×	229 0.6×	171 0.6×	211 1.3×	57	1.3k
Jiaoxiang Chen China	22	275 0.5×	463 1.1×	266 0.8×	373 1.3×	99 0.6×	45	1.3k
Chuangxin Lin China	14	426 0.7×	449 1.1×	212 0.6×	154 0.5×	124 0.8×	23	1.1k
Željko Jeleč Croatia	11	714 1.2×	266 0.6×	270 0.8×	217 0.8×	72 0.4×	18	1.1k
Yiming Zhong China	9	460 0.8×	446 1.1×	110 0.3×	174 0.6×	138 0.8×	13	1.0k
Guangyi Li China	19	719 1.2×	683 1.6×	422 1.2×	185 0.7×	457 2.8×	43	1.9k
Christelle Boileau Canada	21	897 1.5×	511 1.2×	258 0.7×	452 1.6×	198 1.2×	28	1.5k

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2025). The Role of the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of the Latest Experimental Data. Cureus. 17(7). e87836–e87836.

Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2024). Role of Tetracyclines in Joint Arthroplasties. European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 6(4). 15–21.

Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2023). Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Economical Cost of Work-Related Injuries Among Olive Workers in the Achaia Region, Greece. Cureus. 15(5). e39657–e39657. 2 indexed citations

Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2021). Analgesic Effect of the Topical Use of Dexamethasone in Ultrasound-Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Blockade: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Cureus. 13(1). e12971–e12971. 6 indexed citations

Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2021). Association of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Gene Polymorphisms With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Review of the Literature. Cureus. 13(10). e18607–e18607. 30 indexed citations

Μαρκόπουλος, Γεώργιος, Panagiotis Lepetsos, Despina Perrea, Dimitrios Iliopoulos, & Vasileios S. Nikolaou. (2021). Possible Roles of Vitamin D in Bone Grafting. Cureus. 13(4). e14688–e14688. 5 indexed citations

Drakopoulos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2021). Off-Label Use of Teriparatide in Spine. Cureus. 13(7). e16522–e16522. 3 indexed citations

Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2020). Acute Total Hip Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Study With a Six-Year Follow-Up. Cureus. 12(8). e10139–e10139. 9 indexed citations

Λεωνίδου, Ανδρέας, Panagiotis Lepetsos, Eustathios Kenanidis, et al.. (2020). Association of Polymorphisms in the Promoter Region of NOS2A Gene with Primary Knee Osteoarthritis in the Greek Population. Cureus. 12(1). e6780–e6780. 2 indexed citations

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Christoforidis, Christos, et al.. (2018). Acute compartment syndrome of the foot after an ankle sprain: a case report. 2(2). 67–71. 2 indexed citations

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2018). Intra-abdominal and intra-pelvic complications following operations around the hip: causes and management—a review of the literature. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 28(6). 1017–1027. 1 indexed citations

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, Kostas A. Papavassiliou, & Athanasios G. Papavassiliou. (2018). Redox and NF-κB signaling in osteoarthritis. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 132. 90–100. 299 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2018). Vitamin-D supplementation among children with epilepsy. 1(1). 1 indexed citations

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Macheras, George A., et al.. (2017). Survivorship of a Porous Tantalum Monoblock Acetabular Component in Primary Hip Arthroplasty With a Mean Follow-Up of 18 Years. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 32(12). 3680–3684. 24 indexed citations

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2017). Superiority of the sonication method against conventional periprosthetic tissue cultures for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 28(1). 51–57. 33 indexed citations

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Macheras, George A., et al.. (2017). Results from the surgical resection of severe heterotopic ossification of the hip: a case series of 26 patients. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 27(8). 1097–1102. 13 indexed citations

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis & Athanasios G. Papavassiliou. (2016). ROS/oxidative stress signaling in osteoarthritis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1862(4). 576–591. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2015). PERIPROSTHETIC KNEE INFECTION CAUSED BY RALSTONIA PICKETTII LEADING TO KNEE ARTHRODESIS: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume. 101–101.

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Λεωνίδου, Ανδρέας, Mehran Moazen, Panagiotis Lepetsos, et al.. (2014). The biomechanical effect of bone quality and fracture topography on locking plate fixation in periprosthetic femoral fractures. Injury. 46(2). 213–217. 31 indexed citations

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Lepetsos, Panagiotis, et al.. (2013). Association of NADPH oxidase p22phox gene C242T, A640G and −930A/G polymorphisms with primary knee osteoarthritis in the Greek population. Molecular Biology Reports. 40(9). 5491–5499. 7 indexed citations

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