Peter Försth

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 907 citations indexed

About

Peter Försth is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Försth has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 907 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 13 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Peter Försth's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (16 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (11 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 papers). Peter Försth is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (16 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (11 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 papers). Peter Försth collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Switzerland. Peter Försth's co-authors include Karl Michaëlsson, Bengt Sandén, Patrik Öhagen, Peter Fritzell, Fredrik Borgström, Gylfi Ólafsson, Thomas Carlsson, Boudewijn van der Sanden, Yohan Robinson and Claes Olerud and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Spine and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Peter Försth

16 papers receiving 884 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.

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

2016 550 citations Peter Försth, Gylfi Ólafsson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Försth Sweden	7	817	719	526	118	57	16	907
Gylfi Ólafsson Sweden	8	610 0.7×	506 0.7×	473 0.9×	78 0.7×	41 0.7×	13	735
Kelly R. Bratcher United States	15	475 0.6×	490 0.7×	254 0.5×	55 0.5×	68 1.2×	30	678
Greger Lønne Norway	15	504 0.6×	397 0.6×	378 0.7×	84 0.7×	61 1.1×	35	648
Michael Longley United States	6	1.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	931 1.8×	133 1.1×	80 1.4×	11	1.5k
Wai Mun Yue Singapore	14	885 1.1×	951 1.3×	242 0.5×	141 1.2×	22 0.4×	25	1.0k
Frode Rekeland Norway	9	389 0.5×	318 0.4×	270 0.5×	52 0.4×	31 0.5×	16	440
D J Botsford Canada	9	527 0.6×	625 0.9×	199 0.4×	113 1.0×	39 0.7×	11	785
Pratyush Shahi United States	15	383 0.5×	404 0.6×	152 0.3×	96 0.8×	13 0.2×	79	525
Richard C. Mendel United States	6	404 0.5×	374 0.5×	305 0.6×	64 0.5×	35 0.6×	9	546
Mark A. Fye United States	7	531 0.6×	544 0.8×	229 0.4×	47 0.4×	25 0.4×	10	645

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16 of 16 papers shown

Försth, Peter, Patricia Hedenqvist, Håkan Engqvist, et al.. (2024). Novel Calcium Phosphate Promotes Interbody Bony Fusion in a Porcine Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Model. Spine. 49(17). 1179–1186. 1 indexed citations

Karlsson, Thomas, Peter Försth, Patrik Öhagen, Karl Michaëlsson, & Bengt Sandén. (2024). Decompression alone or decompression with fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis: five-year clinical results from a randomized clinical trial. The Bone & Joint Journal. 106-B(7). 705–712. 3 indexed citations

Mukka, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Reliability of thoracolumbar burst fracture classification in the Swedish Fracture Register. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 25(1). 281–281. 1 indexed citations

Mukka, Sebastian, et al.. (2022). Study protocol: The SunBurst trial—a register-based, randomized controlled trial on thoracolumbar burst fractures. Acta Orthopaedica. 93. 256–263. 7 indexed citations

Isaksson, Per, et al.. (2022). An ex-vivo model for the biomechanical assessment of cement discoplasty. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 939717–939717. 4 indexed citations

Försth, Peter, et al.. (2022). Low-Modulus PMMA Has the Potential to Reduce Stresses on Endplates after Cement Discoplasty. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 13(1). 18–18. 16 indexed citations

Karlsson, Thomas, Peter Försth, Mikael Skorpil, et al.. (2022). Decompression alone or decompression with fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized clinical trial with two-year MRI follow-up. The Bone & Joint Journal. 104-B(12). 1343–1351. 19 indexed citations

Lindhagen, Lars, et al.. (2021). No Benefit with Preservation of Midline Structures in Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Spine. 47(7). 531–538. 3 indexed citations

Försth, Peter, Paul Gerdhem, & Olle Svensson. (2020). [Lumbar disc prosthesis, a high risk treatment for low back pain.]. PubMed. 117. 2 indexed citations

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Punga, Anna Rostedt, et al.. (2019). Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with clinical, neurophysiological, laboratory and radiological outcome for surgical versus non-surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis: the Uppsala Spinal Stenosis Trial (UppSten). BMJ Open. 9(8). e030578–e030578. 1 indexed citations

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Försth, Peter, et al.. (2018). Safety of a novel modular cage for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion − clinical cohort study in 20 patients with degenerative disc disease. SICOT-J. 4. 24–24. 3 indexed citations

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Försth, Peter, et al.. (2018). Motion Analysis in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 31(8). E397–E402. 5 indexed citations

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Försth, Peter, Gylfi Ólafsson, Thomas Carlsson, et al.. (2016). A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 374(15). 1413–1423. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

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Försth, Peter, Karl Michaëlsson, & Boudewijn van der Sanden. (2013). Does fusion improve the outcome after decompressive surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis?. The Bone & Joint Journal. 95-B(7). 960–965. 103 indexed citations

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Sandén, Bengt, Peter Försth, & Karl Michaëlsson. (2011). Smokers Show Less Improvement Than Nonsmokers Two Years after Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Spine. 36(13). 1059–1064. 121 indexed citations

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Robinson, Yohan, Christoph E. Heyde, Peter Försth, & Claes Olerud. (2011). Kyphoplasty in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures - Guidelines and technical considerations. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 6(1). 43–43. 68 indexed citations

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