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Switzerland
2023

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Overview

Christian Gerber is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on Surgery and related subfields.

Their research portfolio spans several subfields including Surgery, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Gerber's work covers main topics such as Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries, Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation, Trauma Management and Diagnosis, Sports Injuries and Prevention, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, and Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation.

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Gerber include Karl Wieser, Lukas Ernstbrunner, Bettina Hochreiter, Anita Hasler, and Samy Bouaicha.

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers published in prominent journals. Notable papers include:

  • Long-term Results of the Arthroscopic Bankart Repair for Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Instability in Patients Older Than 40 Years: A Comparison With the Open Latarjet Procedure (2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine)
  • Factors influencing functional internal rotation after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (2021, JSES International)
  • Chronic Pseudoparalysis Needs to Be Distinguished From Pseudoparesis: A Structural and Biomechanical Analysis (2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine)
  • Primary reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in patients older than 80 years: clinical and radiologic outcome measures (2020, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)
  • Long-term results after posterior open glenoid wedge osteotomy for posterior shoulder instability associated with excessive glenoid retroversion (2021, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery)

Gerber's research is frequently published in journals such as the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, JSES International, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, and JBJS Open Access.

In addition to journal articles, Gerber has a book contribution published by Hogrefe AG eBooks titled Lehrbuch der Sportpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie (2022).

Best Publications

  • The Results of Repair of Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff

    Christian Gerber;Bruno Fuchs;Juerg Hodler

  • Fatty degeneration of the muscles of the rotator cuff: Assessment by computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging

    Bruno Fuchs;Dominik Weishaupt;Marco Zanetti;Juerg Hodler

  • Treatment of painful pseudoparesis due to irreparable rotator cuff dysfunction with the Delta III reverse-ball-and-socket total shoulder prosthesis.

    C.M.L. Werner;P.A. Steinmann;M. Gilbart;C. Gerber

  • Isolated rupture of the tendon of the subscapularis muscle clinical features in 16 cases

    Gerber C;Krushell Rj

  • A review of the Constant score: Modifications and guidelines for its use

    Christopher R. Constant;Christian Gerber;Roger J.H. Emery;Jens Ole Søjbjerg

  • Mechanical strength of repairs of the rotator cuff

    Christian Gerber;Alberto G. Schneeberger;Martin Beck;Urs Schlegel

  • Isolated Rupture of the Subscapularis Tendon. Results of Operative Repair

    Christian Gerber;Otmar Hersche;Alain Farron

  • Comparison of the subjective shoulder value and the Constant score

    Michael K. Gilbart;Christian Gerber

  • Search for invisible decays of Higgs bosons in the vector boson fusion and associated ZH production modes

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Clinical outcome after structural failure of rotator cuff repairs.

    Bernhard Jost;Christian W. A. Pfirrmann;Christian Gerber

  • The arterial vascularization of the humeral head. An anatomical study.

    C. Gerber;A. G. Schneeberger;Tho-Son Vinh

  • Is there an association between the individual anatomy of the scapula and the development of rotator cuff tears or osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint?: A radiological study of the critical shoulder angle

    B. K. Moor;S. Bouaicha;D. A. Rothenfluh;A. Sukthankar

  • Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of massive tears of the rotator cuff. A preliminary report.

    Christian Gerber;Tho Son Vinh;Ralph Hertel;Christian W. Hess

  • Quantitative assessment of the muscles of the rotator cuff with magnetic resonance imaging.

    Marco Zanetti;Christian Gerber;Juerg Hodler

  • Predictors of Scapular Notching in Patients Managed with the Delta III Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement

    Ryan W. Simovitch;Matthias A. Zumstein;Eveline Lohri;Naeder Helmy

  • Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of irreparable tears of the rotator cuff

    Christian Gerber

  • Classification of glenohumeral joint instability.

    Christian Gerber;Richard W Nyffeler

  • Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears.

    Christian Gerber;Gerardo Maquieira;Norman Espinosa

  • The clinical and structural long-term results of open repair of massive tears of the rotator cuff.

    Matthias A Zumstein;Bernhard Jost;Julia Hempel;Juerg Hodler

  • Experimental rotator cuff repair. A preliminary study.

    Christian Gerber;Alberto G. Schneeberger;Stephan M. Perren;Richard W. Nyffeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann
Christian W. A. Pfirrmann University of Zurich
Juerg Hodler
Juerg Hodler University of Zurich
Reinhold Ganz
Reinhold Ganz University of Bern
Gilles Walch
Gilles Walch University of California, San Francisco
Hans Hoppeler
Hans Hoppeler University of Bern
Jon J.P. Warner
Jon J.P. Warner Harvard University
Pascal Boileau
Pascal Boileau Université Côte d'Azur

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