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Giuseppe Filardo

Giuseppe Filardo

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Medicine

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92
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29044
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National Ranking
422

Overview

Giuseppe Filardo is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and specializes in Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Rheumatology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Urology, and Epidemiology. Their research primarily covers topics related to knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, total knee arthroplasty outcomes, periodontal regeneration and treatments, tendon structure and treatment, shoulder injury and treatment, and orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Filardo has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with numerous publications in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
  • Cartilage
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Filardo include:

  • PRP Injections for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, 2020, Cartilage
  • Platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: an expert opinion and proposal for a novel classification and coding system, 2020, Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
  • The Minimal Clinically Important Difference Changes Greatly Based on the Different Calculation Methods, 2023, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Leukocyte-Rich versus Leukocyte-Poor Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial, 2022, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • The Long-Lasting Effects of "Placebo Injections" in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis, 2020, Cartilage

Filardo has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Stefano Zaffagnini
  • Angelo Boffa
  • Luca Andriolo
  • Alessandro Di Martino
  • Christian Candrian

Their work spans various subfields, emphasizing surgical techniques and outcomes related to joint diseases and treatments. The topics covered highlight a multidisciplinary approach to improving understanding and therapies within orthopedics and related medical specialties.

Best Publications

  • Platelet-rich plasma: intra-articular knee injections produced favorable results on degenerative cartilage lesions

    Elizaveta Kon;Roberto Buda;Giuseppe Filardo;Alessandro Di Martino

  • Platelet-Rich Plasma Intra-Articular Injection Versus Hyaluronic Acid Viscosupplementation as Treatments for Cartilage Pathology: From Early Degeneration to Osteoarthritis

    Elizaveta Kon;Bert Mandelbaum;Roberto Buda;Giuseppe Filardo

  • Platelet-rich plasma intra-articular knee injections for the treatment of degenerative cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis

    Giuseppe Filardo;Elizaveta Kon;Roberto Buda;Antonio Timoncini

  • Biomechanical Considerations in the Pathogenesis of Osteoarthritis of the Knee

    Andras Heijink;Andreas H. Gomoll;Henning Madry;Matej Drobnič

  • Platelet-rich plasma vs hyaluronic acid to treat knee degenerative pathology: study design and preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

    Giuseppe Filardo;Elizaveta Kon;Alessandro Di Martino;Berardo Di Matteo

  • Arthroscopic Second-Generation Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Compared With Microfracture for Chondral Lesions of the Knee Prospective Nonrandomized Study at 5 Years

    Elizaveta Kon;Alberto Gobbi;Giuseppe Filardo;Marco Delcogliano

  • Platelet-rich plasma intra-articular injections for cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis: single- versus double-spinning approach

    Giuseppe Filardo;Elizaveta Kon;Maria Teresa Pereira Ruiz;Franca Vaccaro

  • Use of platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of refractory jumper's knee.

    Giuseppe Filardo;Elizaveta Kon;Stefano Della Villa;Ferruccio Vincentelli

  • Platelet-rich plasma: new clinical application: a pilot study for treatment of jumper's knee.

    Elizaveta Kon;Giuseppe Filardo;Marco Delcogliano;Mirco Lo Presti

  • Platelet-Rich Plasma Intra-articular Knee Injections Show No Superiority Versus Viscosupplementation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Giuseppe Filardo;Berardo Di Matteo;Alessandro Di Martino;Maria Letizia Merli

  • Early osteoarthritis of the knee.

    Henning Madry;Elizaveta Kon;Vincenzo Condello;Giuseppe M. Peretti

  • Platelet-Rich Plasma: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?

    Brian J. Cole;Shane T. Seroyer;Giuseppe Filardo;Sarvottam Bajaj

  • Definition and classification of early osteoarthritis of the knee

    Frank P. Luyten;Matteo Denti;Giuseppe Filardo;Elizaveta Kon

  • Platelet-rich plasma: why intra-articular? A systematic review of preclinical studies and clinical evidence on PRP for joint degeneration

    G. Filardo;E. Kon;A. Roffi;B. Di Matteo

  • Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to treat sports injuries: evidence to support its use

    Elizaveta Kon;Giuseppe Filardo;Alessandro Di Martino;Maurilio Marcacci

  • Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells exert antiinflammatory effects on chondrocytes and synoviocytes from osteoarthritis patients through prostaglandin E2.

    Cristina Manferdini;Marie Maumus;Elena Gabusi;Anna Piacentini

  • Non-surgical management of early knee osteoarthritis

    Elizaveta Kon;Giuseppe Filardo;Matej Drobnic;Henning Madry

  • Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of cartilage lesions: from preclinical findings to clinical application in orthopaedics

    Giuseppe Filardo;Henning Madry;Mislav Jelic;Alice Roffi

  • Articular Cartilage Treatment in High-Level Male Soccer Players A Prospective Comparative Study of Arthroscopic Second-Generation Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Microfracture

    Elizaveta Kon;Giuseppe Filardo;Massimo Berruto;Francesco Benazzo

  • Platelet-Rich Plasma: The Choice of Activation Method Affects the Release of Bioactive Molecules.

    Carola Cavallo;Alice Roffi;Brunella Grigolo;Erminia Mariani

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizaveta Kon
Elizaveta Kon Humanitas University
Maurilio Marcacci
Maurilio Marcacci University of Bologna
Erminia Mariani
Erminia Mariani University of Bologna
Milena Fini
Milena Fini University of Bologna
Andrea Facchini
Andrea Facchini University of Bologna
Henning Madry
Henning Madry Saarland University
Gianluca Giavaresi
Gianluca Giavaresi Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Sandro Giannini
Sandro Giannini University of Bologna
Lars Engebretsen
Lars Engebretsen Oslo University Hospital
Brian J. Cole
Brian J. Cole Rush University Medical Center

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