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Hans-Christoph Pape

Hans-Christoph Pape

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Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
31898
World Ranking
13050
National Ranking
184

Overview

Hans-Christoph Pape is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant concentration in surgery and emergency medicine. The scientist's work also extends into epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to trauma and emergency care studies, pelvic and acetabular injuries, hip and femur fractures, bone fractures and treatments, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, trauma management and diagnosis, as well as spinal fractures and fixation techniques.

  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Trauma Management and Diagnosis
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

Hans-Christoph Pape has published in various venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
  • OTA International The Open Access Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Injury
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans-Christoph Pape include:

  • "Pathophysiology in patients with polytrauma," 2022, Injury
  • "How to detect a polytrauma patient at risk of complications: A validation and database analysis of four published scales," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Damage control orthopaedics in polytraumatized patients- current concepts," 2020, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
  • "Indications and interventions of damage control orthopedic surgeries: an expert opinion survey," 2020, European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Hans-Christoph Pape collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Sascha Halvachizadeh
  • Roman Pfeifer
  • Yannik Kalbas
  • Michel Teuben
  • Till Berk

Best Publications

  • The timing of fracture treatment in polytrauma patients: relevance of damage control orthopedic surgery.

    Hans-Christoph Pape;Peter Giannoudis;Christian Krettek

  • PRIMARY INTRAMEDULLARY FEMUR FIXATION IN MULTIPLE TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH ASSOCIATED LUNG CONTUSION—A CAUSE OF POSTTRAUMATIC ARDS?

    H C Pape;M Auf'm'Kolk;T Paffrath;G Regel

  • Changes in the management of femoral shaft fractures in polytrauma patients: from early total care to damage control orthopedic surgery.

    Hans Christoph Pape;Frank Hildebrand;Stephanie Pertschy;Boris A Zelle

  • Patterns of mortality and causes of death in polytrauma patients—Has anything changed?

    Roman Pfeifer;Ivan S. Tarkin;Brett Rocos;Hans-Christoph Pape

  • Treatment results of patients with multiple trauma: an analysis of 3406 cases treated between 1972 and 1991 at a German Level I Trauma Center.

    G. Regel;P. Lobenhoffer;M. Grotz;H.C. Pape

  • Autologous bone graft: properties and techniques.

    Hans Christoph Pape;Andrew Evans;Philipp Kobbe

  • Predicting outcome after multiple trauma: which scoring system?

    M. N. Chawda;Frank Hildebrand;Hans Christoph Pape;Peter V. Giannoudis

  • The definition of polytrauma revisited: An international consensus process and proposal of the new 'Berlin definition'

    Hans-Christoph Pape;Rolf Lefering;Nerida Butcher;Andrew Peitzman

  • Damage control orthopaedics: evolving concepts in the treatment of patients who have sustained orthopaedic trauma.

    Craig S. Roberts;Hans-christoph Pape;Alan L. Jones;Arthur L. Malkani

  • Damage control orthopaedics in unstable pelvic ring injuries

    P.V Giannoudis;H.C Pape

  • Appraisal of early evaluation of blunt chest trauma: development of a standardized scoring system for initial clinical decision making.

    Hans-Christoph Pape;Dierk Remmers;John Rice;Marc Ebisch

  • Scaffolds for bone healing: concepts, materials and evidence.

    P. Lichte;H.C. Pape;T. Pufe;P. Kobbe

  • The use of Poller screws as blocking screws in stabilising tibial fractures treated with small diameter intramedullary nails

    C Krettek;C. Stephan;P. Schandelmaier;M. Richter

  • Open pelvic fractures: epidemiology, current concepts of management and outcome.

    M.R.W. Grotz;M.K. Allami;M.K. Allami;P. Harwood;H.C. Pape

  • Timing of fixation of major fractures in blunt polytrauma: role of conventional indicators in clinical decision making.

    Hans-Christoph Pape;Peter V Giannoudis;Christian Krettek;Otmar Trentz

  • Damage control: extremities

    Frank Hildebrand;Peter Giannoudis;Cristian Kretteck;Hans-Christoph Pape

  • Periprosthetic Fractures: Epidemiology and Future Projections

    Gregory J Della Rocca;Kwok Sui Leung;Hans-Christoph Pape

  • Impact of the Method of Initial Stabilization for Femoral Shaft Fractures in Patients With Multiple Injuries at Risk for Complications (Borderline Patients)

    Hans-Christoph Pape;Dieter Rixen;John Morley;Elisabeth Ellingsen Husebye

  • Inflammatory serum markers in patients with multiple trauma can they predict outcome

    P.V. Giannoudis;F. Hildebrand;H. C. Pape

  • Alterations in the systemic inflammatory response after early total care and damage control procedures for femoral shaft fracture in severely injured patients.

    Paul John Harwood;Peter V. Giannoudis;Martijn van Griensven;Christian Krettek

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Krettek
Christian Krettek Hannover Medical School
Peter V. Giannoudis
Peter V. Giannoudis University of Leeds
Martijn van Griensven
Martijn van Griensven Maastricht University
Timothy R. Billiar
Timothy R. Billiar University of Pittsburgh
Markus Huber-Lang
Markus Huber-Lang University of Ulm
Irshad H. Chaudry
Irshad H. Chaudry University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rolf Pfeifer
Rolf Pfeifer University of Zurich
Mashkoor A. Choudhry
Mashkoor A. Choudhry Loyola University Chicago
Thomas Tschernig
Thomas Tschernig Saarland University
Anthony J. Bauer
Anthony J. Bauer Liberty University

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