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Stefano Zaffagnini

Full Professor

Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences

Academic discipline: MEDS-19/A Orthopaedics

Head of Scuola di Specializzazione Ortopedia e Traumatologia (DI 68/2015)

Director of First Cycle Degree in Orthopaedics Techniques

Publications

De Marziani, L.; Boffa, A.; Franceschini, M.; Andriolo, L.; Di Martino, A.; Zaffagnini, S.; Filardo, G., Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Patients with Knee Cartilage Lesions Treated with a Cell-Free Scaffold Implantation, «CARTILAGE», 2025, Online First, pp. 1 - 7 [Scientific article]Open Access

Fogacci, A.; Rinaldi, V. G.; Sassoli, I.; Favero, A.; Di Paolo, S.; Bonaiuti, M.; Marcheggiani Muccioli, G. M.; Zaffagnini, S., Modified Judet quadricepsplasty leads to enhanced knee function in patients with post-traumatic stiffness: a case series of 19 consecutive patients at 10 years mean follow-up, «THE KNEE», 2025, 56, pp. 332 - 353 [Scientific article]Open Access

Longo, Umile Giuseppe; Papalia, Rocco; Mazzola, Alessandro; De Salvatore, Sergio; Tancioni, Alessandro; Piccioni, Valentina; de Sire, Alessandro; Samuelsson, Kristian; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Piergentili, Ilaria; D'Hooghe, Pieter; Denaro, Vincenzo, National trends of wrist arthroscopy in Italy: Analysis from 2001 to 2016, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70193 , pp. 1 - 8 [Scientific article]Open Access

Di Paolo, Stefano; Gokeler, Alli; Benjaminse, Anne; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Bragonzoni, Laura, On-field kinematics of cut maneuvers in football players: Are wearable sensors reliable for assessing anterior cruciate ligament injury risk?, «JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES», 2025, 43, pp. 1256 - 1266 [Scientific article]Open Access

Compagnoni, R.; Klasan, A.; Grassi, A.; Puglia, F.; Zaffagnini, S.; Randelli, P. S.; Menetrey, J., Optimal flexion angle for graft fixation in lateral extra-articular tenodesis combined with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70312 , pp. 1 - 13 [Scientific article]Open Access

Zaffagnini, M.; Boffa, A.; Andriolo, L.; Raggi, F.; Zaffagnini, S.; Filardo, G., Orthobiologic therapies delay the need for hip arthroplasty in patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head: A systematic review and survival analysis, «KNEE SURGERY, SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY, ARTHROSCOPY», 2025, 33, pp. 1112 - 1127 [Scientific article]Open Access

Figueroa, D.; Moya, L.; Arteaga, J.; Vaisman, A.; Bostrom, M.; Acuna, C.; Alesi, D.; Radice, F.; Figueroa, F.; Toro, F.; Liebergall, M.; Stegeman, M.; Tagil, M.; Lenza, M.; Sancheti, P.; Ranawat, A.; Calvo, R.; Guiloff, R.; Robbins, L.; Irarrazaval, S.; Zaffagnini, S.; Jung, T.; Winkler, T., Orthopedic Residency Programs: What are Our Current Goals? An International Society of Orthopedic Centers (ISOC) Delphi Consensus, «HSS JOURNAL», 2025, N/A, Article number: 15563316251337359 , pp. N/A - N/A [Scientific article]

Grassi, A.; Altovino, E.; Lucidi, G. A.; Maitan, N.; Viotto, M.; Zaffagnini, S., Patient Position and General Setting in Osteotomy Around the Knee, in: Easy Planning in Elective Primary Orthopedic Procedures Book © 2024, CHAM, Springer Cham, 2025, pp. 171 - 177 [Chapter or essay]

Raggi, Federico; Cerasoli, Tosca; Alesi, Domenico; MARCHEGGIANI MUCCIOLI, GIULIO MARIA; Zaffagnini, Marco; Tassinari, Enrico; Zaffagnini, Stefano, Patient Position and General Setting in Total Hip Arthroplasty, in: Easy Planning in Elective Primary Orthopedic Procedures, Bologna, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, 2025, pp. 85 - 96 [Chapter or essay]

Galteri, Giulia; Betti, Valentina; Alesi, Domenico; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Palanca, Marco; Morellato, Kavin; Gruppioni, Emanuele; Cristofolini, Luca, PATIENT-MATCHED MULTI-PARAMETRIC OSSEOINTEGRATED STEMS FOR TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES: PRE-CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, in: 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 2025, pp. 1 - 1 (atti di: 30th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Zürich, Switzerland, 6 – 9 July 2025) [Abstract]

Helito, C. P.; Da Silva, A. G. M.; Guimarães, T. M.; De Araujo, I. F.; Marques, I. G.; Grassi, A.; Zaffagnini, S., Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction With Hybrid Over-the-Top Femoral Fixation, Transphyseal Tibial Fixation, and Tibial All-Epiphyseal Anterolateral Ligament Fixation Using Attached Hamstring Autograft, «ARTHROSCOPY TECHNIQUES», 2025, 14, pp. 1 - 7 [Scientific article]Open Access

Grassi, A.; Agostinone, P.; Dal Fabbro, G.; Lucidi, G. A.; Pagano, A.; Zaffagnini, S., Planning in Distal Femoral Osteotomy for Valgus Knee, in: Easy Planning in Elective Primary Orthopedic Procedures, CHAM, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, pp. 189 - 195 [Chapter or essay]

Grassi, A.; Davidoni, V.; Dal Fabbro, G.; Agostinone, P.; Zaffagnini, S., Planning in High Tibial Osteotomy for Varus Knee, in: Easy Planning in Elective Primary Orthopedic Procedures, CHAM, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, pp. 179 - 188 [Chapter or essay]

Tassinari, E.; Minerba, A.; Basile, T.; Bucciarelli, A.; Traina, F.; Grigolo, B.; Zaffagnini, S.; Olivotto, E., Post-operative injection of hydrolyzed collagen peptides shows anti-inflammatory effect in patients with femoroacetabular impingement improving the early recovery, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70158 , pp. 1 - 11 [Scientific article]Open Access

Galteri, Giulia; Betti, Valentina; Alesi, Domenico; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Palanca, Marco; Morellato, Kavin; Gruppioni, Emanuele; Cristofolini, Luca, PRECLINICAL STUDY ON A PERSONALIZED OSSEOINTEGRATED STEM FOR TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES, in: World Congress of Orthopaedic Research, 2025, pp. 1 - 1 (atti di: World Congress of Orthopaedic Research, Adelaide, Australia, 8-11 ottobre 2025) [Abstract]