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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

Raggi, F.; Alesi, D.; Zaffagnini, M.; Casali, M.; Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria; Romagnoli, M.; Zaffagnini, Stefano, Preoperative Planning for Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty, in: Easy Planning in Elective Primary Orthopedic Procedures, Bologna, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, 2025, pp. 97 - 104 [Chapter or essay]

Kayaalp, M. E.; Zaffagnini, S.; Mont, M. A.; Karlsson, J.; Reider, B.; Ayeni, O.; Heyse, T.; Madry, H.; Herbst, E.; Milano, G.; Musahl, V.; Becker, R.; Hirschmann, M. T., Preserving Scientific Integrity in Academic Publishing: Navigating Artificial Intelligence, Journal Policies, and the Impact Factor as a Quality Indicator, «THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY», 2025, N/A, pp. N/A - N/A [Scientific article]

Alesi, Domenico; Rinaldi, Vito Gaetano; Cerasoli, Tosca; Valente, Davide; Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria; Zaffagnini, Stefano, Reproducibility of a new device for robotic-assisted TKA surgery, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70153 , pp. 1 - 7 [Scientific article]Open Access

Zaffagnini, S.; Grassi, A.; Di Paolo, S.; Viotto, M.; Agostinone, P., Return to Sport After ACL Injury, in: Sports Injuries, CHAM, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, pp. 2393 - 2406 [Chapter or essay]

Grassi, Alberto; Bonanzinga, Tommaso; Adravanti, Federico Maria; Lucidi, Gian Andrea; Altovino, Emanuele; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Marcacci, Maurilio, Return to Sport and Risk of Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury in Elite Male Footballers: 10-Year Experience From a Single Center, «ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE», 2025, 13, Article number: 23259671251391362 , pp. 1 - 16 [Scientific article]Open Access

Zaffagnini, S.; Lucidi, G. A.; Pizza, N.; Grassi, A.; Dal Fabbro, G., Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, in: Sports Injuries, CHAM, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, pp. 2001 - 2015 [Chapter or essay]

Zaffagnini, S., Senior Editor’s Preface, in: Easy Planning in Elective Primary Orthopedic Procedures, CHAM, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, pp. vii - vii [Preface]

Mosca, Massimiliano; Caravelli, Silvio; Di Ponte, Marco; Gardini, Giammarco; Vocale, Emanuele; Van Dijk, Niek C.; Zaffagnini, Stefano, Surgical technique of an innovative patient‐specific metal implant for talar osteochondral lesions, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70085 , pp. 1 - 11 [Scientific article]Open Access

De Marziani, L.; Zanasi, L.; Roveda, G.; Boffa, A.; Andriolo, L.; Di Martino, A.; Zaffagnini, S.; Filardo, G., Symptoms and joint degeneration correlate with the temperature of osteoarthritic knees: an infrared thermography analysis, «INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 49, pp. 101 - 108 [Scientific article]Open Access

Cimatti, P.; Rocchi, M.; Dallari, B.; Corzani, M.; Caravelli, S.; Mosca, M.; Macchiarola, L.; Morri, M.; Marcheggiani Muccioli, G. M.; Zaffagnini, S.; Dallari, D., Systematic review and meta-analysis of implant-specific outcomes in inlay and onlay patellofemoral arthroplasty for isolated patellofemoral osteoarthritis, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70541 , pp. 1 - 17 [Scientific article]Open Access

Di Paolo, S.; Viotto, M.; Mendicino, M.; Valastro, C.; Grassi, A.; Zaffagnini, S., Testing ACL-Reconstructed Football Players on the Field: An Algorithm to Assess Cutting Biomechanics Injury Risk Through Wearable Sensors, «SPORTS», 2025, 13, Article number: 391 , pp. 1 - 18 [Scientific article]Open Access

Franceschini, M.; Boffa, A.; Di Martino, A.; Pignotti, E.; Andriolo, L.; Zaffagnini, S.; Filardo, G., The minimal clinically important difference changes greatly based on the patient's baseline clinical status, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70137 , pp. 1 - 11 [Scientific article]Open Access

Agostinone, P.; Di Paolo, S.; Grassi, A.; Zaffagnini, S., The Predicted Position of the Knee Near the Time of ACL Rupture Is Similar Between 2 Commonly Observed Patterns of Bone Bruising on MRI: Letter to the Editor, «THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE», 2025, 53, pp. 6 - 7 [Comment or similar]

Longo, U. G.; Papalia, R.; Mazzola, A.; Corradini, A.; De Sire, A.; D'Hooghe, P.; Piergentili, I.; Samuelsson, K.; Zaffagnini, S.; Denaro, V., Tibio-tarsal arthrodesis in Italy: Results from an epidemiological 16-year nationwide study, «JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ORTHOPAEDICS», 2025, 12, Article number: e70302 , pp. 1 - 8 [Scientific article]Open Access

Solaro, Luca; Andriolo, Luca; Di Martino, Alessandro; Grassi, Alberto; Zaffagnini, Stefano; Filardo, Giuseppe, Unicompartmental osteoarthritis: High survival rate with a combined mechanical and biological salvage approach as alternative to metal resurfacing: Results at minimum 10 years of follow‐up, «KNEE SURGERY, SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY, ARTHROSCOPY», 2025, 33, pp. 220 - 228 [Scientific article]Open Access