Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia

Aims & Scope

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (RBO) / Brazilian Journal of Orthopaedics is the Official Scientific Publication of the Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, SBOT) and it aims to disseminate papers that contribute towards improving and developing the practice, research, and teaching of orthopaedics and related specialties.

It is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December, and has been published regularly since its first edition in 1965.

The journal is dedicated to orthopaedists who are linked to the SBOT, healthcare professionals who are dedicated to similar activities, and orthopaedists in other countries.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Síndrome do túnel do carpo – Parte I (anatomia, fisiologia, etiologia e diagnóstico)

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Michel, Jorge, Lauren Marquardt, Renato Matta, Francisco Carlos, Jefferson Braga

• Qualidade de vida após artroplastia total do joelho: revisão sistemática

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Robson Rocha, Ayrton André Melo, José, Marcos Almeida

• Avaliação do ligamento anterolateral do joelho por meio de exame de ressonância magnética

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Camilo Partezani, Marco Kawamura, Paulo Victor Partezani, Hugo Pereira, Marcelo Batista, Jose Ricardo, Marcelo Bordalo, Gilberto Luis

• Efeitos do plasma rico em plaquetas na epicondilite lateral do cotovelo: estudo prospectivo, randomizado e controlado

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Evandro Pereira, Rafael Ramos, Maiara, Tiago Moreno, Roberto Ryuiti, José Antônio

• Subcondroplastia no tratamento de lesões medulares ósseas no joelho – Experiência inicial

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Marcelo Batista, Pedro Nogueira, Camilo Partezani, José Ricardo, Gilberto Luis, Marco Kawamura

• Lesões do canto posterolateral do joelho: uma revisão completa da anatomia ao tratamento cirúrgico

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Bernardo, Evan W., Leonardo, Robert F.

• Lesão parcial do ligamento cruzado anterior: diagnóstico e tratamento

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Eduardo Frois, Lúcio, Bertrand, Pierre

• Osteocondroma: ignorar ou investigar?

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Antônio Marcelo Gonçalves, Rosalvo Zósimo

• Mortalidade em um ano de pacientes idosos com fratura do quadril tratados cirurgicamente num hospital do Sul do Brasil

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel, Roberto Deves, Liégenes, Eduardo Terra, Jonathan, Alfonso Soria‐Galvarro

• É seguro o uso de anestésico local com adrenalina na cirurgia da mão? Técnica WALANT

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Pedro José, Leonardo de Andrade, Priscilla