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  1. Encouraging recovery or avoiding risk? A proposed clinical framework for rehabilitation decision-making after fragility fractures

    Article • Injury, June 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  2. Assessing the prevalence of spinal deformities and their clinical effects in adolescent Egyptian males: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  3. Fixation of unstable sacral fractures by transpedicular system: a prospective study

    Article • International Orthopaedics, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  4. Modified serrated-tip cannulated screwdriver as a sleeve for anterior column screw insertion in percutaneous acetabular fixation: A technical note and a report of two cases

    Article • Injury, November 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  5. Triangular Osteosynthesis in Spinopelvic Injuries: Reliable Fixation or a Source of Complications?

    Article • Injury, October 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  6. Single trans-iliac trans-sacral screw (STITSS) versus dual iliosacral screws (ISS) in fixation of unstable pelvic ring disruptions

    Article • Injury, July 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  7. Locked Plate Impregnated with Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement Application as a First Stage For Managing Long Bones Infected Nonunion: A Technical Note

    Article • Traumatology and Orthopedics of Russia, June 2025, ECO-Vector LLC

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  8. Sarcopenia and its associated factors among hip fracture patients admitted to a North African (Egyptian) Level one trauma center, a cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  9. Immediate Weight-Bearing after tibial plateau fractures Enhances spatiotemporal gait parameters and minimize fall Risk: A randomized clinical trial

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, May 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  10. Irreducible Locked Symphysis Pubis Disruption Caused by Incarcerated Urinary Bladder in a 14-year-Old Boy, a Case Report and Review of the Literature

    Article • Orthopedic Research and Reviews, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  11. Immediate weight-bearing after tibial plateau fractures internal fixation results in better clinical outcomes with similar radiological outcomes: a randomized clinical trial

    Article • International Orthopaedics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  12. Admission Blood Glucose Level with a Cutoff Value of 15 mmol/L Is a Reliable Predictor of Mortality in Polytraumatized Patients—a Prospective, Observational, Longitudinal Study From a North African Level One Trauma Center

    Article • Orthopedic Research and Reviews, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  13. Advancements in Biomaterials for Enhanced Management of Fragility Fractures: A Look into the Future

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  14. Enhancing Orthopaedic and Traumatology Implant Efficacy: Innovations in Surface Modification Techniques

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  15. Single Trans-Iliac Trans-Sacral Screw (Stitss) Versus Dual Iliosacral Screws (Iss) in Fixation of Unstable Pelvic Ring Disruptions

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  16. Removing hardware from anterior approaches following acetabular fractures: a challenging yet indicated procedure

    Article • International Orthopaedics, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  17. Early experience using vacuum-assisted closure for managing soft tissue injuries in open type IIIB tibial fractures, a non-randomised controlled trial from a North African level one trauma centre

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedics Trauma and Rehabilitation, September 2024, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  18. Epidemiology of acetabular fractures in elderly patients and the effect of various management options on the outcomes. A comprehensive narrative review

    Article • International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, May 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  19. Less Invasive Triangular Osteosynthesis in the Management of AO Type-B Unstable Sacral Fractures

    Article • Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, April 2024, Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Research Society

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  20. Unclassified acetabular fractures: Do they really exist?

    Article • European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  21. Efficient hip joint distraction using the AO large femoral distractor in treating acetabular fractures associated with marginal impaction and intraarticular incarcerated fragments

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  22. Correction: Incidence and geographic characteristics of the population with osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt— by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

    Article • Archives of Osteoporosis, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  23. Impact of Nursing Instructions and Exercises Training on Functional Outcomes for Patients with Pelvic Fixation Surgery

    Article • Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences (PJLSS), January 2024, Elite Scientific Forum

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  24. Leadership development training for orthopaedic trauma surgeons: an international survey

    Article • OTA International The Open Access Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, December 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Assoc. Prof. Wojciech M Glinkowski, Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  25. Surgical management of an acetabular fracture in type- I osteogenesis imperfecta through a modified Stoppa approach - A case report and literature review

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Reports, December 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  26. Clinical versus radiological method for adjusting rotational alignment during femoral shaft fractures intramedullary nailing and the malrotation impact on the functional outcomes: early results from a prospective cohort study

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  27. Health economics: direct cost of osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt—an analysis for the Egyptian healthcare system by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

    Article • Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  28. Establishing Consensus on Essential Resources for Musculoskeletal Trauma Care Worldwide

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, September 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Assoc. Prof. Wojciech M Glinkowski, Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  29. Incidence and geographic characteristics of the population with osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt— by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

    Article • Archives of Osteoporosis, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  30. Tibial Bone Loss: How to Treat without Circular Fixation?

    Article • Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma, April 2023, Knowledge E

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  31. Efficient hip joint distraction using the AO large femoral distractor in treating acetabular fractures associated with marginal impaction and intraarticular incarcerated fragments

    Article • January 2023, Research Square

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  32. Padrão incomum de impacto marginal osteocondral em fraturas acetabulares. Um relatório de dois casos

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, September 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  33. Surgical management of paediatric pelvic fractures: a prospective case series and early experience from a level one Egyptian trauma centre

    Article • International Orthopaedics, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  34. Evaluation of Rotational Malalignment after Intramedullary Nailing of the Femur

    Article • The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, July 2022, Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  35. Burnout syndrome (BOS) among resident doctors in an Egyptian tertiary care university hospital: Prevalence and determinants during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • International Journal of Social Psychiatry, June 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  36. Surgical Approaches for Managing Femoral Head Fractures (FHFs); What and How to Choose from the Different Options?

    Article • Orthopedic Research and Reviews, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  37. Surgical hip dislocation in fixation of acetabular fractures: Extended indications and outcome

    Article • Injury, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  38. Management of anterior associated types of acetabular fractures utilizing the modified Stoppa and the pararectus approaches: a prospective cohort study and early experience from a level one Egyptian trauma centre

    Article • International Orthopaedics, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  39. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  40. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Prof Marcello Migliore

  41. Mortality incidence and its determinants after fragility hip fractures: a prospective cohort study from an Egyptian level one trauma center

    Article • African Health Sciences, August 2021, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  42. Total hip arthroplasty periprosthetic infection management, the dilemma remains

    Article • Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research, July 2021, Scientific Scholar

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  43. Biomaterials and technologies in the management of periprosthetic infection after total hip arthroplasty: An updated review

    Article • Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research, July 2021, Scientific Scholar

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  44. A Protocol to Systematic Radiographic Assessment of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

    Article • Orthopedic Research and Reviews, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  45. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Emre Balık, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Professor Khaled Saad

  46. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Fernando Cordera, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Prof Marcello Migliore

  47. Egyptian consensus on treat-to-target approach for osteoporosis: a clinical practice guideline from the Egyptian Academy of bone health and metabolic bone diseases

    Article • Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  48. Management of femoral head fractures through surgical hip dislocation (SHD): a demanding but safe technique

    Article • Archives of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  49. Short-column acetabular fracture fixation through a mini-pararectus approach in anteriorly displaced acetabular fractures: A case series

    Article • Current Orthopaedic Practice, October 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  50. Assessment of Interobserver Variability for CT Scan–Based Evaluation of Posterior Ligament Complex Injury in Thoracolumbar Fractures: An International Multicenter Pilot Study

    Article • Global Spine Journal, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  51. Effectiveness of home based intervention program in reducing mortality of hip fracture patients: A non-randomized controlled trial

    Article • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  52. Predictors of mortality after pelvic fractures: a retrospective cohort study from a level one trauma centre in Upper Egypt

    Article • International Orthopaedics, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  53. Current Status of Musculoskeletal Trauma Care Systems Worldwide

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  54. Femoral malalignment after gamma nail insertion in the lateral decubitus position

    Article • SICOT-J, January 2018, EDP Sciences

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  55. Osteoporosis among hospitalized patients with proximal femoral fractures in Assiut University Trauma Unit, Egypt

    Article • Archives of Osteoporosis, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  56. Hypovitaminosis D Among Patients Admitted With Hip Fracture to a Level-1 Trauma Center in the Sunny Upper Egypt

    Article • Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  57. Pattern and Trend of Injuries Among Trauma Unit Attendants in Upper Egypt

    Article • Trauma Monthly, March 2016, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  58. Erratum to: Late fixation of vertically unstable type-C pelvic fractures: difficulties and surgical solutions

    Article • European Orthopaedics and Traumatology, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  59. Late fixation of vertically unstable type-C pelvic fractures: difficulties and surgical solutions

    Article • European Orthopaedics and Traumatology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  60. Minimal invasive para-rectus approach for limited open reduction and percutaneous fixation of displaced acetabular fractures

    Article • Injury, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  61. Two-Stage Surgical Treatment for Non-Union of a Shortened Osteoporotic Femur

    Article • Trauma Monthly, May 2013, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  62. Management of high-energy tibial plateau fractures by Ilizarov external fixator

    Article • European Orthopaedics and Traumatology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  63. Abstracts

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  64. Non-Anatomical Surgical Solutions for Difficult Non-Unions: Case Series

    Article • Trauma Monthly, January 2013, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  65. Hospitalized injuries and deaths in a trauma unit in upper Egypt

    Article • International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, January 2013, Medknow

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  66. 13th European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  67. Bone mineral density among reproductive age women in rural Upper Egypt

    Article • Journal of Public Health, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  68. Bone mineral density in women of a low socioeconomic level using DMPA for contraception in rural Upper Egypt

    Article • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, March 2010, Wiley

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  69. Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy with single-angled 130° plate fixation for fractures and non-unions of the femoral neck: reply to Aditya N. Aggarwal and Anil Agarwal

    Article • International Orthopaedics, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  70. Valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy with single-angled 130° plate fixation for fractures and non-unions of the femoral neck

    Article • International Orthopaedics, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  71. Intramedullary fibular graft and quadricortical plate fixation in atrophic non-union of the osteoporotic humerus

    Article • Injury Extra, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  72. Delayed union of multifragmentary diaphyseal fractures after bridge-plate fixation

    Article • International Orthopaedics, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  73. Erratum to “Salvage of failed dynamic hip screw fixation of intertrochanteric fractures” [Injury 37 (2) (2006) 194–202]

    Article • Injury, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  74. Salvage of failed dynamic hip screw fixation of intertrochanteric fractures

    Article • Injury, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  75. An irreducible variant of intertrochanteric fractures: a technique for open reduction

    Article • Injury, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  76. The Use of a Locked Plate in the Treatment of Ununited Femoral Shaft Fractures

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, October 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  77. Surgical treatment of chronic complete acromioclavicular dislocation

    Article • International Orthopaedics, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  78. Locked plate fixation for femoral shaft fractures

    Article • International Orthopaedics, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  79. Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis: Does Percutaneous Plating Disrupt Femoral Blood Supply Less Than the Traditional Technique?

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, August 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  80. Effects of percutaneous and conventional plating techniques on the blood supply to the femur

    Article • Archives of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, October 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  81. Vergleich eines durchleuchtungsfreien mechanischen Zielsystems und einer Freihandtechnik für die Plazierung von distalen Verriegelungsschrauben von Tibianägeln

    Article • Der Chirurg, November 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk

  82. Biomechanics of femoral interlocking nails in the bone implant complex

    Article • Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr Osama Farouk