Väitöskirjaprojektit
LL Tero Irmola
Julkaisut tähän mennessä
Irmola T, Ponkilainen V, Mäkelä KT, Robertsson O, W-Dahl A, Furnes O, Fenstad AM, Pedersen AB, Schrøder HM, Niemeläinen MJ, Eskelinen A. Impact of Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) collaboration on demographics, methods and revision rates in knee arthroplasty: a register-based study from NARA 2000-2017. Acta Orthop. 2022 Nov 28;93:866-873. doi: 10.2340/17453674.2022.5256.
Irmola T, Ponkilainen V, Mäkelä KT, Robertsson O, W-Dahl A, Furnes O, Fenstad AM, Pedersen AB, Schrøder HM, Eskelinen A, Niemeläinen MJ. Association between fixation type and revision risk in total knee arthroplasty patients aged 65 years and older: a cohort study of 265,877 patients from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association 2000-2016. Acta Orthop. 2021 Feb;92(1):91-96. doi: 10.1080/17453674.2020.1837422.
Irmola T, Kangas J, Eskelinen A, Niemeläinen M, Huhtala H, Mattila VM, Moilanen T. Functional outcome of total knee replacement: a study protocol for a prospective, double-blinded, parallel-group randomized, clinical controlled trial of novel, personalized and conventional implants. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Oct 12;20(1):443. doi: 10.1186/s12891-019-2830-7.
LL Anni Rajamäki
Julkaisut tähän mennessä
Rajamäki A, Reito A, Karsikas M, Niemeläinen M, Eskelinen A. Predicting persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty using different machine learning algorithms. Acta Orthop. 2026 Jun 22; 97:423-429. doi: 10.2340/17453674.2026.45965
Rajamäki A, Lehtovirta L, Niemeläinen M, Reito A, Parkkinen J, Peräniemi S, Vepsäläinen J, Eskelinen A. Mild aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesion (ALVAL)-type reactions also present in patients with failed knee prostheses. Bone Joint Res. 2024 Apr 4;13(4):149-156. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.134.BJR-2023-0255.R1.
Rajamäki A, Niemeläinen M, Junnila M, Lehtovirta L, Karsikas M, Ponkilainen V, Eskelinen A. Thicker polyethylene inserts (≥ 13 mm) increase the risk for early failure after primary cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty (TKA): a single-centre study of 7643 TKAs. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Oct 7. doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-07189-8.
LL Petteri Krannila
LK Elisa Kosonen
LK Mikko Pulkkanen
LK Juho Walden
Julkaisut tähän mennessä
Waldén J, Reito A, Niemeläinen M, Eskelinen A. Preoperative age, BMI and KL grade predict long-term functional outcome of knee arthroplasty better than CPAK-classification. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2026 May 20. doi: 10.1002/ksa.70455.
