Chirurgia Narządów Ruchu i Ortopedia Polska
Polish Orthopaedics
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Marek Napiontek, MD, PhD
Ortop Poliklinika, Poznań, Poland
Managing Editors
Mikołaj Dąbrowski, MD, PhD
Department of Adult Spine Orthopedics, W. Dega University Hospital,
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland,
Professor Łukasz Matuszewski, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Rehabilitation,
Faculty of Medicine, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
Professor Tomasz Mazurek, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatologu, Faculty of Medicine,
Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Contact: editors@polishorthopaedics.pl
Supporting Editors
Professor Jarosław Czubak, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics, Pediatric Orthopaedics
and Traumatology, The Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Otwock, Poland
Professor Jacek Kruczyński, MD, PhD
Department of General Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology
and Trauma Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Professor Wolfram Mittelmeier, MD, PhD
Orthopädische Klinik Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany
Professor Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD
Microsurgery Research, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Department of Orthopaedics MC 94, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Professor Marek Synder, MD, PhD
Clinical University Hospital, Łódź, Poland
Professor emeritus Terje Terjesen, MD, PhD
Oslo, Norway
Editorial Advisor
Michał Kułakowski, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic and Trauma Department,
Independent Public Healthcare Center, Rypin, Poland
PTOiTr President
Professor Andrzej Bohatyrewicz, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Orthopaedic
Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
Review Board
Andrzej Boszczyk, MD, PhD
Warsaw, Poland
Professor Jiři Chomiak, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republik
Professor Marcin Domżalski, MD, PhD
Orthopedic and Trauma Department Medical University of Lodz,
Veteran’s Memorial Hospital in Lodz, Poland
Marcin Dzianach, MD, PhD
Rehasport Clinic, Poznań, Poland
Professor Jarosław Fabiś, MD, PhD
Department of Arthroscopy, Mini-invasive Surgery and Sport Traumatology, Medical University, Łódź, Poland
Mirosław Falis, MD, PhD
Association of Health Care Institutions, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System, Ostrów Wlkp, Poland
Professor emeritus Gamal A. Hosny, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics, Benha University Hospitals, Egypt
Professor Artur Gądek, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopedics and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Professor Jacek Gągała, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology,
Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Professor Jan S. Grudziak, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Professor Andrzej Grzegorzewski, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics and Paediatric Orthopaedics,
Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Professor Juliusz Huber, MD, PhD
University of Medical Sciences,
Department of Pathophysiology of Locomotor Organs, Poznań, Poland
Professor Marek Jóźwiak, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology
K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Professor Łukasz Kołodziej, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Orthopaedic Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
Bartłomiej Kowalczyk, MD, PhD
University Children’s Hospital of Kraków, Poland
Professor Tomasz Kotwicki, MD, PhD
Department of Spine and Pediatric Orthopaedics K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Professor Łukasz Kubaszewski, MD, PhD
Department of Adult Spine Orthopedics, W. Dega University Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Henryk Liszka, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopedics and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Professor Przemysław Lubiatowski, MD, PhD
Sport Trauma and Biomechanics Unit, Department of Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, Rehasport Clinic, Poznań, Poland
Łukasz Łapaj, MD, PhD
Department of General Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology
and Trauma Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences,
Poznań, Poland
Pawel Łęgosz, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Małecki, MD, PhD – ad hoc reviewer
Department of Radiotherapy for Children and Adults,
University Children’s Hospital of Cracow, Poland
Professor Tomasz Mazurkiewicz, MD, PhD – ad hoc reviewer
Department of Ortopedics, St. John Cancer Center of the Lublin Region, Lublin, Poland
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery,
Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, Poland
Professor Xavier Martin Oliva, MD, PhD
Anatomy Department and Unit Research in Foot and Ankle,
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Dror Ovadia, MD, PhD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Department, Dana Dwek Children’s Hospital
Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Tomasz Piontek, MD, PhD
Rehasport Clinic, Poznań, Poland
Szymon Pietrzak, MD, PhD
Warsaw, Poland
Professor Leszek Romanowski, MD, PhD
Department of Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Hand Surgery, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Professor Sławomir Snela, MD, PhD
Clinical Orthopedics and Traumatology Department in Clinical
Hospital No 2, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
Professor Marta Tarczyńska, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology,
Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Professor Marcin Tyrakowski, MD, PhD
Department of Spine Disorders and Orthopaedics,
The Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Otwock, Poland
Michał Walczal, MD, PhD
Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Poznań, Poland