Personalized Medicine in Orthopedics and Traumatology: Updates and Challenges
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Personalized Therapy and Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: shoulder surgery; total joint arthroplasty
2. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr. Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
Interests: spine surgery; periprosthetic joint infection; septic arthritis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is ongoing discussion about optimizing treatment concepts in lumbar spine surgery and endoprosthetics to address the needs of both elderly patients and highly active individuals. It is increasingly clear that the traditional “one treatment fits all” approach is being replaced by individualized strategies tailored to each patient’s anatomical, functional, and clinical situation.
In the field of lumbar spine disorders, personalized surgical planning, implant selection, and rehabilitation protocols are gaining importance to improve outcomes in degenerative conditions, instability, and trauma. Similarly, in endoprosthetics, patient-specific implant positioning, risk-adjusted perioperative management, and individualized rehabilitation are becoming key components of modern treatment strategies.
This Special Issue aims to promote research and clinical applications that integrate patient-specific factors into decision-making and treatment workflows in lumbar spine surgery and joint replacement.
We welcome scholars to submit review articles and original research articles related to orthopedics and traumatology, and personalized medicine.
Dr. Jan Reinhard
Guest Editor
Dr. Melanie Ardelt
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- personalized lumbar spine surgery
- patient-specific implants in endoprosthetics
- targeted drug delivery in spine and joint surgery
- precision medicine in degenerative lumbar disorders
- computer-assisted surgical planning
- risk-adapted strategies in endoprosthetics
- individualized rehabilitation after joint replacement
- functional optimization in lumbar fusion and arthroplasty
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