Gaetano Pappalardo

About

Gaetano Pappalardo, MD, is an Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Medical Consultant and Researcher at Pineta Grande Hospital, Italy.

He graduated cum laude in Medicine and Surgery from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, where his medical thesis was selected for publication in an international scientific journal.

He completed his postgraduate specialist training in Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Germany, undertaking advanced clinical and surgical training at European centres of excellence in spine surgery and hip arthroplasty. During his training, he developed expertise in contemporary minimally invasive and reconstructive surgical techniques, with a particular focus on the management of complex spinal disorders and degenerative and traumatic conditions of the musculoskeletal system.

His academic and clinical interests include spinal surgery, spinal deformity, minimally invasive and instrumented spine surgery, postoperative and implant-related spinal infections, and hip arthroplasty. His research activity is focused on improving surgical outcomes, developing evidence-based clinical protocols, and investigating innovative strategies in orthopaedic and spinal surgery.

Employment

• Pineta Grande Hospital Consultant

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (11)

• Total wrist arthroplasty efficacy and safety: a systematic review
  Gaetano Pappalardo, Luise Schäfer, Domenico Falco +3 more
  Journal of Orthopaedics 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2026.04.001
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• Comparison of Different Molecular Weights of Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Level I Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis
  Biomedicines 2025 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13010175
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• Continuous femoral nerve block as pain management following total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review
  Filippo Migliorini, Gaetano Pappalardo, Tommaso Bardazzi +5 more
  Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-025-05855-3
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• No Effect of Cigarette Smoking in the Outcome of Arthroscopic Management for Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review
  Ludovico Lucenti, Nicola Maffulli, Tommaso Bardazzi +3 more
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13237214
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• Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review
  Alice Baroncini, Nicola Maffulli, Marco Pilone +4 more
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13226864
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• Negative pressure wound therapy in the management of postoperative spinal wound infections: a systematic review
  Gaetano Pappalardo, Sascha V. Schneider, Andreas Kotsias +3 more
  European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-024-03983-x
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• Superior mesenteric artery syndrome following spine surgery in idiopathic adolescent scoliosis: a systematic review
  Gaetano Pappalardo, Enrico Pola, Fracesca Alzira Bertini +4 more
  European Journal of Medical Research 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-024-02002-3
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• Between guidelines and clinical trials: evidence-based advice on the pharmacological management of non-specific chronic low back pain.
  Filippo Migliorini, Raju Vaishya, Gaetano Pappalardo +3 more
  BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06537-0
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• Orthopaedic, trauma surgery, and Covid-2019 pandemic: clinical panorama and future prospective in Europe.
  European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-022-01978-z
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• Recovery from Chronic Diseases of Consciousness: State of the Art in Neuromodulation for Persistent Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State.
  Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_4
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• Experimental Endoscopic Angular Domains of Transnasal and Transoral Routes to the Craniovertebral Junction: Light and Shade.
  Spine 2016 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001288
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