Nordic Innovative Trial to Evaluate osteoPorotic fractures
NITEP research group (Nordic Innovative Trial to Evaluate osteoPorotic fractures) has studied the treatment and prevalence of upper extremity fractures since 2009. The group has received Academy of Finland Project Funding twice (Minna Laitinen, 2013, and Ville Mattila, 2018). This Tampere driven research collaboration brings together centres from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia. At present we are conducting randomized clinical trials on proximal humerus fractures and wrist fractures.
Contacts: Professor Ville Mattila, docent Antti Launonen
Find out more at the NITEP website: www.nitep.eu
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency care and surgery
The collaborative multicentre study seeks to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related societal restrictions and healthcare preparedness measures on emergency care demand and on surgical procedures in Finnish population.
Contact: Professor Ville Mattila
Polytrauma research
The research seeks to investigate the prognosis, quality of life, return to work, and treatment costs of severely injured patients treated at intensive care units. Some of the research data is collected from the Tampere University Hospital Trauma Registry, founded in 2015. The polytrauma research is carried out in collaboration with both domestic partners (e.g. Central Finland Central Hospital, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Kuopio University Hospital) as well as foreign ones (e.g. German TR-DGU registry collaboration).
Contact: Antti Riuttanen
Translation and implementation of research evidence into practice
The purpose of this international collaboration project is to track changes in the operative treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders and conditions. We are interested in how new high-quality randomized clinical trials change treatment practices used by orthopaedists. We have two partners from Sweden, Karolinska Institutet and Socialstyrelsen (the National Board of Health and Welfare).
Contact: Professor Ville Mattila
TOoShaDe – Treatment Outcomes and Shared Decision Making in orthopaedics and traumatology
The purpose of the research project is to promote awareness of shared decision making and conduct clinical, comparative research on and around the topic.
Contacts: MD, PhD, Docent Aleksi Reito and MD, PhD, Docent Antti Launonen
ReWOrth – Reproducibility and Value Within Orthopaedics and Traumatology Research
The purpose of the ReWOrth research group is to conduct meta-research (”research on research”) within orthopaedics and strive to highlight methodological issues relevant to reproducibility in orthopaedics. Moreover, the research group seeks to determine how orthopaedic research creates value for patients and healthcare.
Contact: MD, PhD, Docent Aleksi Reito
Patellar dislocation research
The purpose of this research project is to determine the optimal treatment for primary traumatic patellar dislocation, and, on the other hand, to investigate the incidence of articular cartilage damage and its effect on the prognosis.
Contact: MD Essi Salonen
Research on osteotomy of the foot
This research project compares the osteotomy fixation capacity of a novel bioabsorbable screw to that of a titanium screw in foot surgery. Also, the reliability of bioabsorbable pins in Chevron osteotomy is evaluated. Furthermore, we examine the removal rates of metal screws and plates used in ankle surgery.
Contacts: Nikke Partio, Heikki Mäenpää
Lisfranc-RCT
This national multicentre study investigating the treatment of midfoot fracture (Lisfranc injury) compares operative and conservative treatment in CT scan confirmed Lisfranc injuries.
Contact: Nikke Partio
Collaboration projects
POSITIF (Prosthesis versus Osteosynthesis in Treatment of Intra-articular Fractures of Proximal Tibia) RCT
The purpose of the randomized multicentre trial is to assess which is the better treatment option for intra-articular fractures of proximal tibia in patients over 65 years of age, a knee replacement or osteosynthesis with a locking plate. The trial is led by Professor Juha Paloneva of Central Finland Central Hospital. Tampere University Hospital and Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement participate as one of the centres in the study. The study is also joined by Oulu University Hospital.
Contact: Valtteri Tapper (valtteri.tapper@pshp.fi)