No. 027: January-February 2024

This month, we are honored to feature an interview with Joan Leal, a Spanish orthopedic surgeon whose career reflects the integration of national practice into the European academic framework. Trained in Madrid and Lyon, Leal has focused on robotic-assisted knee arthroplasty and served as former president of the Spanish orthopedic society, advocating for clinical excellence, resident mentorship, and the role of individualized alignment and artificial intelligence in advancing the specialty.

The clinical contributions center on knee arthroplasty and perioperative management. Two articles address surgical precision: trochlear sulcus modeling for femoral implant positioning during navigated TKA and conventional navigation with the extension gap first technique for proper bone cuts in TKA. The influence of audiovisual information on preoperative expectations in total knee replacement is also examined. Further contributions address multiligament knee injuries and gait analysis and the surgical classification and outcomes of third-generation percutaneous intramedullary nailing for displaced two-part surgical-neck fractures.