Musculoskeletal Injections Manual

This book presents a comprehensive and updated overview of musculoskeletal injections with biologic and non-biologic injectable agents – a new trend of treatment in orthopaedics and sports medicine.Published in collaboration with ESSKA, it incorporates internal ongoing debates fostered by their U45 Committee and the Orthobiologics Initiative (ORBIT), which enroll a broad international group of dedicated clinicians and researchers.The topics covered mirror this fast evolving field which ranges from basic science knowledge to treatment options in sports traumatology. Renowned experts in the field examine and critically discuss each aspect, including existing controversies concerning indications and applications as well as the choice between biologic and non-biologic injections. Clear practical indications, subdivided by anatomical region and supported by a wealth of intra-procedural images, are aimed to support young surgeons in the application of musculoskeletal injections. Written by an international panel of clinicians and researchers, active in the field of orthobiology and sports medicine, this manual is an invaluable reference tool for all those involved in injectional therapies and sports traumatology.

Baris Kocaoglu is a Professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine at Acibadem University Faculty of Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey. He serves as a council and extended board member of the European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and is the editor of the ESSKA Academy. Additionally, he is an Associate Editor of the KSSTA (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy) journal. He completed his sports medicine fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA, between 2006 and 2007 and the ESSKA-AOSSM Travelling Fellowship in 2019. He worked as the chair of the ESSKA U-45 Committee from 2020 to 2022. He has been a faculty member of numerous cadaver courses and national and international meetings in the field of sports medicine. He has 96 SCI and SCI-extended indexed publications, and he is the corresponding author of 76 of them. He has authored 10 international book chapters on sports injuries. He has been one of the editors of ESSKA books, including 'Basketball Sports Medicine and Science' and 'How to Present a Scientific Study'Dr. Lior Laver (ISR), MD, is s Sports Orthopaedic surgeon, from Israel and currently based at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center (HYMC) in Hadera, Israel - A Technion University Hospital. Dr. Laver’s main practice involves arthroscopic treatment of sports related injuries of the knee, hip and shoulder. His main field of research is treatment outcomes and return to sport decision making in athletic populations. He is also the co-chair of ESSKA-ORBIT (The European Orthobiologics initiative) as well as a board member of the European Sports Medicine Associates (ESMA) section in ESSKA. Dr. Laver is currently the head physician at the Israeli Football Association and is also one of the lead consultants of the Medical and Health sciences platform at the European Handball Federation (EHF). He brings a unique perspective, combining his personal experience as a former professional handball player at high international level and the hands on medical experience that he has accumulated internationally with some of the highest level organizations such as the FC Barcelona football club in Spain, Duke University athletics department (football and basketball) in the US and Israeli top clubs as Maccabi Tel-Aviv football club, Bnei-HaSharon basketball club, the Israeli national teams in volleyball and of course - handball. Dr Laver is the lead editor of 2 recent sport-specific sports medicine books: "Basketball Sports Medicine and Science" and "Handball Sports Medicine - basic science, injury management and return to sport".Laura de Girolamo, PhD was born and grew up in Italy, where she received her MSc in Biology and Ph.D from the University of Milan. She got her post-doctoral training between the Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute and other international centres among which the Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Harvard University of Boston. She is currently the Director of the Orthopaedic Biotechnolo