Based on the principles of rigorous, professional and fair, Arthroplasty invited more than 20 top experts from the United States, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Indonesia and China recommended by the Editor-in-Chief to form a review board to conduct a double-blind review of all participating articles.

After a month of intense and fair review, a total of 10 winners were selected, including two Golden Award Winners, two Silver Award Winners, and six Excellent Award Winners. Arthroplasty and the review board warmly congratulate the award winner for their diligent work and accomplishment.

Please find detailed information about the winners as follows:

Golden Award

A preliminary study on the application of deep learning method based on convolutional network to PJI pathological diagnosis
Authors: Ye Tao, Hanwen Hu, Jie Li, Mengting Li, Qing-Yuan Zheng, Guoqiang Zhang & Ming Ni

Outcomes of Novel 3D-Printed Fully Porous Titanium Cup and a Cemented Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Liner in Complex and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
Authors: Ittai Shichman, Lindsey Somerville, William Lutes, Stephen A. Jones, Richard McCalden & Ran Schwarzkopf

Silver Award

Association of preoperative variables of ipsilateral hip abductor muscles with gait function after total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective study
Authors: Tadashi Yasuda, Satoshi Ota, Shinnosuke Yamashita, Yoshihiro Tsukamoto & Eijiro Onishi

Could surgical transepicondylar axis be identified accurately in preoperative 3D plan for total knee arthroplasty? A reproducibility study based on 3D-CT
Authors: Kai Lei, Liming Liu, Jiangming Luo, Chao Ma, Qing Feng, Liu Yang & Lin Guo

Excellence Award

Pre- and postoperative physiotherapy using a digital application decreases length of stay without reducing patient outcomes following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Max Hardwick-Morris, Simon Carlton, Joshua Twiggs, Brad Miles & David Liu

Does resilience predict hospital length of stay after total knee arthroplasty? A prospective observational cohort study
Authors: Marie K. March, Alison R. Harmer, Bijoy Thomas, Amy Maitland, Deborah Black & Sarah Dennis

Incidence and risk factors for acute kidney injury after total joint arthroplasty
Authors: Chun Wai Hung, Theodore S. Zhang, Melvyn A. Harrington & Mohamad J. Halawi

Slight femoral under-correction versus neutral alignment in total knee arthroplasty with preoperative varus knees: a comparative study
Authors: Kai Lei, Li-Ming Liu, Peng-Fei Yang, Ran Xiong, De-Jie Fu, Liu Yang & Lin Guo

Does robotic technology successfully restore the joint line after total knee arthroplasty? A retrospective analysis
Authors: Varun O. Agrawal, Anup P. Gadekar & Narendra Vaidya

Morphometric analysis of the Filipino knee and its implication in total knee arthroplasty prosthesis design
Authors: Cleff Lucero Flores & Jose Antonio G. San Juan