Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstruction
#MYMOSTCHALLENGINGCASE winners spotlight in myAO’s Editor’s Pick
In this month’s Editor’s pick, myAO is featuring the Trauma and Sports winning cases of the #MYMOSTCHALLENGINGCASE competition, submitted by Alexander Lerner, Diomyd Chabanenko and Mostafa Zied.
We invite you to review these challenging cases, engage with them by applauding or sharing your comments and congratulate the winners. You can also save the cases to your CaseFolio for future reference by clicking on the bookmarking icon.
Alexander Lerner, Israel
Alexander Lerner, MD, PhD, is a cum laude graduate of the Faculty of Medicine with over 30 years of experience at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa and Ziv Medical Center in Safed. He is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Israel. Specializing in limb reconstruction after severe trauma, including war injuries, and complex limb deformity corrections, Dr. Lerner is also the author of four books published by Springer.
Diomyd Chabanenko, Ukraine
Dr. Diomyd Chabanenko, M.D., graduated from Odessa National Medical University in 2002, and he has over 20 years of trauma experience. He began his career as a general trauma surgeon at Bilhorod-Dniestrovsky Regional Hospital, where he became interested in hip surgery and intramedullary osteosynthesis. Since 2009, he has worked as a general trauma surgeon at Odessa Regional Hospital and as a professor’s assistant at Odessa National Medical University, focusing on lower limb surgery and all kinds of emergency trauma care.
Mostafa Zied, Egypt
Mostafa Samir Zied, M.D., MSc, EFORT, graduated in 2012 and boasts over 10 years of orthopedic expertise. Formerly associated with Helmya Military Hospital and El-Bank AlAhaly Hospital, he currently serves as a senior registrar at El-Maadi Charity Hospital and Electricity Company Hospital. He has been practicing sports medicine since 2019.
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