LT, dosentti Antti Saarinen - UTU Research Portal

Antti Saarinen
LT, dosentti

- Docent,
Department of Clinical Medicine (Faculty of Medicine)

anjusaa@utu.fi

Research community or research topic

Ortopedia ja traumatologia

Publications

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i-Factor bone graft compared with allograft in spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary comparative study (2026)
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B
Saarinen, Antti J.; Frantzén, Aron; Ahonen, Matti; Helenius, Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The Interplay Between PROM Score Distributions and Treatment Effect Detection Likelihood in Randomized Controlled Trials – A Meta-epidemiologic study (2026)
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Panula, Valtteri; Saarinen, Antti; Vaajala, Matias; Liukkonen, Rasmus; Pakarinen, Oskari; Laaksonen, Juho; Ponkilainen, Ville; Kuitunen, Ilari; Uimonen, Mikko
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The sensitivity of patient-reported outcome measures in surgical and non-surgical care: a systematic review and meta-epidemiological evaluation of randomised controlled trials (2026)
- EClinicalMedicine
Uimonen, Mikko; Vaajala, Matias; Saarinen, Antti; Liukkonen, Rasmus; Pakarinen, Oskari; Laaksonen, Juho; Ponkilainen, Ville; Kuitunen, Ilari; Panula, Valtteri
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Health-related quality of life in syndromic scoliosis treated by segmental pedicle screw instrumentation: a case-control study (2025)
- Acta Orthopaedica
Sallinen, Henri; Saarinen, Antti; Raitio, Arimatias; Ahonen, Matti; Helenius, Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
High Preoperative Body Mass Index Is Associated With Implant Breakage in Patients Treated With Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods for Early-onset Scoliosis (2025)
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
Saarinen, Antti; Andras, Lindsay; Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba; Cahill, Patrick; Guillaume, Tenner; Snyder, Brian; Sponseller, Paul; Sturm, Peter; Vitale, Michael; Helenius, Ilkka; Pediatric Spine Study Group
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mechanical axial instability of segmental pedicle screw instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective cohort study of tulip screw versus dual locking cup instrumentation (2025)
- Acta Orthopaedica
Frantzén, Aron; Saarinen, Antti; Suominen, Eetu; Ahonen, Matti; Helenius, Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Oireyhtymiin liittyvän (syndroomisen) skolioosin leikkaushoidon vaikutus terveyteen liittyvään elämänlaatuun – retrospektiivinen tutkimus (2025)
- Suomen ortopedia ja traumatologia
Sallinen, Henri; Saarinen, Antti; Raitio, Arimatias; Ahonen, Matti; Helenius, Ilkka
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
Preoperative Predictors of Poor Outcomes Following Lumbar Discectomy. A Study based on the National Finspine Registry (2025)
- Spine
Saarinen, Antti; Suominen, Eetu; Pekkanen, Liisa; Malmivaara, Antti; Huttunen, Jukka; Pernaa, Katri; Salo, Henri; Repo, Jussi P.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Response to the Letter to the Editor (2025)
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
Saarinen, Antti J.; Helenius, Ilkka
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
Traditional versus magnetically controlled growing rods for idiopathic early-onset scoliosis: outcomes at 5-year follow-up (2025)
- Spine Journal
Saarinen, Antti J.; Flynn, John M.; Thompson, George H.; Emans, John B.; Sturm, Peter F.; Sponseller, Paul D.; Helenius, Ilkka J.; Pediatric Spine Study Group
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Outcomes after completing growth-friendly surgical treatment for early-onset scoliosis in patients with skeletal dysplasia (2024)
- Bone and Joint Journal
Saarinen, Antti J.; Sponseller, Paul; Thompson, George H.; White, Klane K.; Emans, John; Cahill, Patrick J.; Hwang, Steven; Helenius, Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Randomized controlled trials reporting patient-reported outcomes with no significant differences between study groups are potentially susceptible to unjustified conclusions : a systematic review (2024)
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Saarinen, Antti; Pakarinen, Oskari; Vaajala, Matias; Liukkonen, Rasmus; Ponkilainen, Ville; Kuitunen, Ilari; Uimonen, Mikko
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Reliability and validity of the adapted Finnish version of the early onset scoliosis questionnaire (EOSQ-24) (2024)
- Spine deformity
Haapala, Hermanni; Salonen, Anne; Suominen, Eetu; Syvänen, Johanna; Repo, Jussi; Matsumoto, Hiroko; Ahonen, Matti; Helenius, Ilkka; Saarinen, Antti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association Between Lenke Classification, The Extent of Lumbar Spinal Fusion, and Health-Related Quality of Life After Instrumented Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (2023)
- Spine
Frantzén Aron, Suominen Eetu N., Saarinen Antti J., Ponkilainen Ville, Syvänen Johanna, Helenius Linda, Ahonen Matti, Helenius Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Biodegradable biomaterials in orthopedic surgery: A narrative review of the current evidence (2023)
- Scandinavian Journal of Surgery
Raitio Arimatias, Saarinen Antti J, Sinikumpu Juha-Jaakko, Helenius Ilkka
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Outcome and survival of surgically treated acute subdural hematomas and postcraniotomy hematomas–A retrospective cohort study (2023)
- Brain and Spine
Heino Iiro, Sajanti Antti, Lyne Seán B., Frantzén Janek, Girard Romuald, Cao Ying, Ritala Joel F., Katila Ari J., Takala Riikka S.K., Posti Jussi P., Saarinen Antti J., Hellström Santtu, Laukka Dan, Saarenpää Ilkka, Rahi Melissa, Tenovuo Olli, Rinne Jaakko, Koskimäki Janne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Severe Untreated Scoliosis and Early Onset Breast Cancer in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Associated with a Nonsense Variant of NF1 Gene (2023)
- Orthopedic Research and Reviews
Reinhold Vivian, Saarinen Antti, Suominen Eetu, Syrjänen Stina, Kankuri-Tammilehto Minna
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Alcohol intoxication and lack of helmet use are common in electric scooter-related traumatic brain injuries: a consecutive patient series from a tertiary university hospital (2022)
- Acta Neurochirurgica
Suominen Eetu N., Sajanti Antti J., Silver Eero A., Koivunen Veerakaisa, Bondfolk Anton S., Koskimäki Janne, Saarinen Antti J.

(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Beam-Like rods do not Provide Additional Improvement to Thoracic Kyphosis Restoration when Compared to Sagittal Reinforced rods in Adolescents Undergoing Spinal Fusion with Pedicle Screw Instrumentation for Idiopathic Scoliosis (2022)
- World Neurosurgery
Suominen Eetu N., Saarinen Antti J., Syvänen Johanna, Ahonen Matti, Helenius Linda, Helenius Ilkka J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Health-related quality of life outcomes in adolescent Scheuermann's kyphosis patients treated with posterior spinal fusion: A comparison with age- and sex-matched controls (2022)
- Journal of Children's Orthopaedics
Suominen Eetu N, Saarinen Antti J, Syvänen Johanna, Diarbakerli Elias, Helenius Linda, Gerdhem Paul, Helenius Ilkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)