- Specialist in surgery and trauma surgery
The aim of the Centre is the specialised treatment of injuries, posttraumatic and degenerative deformities and diseases of the lower extremities (hip, knee, ankle, foot), the pelvis (sacroiliac joint) and the spine. The spine and limbs form a functional unit and also influence each other in injuries and illnesses. This interaction is reflected in the Centre’s comprehensive diagnostics and multimodal treatment strategy. At the Spine Centre, injuries and degenerative diseases with deformities of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine are treated conservatively and surgically. Human care plays a decisive role in the holistic treatment concept.
The patient is thoroughly and competently cared for by a doctor, from reception to the admission interview, initial examination, diagnostics, coordination of a treatment concept, surgery, inpatient/outpatient treatment up to the completion of treatment. This fixed allocation and responsibility guarantees the patient a contact person throughout the treatment and minimises information loss.
The experience gained in 3 decades of clinical activity and several thousand surgeries guarantees fast diagnosis, precise, soft-tissue-saving, safe surgical techniques with state-of-the-art instruments and implants and effective, sustainable and sensitive aftercare. Our treatment results are subject to continuous quality control.
At the centre of our efforts is the patient as a person with their own personal needs. We look after our patients in a partnership with openness and empathy in a pleasant, family atmosphere.
Our passionate commitment to the scientific advancement of our field and the intensive exchange with our peers enables continuous improvement of more efficient, patient-oriented processes.
Range of services
Hip joint
- Intertrochanteric corrective osteotomies
- Hip arthroscopy
- Minimally invasive hip arthroplasty
- Complex revision arthroplasty (exchange operations)
- Surgical treatment of injuries/fractures of the hip-thigh and pelvis (minimally invasive, biological osteosynthesis)
Knee
- Arthroscopic meniscal and cartilage surgery near knee joints, corrective osteotomies
- Cementless knee arthroplasty with mobile sliding layers
- Complex revision arthroplasty (exchange operations)
- Minimally invasive, biological osteosynthesis of knee joint injuries/fractures of the upper and lower leg
Ankle
- Arthroscopic cartilage surgery
- Cementless OSG endoprostheses with titanium nitride coated articulation surfaces
- Corrective osteotomies near ankle
- Exchange of endoprosthetics
foot
- Hallux valgus corrections (lean, akin, base osteotomy)
- Hallux rigidus (cheilectomy, microfracture, arthrodesis)
- Toe corrections (Weil osteotomy, PIP resections, tendon transfer)
Lumbar spine
- Minimally invasive dorsal decompression and spondylodesis
- Minimally invasive ventral decompression and spondylodesis
- Minimally invasive combined decompression and spondylodesis
- Minimally invasive disc prostheses implantation
- Kyphoplasty / vertebroplasty
- Cryo-denervation
Trauma surgery
- Minimally invasive, biological osteosynthesis (upper/lower extremities, pelvis, spine)
- Arthroscopically assisted joint reconstructions
- Meniscus, ligament, tendon injuries
Conservative therapy
Injuries and painful degenerative diseases of the entire musculoskeletal system can be successfully treated conservatively, especially in early stages. All trauma surgical and orthopaedic treatment methods including semi-invasive procedures and adequate pain therapy are carried out in close cooperation with our radiology, physiotherapy and anaesthetics.
Education
- 1981 – 1988 Specialist physician training for surgeons and accident surgeons at the University Hospital Ulm
Clinical career
- 1981 -1988 Specialist physician training for surgeons and accident surgeons at the University Hospital Ulm
- 1988 – 1989 Chief Resident Physician at the Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the University Hospital Ulm
- 1989 – 1993 Head of the Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics at the Fulda Hospital
- 1994 – 1997 Head of the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery of the Backnang District Hospital
- Since 1997 Head of the Centre for Endoprosthetics, Trauma and Spine Surgery at ATOS Clinic Heidelberg
