- Specialist in surgery, orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- Additional qualifications in sports medicine and manual medicine/chiropractic therapy
- A-diploma in acupuncture
- Specialist in arthroscopic and minimally invasive operations on the knee joint
After an extensive professional career, Dr. Thomas Krause focused on joint-preserving measures on the knee joint. For more than 10 years his leading interest has been the treatment of degenerative diseases and injuries to the knee joint.
He employs all conservative and surgical joint-preserving therapy methods. His goal is to offer a treatment concept at the highest level that is individually tailored to the patient. Through his ongoing work as Senior Physician at the Hellersen Sports Clinic in Lüdenscheid since 2014, Dr. Krause has outstanding expertise with regard recommended surgical approaches.
Range of services
Non-surgical therapy
- Prescription of physiotherapy, physical measures and osteopathy
- Injection of narcotics (local anesthetics), hyaluronic acid and autologous blood (ACP)
- Manual medicine/chiropractics
- Shock wave therapy
- Acupuncture
Operative therapy:
- Arthroscopic knee joint operations (keyhole technique)
- Arthroscopic meniscal surgery
- Arthroscopic and open cartilage surgery
- Arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament
- Arthroscopically supported bony filling of drill tunnels
- Open reconstruction of the inner and outer ligament of the knee joint
- Stabilisation and correction of the kneecap with MPFL plastic, offsetting of the tibial tuberosity, open lateral release, partial removal of the kneecap
- Arthroscopic and open surgery for patellar tip syndrome
- Open operation according to M. Osgood-Schlatter
- Correction of the leg axis with osteotomy of the knee joint
Education
- 1989 – 1996 studies in human medicine at Ludwig Maximillians University Munich and Georg August University Göttingen with a doctoral thesis on bio-screws in bones
- Worked in the USA in Massachusetts, Michigan and Texas
Clinical experience
- 1997 Assistant Physician at the Surgical University Clinic of RWTH Aachen University (Prof. Schumpelick)
- 1999 Resident Physician at the Employer’s Liability Insurance Association Hamburg (Prof. Wolter and Prof. Jürgens)
- 2001 Resident/Specialist at the Surgical Clinic, St. Adolf-Stift Reinbek Hospital (Prof. Eggert)
- 2001 Qualification in radiation protection
- 2002 Specialist in rescue medicine
- 2002 Emergency doctor in southern Schleswig-Holstein
- 2004 Specialist in surgery
- 2008 Focus on trauma surgery
- 2009 Certificate in lymphology
- 2009 Certificate in foot surgery
- 2009 Specialist at the Orthopaedic Clinic Markgröningen (Dr. Richter)
- 2012 Additional qualification in manual medicine/chiropractic therapy
- 2012 Senior Physician at Sports Clinic Hellersen Lüdenscheid
- 2014 Head Senior Physician at Sports Clinic Hellersen Lüdenscheid
- 2014 Additional qualification in sports medicine
- 2015 Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
- 2018 A-diploma in acupuncture
- 2020 Specialist for joint-preserving measures on the knee joint at the SWABIAN JOINT CENTRE in the ATOS CLINIC Stuttgart
