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About MD T. Hunfeld
Department of Orthopedics and Endoprosthesis of multidisciplinary HELIOS Clinic in Stralsund is one of the best medical center in Germany gathered a whole galaxy of brilliant professionals in field of orthopedics including MD Thomas Hunfeld, MD Torsten Witstruck and MD Jens Raabe. Their expertise complement each other making the Department of Orthopedics of the clinic HELIOS unique laboratory that provides a full range of services in the field of joints disorders offering treatment of any complexity starting from joint preservation procedures and finishing artificial joints transplantation with following rehabilitation.
Dr. Thomas Hunfeld is a leading specialist of the Department in joints replacement surgery and a member of German Society of Arthroplasty Experts (AE), whereas Dr. Torsten Witstruck and Dt. Jens Raabe are focused in their work on preservation of natural joints and cartilage restoration. Both of them are members of the Professional Council for Arthroscopy (BVASK) and instructors of Society of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA) with an emphasis on minimally invasive joint operations.
With such a union of professionals, the choice between sparing and radical surgery will depend not on the qualifications of the expert but only on the individual patient's situation, and everyone coming to the clinic will be advised the treatment proper personally to him / her. Although the main specialization of the clinic is the joint surgery, conservative methods of treatment are also welcomed both as a part of rehabilitation programs, as well as independent treatment. Manual therapy, chiropractics are full-fledged parts of the therapeutic process in the clinic, as well as medication to relieve pain.
Among the medical services provided by the department, tissue preserving operations allowing you to restore the functionality of natural joints and relieve patients' pain are the most popular, as well as operations on transplantation of artificial joints. Surgery to replace the knee, hip and elbow joints is especially in demand today. The Department also offers operations on the reconstruction of the foot (metatarsal surgery), reconstructive operations after traumas and emergency surgery.
Innovative techniques used in the clinic includes articular cartilage transplantation surgery when own patient’s cartilage are transplanted from healthy area to diseased joint; osteosynthesis surgery, when special devices are implanted into the joint for fixation of injured bones together while fractures bones are healed. Also, surgery to restore the intervertebral discs is available in the clinic as well as some other restorative and corrective procedures of the musculoskeletal system, for example, lower limb axis correction.
Postoperative control is also an important task of the physicians of the Department of Orthopedics and Endoprosthesis of HELIOS Clinic. Our specialists strive to develop optimal rehabilitation programs and provide patient’s education in rehabilitation period.
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