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World’s first implant of a KeriFlex finger joint prosthesis

On 19 January, the world’s first implant of a KeriFlex finger prosthesis was performed at Schulthess Klinik. Dr. med. Daniel Herren MHA, our Head of Hand Surgery, assisted with the development of this prosthesis for patients experiencing painful deterioration of their proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints as the result of accident or illness.

 
 

Professor title for Hannes Rüdiger

 
 

Information on the coronavirus

 
 

CapFlex: Results published five years after the interphalangeal joint prosthesis

 
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