A ballerina in front of the Opera House: the campaign emphasises Schulthess Klinik’s ability to provide successful treatment services.

Long-segment fusion operations may be the best solution for treating spinal curvature in adults, but why do some patients experience mechanical complications after this kind of surgery? Our research team is on the case: working with ETH Zurich as part of the European Spine Study Group, it is looking into the causes of this with the aim of further improving and tailoring the treatment options available to these patients.

In November, Spine Surgery at Schulthess Klinik was successfully re-certified as one of four «AO Spine Centers» in Switzerland. Commitment to training and development is an important criterion of the certification and aligns with Schulthess Klinik’s guiding principle of passing on the knowledge of its specialists and developing the next generation of medics. Find out more about some of our other highlights from 2022.

The data from the Swiss National Joint Registry SIRIS is clear: Schulthess Klinik’s high degree of specialisation and extensive experience has a direct beneficial impact on patient outcomes. Within two years after a hip or knee replacement operation, significantly fewer Schulthess Klinik patients require revision surgery than is the average in clinics across Switzerland. With hip replacements, Schulthess Klinik’s rate is 1%, whilst for knee replacements the figure is 1.1%. This is over two and a half and three times lower than the Swiss average respectively.

The second ever HSS-Charité-Schulthess Shoulder Conference is taking place on 27 January. The conference will see specialists from the HSS Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Schulthess Klinik join forces to share their knowledge with shoulder surgeons from all over the world in online training sessions.

Schulthess Klinik has come out on top in the latest «Best Specialist Hospitals in Switzerland 2023» list, taking first place for orthopaedics. To compile the ranking, the Handelszeitung newspaper and market research providers Statista assessed 270 hospitals in Switzerland.  

A multicentre study by our research team on the treatment of posterior shoulder instability was awarded the Best Paper Prize at the Dublin congress of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC).

Schulthess Klinik was once again ranked 6th in orthopaedics in the latest World’s Best Specialized Hospitals ranking, published by the US news magazine Newsweek. The ranking is based in particular on expert opinions from all over the world. Schulthess Klinik is also listed in the new World’s Best Smart Hospitals ranking.

Back pain is very common. That is why it is a central topic in the work of Schulthess Klinik, both in the treatment of its patients and in its research. A joint research project in this field in collaboration with ETH Zurich is now being supported by ETH’s renowned «Personalized Health and Related Technology» (PHRT) funding programme.

Dr. med. univ. Hannes Manner will be promoted to Head of Paediatric Orthopaedics as of 1 July 2022. Dr. med. Rafael Velasco will continue to support the clinic as a senior consultant.