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Department Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie Schulthess Klinik

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The specialists in the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery department treat patients of all ages with conditions of the shoulder and elbow, using both surgical and conservative methods. With around 1,700 inpatients, more than 4,800 individual operations and 14,000 consultations per year, the department is clearly highly effective.The specialists in the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery department treat patients of all ages with conditions of the shoulder and elbow, using both surgical and conservative methods. With around 1,700 inpatients, more than 4,800 individual operations and 14,000 consultations per year, the department is clearly highly effective.

Schulthess Klinik
Lengghalde 2
8008 Zürich
Switzerland

Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

T  +41 44 385 74 00
F  +41 44 385 75 95
Opening hours
Mo–Th 08.00–17.00
Fr 08.00–16.00
Sa–Su Closed

Our Shoulder and Elbow Surgery specialists

 
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Scheibel

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Scheibel

Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 
 
Dr. med. Fabrizio Moro Spezialist Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Fabrizio Moro

Co-Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 
 
Dr. med. Michael Glanzmann

Dr. med. Michael C. Glanzmann

Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 
 
Dr. med. Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer Spezialist Schulter und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Hans-Kaspar Schwyzer

Senior Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 
 
Dr. med. Christian Jung Spezialist Schulter- und Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Christian Jung

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 
 
Florian Freislederer Spezialist Schulterchirurgie Ellbogenchirurgie

Dr. med. Florian Freislederer

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 
 
Dr. med. Christina Koller Spezialistin Hand

Dr. med. Christina Koller

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
 

News

 
Illustration Rotatorenmanschetttenruptur: Fertig fixierte Sehne mittels Fadenankersystem

Does rotator cuff (shoulder tendon tear) repair make economic sense?

From a health perspective, the repair of a torn rotator cuff (should tendon) can be beneficial to many patients. But does the surgical procedure also make economic sense? Our team of researchers and doctors joined forces with the Winterthur Institute of Health Economics and 16 major Swiss insurance providers to investigate this very question, using a cost-utility analysis of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. 

 
 

Tennis elbow is not the same as tennis elbow

 
 

Surgical technique for improved healing of tendons in rotator cuff tears (shoulder tendon tears)

 
 

Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Department wins the Maurice E. Müller Prize

 
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