Tennis elbow is one of the most common elbow conditions and is usually caused by overuse. Fortunately, treatment very rarely requires surgery. It is, however, a different matter if the affected tendon has torn and is causing chronic tennis elbow symptoms. In these cases, which tend to be rare, tendon reconstruction may provide long-awaited relief.
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In this interview, Dr. med. Stefan Preiss tells us about his fascination with knee surgery, the importance of trust and why Schulthess Klinik means so much to him personally as well as professionally.
In 2020, which was a particularly challenging year on account of the pandemic, the 1,112 employees at Schulthess Klinik showed how positive results can be achieved with team spirit, commitment, flexibility and plenty of new ideas. This enabled the clinic to live up to the trust of its patients and referring physicians even during the Covid crisis and almost match last year’s figures.
Schulthess Klinik has twice been recognised in the latest hospital rankings from the American magazine “Newsweek” and the statistics portal “Statista”. Schulthess Klinik ranks first in Europe and fourth worldwide on the “World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2024” list.
Schulthess Klinik featured in numerous talks and presentations at this year’s FESSH-ON(line)-Week, the European congress for hand surgeons. Over 1,200 participants from all over the world tuned in to watch the talks and share ideas.
The third HSS-Charité-Schulthess Shoulder Conference is taking place on Friday, 23 June 2023. 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.
Sport can be a source of concussions. especially contact sports where the head and body are subjected to sudden forces of acceleration for which they are unprepared. This kind of injury can affect various systems (brain, cervical spine, equilibrium organ in the inner ear) simultaneously. Through our interdisciplinary collaboration, our extensive medical support network through the Swiss Olympic Medical Center and daily work in the field of elite sport, we also treat patients with complex concussions and offer advice to external institutions.
The Medical Radiological Institute has an imaging centre at Schulthess Klinik. It boasts a high level of medical expertise, particularly in the musculoskeletal field and the diagnosis of epilepsy and dementia. Its connection to our hospital means that our patients can benefit from its modern infrastructure. The specialists at the two institutes regularly exchange interdisciplinary information and experiences.
At this year’s annual conference of the Swiss Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SGOT), Dr Michael C. Glanzmann and Cécile Grobet, representing the entire authorship (Prof. Dr. Klaus Eichler, Flurina Meier, Dominik Rickenbacher, Dr Beatrice Brunner and Prof. Dr. Laurent Audigé), won the Maurice E. Müller Prize for the best clinical paper.