The physiotherapy team at our clinic can look back on an eventful year. Whether in elite sport, in the further training of specialists or in international scientific dialogue – our specialist teams were active in a variety of ways and contributed their expertise far beyond the clinic.
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.
Schulthess Klinik reaffirms its leading position in the healthcare sector. According to the latest hospital ranking by the renowned US magazine Newsweek and the research institute Statista, Schulthess Klinik remains the best orthopaedic clinic in Switzerland and still holds second place in Europe.
At Schulthess Training, we give you the support you need to achieve your sporting and fitness goals. Benefit from our wide range of group courses, individual supervised strength training and personal training.
The Foot Surgery department at Schulthess Klinik is one of Europe’s largest foot centres, which focuses exclusively on treating foot and ankle problems and injuries. Five surgeons from the nine-strong medical team perform around 1,900 foot operations per year, including more than 500 hallux valgus corrections. With more than 1,400 inpatients, this centre of excellence is held in very high regard among GPs and specialist physicians.
The Ergotherapy team at Schulthess Klinik specialises in treating patients in the Hand Surgery, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology departments. We provide our patients and their families with help, advice and support as they learn to carry out day-to-day activities once again. We offer them guidance as they practice day-to-day skills and provide advice on choosing or making guide rails or living aids for the home or workplace. Treatment methods are selected together with the patient.
A special milestone in hand surgery was reached in January: the hand surgery team at Schulthess Klinik successfully implanted the 800th prosthesis on the carpometacarpal thumb joint.
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.
Last week, Prof. Dr. med. Friederike Schömig paid us a two-day visit. She has been a professor at Charité Berlin since September 2025 and holds the professorship sponsored by the Schulthess Foundation.