Chief Consultant Dr. med. Tobias Bühler
Position and faculty
Chief Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery
Specialty
- Hip arthroplasty (primary and revision surgery, including minimally invasive techniques)
- Joint-preserving hip surgery (open and arthroscopic, special area of interest)
- Treatment of sports and tendon injuries of the hip (open and arthroscopic)
- Traumatology: Pelvic and thigh fractures
Languages
German
English
French
Contact
Medical specialisation
FMH-certified Specialist consultant in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
Curriculum
from 07/2025
Chief Consultant Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery, Schulthess Klinik
2019 – 06/2025
Chief Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Baden Cantonal Hospital
Prof. K. Eid
2015 – 2019
Chief Consultant Orthopaedic Centre, Aarau/Baden cantonal hospitals
PD Dr K. Eid
2014 – 2015
Chief Consultant, Orthopaedics Centre, Aarau/Baden cantonal hospitals
PD Dr K. Eid
2011 – 2014
Consultant Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Baden Cantonal Hospital
PD Dr K. Eid
2010 – 2011
Resident Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Baden Cantonal Hospital
PD Dr K. Eid
2009 – 2010
Resident, Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist
Prof. C. Gerber
2007 – 2009
Resident, Department of Orthopaedics/Traumatology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld
Dr. Brunazzi
2004 – 2006
Resident, Department of Surgery, Lachen regional hospital
Dr. J Knaus
Education and training
since 2024
AO Recon Faculty – Complex Primary and Revision THA
2024
Focus on specialised traumatology
since 2017
Faculty “DAA Instructional Courses with Wet Lab” (DePuy, biannually)
since 2016
Examination Expert FMH Orthopaedics (biannually)
2012
FMH specialist consultant in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system
2006
Doctorate in Human Medicine
Dissertation title: Influence of breathing on CT-based attenuation correction of PET images in combined PET/CT systems
2003
Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich
1995
Matura, Kantonsschule Zug
Memberships
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Traumatologie des Musculoskeletal Apparatus (Swiss Orthopaedics)
Swiss Orthopaedics hip expert group
Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie (AGA, Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery)
Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO, Working Group for Questions of Osteosynthesis),
Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH)
Aargauer Ärzteverband (AAV, Aargau Medical Association)
UZH Alumni, Alumni Association of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich
Awards and honours
Harold Vasey Prize of Swiss Orthopaedics for the best specialist examination (2011)
Publications
Bell L, Buehler TC, Leunig M, Ruediger HA. In situ assembly of dual mobility liners in isolated cup revision in hip arthroplasty: a technical note. Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research (2024)
- Exner GU, Schai PA, Buehler TC, Kurrer MO, Forster N. Osteofibrous Dysplasia-Like Adamantinoma of the Tibia Diagnosed at Age 6 Years Progressing into a Classic Adamantinoma over 39 Years, Reconstruction Performed by a Modified Capanna Technique: A Case Report, Open Journal of Orthopedics, 2022
- Exner GU, Schai PA, Buehler TC, Malinin TI. Salvage of Failed Osteoarticular Tibia Allograft with Knee Arthoplasties. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 2020, 10, 67-76
- Kaniewska M, Schenkel M, Buehler TC, Eid K, Anderson S. Anatomy-based MRI assessment of the iliopsoas muscle complex after pertrochanteric femoral fracture. Skeletal radiology 2018.
- Zingg PO, Buehler TC, Poutawera VR, Alireza A, Dora C. Femoral neck fractures after arthroscopic femoral neck osteochondroplasty for femoroacetabular impingement. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2012
- Zingg PO, Ulbrich EJ, Buehler TC, Kalberer F, Poutawera VR, Dora C. Surgical hip dislocation versus hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement: clinical and morphological short-term results. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2013;133-1:69-79
- Goerres GW, Burger C, Kamel E, Seifert B, Kaim AH, Buck A, Buehler TC, Von Schulthess GK. Respiration-induced attenuation artifact at PET/CT: technical considerations. Radiology 2003;226-3:906-1