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Chief Consultant Dr. med. Tobias Bühler

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

Knee Surgery and Hip Surgery
Phone hours
Mo–Th 8:00–17:00
Fr 8:00–16:00
Sa–Su Closed

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