Knee surgery and sports traumatology

As specialists for the knee joint, we are part of a long tradition of sports clinics and have an extraordinary wealth of experience in the comprehensive treatment of the knee joint from adolescence to old age.

As orthopaedic specialists, it is our job to detect knee joint disorders at an early stage and treat them in such a way that the knee joint remains functional in the long term. With increasing life expectancy, activities are possible into old age.

Knee pain can also occur at a young age. Amateur athletes and top athletes are equally affected. In young patients, it is mainly sports injuries and congenital deformities that lead to treatment. Whereas in the past, injured structures (e.g. the meniscus) were often removed, today these are generally reconstructed in order to preserve the joint for as long as possible. Menisci are sutured using sophisticated, minimally invasive techniques, cruciate ligaments are replaced, collateral ligaments are reconstructed and cartilage damage is treated using bioregenerative procedures or cartilage transplants. The doctors in the Knee Surgery/Sports Traumatology department led by Chief Dr Volker Stoll have specialized in successfully applying and further developing minimally invasive surgical techniques for many years. The operations are carried out using small incisions to protect the tissue as much as possible, which also results in the quickest possible recovery.

Congenital deformities, such as the kneecap joint associated with frequent kneecap dislocations, can also be treated well using minimally invasive techniques and enable rapid rehabilitation.

With increasing age, signs of wear and tear often occur, although these are often only on the inside or outside. Whereas in the past these could only be treated with medication and then a prosthesis implanted at an advanced age, today we have a wide range of joint-preserving treatment options. We have a variety of differentiated, minimally invasive cartilage treatments at our disposal, from cartilage-stabilizing measures to bioregenerative measures and cartilage transplants.

With increasing wear and tear, joint-preserving leg axis corrections can also be used as an alternative to prostheses. These are also minimally invasive procedures with a short inpatient stay of around five days.

Our doctors and therapists in the Knee Surgery/Sports Traumatology department, led by Chief Dr. Volker Stoll, perform all of these procedures hundreds of times a year and support patients before, during and after knee surgery. By looking after (top) amateur and professional athletes, amateur athletes also benefit from our doctors' expertise.

• arthroscopic and open knee surgery
• Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament operations
• Surgical treatment of unstable kneecaps
• joint-preserving orthopaedic operations
• leg axis corrections
• Differentiated cartilage treatments (cartilage/bone transplants,
• cartilage cell transplants, microfracturing, abrasion arthroplasty)
• Meniscus suture/replacement