The Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery is a maximum care department, severely injured and multiply injured patients are treated around the clock. The Head of the Department is Dr. Christian Rülander Specialist in Surgery, Traumatology, Orthopedics and Traumatology.

The treatment of sports injuries also belongs to the spectrum of the Clinic for Orthopedics and Traumatology. In addition, the doctors of the clinic have a lot of experience with artificial joint replacement, especially at the knee and hip. Gentle procedures can often restore joint function without using an artificial joint.  In childhood traumatology, ie the treatment of injured children and adolescents and in geriatric accident surgery, ie the treatment of fractures in the elderly, is additional priorities.

The physiotherapy staff of the Sana Hospital- Duisburg will help you during recovery through targeted exercise programs, neurophysiological treatments, gait training, manual lymphatic drainage, classic massages and electrotherapy in the recovery, or to maintain your mobility and independence.

Through regular participation in internal and external training, the department guarantees treatments according to the latest technologies to its patients.

The main focuses of the department are: 

• Vertebral fractures
• Accident and sports injuries
• Polytrauma
• Cartilage-bone transplantation (OATS)
• Knee prostheses (knee TEP)
• Hip prostheses (hip-TEP)
• Geriatric accident surgery
• Arthroscopy
• Pediatric Traumatology