University Hospital Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale), Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Karl-Stefan Delank
Department of Orthopedics, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Orthopedics, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospital Halle (Saale) provides care for patients with musculoskeletal diseases or injuries requiring surgeries. The department is recognized as a specialized center for foot, spine and knee surgery. The department consists of an exceptional team of surgeons and medical staff who are highly qualified and have helped the department gain its wonderful reputation. The facility is a member of the Trauma Network Saxony-Anhalt and works in close collaboration with the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Radiology.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Karl-Stefan Delank the department treats more than 1,600 inpatients every year. The department is also a well-known center for joint replacement surgery by EndoCert.
Department of Orthopedics, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospital Halle (Saale) is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Joint stiffness
• Bone fractures
• Flat foot
• Achilles tendon diseases
• Hollow foot
• Hand and foot infections
• Pseudarthrosis
• Necrosis of bones
• Rotator cuff tear
Education
- 1988 - 1990 University of Giessen, Entrance Examinations to the Medical Faculty (March 1990).
- 1990 - 1994 Technical University of Munich.
- 1995 Doctoral degree, Technical University of Munich. Subject: "Surgical treatment of thoracic spine fractures. Comparison of dorsal stabilization and dorsoventral fusion".
- 2007 Habilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne. Subject: "Functional changes in the segments of the lumbar spine in the case of decompression and stabilization of lumbar spinal stenosis".
Professional Career
- 1995 - 1996 Marien Hospital Herne, Medical Faculty, Ruhr University in Bochum (Head: Prof. Dr. med. A. Sturm).
- 1996 - 1998 Department of Surgery, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum (Head: Prof. Dr. med. G. Muhr).
- 1998 - 2001 Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Mainz (Head: Prof. Dr. med. J. Heine).
- 2002 - 2011 Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Cologne (Head: Prof. Dr. med. P. Eysel).
- Since 01.12. 2002 Senior Physician.
- Since 01.06. 2006 Leading Senior Physician.
- Since 01.03.2011 Head of the Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale).
Board Certification and Qualifications
- Board certification in Orthopedics.
- Specialization in Rheumatology.
- Additional qualification in Resuscitation.
- Additional specialization in Chiropractic.
- Theoretical basics of the specialty (Radiation Protection).
- Board certification in Orthopedics and Traumatology.
- Additional qualification in Special Orthopedic Surgery.
- Permission to conduct advanced training courses in Orthopedic Rheumatology.
- Additional qualification in Special Traumatology.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- German Association of Orthopedics and Orthopaedic Surgery.
- German Society for Vertebrology.
- European Society for Vertebrology.
- Board Member of the Rheumatology Center Halle (Saale).
- Co-Founder of the "Working Section of Evidence-Based Medicine AK 19" of the German Association of Orthopedics and Orthopaedic Surgery.
- Co-Founder and Board Member of the Center for Integrated Oncology at the University Hospital Cologne.
- Full Member of the German-speaking National Committee on the TNM-classification of Tumors at the German Cancer Society.
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