University Hospital Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Lohmann
Department of Orthopedics
Department of Orthopedics at University Hospital Magdeburg provides surgical care for patients with acute and chronic diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. FOCUS Magazine has recognized the department as one of the top medical facilities in Germany, especially in the fields of Arthroplasty, Foot Surgery, Elbow Surgery, and Hip Surgery. The facility is a certified center by the German Society of Orthopedics and Accident Surgery, as well as by the German Society for Arthroplasty and endoCert as an Arthroplasty Center of Maximum Care.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Christoph H. Lohmann, the medical staff performs 3,700 operations and treats over 2,400 inpatients every year in the four state-of-the-art operating theaters and the general wards as they have a bed capacity of 95 beds. The clinic has achieved impressive results in the surgical treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tumors of the bone and soft tissues, as well as sports injuries due to the collaboration with the Olympic Training Center in Magdeburg/Halle for the medical care of athletes. The research unit also earned a certification of the German Society of Orthopedics and Accident Surgery for its research projects.
The Department of Orthopedics at University Hospital Magdeburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Polytrauma
- Tumors of the bone
- Tumors of the soft tissue
- Rotator cuff tear
- Osteoarthritis
- Kyphosis
- Thorax deformities
- Spinal disc herniation
- Spinal stenosis
- Osteochondrosis
- Spinal osteoarthritis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Scoliosis
- Rheumatic spinal diseases
- Tennis elbow
- Shoulder stiffness
- Patellar instability
- Meniscus injury
- Frozen shoulder
- Shoulder arthrosis
- Patellar instability
- Medical studies at the University Clinic Göttingen
- 1997 Fellow at the Departments of Orthopedics at the University of Florida and the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
- 2001 Clinic and Polyclinic for Orthopedics at the University Medical Center Eppendorf-Hamburg (UKE).
- Habilitation on the topic: The regulation of osteogenic cells by implant surfaces and by wear products of endoprostheses
- December 2003 Appointment as C3 professor at the University of Hamburg, deputy director of the chair for orthopedics.
- Early 2006 Deputy Head of Orthopedics at the Rheumatism Clinic Bad Bramstedt.
- Since April 1st, 2010 Director of the Orthopedic University Clinic Magdeburg
Clinical focus
- Endoprosthetics
- Joint-preserving operations
- Tumor orthopedics
- Rheumatic orthopedics
- Pediatric orthopedics
Scientific focus
- Cellular Response to Biomaterials
- Damage analysis of endoprostheses
Honors
- ASG fellow
- American Orthopedic Association, Hoffa Prize
- Earl. R. Robinson Regeneration Award
Department of Orthopedics
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