University Hospital Tübingen
Tübingen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Wülker
Department of Orthopedics
Department of Orthopedics at University Hospital Tübingen provides care for patients with diseases, deformities, and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. The department offers its outpatient and inpatient service for the full range of orthopedic diseases such as joint arthroplasty, therapy for musculoskeletal tumors, and spinal defects. It is also specialized in sports medicine where injuries are treated with the utmost care. In case endoprosthetic are indicated, the doctors are experienced in giving consultations and information about the risks and outcomes of the procedures.
The department has over 40 beds where about 10,000 inpatients are treated every year under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Nikolaus Wülker. The department also has great medical staff members that are qualified and experienced in performing minimally invasive procedures as well as complex surgeries for the treatment of spinal diseases for patients of all ages. The doctors pay special attention to the management and treatment of tumors of the musculoskeletal system.
The Department of Orthopedics at University Hospital Tübingen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Bone fractures
• Flat feet
• Achilles tendon diseases
• Hollow foot
• Hand/foot infections
• Pseudarthrosis
- 1976 - 1982 Study of Medicine in Freiburg, England, Ireland and the USA.
- 1982 Admission to medical practice.
- 1982 ECFMG Certification, USA.
- 1982 - 1983 Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Kiel.
- 1983 - 1984 General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
- 1984 Board Certification, California, USA.
- 1984 - 1985 Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
- 1985 - 1988 Department of Traumatology, Hannover Medical School.
- 1988 - 2002 Department of Orthopedics, Hannover Medical School.
- 1990 Doctoral dissertation defense, grade: very good.
- 1991 Specialization in Orthopedics, Medical Association of Lower Saxony.
- 1993 Habilitation. Subject: "Measurement of pressure in the shoulder bursa and its movement on the kinematic shoulder model".
- 1997 Extraordinary Professor, Hannover Medical School.
- Since 2002, Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics at the University Hospital Tuebingen.
Department of Orthopedics
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