Hannover Medical school (MHH)
Hannover, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Christian Krettek
Department of Traumatology
Department of Traumatology at Hannover Medical school offers care for the full spectrum of trauma surgery for children and adults at the highest international level. Numerous internationally recognized therapy concepts and treatment strategies are based on the research results of "MHH Trauma Surgery".
Using tissue engineering, 3D printing, biological tape, cartilage, and meniscus therapies as well as highly up-to-date transplantation concepts, the department offers new innovative treatment techniques with a high success rate.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Christian Krettek, the department treats over 3000 inpatient cases every year which includes over 300 cases of femur fracture, over 250 cases of cranial injuries and over 1000 cases of different muscles and ligament injuries.
Department of Traumatology at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:
• Surgical treatment for patients with degenerative changes in joints
• Surgical treatment for patients with severe persistent pain in the knee joint
• Treatment of edema and joint pain
• Treatment of deformities from accidents
• Treatment of congenital and acquired growth disorders
• Treatment of nerve compression causing pain syndromes
• Treatment of hand and foot tumors
• Treatment of diabetic foot
• Treatment of inflammatory foot disorders
• Surgical treatment of rheumatic diseases and their complications
• Treatment of shoulder and elbow dislocation
• Treatment of rotator cuff tear
• Treatment of tendon diseases
• Treatment of frozen shoulder
• Treatment of fractures
• Arthroscopy
• Hip replacement
• Reconstructive limb surgery
- Prof. Dr. med. Christian Krettek began his professional career in 1982 after studying medicine and biennial research activities at the Institute of Pharmacology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He also underwent classic comprehensive training in surgery in the departments headed by professors Tscherne, Pichlmayr und Borst. From the very beginning of his work, the doctor has clearly defined the focuses of his clinical and academic activities – severe injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
- Habilitation, visiting professorship, the post of the leading senior physician were followed by invitations to the post of full professor in Germany and abroad.
- In 1999, he accepted an invitation to the post of Professor of Trauma Surgery in Australia, Monash University in Melbourne. Thanks to his work, the new Department of Trauma Surgery at the Alfred Hospital has quickly become the largest trauma center on the 5th continent. This international experience had a decisive influence on the doctor’s professional career.
- Since becoming the Head of the Chair of Trauma Surgery and the Department of Adult and Pediatric Trauma Surgery at the Hannover Medical School in 2000, he not only leads the department but also implements innovative and international achievements of modern medicine in the field of severe trauma management, navigation systems, robotics, and tissue engineering.
- Prof. Krettek is the holder of numerous national and international research awards.
- The doctor is one of the founders of the International Society of Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS International)
- Also in 2004, Dr. Krettek founded the Traumatology Fund.
- He is the author and co-author of more than 450 publications (MedLine/PubMed) and co-publisher of the journal "Der Unfallchirurg".
- Prof. Krettek’s main clinical focuses include treatments for long tubular bone fractures. Thanks to creative, innovative, forward-looking research in the early nineties, he initiated and had a significant impact on the minimally invasive methods of repositioning and osteosynthesis, which today belongs to the standard surgical techniques in trauma surgery.
Memberships
- Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd)
- Hellenic Association of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (HAOST)
- German Society of Traumatology (DGU)
- German Society for Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (DGPW)
- German Society for Computer-Assisted and Robotic Surgery (CURAC ).
- Center for Special Studies 599 of the German Research Foundation ("Innovative biodegradable and permanent implants")
- Editorial board of numerous leading national and international journals, co-editor of the two-volume monograph "Skeletal Trauma", which is the most widely used English language manual on the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries.
- Chairman of the Expert Group on Computer Navigation (AO International)
- Expert reviewer of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Humboldt Foundation and many other national and international research funds.
Department of Traumatology
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