The knee surgery field has a reason to celebrate – Schulthess Klinik has successfully performed the 500th knee operation using ROSA robot technology. 

Huge praise for Schulthess Klinik: a research study headed up by Prof. Dr. med. univ. Phillipp Moroder of the Shoulder and Elbow Surgery department has been awarded the SECEC Grammont Award 2024. 

Schulthess Klinik reaffirms its status as a global leader in healthcare. The clinic has been named the fourth-best orthopaedic clinic in the world and the second-best orthopaedic clinic in Europe in the latest hospital ranking published by renowned American magazine Newsweek and research institute Statista.

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Scheibel, Head of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at Schulthess Klinik, had the proud honour of being invited to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in the USA as a visiting professor at the end of August. 

The Shoulder and Elbow Surgery department at Schulthess Klinik has successfully operated on freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion Akhmed Tazhudinov. Before his surgery, the athlete, who competes for Bahrain, won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling in the 97 kg weight class at the Olympic Games in Paris despite a serious shoulder injury.

The Schulthess Klinik’s Hand Surgery and Research team were on fine form at this year’s FESSH (Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand) Congress, where they made 27 appearances. The team’s efforts were rewarded with the Top-Cited Papers Award and silver Medartis Best Paper Award.

Schulthess Klinik is celebrating a milestone after our hand surgeons used the 500th CapFlex prosthesis. This treatment for osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal joint improves our patients’ quality of life.

In March, the Hand Surgery department successfully implanted its 500th Touch prosthesis in a patient with carpometacarpal osteoarthritis of the thumb joint. Schulthess Klinik has been using this state-of-the-art joint prosthesis, which has revolutionised thumb arthroplasty, since 2018.

In March, Head of Department Dr. Daniel Herren from the Hand Surgery department at the Schulthess Klinik welcomed two specialist international colleagues as guests: Prof. Simon Farnebo from Sweden and Dr. Alex Lluch from Spain. They exchanged information about the latest surgical techniques and provided insights into research.

Schulthess Klinik has come out on top in the “Top Specialist Hospitals in Switzerland” list for the second time in a row, taking first place for orthopaedics.