Knee Arthritis — Arthroscopic or Open Surgery and Transplantation of Cartilage: treatment in the Best Hospitals of Germany

The Orthopedics Clinic at Ulm University Clinic with 158 beds for surgical and conservative treatment and a center for those suffering from transverse myelitis, with daily pain clinics and orthopedic departments (X-ray, CT, MRI, laboratory, physical therapy, balneo-physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy) is one of the largest orthopedic clinics in Germany and covers the entire spectrum of surgical and conservative treatments for diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

The Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the Heidelberg University Hospital consists of two separate units. The focus of the unit in Neuenheimer Feld area is interdisciplinary treatment of the patients with multiple injuries and polytraumas. Moreover, the Department offers all existing possibilities of comprehensive outpatient and inpatient treatment for all injuries oft he musculoskeletal system. 

The Center of Musculoskeletal Surgery at the University Hospital Charite is the certified Trauma Center of Berlin with two highly specialized departments, namely the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery. Here patients receive the full range of treatment of the highest quality. 

The Department of Orthopedics König-Ludwig-Haus deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. The Department of Orthopedics annually treats over 4,000 inpatients and 20,000 outpatients. The Department of Orthopedics König-Ludwig-Haus is recommended by the FOCUS list of top specialized orthopedic clinics in 2017.

The Department of Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics, Sports Medicine offers the full range of services in these fields. The department deals with the treatment of all diseases of the musculoskeletal system: bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons. The highly specialized medical team of the department applies only modern diagnostic and therapeutic methods in its practice, while the long experience of doctors guarantees first-class surgical and conservative treatment.

The Department of General, Trauma- and Reconstructive Surgery is a modern acute hospital of the maximum degree medical care with operating halls at the highest technical level. The team of physicians of the Department of General, Trauma- and Reconstructive Surgery is available to treat injuries caused by an accident with all levels of complexity at any time. 

The University Center for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden is one of the first institutions of its kind in Germany. The diagnostic and therapeutic spectrum covers the treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system, as well as the treatment of severe and the most severe injuries.

The Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Tubingen helps people to stay mobile during their whole lifetime. The Department has 63 beds. The main treatment focuses include endoprosthetics of large joints; foot surgery; correction of skeletal abnormalities; pediatric orthopedics; treatment of deformities, degenerative and traumatic diseases of the spine. 

The Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology provides the full range of services in the treatment of all diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. The orthopedic treatments focus on specific diseases in the field of joint surgery, spinal surgery, orthopedics of tumors and rheumatic orthopedics, pediatric orthopedics and physical therapy.

The Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Dusseldorf offers all kinds of diagnostic procedures and therapeutic methods for the treatment of acute, acquired degenerative diseases and posttraumatic defects. There is a special interest in pediatric orthopedics, spine diseases, sports medicine and in joint preserving as well as joint replacing procedures.

The focuses of the Department of Orthopedics at the University Hospital Aachen are minimally invasive and computer-assisted endoprosthetic surgery for joint replacement, complex replacement operations, orthopedics of tumors, spine surgery, sports orthopedics and pediatric orthopedics. Further clinical focuses are rheumatic orthopedics as well as shoulder and foot surgery. Children and adult patients with congenital or degenerative bone, joint and soft tissue disorders are treated in the Department.

The Department of General and Tumor Orthopedics at the University Hospital Muenster ranks among the largest university hospitals of Germany. Here is provided conservative and surgical treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system on both outpatient and inpatient basis. The Department is one of the largest centers for the treatment of bone and soft tissue tumors, therefore, patients with these diseases come here from far off.

The Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology specializes in both surgical and conservative methods of restoring and preserving the damaged organs and segments of the locomotor system. The department performs joint replacement surgeries, incl. complex surgeries to replace the implant and infected prostheses. The outstanding achievements and a large number of performed surgical procedures contributed to the fact that  the department was certified as the center with the highest level of service in hip and knee replacement surgeries.