The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- review of medical records
- physical examination
- ultrasound of the achilles tendon
- x-ray of the achilles tendon
- MRI examination (if indicated 1200 €)
- nursing services
- consultation of related specialists
- consultation of the chief physician and all leading experts
- development of individual treatment plan
Required documents
- Medical records
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About the department
The Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery at the University Orthopedic Hospital Hannover-Annastift MHH offers the full range of services in this field and specializes in the treatment of foot diseases, foot deformity correction. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Christina Stukenborg-Colsman.
The department has a rich arsenal of effective treatment methods that allow patients to enjoy life without pain. In addition, thanks to productive research activities, the department has played a key role in the development of new forms of therapy, as well as modern joint-preserving surgical techniques.
Much attention is paid to patient counseling, which helps each of them have a clear vision of the disease, all possible methods of its treatment and the desired results of therapy. The medical team of the department has a long successful experience in the treatment of foot pathologies of the highest severity, therefore, no doubt, it will select the optimal treatment option for each patient individually.
It should be noted that after a surgical procedure the patient often requires high-quality physiotherapy to achieve a complete recovery . The department has a specialized Physiotherapy Unit, where competent specialists develop customized rehabilitation programs.
The service range of the department includes:
- Posterior foot deformities
- Cartilage reconstructive surgery in the upper part of the ankle
- Reconstructive interventions on the ligaments in the foot
- Ankle replacement surgery
- Revision interventions and ankle replacement surgery in septic lesions
- Arthrodesis (corrective surgery)
- Soft tissue surgery
- Ankle arthroscopy
- Tendon transfer surgery
- Charcot foot treatment
- Foot revision interventions
- Other treatments
- Anterior foot deformities
- Joint-preserving corrective operations in Hallux valgus and Hallux rigidus
- Soft tissue surgery (tendon surgery)
- Arthrodesis (corrective surgery)
- Surgery to correct deformities of the little finger of the foot
- Revision interventions
- Other treatments
- Deformity correction
- Complex interventions to correct foot deformities
- Bone lengthening, including with the help of the Ilizarov method
- Tibia corrective osteotomy
- Other services
- Treatment of benign and malignant foot tumors
- Other therapeutic options
Photo of the doctor: (c) DIAKOVERE Annastift
About hospital
According to the prestigious FOCUS magazine, the University Orthopedic Hospital Hannover-Annastift MHH ranks among the top German hospitals of 2018!
As an academic hospital at the Hanover Medical School, the University Orthopedic Hospital Hannover-Annastift MHH offers a first-class medical care corresponding to the highest level of university medicine. The hospital is fitted out with the advanced medical equipment, an innovative X-ray unit, five modern operating rooms and the state-of-the-art Outpatient Surgery Center. The competent medical team, consisting of 540 workers from various medical areas in the field of orthopedics, takes care of the health and well-being of patients.
The main clinical focuses of the medical facility include spinal surgery, knee, hip, shoulder, ankle endoprosthetics, pediatric orthopedics and neuro-orthopedics, sports orthopedics and intensive care. The specialists from all these areas work in close cooperation, thereby providing patients with comprehensive and effective treatment of even the most complex and advanced clinical cases.
The peculiarity of the hospital is that its employees honor the long traditions of the medical institution and, just like a hundred years ago, they give the first priority to moral values, human attitude towards patients and respect for each individual.
Photo: (c) depositphotos
Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Orthopedic Hospital Hannover-Annastift MHH live in comfortable triple patient rooms. Single or double enhanced-comfort rooms may be booked at extra charge. The furnishing of the standard patient rooms includes a comfortable bed, a bedside table for personal items, TV, a radio and a telephone. On the territory of the hospital there is wireless Internet. Also, the hospital operates the Rooming-in, system, thanks to which children may stay in one patient room with their parents.
Meals and Menus
The patients of the hospital are offered a delicious and quite varied three meals a day. In addition to the daily menu, a list of individual dishes is available to choose from. In addition, the menu features vegetarian dishes. With appropriate indications, the dieticians of the hospital will develop an individual diet for the patient. Also, on the territory of the hospital there is an excellent cafeteria where one can have a cup of aromatic coffee or hot tea with delicious confectionery.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, tests for infections, etc.), various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations are carried out here. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques in the field of orthopedics.
- Intervertebral disc replacement
- Treatment of spinal stenosis
- Stabilization of shoulder and other joints
- Treatment of skull deformities
- Joint replacement
These are herniated discs, spinal injuries and stenosis of the spinal canal, chronic back pain, damage of large joints (including sports injuries), cerebral palsy, scoliosis, hip impingement, foot deformities and other pathologies.
- Spine surgery
- Sports orthopedics
- Pediatric orthopedics and neuroorthopedics
- Joint replacement
- Foot surgery
Over 540 highly qualified physicians work at the hospital.