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Knee surgery - Further information
The following diseases, signs of wear and tear and injuries to the knee joint are frequently treated by knee surgeons:
- Knee osteoarthritis (gonarthrosis)
- cruciate ligament rupture
- Internal ligament injuries of the knee joint
- Outer ligament injuries of the knee joint
- Meniscus damage
- Tendon injuries of the knee joint
- Patellar dislocation
- Baker's cyst
- Malalignment of the knee joint
- Kneecap fracture(patella fracture)
- Tibial plateau fracture
- X- and O-leg malalignment
Which surgical procedures are used in knee surgery clinics?
Knee surgery clinics mostly use arthroscopic surgical procedures(arthroscopy).
The knee surgery specialist will discuss and decide together with the patient which procedure is suitable. The aim is to maintain the functionality of the knee joint and avoid degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis of the knee joint at a later stage.
How do I find the "best clinic" for knee surgery?
It is not possible to determine a clinic as the "best clinic" or "top clinic" for knee surgery. However, there are doctors and clinics that specialize in the treatment and surgery of knee injuries and diseases of the knee joint and have extensive experience. You can find these knee surgery experts in the Leading Medicine Guide.
What makes our doctors specialists in knee surgery?
Only selected, highly qualified medical experts and specialists are presented in the Leading Medicine Guide. All knee surgeons have extensive specialist expertise and excellent experience in the field of knee surgery.
Medical spectrum
Therapies
- Cartilage surgery
- Cartilage transplantation
- Cartilage treatment to the knee
- Corrective osteotomy
- Cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Cruciate ligament surgery
- Knee arthroscopy
- Knee ligament reconstruction
- Knee specialist
- Leg axis correction
- Meniscal implant
- Meniscus surgery
- Meniscus suture
- Reconstruction of the extensor apparatus after knee TEP
- SVF autologous fat stem cell therapy
Diseases
- Ahlback disease
- Baker's cyst
- Bursitis of the knee
- Cartilage damage of the knee joint
- Fracture of the patella
- Gonarthrosis
- Growth plate fracture
- Knee pain
- Knock knees and bow legs
- Luxating patella
- Medial gonarthrosis
- Meniscal damage
- Meniscal tear
- Patellar tendon rupture
- Quadriceps tendon rupture
- Retropatellar arthrosis
- Ruptured cruciate ligaments
- Torn ligament in the knee