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PD Dr. med. Sandro Kohl

Specialist in: Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology
Languages: German, English, French, Russian

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Traumatology centre Hirslanden

Ortho-Kohl AG
Witellikerstrasse 40
8032 Zürich
CH

traumazentrum@hin.ch

www.traumazentrum.ch

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+41 44 387 37 39

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Orthoplus Bern

Mühledorfstrasse 4
3018 Bern
CH

+41 31 996 90 90

+41 31 996 90 99

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Traumatology (Trauma Surgery)

Management of simple and complex bone fracture, as well as ligamentary injuries of the upper and lower extremities

Knee Surgery

Sports Traumatology

Arthroscopic / minimally invasive treatment of meniscus injuries (partial removal, suture and transplantation)

Personalized treatments of cruciate ligament injuries (anterior and posterior cruciate ligament)

Techniques for cruciate ligament preservation (Ligamys, Internal Bracing)
Cruciate ligament reconstruction with one’s own tendon or a donor tendon
Revision surgery following cruciate ligament reconstruction with a renewed rupture and various ligamentous lesions
Treatment of knee joint dislocations (multiple ligament ruptures)
Cartilage repair and transplantation procedure (Certified for cartilage cell transplantation)

Patellar Instability (Comprehensive analysis of existing problems and personalized therapy)

Ligament reconstructions
Adjustments of bone axis deviations
Knee trochlea modelling (Trochleoplasty)
Combined interventions

Joint-preserving axial adjustment

Bone axis adjustments of lower leg and thigh

Fast track procedure for knee endoprosthesis (Awarded as “Center of Excellence”)

All endoprosthetic procedure are minimally invasive and soft-tissue friendly. Amongst other things, CT and MRI-based, personalized, patient-specific instruments and implants are used.

Unicompartmental partial-prosthesis, half-knee replacement
Retropatellar partial-prosthesis, Patellar-Trochlear replacement
Total knee prosthesis, surface replacement of knee joint

Revision endoprosthetics

Special consultation on „painful knee prosthesis“ with comprehensive analysis of the problem
Simple and complex prosthesis replacement surgery for any reason (loosening, wear, misalignment, malfunction)
Treatment of prosthesis infections
tumor endoprostheses

Hip Joint

Fast track procedure for hip endoprosthesis.
Partial and total prosthesis of the hip
All endoprosthetic operations are, to the extent possible, minimally invasive and soft-tissue friendly.
Arthroscopic, minimally invasive and open treatment of a femoroacetabular impingement.

2017: Venia docendi, associate Professor for orthopedic surgery and traumatology, Bern University
Jan 2008: Medical Consultant (Senior Consultant) for complex and difficult procedures, especially knee surgery, University Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Insel Hospital Bern (Prof. Dr. K.A. Siebenrock)
Oct 2017 - to date: Attending doctor, Hirslanden Trauma Center, Hirslanden Clinic, Zurich
Oct 2017 - to date: Attending doctor, Permanence Clinic, Hirslanden, Bern
2012 - 2017: Head of department of knee surgery and sports traumatology, University clinic for orthopedic surgery and traumatology, Inselspital, Bern (Prof. Dr. K.A. Siebenrock)

2008: FMH specialist examination for orthopedic surgery and traumatology of musculoskeletal system
2002: Final state exam Human Medicine
2000 - 2002: Elective years
Year of 2000 ATOS clinic Heidelberg (Prof. P. Habermeyer)
Year of 2000 Orthopaedic clinic Markgröningen (Prof. Immenkamp)
Year of 2001 (Medicine) St. Hedwig Clinics Berlin, Germany
Years 2001-2002 University clinic for orthopedic surgery and traumatology, Inselspital, Bern (Prof. R. Ganz)
1998 - 2002: Medical studies, Humboldt-Universität of Berlin, Germany
1999: Clinical elective: Charité - University Clinc Berlin, Orthopedic Clinic (Prof. H. Zippel)

Awards

Award 2017: Certificate “Center of Excellence”, Corin GSA GmbH, Saarbrücken, May, 2017, Kohl Sandro
Special issue infection 2016: Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology (KSSTA) October 2016, Guest editors: Sandro Kohl
Trainingscenter for ESSKA- EKA Traveling Fellowship 2016
AFOR Prize 2016: Single Molecule Microscopy Reveals an Increased Hyaluronan Diffusion Rate in Synovial Fluid from Knees Affected by Osteoarthritis. Kohlhof H, Gravius S, Kohl S, Ahmad SS, Randau T, Schmolders J, Rommelspacher Y, Friedrich M, Kaminski TP, Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 12;6:21616. doi: 10.1038/srep21616
Price of Innovation by German Society of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery 2011: „Dynamic Intraligamentary Stabilization (DIS): a novel technique for preserving the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament“, Eggli S, Kohlhof H, Zumstein M, Henle P, Hartel M, Evangelopoulos DS, Bonel H, Kohl S