Highly specialised shoulder and elbow surgery

Our upper extremity team provides first-class assessment and treatment of all shoulder and elbow problems and is particularly concerned with meeting the needs of amateur and professional sportspeople. Our internationally-recognised team of specialists makes diagnoses and assesses the need for surgery based on your medical history and a range of established clinical tests, performing additional tests such as X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans and electrophysiological tests where necessary.

All tests can be carried out at Balgrist University Hospital. This means that you can benefit from the latest examination and treatment techniques, which Balgrist University Hospital constantly updates on the basis of its own fundamental research and clinical studies.

Treatment / Procedures

We focus on rehabilitation after tendon tears in the rotator cuff, stabilisation operations after shoulder dislocation, placing artificial replacement joints where joints have been destroyed by osteoarthritis or rheumatic diseases and treating fractures in the shoulder area. We, as a treatment centre, are frequently asked to deal with conditions that cannot be treated by usual means or to correct the results of previous operations. This often entails complex tendon transfer operations and use of reverse shoulder prostheses. Thanks to its size and particular interest in the upper extremity, Balgrist University Hospital has the same degree of expertise in arthroscopic and open elbow surgery. The clinic also has skill and experience in arthroscopic surgery, placement of artificial replacement joints (total and partial prosthesis of the elbow) and complex elbow reconstruction where joints have been destroyed or where there are tumours. If necessary, we perform such operations in cooperation with the clinic’s own hand surgeons or other specialists.

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