3rd Orthopedic Clinic - Minimally Invasive Surgery Clinic (MIS)

The Clinic deals with minimally invasive procedures in large joints (Hip-Knee-Shoulder), performing a large volume of surgeries (approximately 500 per year).

Especially for the Hip, the 3rd Orthopedics Clinic is a Certified Hip Arthroplasty Center of Reference, applying the AMIS technique (Anterior Minimally Invasive Surgery), i.e. total minimal invasion hip arthroplasty using anterior approach. Applying the same technique, or even classic methods, revision partial or total hip replacement procedures are also performed.

Also, via mini-open anterior access and arthroscopic guidance, we perform reconstructive hip surgery such as suturing/removal of labrum, cam lesion resection, removal of free bodies in synovial chondromatosis. Finally, we apply biological treatments for incipient osteoarthritis with stem cell injections and growth factors (Platelet-Rich Plasma, PRP).

In addition, our Clinic performs a large volume of minimally invasive knee surgeries, such as medial/lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), navigation-guided total arthroplasty, as well as total arthroplasty with custom-made cutting guides.

Furthermore, our surgeons’ training and certification has been received by US training centers in robotic-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty with minimally invasive surgery (MIS).

Finally, special interventions on the shoulder are performed in the Clinic, e.g. reverse total arthroplasty and arthroscopy.

The latter, as in knee arthroscopy (all-inside anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, suturing/partial meniscus removal, repair of cartilage defects), are performed using exclusively ARTHREX's latest generation US technology arthroscopy tower with 4K resolution, radio frequencies (RF) and modern apparatus.

DEPARTMENT OF UPPER LIMB AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Full diagnosis is offered for all the diseases of he Upper Limb (complete history, clinical examination, imaging in cooperation with the specialized Radiologist of the Department) – planning of conservative or surgical treatment by the Surgeons and Physiatrist of the Department, and also physiotherapies realized in the ultra-modern physiotherapy practice of the Department.

The therapies which are offered concern all the diseases of the Upper Limb. More precisely:

Shoulder arthroplasties to treat arthritis.
Anatomical arthroplasty and Hemiarthroplasty using the innovative MiS (Minimally invasive Surgery) method – maintaining the subscapularis muscle – through rotator cuff interval - with immediate rehabilitation
Reverse arthroplasty
Surface hemiarthroplasty for young patients.
Elbow arthroplasties
Treatment of arthritis of the wrist and hand – replacement of articulations
Fractures and ligament injuries of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand
Arthroscopy of the shoulder for diseases of the soft tissues (tendon ruptures, instability - recurrent dislocations, impingement syndromes, calcifying tendonitis, frozen shoulder, etc)
Sports injuries of the upper limb
Tendon transfers
Compression neuropathies (ulnar neuritis, carpal tunnel syndrome etc)
Amputative injuries of the fingers and the hands - replantation
Tendon, nerve, vessel transection
Treatment of ischemic necrosis of wrist small bones (eg. necrosis of scaphoid bone)
Tumors of the hands
Congenital Dysplasias of the hand
Infections of the hand
Dupuytren's disease
Stem cell - PRP - pharmaceutical agent infusions under ultrasound guidance by a cooperating Radiologist of the Department
Planning of physiotherapy - kinesiotherapy - exercises and follow up by a Physiatrist