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Winter 2001 Newsletter
Spotlight on Teaching Centers
Kassel Orthopedic Hospital,
Kassel, Germany
 The Kassel
Orthopedic Hospital (OKK) is one of the largest specialty hospitals
covering all aspects of orthopaedic and traumatologic medicine
in Central Germany. Per year we treat more than 5,000 patients
on our wards and conduct over 4,000 surgical procedures. In our
specialized ambulatory clinics, which for example include pediatric
orthopaedics, a rheumatoid clinic and a clinic for the treatment
of high performance athletes, we take care of about 100 outpatients
daily.
Our hospital participates in
the development of new therapies, such as computer-assisted surgery,
shock wave treatment and medical training therapy (MTT). These
new therapeutic possibilities are closely followed up in prospective
studies and the results thereof presented in national and international
meetings.
 As a teaching
center, the OKK offers training in the following fields: arthroscopy
of the knee, shoulder and other joints; endoprosthetic surgery
of the knee and hip (conventional, computer and robot-assisted);
spinal surgery; shock wave therapy; MRI for orthopaedists; and
chiropractic medicine.
Our educational program is based
on flexibility and individual training. Alongside our annual
symposia on the above-mentioned subjects, doctors can visit our
hospital for any length of time to observe a certain type of
operation or therapeutic procedure.
A guest physician can come for
one day, a few days or several weeks to train in a specific area
or to learn about several different aspects of orthopaedic medicine.
For example, the Indian-German Orthopaedic Society (IGOF) regularly
sends its members to train in our hospital for a three- to four-week
period. Furthermore, foreign doctorands can complete their doctorate
thesis within a time span of a few years.
The OKK is located in the northern
part of the German State "Hesse" and is easily reached
via the Autobahn or by the high-speed ICE-train.
To find out more about our educational
program and our work as an ISAKOS Teaching Center, please contact:
Kassel Orthopedic Hospital (OKK), Prof. Dr. Med. Werner E. Siebert,
Medical Director and Chairman, Wilhelmshoeher Allee 345, D-34131
Kassel, GERMANY; telephone: +49 0561 3084-246; fax: +49 561 3084-204;
e-mail: wsiebert@okkassel.de
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