Elisabeth Hospital Ravensburg, Germany
Hand Center Ravensburg Fellowship Director: Hermann Krimmer
The Center for Hand Surgery in Ravensburg offers services covering the whole spectrum of hand surgery.
Specific areas of surgical and clinical expertise include:
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All acute trauma to the hand, wrist, and forearm, including all microsurgical procedures, ranging from replantation to free tissue transfer
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Nerve injuries to the upper extremities, from the hand to the plexus brachialis
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All types of fractures of the hand, wrist, and forearm, with broad experience in fractures of the scaphoid and the radius
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Posttraumatic correction and reconstruction of fractures and nerve injuries
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Salvage procedures of the hand and wrist, including implants
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All types of congenital deformities
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Rheumatoid deformities
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Tumor surgery
The main focuses of research are:
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Multidirectional fixed angle devices for fracture treatment, especially of the radius
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New devices for salvage procedures
Ravensburg is situated 20 km north of the lake Bodensee. The hand unit is part of St. Elisabeth’s Hospital, being a major hospital with 620 beds. In cooperation with the trauma unit we operate a 24-hour emergency service serving the region.
A short-term residency of 1-3 months is most suitable for clinical training in hand surgery, with a wide spectrum of emergency and elective cases. One main focus is on osteosynthesis at the hand and wrist
For further information please write to:
Prof. Dr. Hermann Krimmer
Ravensburg Center for Hand Surgery
Elisabethenstr. 15
88212 Ravensburg
Germany
