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PD Dr. med. Marco Ezechieli Chief Physician

"Together, my team and I stand for the implementation of reliable procedures. A major focus of the department is hip and knee replacement surgery. Here, our goal is to exhaust all joint-preserving measures before inserting a joint implant. One of these is the "arthroscopically assisted mini-open operation" (AAMOA) for the so-called impingement of the hip, a procedure especially for young hip patients between 20 and 50 years of age. I see great potential in minimally invasive procedures for patient care in orthopedics for an across-the-board increase in the quality of treatment. In the area of hip surgery, we use the Condor RotexTable in combination with the surgical retractor system GoldLine in our hospital for this purpose. The use of assistance systems not only means that fewer staff are needed, but also means that staff can be deployed and trained more efficiently.

The increase in the quality of care through minimally invasive procedures and the standardisation of intra-operative processes thus provide the basis for individual treatment concepts and requirements of my patients." ... further information

Andreas Ottersbach, MD

"Since the German Congress for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery 2007 in Berlin, I have been in close contact with the Schulte family. Together with your company, I was able to realise my vision of the RotexTable. I have been involved with the topic of minimally invasive arthroplasty for over 20 years. In 2005, I introduced the DAA ("Direct Anterior Approach") in Brig in Switzerland and use it without exception as the standard approach in primary hip arthroplasty. In the meantime, I also perform about 90% of all revisions with the direct anterior hip approach.

The idea of optimising surgical procedures, working more ergonomically and, above all, increasing patient safety, still drive me today. The Condor RotexTable in combination with the GoldLine system enable me to achieve exactly this standard. The unique feature of the electric height adjustment of the positioning unit via foot pedal helps to work more quickly and the positioning staff can devote themselves to other tasks. The rotation of the leg with fine adjustment mechanism, which can be set by the surgeon himself, as well as the tactile feedback of the tissue tension, make the operation even safer. In addition, an integrated safety mechanism prevents the leg from being lowered under pre-tension so that nerve stretching damage can be avoided. The RotexShoe, whose design features lead to an optimised anatomical connection with the patient's foot while improving hygiene standards, is an important component of the concept. The overall procedure is also ideal for all "fast track" procedures. Since 2012, my patients have been early mobilised no later than 6 hours after the procedures and can be discharged very quickly to their home environment or to a rehabilitation facility. Thanks to the surgical steps, which have been standardised down to the smallest detail over the years after several thousand interventions, and which we also document and digitise intraoperatively, we are able to steepen learning curves and avoid complications. These successes have a very positive effect on our clinic statistics in the latest Swiss endoprosthesis register (SIRIS). You can also find more information at www.orthopädie-brig.ch ... further information

"As a maximum care hospital with 99 beds, our clinic has a supra-regional catchment area of up to 250 kilometres. In addition to almost 15,000 outpatient treatments per year, more than 4,000 operations are performed in our department at Bonn University Hospital. The surgical retractor systems and minimally invasive support systems are part of our basic surgical equipment and are used in everything from minimally invasive reflux surgery to complex transplantation surgery. The company Condor has been a partner to us for many years and competently takes on new requirements from our daily surgical routine.

As a university hospital, the further development of surgical methods and the associated equipment is a particular concern for us. We are pleased that with Condor we have an owner-managed family company in Germany where we know that our concerns will be competently taken up and jointly developed further." ... further information

"As a certified cartilage specialist, I provide reconstructive arthroscopic joint surgery for degenerative cartilage damage and acute cartilage damage caused by sports injuries in the hip and knee joints according to internationally established standards and surgical techniques. In the arthroscopic treatment of the hip, the RotexTable has become an ideal standard for me, which I have now established at my three operating sites. In combination with the extension attachment system, the patient is quickly and easily positioned in extension and allows ideal conditions for intraoperative X-ray control." ... further information

"In the Department of Trauma Surgery and Sports Orthopaedics at Bad Reichenhall Hospital, we routinely use the Condor RotexTable and the ES both for elective endoprosthetic treatment of the hip and for the treatment of more than 200 coxal femur fractures every year. Thanks to the RotexTable , we are able to provide a consistently high level of care for femoral neck fractures by means of hip TEP at any time of the day or night with a minimum of personnel and can thus realise timely fracture care without any problems. In combination with the ES , pelvic fractures can also be performed with all common surgical procedures - from simple ISG screw fixation to complex operations such as acetabular plating with simultaneous hip TEP implantation - using minimally invasive approaches in a gentle manner and often without the need for repositioning." ... further information