Ac­tive and Pain-Free – State-of-the-art tech­ni­ques in joint replacement

Os­teo­ar­thri­tis of the hip and knee joints is one of the most com­mon joint di­se­a­ses and can si­gni­fi­cantly im­pair the qua­lity of life. If the ar­ti­cu­lar car­ti­lage is se­ver­ely worn or de­s­troyed, an ar­ti­fi­cial joint re­pla­ce­ment can help res­tore mo­bi­lity and free­dom from pain. 

Mus­cle-spa­ring AMIS me­thod
Priv.-Doz. DDr. Ma­xi­mi­lian Kas­pa­rek, an in­ter­na­tio­nally re­co­gni­zed or­tho­pe­dist, re­com­mends the AMIS me­thod for hip re­pla­ce­ment. This tech­ni­que is one of the most mo­dern pro­ce­du­res and en­ables ra­pid re­co­very. “With this me­thod, mus­cles, ten­dons and ner­ves are not se­vered, but me­rely pu­shed aside,” ex­plains DDr. Kas­pa­rek. This me­ans that the mus­cles re­main fully func­tional, which speeds up the he­al­ing pro­cess and op­ti­mally res­to­res joint function.

Thanks to his re­se­arch at the re­now­ned Hos­pi­tal for Spe­cial Sur­gery in New York and his for­ma­tive role at in­ter­na­tio­nal con­fe­ren­ces, DDr. Kas­pa­rek has ex­ten­sive ex­per­tise in en­do­pro­sthe­tics.

Na­tu­ral knee func­tion
Mo­dern pro­s­the­ses have also made enorm­ous pro­gress in knee re­pla­ce­ment. Thanks to the in­di­vi­dual re­con­s­truc­tion of the na­tu­ral ana­tomy using state-of-the-art 3D na­vi­ga­tion and ro­bo­tics, pa­ti­ents can now en­joy al­most na­tu­ral mo­ve­ment se­quen­ces again. “With mo­dern sur­face pro­s­the­ses, we achieve a func­tion­a­lity that al­most cor­re­sponds to na­tu­ral mo­ve­ment se­quen­ces,” em­pha­si­zes DDr. Kas­pa­rek. For those af­fec­ted, this me­ans a high qua­lity of life and the op­por­tu­nity to lead an ac­tive life wi­t­hout pain. 

Sport with joint re­pla­ce­ment
Af­ter a suc­cessful pro­ce­dure, many pa­ti­ents re­turn to their fa­vo­rite sports. “It is im­pres­sive how quickly my pa­ti­ents re­sume an ac­tive life. Even de­man­ding sports such as ski­ing or deep snow ski­ing are pos­si­ble,” re­ports DDr. Kas­pa­rek. Thanks to mo­dern pro­s­the­ses, sports that re­quire high sta­bi­lity and free­dom of mo­ve­ment can also be prac­ti­ced again wi­t­hout pain. 

In­di­vi­dual care in Vi­enna
If you suf­fer from hip or knee os­teo­ar­thri­tis and are con­side­ring joint re­pla­ce­ment, DDr. Kas­pa­rek of­fers com­pre­hen­sive ad­vice and per­so­nal care. Make an ap­point­ment at his prac­tice in Vi­enna. If an ope­ra­tion is ne­ces­sary, Dr. Kas­pa­rek will ope­rate on you and care for you per­so­nally at the Evan­ge­li­cal Hospital.