[FG] Hirschmann Michael

Research Focus

Regenerative Medicine & Biomechanics

Area of Research

Diagnosis and therapy of injuries and degenerative diseases of the knee joint, musculoskeletal imaging, arthrosis, knee prosthetics, revision prosthetics, “painful knee prosthesis”

• Diagnostics and treatment of unhappy patients after total knee arthroplasty
• Knee phenotypes - patient-specific knee arthroplasty
• SPECT/CT in patients after knee and hip arthroplasty
• Personalised medicine in knee surgery
• Digitalisation, navigation and robotics in knee surgery

Approved Research Projects

A comparison of a “personalised” knee prosthesis (Origin® Custom Knee, Symbios SA) and a “conventional” knee prosthesis (ATTUNE® Knee System, DePuy Synthes) in terms of clinical and radiological outcome measurements. Multi-Investigator Project 2020-2025: Hirschmann MT, Behrend H, Mathis DT

Collaborations

National Collaborations

• Dr. med. Henrik Behrend. Head of Knee Surgery at Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• PD Dr. med. Peter Koch, Head of Knee Surgery, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital of Winterthur, Switzerland
• Felix Amsler, Amsler Consulting, Basel, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Georg Rauter and Prof. Dr. Philippe Cattin at Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland

 International Collaborations

• Prof. Alister Hart, London Implant Retrieval Centre, Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, United Kingdom
• Dr. Nanne Kort, Orthopaedic surgeon at CortoClinics, Schijndel, The Netherlands

Ongoing Research Projects

• Functional knee phenotypes of non- and osteoarthritic patients
• Pain patterns in unhappy patients after total knee arthroplasty
• Quantitative SPECT/CT in patients after knee and hip arthroplasty