Prof. Dr. med Klaus-Peter Günther
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University Centre of Orthopaedica and Traumatology
RESEARCH FOCUS
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Hip preserving surgery
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Hip replacement and revision hip arthroplasty
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Clinical epidemiology of osteoarthritis
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Outcomes research of hip arthroplasty
CURRICULUM VITAE
| Since 2013 |
Co-Director of the University Centre of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden |
| Since 2002 |
Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Technical University of Dresden |
| 2001 |
“Harvard-Fellowship” (DGOOC) , Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston |
| 1997 | Habilitation in Orthopaedic Surgery |
| 1989-2002 | Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ulm |
| 1988-89 |
Research Fellow, Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist (Zürich) |
| 1985-88 | General Surgery (Stadtkrankenhaus Traunstein) |
| 1978-1985 |
Study of Medicine, LMU München |
Activities in the scientific community
| since 2004 |
Executive Board member of European Federation of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), Member at Large 2014 - 2016 |
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| 2011-2012 | President of German “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Endoprothetik” |
| 2009 | President of the German Society of Orthopaedic Surgery DGOOC |
| since 2008 |
Steering committee member of the OMERACT/OARSI initiative “Outcome measures in osteoarthritis |
| since 2003 |
Editor “Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie up2date”, Editorial Board member of several national and international journals |
| since 1998 |
Steering-Group-Member „Osteoarthritis“ of Europ. Legue against Rheumatism (EULAR) |
| since 1996 | Active member in several National and International Scientific Societies (International Hip Society, European Hip Society, DGOOC, EFORT, etc.) |
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
| Sturmer T, Dreinhofer K, Grober-Gratz D, Brenner H, Dieppe P, Puhl W, Günther K-P. Differences in the views of orthopaedic surgeons and referring practitioners on the determinants of outcome after total hip replacement. The Journal of bone and joint surgery British volume. 2005;87(10):1416-1419. |
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Dieppe P, Judge A, Williams S, Ikwueke I, Günther K-P, Floeren M, Huber J, Ingvarsson T, Learmonth I, Lohmander LS, Nilsdotter A, Puhl W, Rowley D, Thieler R, Dreinhoefer K, Group ES. Variations in the pre-operative status of patients coming to primary hip replacement for osteoarthritis in European orthopaedic centres. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009;10:19. |
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Landewe RB, Günther K-P, Lukas C, Braun J, Combe B, Conaghan PG, Dreinhofer K, Fritschy D, Getty J, van der Heide HJ, Kvien TK, Machold K, Mihai C, Mosconi M, Nelissen R, Pascual E, Pavelka K, Pileckyte M, Puhl W, Punzi L, Ruther W, San-Julian M, Tudisco C, Westhovens R, Witso E, van der Heijde DM. EULAR/EFORT recommendations for the diagnosis and initial management of patients with acute or recent onset swelling of the knee. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69(1):12-19. |
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Schafer T, Krummenauer F, Mettelsiefen J, Kirschner S, Günther K-P. Social, educational, and occupational predictors of total hip replacement outcome. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010;18(8):1036-1042. |
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Judge A, Cooper C, Arden NK, Williams S, Hobbs N, Dixon D, Günther K-P, Dreinhoefer K, Dieppe PA. Pre-operative expectation predicts 12-month post-operative outcome among patients undergoing primary total hip replacement in European orthopaedic centres. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011;19(6):659-667. |
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Schafer T, Pritzkuleit R, Jeszenszky C, Malzahn J, Maier W, Günther K-P, Niethard F. Trends and geographical variation of primary hip and knee joint replacement in Germany. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013;21(2):279-288. |
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Haase E, Kopkow C, Beyer F, Lutzner J, Kirschner S, Hartmann A, Schmitt J, Günther K-P. Patient-reported outcomes and outcome predictors after primary total hip arthroplasty: results from the Dresden Hip Surgery Registry. Hip Int. 2016;26(1):73-81. |
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Lange T, Rataj E, Kopkow C, Lützner J, Günther K-P, Schmitt J. Outcome Assessment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016. |
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Lützner J, Schmitt J, Lange T, Kopkow C, Rataj E, Günther K-P. Knietotalendoprothese: Wann ist der Ersatz angebracht? Dtsch Arztebl International. 2016;113(44):1983-1985. |
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
Main areas of clinical research are epidemiology of hip osteoarthritis, joint preserving hip surgery and joint replacement. Numerous clinical studies including RCTs have been performed to determine the outcome of different treatment protocols including the safety and effectiveness of new implants.
166 PubMed listed peer-review publications